Everything about Te Urewera National Park totally explained
Te Urewera National Park is one of fourteen
national parks within
New Zealand and is the largest of the four in the North Island. Covering an area of approximately 2,127 km², it's in the north east of the
Hawke's Bay region of the
North Island.
On
28 July 1954, the catchment areas of
Lake Waikaremoana,
Lake Waikareiti and other Crown reserves were gazetted as a
national park, and by 1957 proposals were well underway to add the rest of the Crown land in Te Urewera north of
Ruatahuna. This proposal was formalised in November 1957 when an additional 1,350 km² were added. Further additions were made in 1962, 1975 and 1979, with smaller acquisitions and boundary alterations in the intervening period.
The lake bed and
Māori enclaves were not included in the park gazetting. The Crown has leased the lakebed, which is managed by the
New Zealand Department of Conservation.
Te Urewera is the traditional home of the
Tuhoe people. Due to its geographical isolation, it was one of the last regions to come under control of the British during colonization in the
1800s.
Te Kooti, the Māori leader, found refuge there from his pursuers among Tuhoe, with whom he formed an alliance.
The park's name comes from the Māori words
ure meaning penis and
wera meaning burnt, so it means "burnt penis" in Māori. The name comes from the tale of a Māori chief who died after rolling over in his sleep while lying too close to a camp fire.
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