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At their highest, the Mamaku Ranges rise to over 600 metres (2,000 ft), and much of the high ground within the hills forms a plateau. The range is extensively forested, with the Kaimai-Mamaku State Forest and
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As well as above there are multiple roads in the ignimbrite plateau region. Many of these however are private access to commercial forest. Access to much of the northern part of the range covered in native forest between
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