Puketi Forest Addition
Puketi Forest Addition is a 1,018 ha block in the Puketi-Omahuta forest country of central Northland. Elevations run from 49 m up to 451 m with a tightly clustered median of 360 m, so much of the block sits on the elevated plateau bush of the Puketi system.
Aspect is broadly spread but leans south, with notable shares also facing east, north and north-east. The block carries the subtropical kauri-podocarp-broadleaf cover that defines the Puketi forest.
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Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 2,580 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 49–451 m
- Median elevation
- 360 m
- Middle 50%
- 297–388 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- south-facing
49–451 m, lowland / foothill country, leaning south-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
Air access is permitted on the block. The Puketī Forest Hut sits in the adjacent main Puketi block, giving an option for hunters working both areas. There are no huts or listed campsites inside the addition itself.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a Ordinary block in the Northland reserves permit area, with a hunting status of Permitted.
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 through the Northland reserves permit area. The block is Ordinary with Permitted hunt status. The Puketi system is active kauri-dieback country — confirm hygiene and track requirements with DOC before entering.
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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