Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (formerly Egmont National Park)[1] is located south of New Plymouth, close to the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

Moist westerlies from the Tasman Sea form Orographic precipitation when they reach Mount Taranaki and the adjacent Pouakai and Kaitake ranges.

Since the area has high annual rainfall and a mild coastal climate there is a lush rainforest covering the foothills, a forest that is nationally significant for the total absence of beech trees (genus Nothofagus).

The Ahukawakawa Swamp is a rare high-elevation (920 m) sphagnum moss wetland located between Mount Taranaki and the Pouakai Range.

Threatened bird species within the park include Blue duck (whio), North Island brown kiwi and fernbird.