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Puzzle #69 was Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is a national park located in the Canterbury Region in the central-west of the South Island of New Zealand. It was established in October 1953 and takes its name from the highest mountain in New Zealand, Aoraki / Mount Cook. The area of the park is 707Â km2 (273Â mi2), and it shares a border with Westland Tai Poutini National Park along the Main Divide of the Southern Alps.
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What the record says
Puzzle 69 ran on 22 Sep 2026 and the answer was Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park, played with 6 guesses against 4 columns. On the record: Country - New Zealand; IUCN category - II; Area band - 500–1,999 km². The numbers: Established - 1950s.
Beyond the grid the record adds Established - 1953; Area - 706.96 km² (500–1,999 km²); Terrain / setting - South Island.
Parkdle builds its record from Wikidata - CC0 1.0 and IUCN protected-area management category guidelines. The description above comes from the same place the game credits on every reveal: English Wikipedia verbatim extract, CC BY-SA 4.0. The puzzle itself is still playable in the archive, and every answer that has been and gone is listed on the past-answers page.
How it scored
- Country
- New Zealand
- IUCN category
- II
- Established
- 1950s
- Area band
- 500–1,999 km²
Also on the record
- Established
- 1953
- Area
- 706.96 km² (500–1,999 km²)
- Terrain / setting
- South Island