Mount Ruapehu is 23 km north east of Ohakune, 40 km south west of the southern shore of Lake Taupoand is a partb of Tongariro National Park.
Tongariro National Park is fully protected as to its wild life, and features. This protection is administered by the Department of Conservation. The Iwi, Ngati Tuwharetoa, are Kaitiaki (guardians) of the Tongariro National Park area.
New Zealand has 14 National Parks: Abel Tasman, Aoraki Mt Cook, Arthur's Pass, Egmont, Fiordland, Kahurangi, Mt Aspiring, Nelson Lakes, Paparoa, Rakiura, Tongariro, Te Urewera, Westland, Whanganui.
Tongariro National Park in the North Island of NZ was created very early in NZ's history (1887) by Chieftain Te Heuheu of Tuwharetoa gifting the land for that purpose. Perhaps the 4th National Park in the world.In NZ this park is conspicuous in that almost all of its features still carry their original Maori names, though there are a few that carry descriptive names given by surveyors. Such as Pyramid and Pinnacle Ridge.So Ruapehu, Tongariro, and Ngaruahoe, the three major volcanoes have always carried those names.
Rocky Mountain National Park - 1917 was released on: USA: 30 December 1917
The Pole of Inaccessibility (the point farthest from the coast) in the North Island lies in the northern part of Tongariro National Park. A little further north lies Lake Taupo.
Tongariro National Park was created in 1887-10.
The Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand. The Tongariro National Park is located in the central north island of New Zealand.
Tongariro National Park is fully protected as to its wild life, and features. This protection is administered by the Department of Conservation. The Iwi, Ngati Tuwharetoa, are Kaitiaki (guardians) of the Tongariro National Park area.
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The area of Table Mountain National Park is 221 square kilometers.
The area of Popa Mountain National Park is 128.541 square kilometers.
Mt Ruapehu, Mt Tongariro and Mt Ngauruhoe
Tongariro National Park.
The area of Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge is 1,095.112 square kilometers.
The area of Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge is 36.486 square kilometers.
The area of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is 11.688 square kilometers.
In 1887 Tongariro National Park became New Zealand's first National Park and only the fourth National Park in the world. It is situated on the central North Island's volcanic plateau and includes the mountains Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. The land was gifted by the Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi.