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National Parks Act 1980

National parks - Establishment, exclusion of land from, and definition of parks

6: Existing national parks

You could also call this:

"The law lists the national parks that existed when it started"

When this law started, it confirmed that several areas were officially national parks. These parks are:

  1. Tongariro National Park
  2. Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly called Egmont National Park)
  3. Arthur's Pass National Park
  4. Abel Tasman National Park
  5. Fiordland National Park
  6. Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park (formerly called Mount Cook National Park)
  7. Nelson Lakes National Park
  8. Westland National Park
  9. Mount Aspiring National Park

The law says that Arthur's Pass National Park is the same park that existed before this law came into effect, just with a slightly different name.

The law also mentions that some park names have changed. Mount Cook National Park is now called Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park because of a different law about Ngāi Tahu claims. Similarly, Egmont National Park is now called Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki because of another law about Taranaki Maunga.

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Part 1National parks
Establishment, exclusion of land from, and definition of parks

6Existing national parks

  1. The following national parks as they exist at the commencement of this Act are hereby declared to be national parks under and subject to the provisions of this Act:

  2. the Tongariro National Park:
    1. the Egmont National Park:
      1. the Arthur's Pass National Park:
        1. the Abel Tasman National Park:
          1. the Fiordland National Park:
            1. the Mount Cook National Park:
                1. the Nelson Lakes National Park:
                  1. the Westland National Park:
                    1. the Mount Aspiring National Park.

                      1. The Arthur's Pass National Park named in subsection (1)(c) is the same national park as the Arthur Pass National Park existing immediately before the commencement of this Act.

                      2. By virtue of section 162 of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998, the Mount Cook National Park is now called the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park.

                      3. By virtue of section 23(1) and (3) of Te Ture Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua 2025/the Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Act 2025, the Egmont National Park is now named Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki.

                      4. Repealed
                      Notes
                      • Section 6(1)(g): repealed, on , by section 14 of the Te Urewera Act 2014 (2014 No 51).
                      • Section 6(3): inserted, on , by section 162(3) of the Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 (1998 No 97).
                      • Section 6(4): inserted, on , by section 127 of Te Ture Whakatupua mō Te Kāhui Tupua 2025/Taranaki Maunga Collective Redress Act 2025 (2025 No 1).
                      • Section 6(4): repealed, on , by section 14 of the Te Urewera Act 2014 (2014 No 51).