Following the successful arrangements over the previous years of allowing week-day day-time access to specific areas in Lake Taupō Forest during the roar season, the Lake Taupō Forest Trust, and NZFM are pleased to announce that we will be repeating this in 2025. To facilitate this, we have re-scheduled a range of forest operations to avoid interaction between hunters and workers for this period, the safety of owners and workers remains paramount for the Lake Taupō Forest Trust. However, with fire risk and other possible emergencies we urge LTFT owners to take all normal precautions when accessing the lands during this time, and not to assume there are no operations happening.
Week-day Roar Hunting Block – Access to the areas shown on the map below will be available for those eligible for permits to access on weekdays from 5am to 11pm during the roar, as well as on weekends. Roar Block access will be available from Saturday 29th March through to Sunday 11th May 2025. Weekday access and weekend access will remain as per normal, being 4pm to 11pm on weekdays and 5am – 11pm during weekends for the remaining area of Lake Taupō Forest Trust Lands.
Owners wishing to take up the opportunity to access these blocks will need to get a permit and key-fob. If you already have a permit and key-fob covering some or all of the Roar Block dates, your key-fob will automatically operate the relevant gates during the hours outlined above. Permits and updating the electronic key-fob can be done at the below sites.
Taupō – Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board office (now located at 67 Horomatangi St, Level 2.
Tūrangi – Lake Taupō Forest Trust office, Tūrangi Town Centre.
Tūrangi – New Zealand Forest Managers, 165 Atirau Road.
Winter Access Hours – from Monday 12th May 2025 owner access will change to the winter hours (4pm to 8pm on weekdays; 7am to 8pm on weekends). Summer hours will start again on Monday 29 September 2025 (the day after daylight saving changes back).
