New Zealand established Tongariro National Park in 1887.

Mount Tongariro in winter, Tongariro National Park.

It is 23 kilometres northeast of Ohakune and 40 kilometres southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupo, within Tongariro National Park.

Taupo is a tourist centre, particularly in the summer, as it offers panoramic views over the lake and to the volcanic mountains of Tongariro National Park to the south.

Tongariro National Park in New Zealand was chosen to house Bavmorda's castle.

* Eleven new seats were created, of which seven ( Christchurch North, Dunedin West, Glenfield, Otara, Panmure, Tongariro and West Auckland ) were won by Labour, and four ( Franklin, Raglan, Rodney and Waikaremoana ) by National.

Tongariro National Park is the largest park in the region ( 795. 98 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) and is the oldest national park in the country, established in 1887.

New Zealand is marketed abroad as a " clean, green " adventure playground, with typical destinations being nature areas such as Milford Sound, Abel Tasman National Park or the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, while activities such as bungee jumping or whale watching exemplify typical tourist attractions, often marketed primarily to individual-and small-group travellers.

Whakapapa, on the northern side of Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand's Tongariro National Park, is one of the mountain's two commercial skifields.

* Department of Conservation Tongariro National Park

The plant was introduced to New Zealand and has become an invasive weed in some areas, notably the Tongariro National Park on the North Island and the Wilderness Reserve ( Te Anau ) on the South Island, overgrowing native plants.

As the name suggests, it borders the World Heritage Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's first national park created in 1887.

In the summer the village is a popular base for Tongariro and Whanganui National Park for hiking, biking and kayaking.

This was to avoid confusion with other Waimarino entities and also the name had come into common usage from its location relative to the Tongariro National Park.

Today Tongariro Timber is the last surviving mill operating at National Park.

In the 1960s National Park became the railhead for all the heavy equipment and machinery for the Tongariro Power Scheme Development with local pumice roads substantially upgraded to take the heavy traffic.

* Te Heuheu, a peak on Mount Ruapehu in the Tongariro National Park on the North Island of New Zealand

Ecological objectives included ensuring that Kaimanawa horse does not adversely affect endangered, rare and biogeographically significant plants ; ensuring that the herd does not further degrade the ecosystems in which it lives ; and preventing the herd from spreading into the Kaimanawa Forest Park and the Tongariro National Park.

When the Parliament of New Zealand passed the Tongariro National Park Act in October 1894, the park covered an area of about 252. 13 km², but it took until 1907 to acquire the land.

Tongariro National Park has been under the control of the New Zealand Department of Conservation since the creation of the department in 1987.

The first activities in the young Tongariro National Park were the construction of tourist huts at the beginning of the 20th century.

The second Tongariro National Park Act, in 1922, started some active conservation efforts, but it was not until 1931 that the first permanent park ranger began work.

Sunrise on Tongariro National Park

It is drained by the Waikato River ( New Zealand's longest river ), while its main tributaries are the Waitahanui River, the Tongariro River, and the Tauranga Taupo River.

In Māori legend, Taranaki is a mountain being that lived peacefully for many centuries in the centre of New Zealand's North Island with three other mountains, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu.

There are those who say that Taranaki is silently brooding and will one day try to return inland again to fight Tongariro.

Mount Ruapehu at 2, 797 m is the tallest mountain in the North Island, Ngauruhoe 2, 291 m and Tongariro 1, 968 m. During the last 100 years Ruapehu has experienced six significant eruptions, and last erupted in 1995 and 1996.

Chateau Tongariro, which has appeared on several New Zealand stamps, is a feature of Whakapapa village.

It is the youngest vent in the Tongariro volcanic complex on the Central Plateau of the North Island, and first erupted about 2, 500 years ago.

Although seen by most as a volcano in its own right, it is technically a secondary cone of Mount Tongariro.

Turangi is a small town on the west bank of the Tongariro River, 50 kilometres south-west of Taupo on the North Island Volcanic Plateau of New Zealand.

The hotel Chateau Tongariro, which is still the centre of Whakapapa today, was established in 1929.

The Tongariro National Park is a rough and partly unstable environment.

The most popular track in Tongariro National Park is the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.

Most of the track is also part of the Tongariro Northern Circuit, a two to four day tour, which is one of New Zealand's nine Great Walks.

Mount Tongariro (; ) is a compound volcano in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of the North Island of New Zealand.

Transport leaves daily ( weather permitting ) for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, known as the best one day alpine trek in New Zealand.

Mount Tongariro and its surroundings are one of the several locations where Peter Jackson shot the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ; tours to view these places are commonly arranged by the tour's operators and lodges.

Mount Tongariro is in the Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's first national park and one of the earliest in the world.

Mount Tongariro and its surroundings are also one of the several locations which Peter Jackson chose to shoot the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

The one day Tongariro Alpine Crossing from the Mangatepopo Valley across Mt Ngauruhoe and Mt Tongariro is considered one of the greatest one-day walks in the world.

The river rises on the northern slopes of Mount Tongariro, one of the three active volcanoes of the central plateau, and close to Lake Rotoaira.

The Tongariro Alpine Crossing in Tongariro National Park is one of New Zealand's most spectacular tramping tracks, and is considered the most popular one-day tramp in New Zealand.

Following the 2007 review, Turangi Tongariro lost one district Councillor.