Hunting in the Coromandel
342 DOC permit areas, 3 roar blocks, 2 huts, 896 unformed legal roads — and what each of them means before you go.
What has been recorded here
- Wild turkey 413
- Peafowl 152
- Brushtail possum 43
- Rabbit 29
- Feral pig 16
- Feral goat 10
- Brown hare 1
Most of these are logged by the public rather than by hunters, so a cluster is a real sign the animal is about and out where it can be seen — it is not a record of where people hunt. But records follow tracks, roads and campsites, so empty country usually means nobody has walked it with a phone rather than that there is nothing there. Presence, not density.
Occurrence data from GBIF.org.
Where you can hunt
DOC files 342 hunting permit areas in the Coromandel, 3 of them roar blocks. Public conservation land needs a permit, and each area carries its own conditions and closures — which are DOC’s to set and worth reading for the block you pick.
896 unformed legal roads run through the region — public roads that were surveyed and never built. Many cross private farmland, and you may pass along one without asking anybody, though the paddocks either side stay private.
Open the map Make a hunt plan Fishing access in the Coromandel
Balloted and restricted blocks here
- Rayonier Matariki ForestsBy permit Forest access · run by Matariki
1080 in the Coromandel right now
No DOC 1080 operation in the Coromandel is in its caution period today. That is DOC’s record only — regional councils, OSPRI and landowners lay poison that is not in it, so read the signs at every entrance and ask the owner on private land.
Every recorded operation, and what it means for dogs
Shows operations recorded by DOC from March 2022 onward. This is not a statement that 1080 is or is not present now. Always follow on-site warning signs and check DOC for the authoritative position.
Huts
2 across 1 parks and conservation areas. 0 you can simply turn up at, and 0 of those have a fire.
Hut locations and facilities: Department of Conservation (CC BY 4.0), via the DOC open data hub.
Coromandel Forest Park2 huts
- Crosbies HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToilet
- Pinnacles HutBook aheadFireMattressesWaterToiletCooker
Before you walk in
This is a snapshot of DOC’s hut dataset, not a live feed — DOC last refreshed it in April 2026 and has flagged it for replacement. Huts close, burn down, get booked out and get alerts put on them. Before you commit to sleeping in one, open its DOC page and check.
“Turn up” means first come, first served — carry a Backcountry Hut Pass or tickets, and expect company. The rules about firearms and carcasses near huts are the same everywhere and worth reading once.
Asking for private land
Most of the Coromandel is somebody’s farm, and that is where the animals a landowner wants fewer of usually are. Find the block on the map and we work out the postal address without ever showing you who owns it; you print one page, they scan the code and answer.