Pouiatoa Conservation Area
Pouiatoa Conservation Area is a 3,902 ha block of Taranaki bush country with its own dedicated permit area. Elevations run from about 35 m up to 379 m, with the median ground around 191 m, so this is lowland foothill country well below the bushline.
Aspect is spread evenly across the eight points, with a slight lean to north-east. Country is broken bush, ridges and gully systems typical of the eastern Taranaki backcountry — long bush faces cut by streams rather than open ground or tops.
Game on the permit covers wild goat and wild pig. The size supports a short multi-day trip in pursuit of either species.
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Boundary, huts, terrain, tracks and 1080 zones — all layers, one map.
Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 11,072 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 35–379 m
- Median elevation
- 191 m
- Middle 50%
- 146–238 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- north-east-facing
35–379 m, lowland / foothill country, leaning north-east-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
There are no huts or formal campsites recorded inside Pouiatoa Conservation Area, and the block is not flagged for air access. This is fly-camp country worked on foot from the road network.
WARO operations are not flagged here, so commercial helicopter activity is not an active consideration.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a Ordinary block in the Pouiatoa permit area, with a hunting status of Permitted.
A DOC hunting permit is required for Pouiatoa Conservation Area. The block sits under its own Pouiatoa permit area and is classed as an Ordinary block with hunting permitted year-round.
1080 & pesticide status
- Pesticide (1080 or similar) has been laid in or near this block — check current dog and carcass restrictions before you hunt.
- An operation is proposed for this area.
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