Central North Island
Find DOC places to go hunting in Central North Island.

Find DOC places to go hunting in the Central North Island region.

Hunt deer, goats and pigs in this area covered by mixed podocarp-broadleaved forest. The area has steep slopes around Maungaku Andesite Cone (981 m)

A 117 hectare hunting area near Taihape.

Kaimanawa Forest Park offers great hunting for sika and red deer and limited pig hunting opportunities.

Red deer are present in the Hihitahi Forest Sanctuary, off State Highway 1, approximately 15km north from Taihape.

Rangataua Conservation Area offers great hunting primarily for Red Deer with localised Sika populations. There is also limited pig hunting.

Tongariro National Park offers great hunting primarily for Red Deer with localised Sika populations. There is also limited pig hunting.

A 31 hectare restricted hunting area south west of Waiouru.

Tongariro Forest offers good hunting for red deer and pigs. All hunting dogs must have avian avoidance training.

Erua Forest offers hunting for red deer, pigs and goats.

A 108 hectare hunting area on the south eastern shores of Lake Taupō.

Rangitaiki offers hunting primarily for Sika and Red deer.

A 262 hectare hunting area in the Taupō area.

Lake Taupō lakeshore reserves can offer high numbers of pigs in highly challenging terrain.

A 240 hectare hunting area in the Taupō area.

A 547 hectare hunting area near Kinloch in the Taupō area.

An 855 hectare hunting area west of Kinloch in the Taupō area.

An 89 hectare hunting area south of Waiouru.

An 816 hectare hunting area in Kaimanawa Forest Park, in the Central North Island.

A 239 hectare hunting area in the Tongariro district.

An 87 hectare hunting area in the Ruapehu district.

A 237 hectare hunting area in the Tongariro district.

A 471 hectare hunting area near Tongariro National Park.

An 83 hectare hunting area in the Tongariro district.

A 494 hectare hunting area in the Taupō area. This area of the reserve is south of SH 41 and part of the Taupō Reserves and Conservation Area permit area.

A 61 hectare hunting area in the Tongariro district.

A 12 hectare hunting area in the Tongariro district.

A 37 hectare hunting area in Tongariro National Park.

A 116 hectare hunting area in the Taupō area.

A 77 hectare hunting area in the Ruapehu area in the central North Island.

A 97 hectare hunting area in the Ruapehu area in the central North Island.

A 54 hectare hunting area in the Ruapehu area in the central North Island.

A 359 hectare hunting area in the Taupō area.

A 568 hectare hunting area in the Tongariro area.

A 72 hectare hunting area in the Taupō area.

A 64 hectare hunting area near Papanui Junction in the Central North Island.

A 150 hectare restricted hunting area south of Waiouru.