Ahuriri Conservation Park
44°20′S 169°40′E / 44.333°S 169.667°E / -44.333; 169.667
Ahuriri Conservation Park is a protected area of 49,000 hectares including tussock grasslands, forest, and river habitat, located in Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, and centred around the headwaters of the Ahuriri River.[1][2]
The park includes trails and huts.[3][4][5] The mountains, forests, tussock lands and river valleys are used for tramping, fishing kayaking, horse riding and hunting.[6]
Both the park and neighbouring Ben Avon Station are located near the Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, a dark-sky reserve, and are used for astronomy.[7]
The town is serviced by the tourist town of Omarama.[8][9]
History
The park was established in 2005, and includes the Birchwood Station leasehold farm the New Zealand Government bought back for NZ$10 million in 2004. It contained extensive wetlands that had remained largely undeveloped.[10] Birchwood Station continued normal farming operations until the end of the leasehold in 2010.[11]
The road to the former Birchwood Station homestead stopped being regularly maintained by Waitaki District Council in 2011.[12]
In 2014, ecologist Peter Espie reported a decrease in native plant species in the park, and suggested introducing grazing management.[13]
Parts of the 2020 Disney film Mulan were filmed in Ahuriri Valley near the conservation park, including the training camp scenes and some battle scenes.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "Speech: Opening of Ahuriri Conservation Park". The Beehive. New Zealand: Government of New Zealand. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ "Ahuriri hunting block". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ "Ahuriri Conservation Park". www.doc.govt.nz. Government of New Zealand.
- ^ "Ahuriri Conservation Park" (PDF). New Zealand: Government of New Zealand.
- ^ "Ahuriri Conservation Park: Discover Omarama". Retrieved 2019-09-15.
- ^ Thornber, Lorna (28 July 2021). "NZ's top winter towns: Where to go in August for a last-minute escape". stuff.co.nz. Stuff Travel.
- ^ Wallace, Sue (1 October 2020). "Dark skies and designer lodges in the Ahuriri Valley". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. New Zealand Herald.
- ^ Waterworth, Kerrie (25 November 2020). "A quieter time for Omarama this year". Allied Press. Otago Daily Times.
- ^ Editorial (24 May 2018). "Omarama at a crossroads". Allied Press. Otago Daily Times.
- ^ Woodward, Keith (14 February 2018). "Keith Woodford: clamour for other uses drives high country reform". stuff.co.nz. Stuff Farming.
- ^ Birchwood, Matthew (24 September 2010). "Birchwood Homestead ideas sought". stuff.co.nz. Timaru Herald.
- ^ Bruce, David (21 February 2011). "Ahuriri access compromised". Allied Press. Otago Daily Times.
- ^ Rae, Sally (13 May 2013). "Many facets to heritage 'jewel'". Allied Press. Otago Daily Times.
- ^ Polianskaya, Alina (14 September 2020). "Where was Mulan filmed? Filming locations for the new Disney remake, and why filming in China's Xinjiang province is controversial". iNews.
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