Land & freshwater - all regions
Arawai Kākāriki is a programme to enhance the ecological restoration of three of New Zealand's foremost wetland/freshwater sites.
Discover Firth of Thames, a wetland of international significance. The site includes shallow estuarine water and mudflats, shell banks, grass flats, mangrove forest, saltmarsh and limited freshwater swamp margins.
Listed as a wetland of international importance, at 10,201 hectares Kopuatai Peat Dome is the largest unaltered restiad peat bog in New Zealand.
The Tui Mine is an abandoned mine site on the western flanks of Mt Te Aroha. The mine produced a range of base metals, including copper, lead and zinc from 1966 to 1973, when it was abandoned by Norpac Mining Co.
Learn about wetlands in the Waikato region, including three of only six wetlands in New Zealand that are recognised as being internationally important.
Situated in Pureora Forest Park, Waipapa is home to a number of New Zealand's native bird species. Learn about how an intensive pest management programme at Waipapa has resulted in an increase in native species.
The second largest bog and swamp complex in the North Island is an outstanding site for promoting the value of wetlands and species conservation, such as Australasian bittern/matuku.