Tauranga · Online course

Nature Park Management in Tauranga

This online course will give you the tools you need to start a career in the management of Parks, Reserves, Zoos, National Parks, and the like.

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What you'll learn

The course is the same online course wherever you study from. Its modules:

1. Module 1 – Nature Park Management 1
2. Module 2 – Nature Park Management 2

See the full Nature Park Management course outline

Park management examples near Tauranga

Tauranga has three quite different park management models within easy reach. McLaren Falls Park is a 190-hectare council park beside Lake McLaren, about ten minutes from the city. Its managers run camping at four sites, year-round licensed fishing, walking tracks and a glow-worm track, plus access to Marshalls Animal Park. Te Puna Quarry Park, by contrast, is maintained entirely by volunteers, more than 100 of them, on the site of an old quarry.

At a larger scale, DOC manages the Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park. The park stretches from Karangahake Gorge almost to Rotorua and has more than 360 km of walking and tramping tracks. Its vegetation ranges from dense low-altitude forest to windblown scrub and grassland, and DOC notes it marks the edge of several tree species' natural ranges.

Nature Park Management in Tauranga: questions

Who manages McLaren Falls Park?

Tauranga City Council. The park covers 190 hectares beside Lake McLaren, about ten minutes' drive from Tauranga. It offers camping at four locations, year-round fishing with a licence, and walking tracks, including one where glow-worms can be seen.

Is there a volunteer-run park near Tauranga?

Te Puna Quarry Park, at 110 Te Puna Quarry Road, is maintained entirely by more than 100 volunteers. They handle new projects, development and maintenance, and the park's website has a volunteers page.

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