Kapara Conservation Area
Kapara Conservation Area is a 12,219 ha block of Taranaki hill country under the Whanganui Forests permit area. Elevations run from about 56 m on the lower margins up to 570 m, with the median ground around 261 m, so the block stays well below the bushline and feels more like broken foothill country than alpine.
Aspect leans south, with strong shares also on south-west, west and south-east faces. Shaded sidles and gully heads are common, which holds feed and gives animals cover. No part of the block sits above the bushline, so this is bush hunting through ridges, spurs and stream-cut faces.
Game on the permit includes red deer, fallow deer, wild goat and wild pig. With four species and a useful size, the block suits hunters wanting more than a day trip into broken bush country.
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Boundary, huts, terrain, tracks and 1080 zones — all layers, one map.
Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 35,270 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 56–570 m
- Median elevation
- 261 m
- Middle 50%
- 205–318 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- south-facing
56–570 m, lowland / foothill country, leaning south-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
There are no huts or formal campsites recorded inside Kapara Conservation Area, so this is fly-camp country. The block is not flagged for air access, leaving foot access from the road network as the practical way in.
Kapara sits inside a WARO zone, so helicopter operators may be working the same country. Check for current activity before heading in.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a Ordinary block in the Whanganui Forests permit area, with a hunting status of Permitted.
Commercial wild-animal recovery (WARO) operates over this area — expect helicopter activity and pressured game.
A DOC hunting permit is required for Kapara Conservation Area. The block sits under the Whanganui Forests permit area and is classed as an Ordinary block with hunting permitted year-round.
1080 & pesticide status
No current, planned or proposed pesticide operations intersect this block in our data. Always confirm with DOC before taking a dog in.
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