Land & freshwater - all regions
Arawai Kākāriki is a programme to enhance the ecological restoration of three of New Zealand's foremost wetland/freshwater sites.
Southland's Waituna Lagoon (part of Awarua Wetlands) was the first place in the world to be officially recognised under the Ramsar Convention.
Review a list of birds that can be found at Southland's Awarua Bay.
View a map of Southland's estuaries and coastal wetlands.
New Zealand's subantarctic islands have World Herigage status. They are among the world's least modified environments and are home to diverse and abudant animals and plants.
Coastal sand dunes are much more than heaps of wind-driven sand. They are home to a number of unique native plant and animal communities which exist nowhere else.
The landscape, native species, ecosystems, recreation opportunities and historic and cultural heritage of New Zealand's high country has significant intrinsic value.
The Waituna/Awarua complex is a large ecologically sustainable coastal plain of bogs, swamps, heaths, forest and open water.