Eyre Mountains/Taka Ra Haka Conservation Park including adjacent PCL
Eyre Mountains/Taka Ra Haka Conservation Park including adjacent PCL is a 69,300-hectare block in Southland, falling under the Takitimu/Snowdon/Mavora/Eyre permit area.
Elevations run from about 334 m up to 2,007 m, with a median of 919 m. Around 24% of the country sits above the 1,200 m bushline, leaving the rest as bush and lower faces. The dominant aspect is west-facing, giving a mix of bush gullies and open faces once you push above the scrub line.
Game on the permit includes red deer, fallow deer, tahr, chamois, wild goat and wild pig.
Open Eyre Mountains/Taka Ra Haka Conservation Park including adjacent PCL on the interactive map
Boundary, huts, terrain, tracks and 1080 zones — all layers, one map.
Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 247,019 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 334–2,007 m
- Median elevation
- 919 m
- Middle 50%
- 691–1,184 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 24%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 5%
- Dominant aspect
- west-facing
334–2,007 m, a mix of bush and tops, leaning west-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
This is well-served by DOC huts — 15 recorded shelters inside the block — so hunters can move between basins and faces over a longer trip.
Air access is open, giving hunters the option of flying in onto a likely face rather than working in on foot. The block is also flagged for wild animal recovery operations (WARO), so other parties may be working the country from helicopters — check current activity before heading in.
Huts & campsites
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from tap - not treated, boil before use, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from tap - not treated, boil before use, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from tap - not treated, boil before use, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Mattresses, Toilets - non-flush, Water from stream, Water supply
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a Ordinary block in the Takitimu/Snowdon/Mavora/Eyre permit area, with a hunting status of Permitted.
Commercial wild-animal recovery (WARO) operates over this area — expect helicopter activity and pressured game.
This block sits within a DOC air-access zone — fly-in hunting and helicopter drop-offs may be permitted.
A DOC hunting permit is required. The block is classed as an ordinary block with hunting permitted, so there is no ballot or seasonal restriction to work around.
1080 & pesticide status
- Pesticide (1080 or similar) has been laid in or near this block — check current dog and carcass restrictions before you hunt.
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