Tangarakau Conservation Area
Tangarakau Conservation Area is a 6,648 ha block in the Manawatu-Wanganui region, taken out under the Whanganui Forests permit area. Elevations are low, running from about 70 m up to 509 m with a median around 220 m, so this is lowland to foothill bush country well below the bushline.
Aspects are evenly spread, with a slight lean to south and west. There is no single dominant face — the block is a broad rolling spread of bush-clad spurs and gully systems typical of the Whanganui-Taranaki interior. At over 6,000 hectares it is a serious piece of bush with room to set multiple parties without crowding.
Game on the permit includes red deer, fallow deer, wild goat and wild pig. Pigs are well-suited to this lowland papa-bottomed country.
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Boundary, huts, terrain, tracks and 1080 zones — all layers, one map.
Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 18,933 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- 70–509 m
- Median elevation
- 220 m
- Middle 50%
- 170–272 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- south-facing
70–509 m, lowland / foothill country, leaning south-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 from the surrounding road network and either day-trip or fly-camp.
Air access by helicopter is not permitted here. The block is flagged for wild animal recovery operations (WARO), so commercial helicopter parties may be working the same country.
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, taken out under the Whanganui Forests permit area. The block is classed as Ordinary with hunting permitted year-round, so there is no ballot or seasonal restriction to plan around.
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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