Kellys
Kellys is a 1,190-hectare block on Stewart Island/Rakiura, set inside the Stewart Island Restricted Hunting Areas. Like the rest of the island, it is sea-level bush country with no alpine ground.
Elevations run from about 4 m up to 201 m, with a median of 82 m. The dominant aspect is south-facing, and the block sits well below the bushline — this is sea-level bush hunting through podocarp and broadleaf forest, peat flats and stunted coastal scrub.
Game on the permit is white-tail only — Stewart Island holds the only population of white-tail deer in New Zealand, and they are the reason most hunters come here. Expect quiet, careful bush stalking at close range.
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Boundary, huts, terrain, tracks and 1080 zones — all layers, one map.
Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 4,355 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 4–201 m
- Median elevation
- 82 m
- Middle 50%
- 60–119 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- south-facing
4–201 m, lowland / foothill country, leaning south-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
There are no huts or formal campsites recorded inside this block on DOC data. Stewart Island blocks are typically reached by boat or floatplane charter from Halfmoon Bay, and most hunters fly-camp or work out of a nearby hunters hut.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a Ordinary block in the Stewart Island Restricted Hunting Areas permit area, with a hunting status of Restricted.
A DOC hunting permit is required. The block is part of the Stewart Island Restricted Hunting Areas, which are allocated through DOC's Stewart Island block system — hunters book a specific block for set dates rather than turning up unannounced.
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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