ATLAS · NATIONAL PARKS · NEW ZEALAND
National Parks in New Zealand
New Zealand has 12 national parks on the map. Each is drawn from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), a snapshot taken 2026-06-23. This is a count of where parks are mapped, not a ranking.
PARKS MAPPED12
NAMED IN SAMPLE12
WITH IUCN CATEGORY12
By protection category
Among the named sample below, the IUCN protection category OpenStreetMap records for New Zealand’s parks. Many parks carry no category in the data, and are not counted here.
IUCN II · National park12
A sample of parks
All 12 of New Zealand’s mapped national parks, alphabetically.
- Abel Tasman National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Aoraki / Mount Cook National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Arthur's Pass National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Fiordland National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Kahurangi National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Mount Aspiring National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Nelson Lakes National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Paparoa National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Rakiura National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Tongariro National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Westland Tai Poutini National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Whanganui National ParkIUCN II · National park