The Te Hiku o Te Ika Conservation Boards' area of jurisdiction covers the korowai area. This area includes the group of offshore islands, the Three Kings, and extends south to the shore of the Hokiaga Harbour, and east to encompass the Maungatanuwha Forest.

Significant areas

Te Paki Recreation Reserve boasts a diverse ecosystem, acting as host to a wide range of native fauna and flora. This area is also home to a long history of human occupation and is of great cultural significance for Māori.

Cape Reinga/Te Rerenga Wairua is, for Māori, the most spiritually significant place in Aotearoa. It is here that after death, all Māori spirits travel up the coast and over the wind-swept vista to the pohutukawa tree on the headland of Te Rerenga Wairua.

Te Paki Recreation Reserve straddles the northernmost tip of the North Island. Its features include, estuary, eelgrass, saltmarsh, mangroves, and the white sands of Kokota Spit. The reserve is home to a variety of wading birds, such as oystercatchers, dotterels, and Caspian terns.