Find out what to do, where to stay and how to plan your trip to this unesco dual world heritage area. Tongariro is new zealand's oldest national park and a dual world heritage area This status recognises the park's important māori cultural and spiritual associations as well as its outstanding volcanic features. Tongariro national park (/ ˈtɒŋɡərɪroʊ / [tɔŋaɾiɾɔ]), located in the central north island, is the oldest national park in new zealand and the sixth national park established in the world [2][3] it has been recognised by unesco as a world heritage site for its mixed cultural and natural values.
Fire and emergency new zealand provides an update on the fire in the tongariro national park Tongariro national park in new zealand holds profound spiritual significance from a māori perspective The three volcanic peaks of tongariro, ngāuruhoe, and ruapehu are considered sacred and personified ancestors in māori mythology. A wall of smoke from the tongariro national park fire is providing a worrying vista for a village. Tongariro national park holds dual unesco world heritage site status that recognises its maori cultural and spiritual significance as well as its outstanding natural landscape In 1894, it became new zealand’s first national park, thanks to the generosity of the ngati tuwharetoa people.
