Westhaven (Te Tai Tapu) Marine Reserve

Tasman District, New Zealand · built 2009

Westhaven (Te Tai Tapu) Marine Reserve is a marine protected area that covers the southern fifth of the Whanganui Inlet at the top of New Zealand's South Island. It has an area of 536 hectares (1, 320 acres). The other 2,112 hectares (5, 220 acres) of the inlet is the Westhaven (Whanganui Inlet) Wildlife Management Reserve. The marine reserve was established in 1994. Both reserves are administered by the Department of Conservation. The inlet is on the west coast, just south-west of Cape Farewell and north-west of Collingwood, in the Tasman District. Road access is from the road between Collingwood and Farewell Spit, with a turn-off heading westward just north of Pākawau.

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