Neilsons Conservation Area
Neilsons Conservation Area is a 687 ha block in the Manawatu-Wanganui region, taken out under the Taumarunui Reserves permit area, and is classed as a restricted hunting area (RHA). Elevations run from about 104 m up to 480 m, with a median around 244 m, so this is lowland to foothill bush country well below the bushline.
The block has an easterly lean, with about 22% of the country facing east and useful shares also dropping south and south-east. Northern and north-western aspects are limited. That gives a workable set of warm easterly sidles and shaded southerly faces depending on wind.
Game on the permit includes red deer, fallow deer, wild goat and wild pig. It is bush-and-spurs country with the usual back King Country species mix.
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Boundary, huts, terrain, tracks and 1080 zones — all layers, one map.
Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 1,944 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 104–480 m
- Median elevation
- 244 m
- Middle 50%
- 187–306 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- east-facing
104–480 m, lowland / foothill country, leaning east-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
There are no huts or formal campsites inside the block, so plan to work in on foot and either day-trip or fly-camp from a vehicle base.
Air access by helicopter is not permitted here, and the block is not flagged for wild animal recovery operations (WARO). That makes it a quieter piece of country to hunt.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a RHA block in the Taumarunui Reserves permit area, with a hunting status of Permitted.
Neilsons is an RHA block under the Taumarunui Reserves permit area. Despite the RHA classification it is listed as hunting permitted, but access is generally by allocation — confirm the current process with DOC, including any seasonal or party-size limits, before planning a trip.
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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