Summary
The Wairarapa area covers five ecological districts, ranging from the Tararua and Rimutaka ranges, to the Wairarapa plains and to the hill country in the east and north of the area. Features of the area include the Tararua, Rimutaka and Aorangi forest parks, which are popular with trampers and other forest park users. The Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre supports the conservation of nationally endangered species through captive management.
The Wairarapa coastline extends for 220 kilometres, and is an area traditionally of high interest to iwi, and is also an important commercial fishery.
Wairarapa Moana contains wetlands that are regionally and nationally important for wader bird habitat, sport game shooting and are also traditional areas for food gathering by Maori.
The eastern and northern area of the Wairarapa has few areas legally protected, and remaining forest and wetland habitats contain several endangered native plant species. The rare short-tailed bat is found in one location in the Tararua Forest Park.
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