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Of the 130,000 ha, nearly 18,000 ha was added to National Parks, but the remaining 112,000 ha was distributed across the classifications of ecological area, scenic and scientific reserves, wildlife management, amenity, and conservation area and conservation park.

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But Chris Luxon's Fast Track Wrecking Bill could now expose those non-National Park areas to logging and mining. Could the hard-fought indigenous forest protection gains we won 20-plus years ago now be at risk along with other forests managed by DOC? Not without a fight.

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