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Table A4: Protected Areas Administered by the Department of Conservation

as at 31 March 1995¹

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Protected area category	Conservation units1	Area2 (ha)
National parks3	22	2 425 884
Reserves4 (includes 758 277 ha
of marine reserves)	3 475	1 567 846
Conservation areas5	5 113	4 657 729
Wildlife areas6	85	10 821
Marine mammal sanctuaries	2	335 511
Protected private land7	434	61 760
Total		9 059 551
			Percentage of total NZ land area
Total (excluding marine reserves and marine mammal sanctuaries)		7 965 763	29.4
Total New Zealand land area		27 053 400

Source: Department of Conservation

Notes:

¹A conservation unit is a standard grouping of parcels of land which is used in the Department of Conservation's computerised National Lands Register. The number of units does not necessarily correspond to the actual number of protected areas, as used in previous statistics.
²The possible range of error in the area statistics is plus or minus 1.0 percent. The statistics exclude proposed additions to the resource categories.
³National parks include specially protected areas, wilderness areas and other areas not sub-categorised.
⁴Reserves include national, historic, scenic, nature, scientific, wildlife purposes, wilderness areas, marine, faunistic and others not specified, and excludes any reserve with another administering body.
⁵Conservation areas include conservation parks, ecological areas, sanctuary areas, wilderness areas, other specifically protected areas and stewardship lands.
⁶Wildlife areas include refuge, sanctuary, and management reserves. This does not include other Department of Conservation areas, or areas for wildlife purposes administered under the Reserves Act 1977.
⁷Protected private lands include conservation covenants, Nga Whenua Rahui Kawenata, protected private land agreements and management agreements.

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