The document has been 12 years in the making and final approval from the New Zealand Conservation Authority and the Minister of Conservation is still many months away.
The department received 436 submissions on the management plan for the 355,543ha national park, which will replace the 1994 plan and govern park activities until 2020.
Hearings have been held this month in Dunedin, Queenstown and Wanaka.
Among the final submitters to present information yesterday was neighbouring Mt Aspiring Station farmer John Aspinall, whose family was instrumental in establishing the park and continues to have a close relationship with the department regarding park activities.
Mr Aspinall was an Otago Conservation Board member when the management plan first came up for review 12 years ago and was on earlier hearings panels.
Mr Aspinall outlined several areas where he felt the plan could better acknowledge relationships between the department and its neighbours but he also noted the relationship was already working well.
The plan should not assume, for example, noxious weeds spread only from farms into the park, as weeds also grew inside the park and could spread outwards, Mr Aspinall said.
Mr Aspinall supported the retention of grazing rights within the park and made other suggestions for better liaison between neighbours.
Wanaka-based individuals made 26 submissions this week.
They included mountain guides, trampers, jet-boat enthusiasts, aviators, white-water kayakers, and eel fishers.
