A much prized bush reserve.
Kitchener Park is a much prized bush reserve, a mere few minutes drive from Feilding, in the Manawatu. Kitchener Park was created by the then Feilding Borough Council in 1916 and named after Lord Kitchener, the British Cabinet Minister and War Secretary.
The park is an important remnant of lowland semi-swamp podocarp forest, one of the best and last-remaining in the Manawatu.
The park contains many fine specimens of kahikatea, totara, rimu, pukatea and kowhai trees, including until recently, New Zealand’s tallest kowhai. There are also many rare species of fungus and insect life in the park, which have been the subject of some intensive study by national and overseas scientists.
The forest has suffered many flooding events over the years, and sustained major damage in the Feilding floods of 2004, and again in June 2015.
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Queen Charlotte Track
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Burkes Pass To Becks
Great New Zealand Trek… Stage 12.
