Aotea Conservation Park is a 12,300 hectare protected area on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf.
It is home to kauri forest, pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), kānuka (Kunzea ericoides), Great Barrier tree daisy (Olearia allomii), kākā, brown teal, spotless crake, fernbird, rare frogs, paua slugs and niho taniwha (chevron skink).
[5] A major storm in June and July 2014 delayed work to establish the park,[5] and survey the area for Kauri dieback.
[7] Auckland Council and Ngāti Rehua Ngati Wai ki Aotea surveyed the park for Kauri dieback in November 2020.
[6] In the same month, a report by the Environmental Defence Society concluded the Department of Conservation had a "woeful lack of funding" to manage and protect the park.