Tapuarau Lagoon Conservation Area
Tapuarau Lagoon Conservation Area is a small 218 ha block sitting at near sea level — elevations run from -1 m to just 22 m, with the median ground only 5 m above the tide. This is flat coastal wetland and lagoon country, not bush hill country.
Aspect leans south and south-west on the small amount of relief that exists. There are no tops, no bush spurs, and no climbing — this is open low-relief ground around a lagoon system.
Game on the permit is an unusual combination: red deer, fallow deer, sambar and wild goat. Sambar in the Manawatu-Wanganui-Taranaki coastal country is one of the few populations in New Zealand, and a block this size and shape calls for very specific tactics — patient watching from edges rather than walking hunting.
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Boundary, huts, terrain, tracks and 1080 zones — all layers, one map.
Terrain & elevation
Based on a sample of 629 DEM points inside the block.
- Elevation range
- -1–22 m
- Median elevation
- 5 m
- Middle 50%
- 4–8 m
- Above bushline (1,200 m)
- 0%
- Alpine (1,500 m+)
- 0%
- Dominant aspect
- south-facing
-1–22 m, lowland / foothill country, leaning south-facing.
What you can hunt here
Access & getting there
There are no huts or formal campsites recorded inside Tapuarau Lagoon Conservation Area, and the block is not flagged for air access. This is day-trip country, accessed on foot.
WARO operations are not flagged here.
Permits & rules
You need a DOC hunting permit to hunt this block. It is classed as a Ordinary block in the Whanganui Ristricted permit area, with a hunting status of Restricted.
A DOC hunting permit is required for Tapuarau Lagoon Conservation Area, and hunt status is Restricted. The block sits under the Whanganui Restricted permit area, so expect tighter conditions on dates, party numbers and methods than a standard Ordinary block. Read the permit conditions carefully before applying.
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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