Hakatere Conservation Park is a protected area between the Rakaia River and the Rangitata River in the Ashburton District (Mid Canterbury) of New Zealand.[1][2] The park was established in 2007. It covers 60,000 hectares of rugged mountains and mountain basins, tussocklands and beech forest.[3] It includes the Ashburton Lakes, such as Lake Heron and Lake Clearwater, popular tramping area Mount Somers / Te Kiekie, and Mount Hutt skifield.[4] The closest town is Mount Somers.[5]
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