Dunedin District Wetlands

 

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Andersons Pond Margins

Swamp 2.4 km Northeast of intersection of George King Memorial Drive and Wehenga Road, Clarks Junction.

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Aramoana Saltmarsh

Saltmarsh and flax-dominated swamp areas, south of Moana Street and Aramoana Road, Aramoana.

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Black Rock Marshes

Description: Black Rock Marshes. Type/Class: Marsh. Size: 63.1ha. Altitude: 420 - 480 m above sea level. Approximate location: 16 km East of Middlemarch; 1.5 km Southwest of Black Rock. NZTM (centre point): E1390630 N4956800. Regional Plan: Water for Otago Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.9, Map F63. Territorial Authority: Dunedin City Council / Waitaki District Council.

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Braeside Swamp

Swamp on Maungatua Road, 1.6 km Northeast of Waipori Falls Road, Berwick.

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Ellison Saltmarsh

Saltmarsh south of the intersection of Coast Road and Merton Station Road, Karitane.

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Fernhill Marsh

Marsh 2km Southeast of Sutton

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Fortification Stream Headwaters Swamp

Swamp 3 km Southeast of Wallance Ford Road and Mount Gowie Road, Clarks Junction.

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Glyn Wye Wetland Management Area

Medium turf ephemeral tarns on broad ridge crest, 6 km Northeast of Middlemarch.

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Great Moss Swamp

Remnant of a previously more extensive, 500-ha swamp flooded by the Loganburn Reservoir. Areas of red tussock (Chionochloa rubra), silver tussock (Poa cita), sedge tussock (Schoenus pauciflorus) and Sphagnum squarrosum. One of the few remaining subalpine swamp areas in the Rock and Pillar Ecological District.

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Hawksbury Lagoon

A shallow fresh-brackish water lagoon at the mouth of the river, adjacent to the town of Waikouaiti. Little tidal influence within the lagoon as a causeway along the channel entrance restricts the entry of seawater.

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Henley Swamp

Swamp South of the intersection of Allanton-Waihola Road and Henley-Berwick Road, Henley.

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Hoopers Inlet Swamp

Saltmarsh and swamp area behind Allans Beach on eastern side of Hooper’s Inlet.

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Jennings Creek Marsh

Marsh 2 km Northwesr of Aramoana

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Kaikorai Lagoon Swamp

A brackish water lagoon and extensive adjacent swamp/marsh areas at the mouth of the Kaikorai Stream.

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Lamb Hill Fen Complex

Areas of copper tussock wetland on gully floors in the southern part of Macraes Ecological District. “

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Lower Otokia Creek Marsh

Marsh/Saltmarsh Northwest of the intersection of McIntosh Road and Sea View Road, Brighton.

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Maungatua Summit Wetland Management Area

Area containing cushion herb vegetation, Sphagnum sp. bogs, flushes and small tarns on the summit and western slopes of Maungatua overlooking Taieri Plains.

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McGregor Swamp

Swamp West of the intersection of Beach Street and Stewart Street, Waikouaiti.

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McKays Triangle Wetland

Wetland area on the Taieri Plain located 10 km south west of Mosgiel.

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McLachlan Road Marsh

Marsh Southeast of the intersection of Round Hill Road and McLachlan Road, Karitane.

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Murrays Road Inland Saline Wetland Management Area

A salt pan on gently sloping surface of the Tor Plateau land system, the pan grading into a small wet area at one end.

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Office Creek Seepage

Seepage 8 km Northwest of the intersection of Maungatua Road and Waipori Falls Road, Henley.

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Okia Flat Wetland Management Area

Dune hollows (permanently or periodically wet), wetland turf, bogs and ponds within the Okia Reserve, Okia Flat, Otago Peninsula. The best example of dune hollow vegetation in the Otago Coast Ecological Region.

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Old Dunstan Road Swamp

Swamp 6.5 km Northwest of the intersection of Old Dunstan Road and Rocklands Road, Clarks Junction.

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Otokia Swamp

h and sedge swamp adjacent to SH 1. Water levels fluctuate throughout the year. Adjacent land grazed.

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Papanui Inlet Saltmarsh

A small area on the northern edge of Papanui Inlet, comprising tidal salt meadow and saltmarsh.

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Peat Moss Hills Fen Complex

Fen and Seepage 8 km Southwest of the intersection of Ramrock Road and Townsend Road, Middlemarch.

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Reefs Pond Margins

Swamp 4 km Southeast of the intersection of Reefs Road and Barewood Road, Clarks Junction.

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Sutton Salt Lake Wetland Management Area

Salt Lake (2 ha, near Sutton) is a shallow saline lake on the southern edge of the Strath Taieri Plain. Swampy margins with succulent herb, rush and sedge vegetation. Part of Sutton Salt Lake Scenic Reserve (142 ha) which embraces other tarns, seepages, grassland and shrubland communities. “

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Swampy Summit Swamp

Swampy areas and peat bogs with associated moss field, sedgeland and shrub communities on the flat plateau of Swampy Summit in the Silver Peaks area, west of Dunedin

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Takitoa Swamp

Large, flat, valley-floor wetland.

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Te Matai Marsh Complex

Marsh 1.8 km Northwest of the intersection of Dick Road and Weir Road, Portobello.

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Tomahawk Lagoon

Two shallow brackish water lagoons joined by a narrow channel and sharing a common sea outlet located on the outskirts of Dunedin, at the southern end of the Otago Peninsula. Sea outlet often blocked.

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Waikouaiti River Estuary Wetland Complex

Remnant saltmarsh above coastal marine area near mouth of Waikouaiti River. Also known as Mertons Swamp.

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Waipori Boot Swamp

An old oxbow of the Taieri River

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Wharekeake Marsh

Beach wetland forming part of a chain of coastal wetlands located north of Dunedin.

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