The site was identified as important in 2014 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).
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Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Whakapohai
|
Wildlife Refuge |
39 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Westland / Tai Poutini National Park
|
National Park |
131,708 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Wanganui Riverbed
|
Stewardship Area |
1,675 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Wanganui Forest
|
Stewardship Area |
649 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Waitangiroto
|
Nature Reserve |
1,525 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Waiau Glacier Coast
|
Marine Reserve |
4,560 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
|
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) |
2,600,000 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Te Wae Wae Bay
|
Stewardship Area |
6 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Te Tapuwae o Hua (Long Sound)
|
Marine Reserve |
3,692 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Te Hapua (Sutherland Sound)
|
Marine Reserve |
456 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Te Awaatu Channel
|
Marine Reserve |
94 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Tauparikākā
|
Marine Reserve |
16 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Taumoana (Five Fingers Peninsula)
|
Marine Reserve |
1,473 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Taipari Roa (Elizabeth Island)
|
Marine Reserve |
616 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Sandy Beach - Jacobs River
|
Stewardship Area |
11 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Saltwater Lagoon
|
Scenic Reserve |
1,266 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Pyke Forest
|
Stewardship Area |
21,631 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Poerua River Mouth
|
Stewardship Area |
531 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Piopiotahi
|
Marine Reserve |
729 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Open Bay Islands
|
Wildlife Refuge |
16 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Okuru-Waiatoto
|
Stewardship Area |
17,314 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Okahu Wildlife Refuge
|
Wildlife Refuge |
163 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Moana Uta (Wet Jacket Arm)
|
Marine Reserve |
2,017 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Kutu Parera (Gaer Arm)
|
Marine Reserve |
434 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Kahukura (Gold Arm)
|
Marine Reserve |
474 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Hawea (Clio Rocks)
|
Marine Reserve |
410 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Hautai
|
Marine Reserve |
854 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Gillespies Beach
|
Stewardship Area |
112 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Fiordland National Park
|
National Park |
1,278,214 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Cook River to Haast River
|
Stewardship Area |
188,734 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Cook River
|
Stewardship Area |
1,617 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Breaksea Island
|
Specially Protected Area |
1,262 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Arawhata Riverbed
|
Stewardship Area |
2,992 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Arawhata
|
Stewardship Area |
107,706 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Abut Head
|
Stewardship Area |
63 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Abbey Rocks
|
Stewardship Area |
157 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
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