Published:

2006

A comprehensive collection of detailed and interesting information sheets for students, teachers, tourism operators and enthusiasts.

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Our natural environment

• Our natural environment (PDF, 1,000K)

Our historic heritage

• Our historic heritage (PDF, 1,026K)

Conservation management in New Zealand

• Conservation management in New Zealand (PDF, 833K)

Interpretation

• Interpretation (PDF, 649K)

Biodiversity, marine, life & geology

• Alpine zones (PDF, 247K)
• Beech forest (PDF, 276K)
• Biodiversity (PDF, 244K)
• Dolphins in New Zealand waters (PDF, 166K)
• Geothermal systems (PDF, 168K)
• Glaciers (PDF, 188K)
• Gondwana (PDF, 259K)
• Hector's and Maui's dolphins (PDF, 168K)
• Island sanctuaries (PDF, 191K)
• Kekeno / New Zealand fur seal (PDF, 204K)
• Mainland islands (PDF, 268K)
• Marine biodiversity (PDF, 170K)
• Marine reserves (PDF, 198K)
• Podocarp-hardwood forests (PDF, 361K)
• Rasmar wetlands (PDF, 250K)
• Sand dunes (PDF, 193K)
• Seals (PDF, 200K)
• Sharks / mangō in New Zealand waters (PDF, 179K)
• Volcanoes (PDF, 173K)
• Wetlands (PDF, 278K)
• Whales in New Zealand waters (PDF, 171K)
• World heritage areas (PDF, 212K)

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National Parks

• Te Urewera National Park (PDF, 185K)
• Tongariro National Park (PDF, 224K)
• Egmont National Park (PDF, 189K)
• Whanganui National Park (PDF, 243K)
• Abel Tasman National Park (PDF, 186K)
• Kahurangi National Park (PDF, 247K)
• Nelson Lakes National Park (PDF, 207K)
• Paparoa National Park (PDF, 281K)
• Westland Tai Poutini National Park (PDF, 232K)
• Arthur's Pass National Park (PDF, 190K)
• Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park (PDF, 239K)
• Mount Aspiring National Park (PDF, 207K)
• Fiordland National Park (PDF, 209K)
• Rakiura National Park (PDF, 163K)

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Native plants & animals

Plants

• Cabbage tree / tī kōuka (PDF, 298K)
• Dactylanthus / pua o te reinga (PDF, 217K)
• Harakeke / New Zealand flax (PDF, 209K)
• Kakabeak / kōwhai ngutukaka (PDF, 221K)
• Kauri (PDF, 313K)
• Lancewood / horoeka (PDF, 348K)
• Mānuka / kāhikatoa and kānuka (PDF, 268K)
• Matagouri / matakoura / wild Irishman (PDF, 393K)
• Mount Cook lily (PDF, 297K)
• New Zealand alpine plants (PDF, 234K)
• New Zealand cedars / pāhautea and kawaka (PDF, 323K)
• New Zealand ferns (PDF, 412K)
• New Zealand mistletoes (PDF, 206K)
• Nīkau palm (PDF, 313K)
• Pīngao / pīkao (PDF, 298K)
• Pittosporum patulum (PDF, 349K)
• Rata and pohutukawa (PDF, 333K)
• Shrubby tororaro (PDF, 306K)

Animals

• Koura / New Zealand's freshwater crayfish (PDF, 198K)
• New Zealand invertebrates (PDF, 237K)
• New Zealand land snails (PDF, 274K)
• New Zealand's freshwater invertebrates (PDF, 229K)
• New Zealand's native freshwater fish (PDF, 196K)
• Pekapeka / bats (PDF, 226K)
• Pepeketua / New Zealand's native frogs (PDF, 203K)
• Skinks and geckos (PDF, 220K)
• Tuatara (PDF, 202K)

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Native birds

• Australasian crested grebe / kāmana (PDF, 226K)
• Bellbird / korimako (PDF, 178K)
• Black robin (PDF, 287K)
• Blue duck / whio (PDF, 190K)
• Fantail / pīwakawaka (PDF, 246K)
• Hihi / stitchbird (PDF, 213K)
• Kākā (PDF, 195K)
• Kākāpō (PDF, 254K)
• Kākāriki/ New Zealand parakeets (PDF, 207K)
• Kākī / black stilt (PDF, 240K)
• Kea (PDF, 227K)
• Kererū / New Zealand native pigeon (PDF, 224K)
• Kiwi (PDF, 234K)
• Kōkako (PDF, 224K)
• Mohua / yellowhead (PDF, 216K)
• New Zealand dotterel / tuturiwhatu pukunui (PDF, 217K)
• New Zealand fairy tern / tara-iti (PDF, 218K)
• Orange-fronted parakeet / kākāriki (PDF, 286K)
• Paradise duck / pūtakitaki/ pūtangitangi (PDF, 305K)
• Pāteke / brown teal (PDF, 243K)
• Penguins (PDF, 202K)
• Saddleback / tīeke (PDF, 256K)
• Subantarctic teal (PDF, 258K)
• Takahē (PDF, 226K)
• Toroa / royal albatross (PDF, 163K)
• Tūī (PDF, 275K)
• Weka / woodhen (PDF, 172K)
• White heron / kōtuku (PDF, 336K)

