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Plateau Hut, Aoraki/Mt Cook.

Learn about places you can visit in Canterbury, tracks you can walk and huts and campsites you can stay in.

Conservation

Pier at Govenors Bay, Banks Peninsula. Photo: Sam O'Leary.

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Students from Twizel with their predator boxes. Photo: Kiersten Price.

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DOC fire fighter Anna Paltridge surveys the scene at a fire in Lewis Pass. Photo: S Makelow.

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Canterbury Conservation Management Strategy consultation

The draft Canterbury Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) is currently being developed. Public notification of the draft strategy is scheduled for Wednesday 26 June 2013.

 

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Contacts

Canterbury Conservancy Office
Phone:      +64 3 371 3700
Email:   canterburyco@doc.govt.nz
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