Rakiura National Park, National park on Stewart Island, New Zealand.

Rakiura National Park is a protected nature reserve on Stewart Island with dense rainforests, rocky coastlines, and open moorland throughout its area. The landscape shifts between thick forests and open terrain with many marked walking trails suitable for different fitness levels.

Rakiura National Park, New Zealand's 14th and newest national park, was officially opened on 9 March 2002 by Prime Minister Helen Clark, Conservation Minister Sandra Lee and mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary. It was assembled from a network of former nature reserves, scenic reserves and State Forest areas, covering about 85% of Stewart Island / Rakiura. A chain sculpture by Southland sculptor Russell Beck, unveiled at the opening, marks the park entrance; a matching sculpture was erected at Bluff in 2008.

Rakiura means "the land of glowing skies" in Māori, referring to the aurora australis and the sunsets seen from the island. The island's other name, Te Punga o Te Waka a Māui, casts it as the anchor of the demigod Māui's canoe, the South Island. A chain sculpture by Russell Beck at the park entrance, unveiled at the 2002 opening, depicts this anchor; a matching sculpture was erected at Bluff in 2008.

Access is by ferry from Bluff to Oban (Halfmoon Bay), the island's only settlement, where a visitor centre covers the park and its wildlife. The Rakiura Track runs 32 km over three days and two nights; the Northwest Circuit is 125 km with ten huts spaced five to seven hours apart. The Southern Circuit's 70 km can mean long stretches of mud and deep water after rain.

The chain sculpture at the park entrance, designed by Southland sculptor Russell Beck, depicts Rakiura as the anchor of the demigod Māui's canoe, giving the island its other name, Te Punga o Te Waka a Māui. A matching sculpture was erected at Bluff in 2008 to mark the other end of the chain.