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Plant and animal pests

• Deer (PDF, 146K)
• Feral goats (PDF, 162K)
• Ferrets, stoats and weasels (PDF, 207K)
• Introduced rodents (PDF, 180K)
• Introduced wasps (PDF, 224K)
• Kiore / Pacific rat / Polynesian rat (PDF, 247K)
• Pest fish - freshwater (PDF, 345K)
• Possum (PDF, 286K)
• Thar (tahr) and chamois (PDF, 178K)
• Weeds (PDF, 351K)

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North Island regional factsheets

• Cape Reinga (PDF, 224K)
• Kauri - the face of Northland (PDF, 273K)
• Northland's kauri forests (PDF, 465K)
• Northland's wild west coast (PDF, 216K)
• Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve (PDF, 251K)
• Urupukapuka Island (PDF, 167K)
• Great Barrier Island / Aotea (PDF, 144K)
• Hauraki Gulf coastal defence sites (PDF, 264K)
• Hauraki Gulf Marine Park and its conservation islands (PDF, 150K)
• Help keep our conservation islands pest free (PDF, 200K)
• Kawau Island Historic Reserve (PDF, 315K)
• Marine conservation in the Hauraki Gulf (PDF, 162K)
• Marine mammals of the Hauraki Gulf (PDF, 187K)
• Karangahake Gorge gold mining history (PDF, 576K)
• Pureora Forest Park (PDF, 281K)
• Waikato wetlands (PDF, 212K)
• Bay of Plenty Conservancy at a glance (PDF, 277K)
• Kaimai-Mamaku Forest - a haven of history (PDF, 270K)
• Predator-free offshore islands (PDF, 159K)
• Rotorua lakes (PDF, 156K)
• Wetlands - unique ecosystems in the Bay of Plenty (PDF, 250K)
• Whirinaki Forest Park - a fascinating experience (PDF, 284K)
• Lahars from Mount Ruapehu (PDF, 192K)
• Ohakune Old Coach Road Heritage Trail (PDF, 264K)
• Taupo trout fishery (PDF, 173K)
• Boundary Stream Mainland Island (PDF, 155K)
• Cape Kidnappers Gannet Reserve (PDF, 234K)
• Cook Landing Site National Historic Reserve (PDF, 521K)
• Otatara Pā Historic Reserve (PDF, 245K)
• Bridge to Nowhere (PDF, 286K)
• Flora and fauna of Whanganui National Park (PDF, 265K)
• Whanganui National Park - cultural perspectives (PDF, 256K)
• Dawson Falls power station (PDF, 256K)
• Flora and fauna of Egmont National Park (PDF, 240K)
• Castlepoint (PDF, 248K)
• Palliser Bay (PDF, 256K)
• Pukaha Mount Bruce (PDF, 215K)
• Rimutaka Forest Park (PDF, 304K)
• Turakirae Head Scientific Reserve (PDF, 266K)

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South Island regional factsheets

• Farewell Spit Nature Reserve (PDF, 244K)
• Marlborough Sounds island sancturies (PDF, 202K)
• Molesworth Station (PDF, 178K)
• Natural history of the Marlborough Sounds (PDF, 220K)
• Rotoiti Nature Recovery Project (PDF, 223K)
• Te Waikoropupū Springs (PDF, 254K)
• Denniston (PDF, 389K)
• Saving whio on the Styx and Oparara rivers (PDF, 221K)
• West Coast kiwi (PDF, 193K)
• Westland petrel / tāiko (PDF, 314K)
• Banks Peninsula - a marine wonderland (PDF, 199K)
• Braided rivers of Canterbury (PDF, 321K)
• Historic huts - Canterbury (PDF, 217K)
• Kura Tāwhiti - a treasured place (PDF, 212K)
• Ngāi Tahu taonga animal species (PDF, 142K)
• Ngāi Tahu taonga plant species (PDF, 138K)
• Tōpuni of Ngāi Tahu (PDF, 258K)
• Wonders of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park (PDF, 256K)
• Arrowtown Chinese settlement (PDF, 329K)
• Central Otago's unique plants and animals (PDF, 287K)
• Haast Pass / Tioripatea Highway (PDF, 303K)
• St Bathans (PDF, 234K)
• The Catlins - Nugget Point to Waipapa Point (PDF, 162K)
• The Remarkables Conservation Area (PDF, 280K)
• Wakatipu landscapes (PDF, 150K)
• Awarua Wetlands (PDF, 191K)
• Fiords (PDF, 149K)
• Fiordland crested penguin / tawaki (PDF, 247K)
• Marine Reserves of Fiordland (PDF, 174K)
• Mason Bay dune restoration (PDF, 224K)
• Southland at a glance (PDF, 232K)
• Ulva Island (PDF, 193K)

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• Our natural environment
• Our historic heritage
• Conservation management
• Interpretation
• Biodiversity, marine life & geology
• National Parks
• Native plants & animals
• Native birds
• Plant & animal pests
• North Island region
• South Island region

Publication information

ISBN 978-0-478-14209-9

Contact

These factsheets are available on the Conservation Revealed CD. To order a copy ($12.95) email: conservationrevealed@doc.govt.nz