Waikaremoana and Whirinaki Recreation Area Map

Waikaremoana and Whirinaki Recreation Area Map Scale 1:50,000   Towering trees, rushing rivers, a wide variety of habitats and a fascinating past combine to create Whirinaki Forest Park.  This was one of New Zealand’s most famous conservation battlegrounds, where people actively fought to save a magnificent native forest. Today Whirinaki’s beauty is protected for everyone to enjoy through a comprehensive network of walks, tracks, huts and a range of opportunities for visitors.Whirinaki Forest Park forms a boundary between the exotic Kaingaroa pine plantations to the west and Te Urewera National Park to the east. The Forest Park stretches over 55,000 ha from near Murupara in the north to the Napier-Taupo highway in the south.  The park is about 100 km southeast of Rotorua past Murupara on Ruatahuna Road.