Waitaki District Wetlands

 

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All Day Bay Lagoon

Description: Brackish water lagoon with swampy rush, sedge and succulent herb margins. Type/Class: Marsh. Size: 11.2 ha. Altitude: 0–10 m above sea level. Approximate location: Intersection of Waianakarua Road and MacLean Road, Kakanui. NZTM (centre point): E1433800 N4991130. Regional Plan: Water for Otago. Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.2, Map F60. Territorial Authority: Waitaki District Council.

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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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Devils Bridge Wetland

Previously an ephemeral lake. After installation of a weir this area has become a permanent lagoon protected by a QEII covenant. It provides important habitat for many wetland bird species and is one of the few habitats of this type in North Otago.

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Kakaho Creek Swamp

Description: Kakaho Creek Swamp. Type/Class: Swamp. Size: 0.6 ha. Altitude: 0 - 20 m above sea level. Approximate location: 1.5 km Northeast of the intersection of Mile Flat Road and Herbert-Hampden Road, Hampden. NZTM (centre point): E1429850 N4981550. Regional Plan: Water for Otago Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.69, Maps 60. Territorial Authority: Waitaki District Council.

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Kemp Road Lagoon

A shallow lagoon immediately inland from the mouth of Kemp Road Creek. 2 km Southeast of the intersection of Horse Range Road and Hampden-Palmerston Road, Moeraki.

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Nenthorn Ridge Wetland Management Area

A wide variety of wetland types including a low turf ephemeral tarn, a medium turf ephemeral tarn, Purei wetlands, pools, bogs and moist red tussock (Chionochloa rubra) grasslands in a relatively small area on the upper slope and ridge crests of the Rolling Hills land system.

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Paddys Rock Ephemeral Tarn

Description: A low turf ephemeral tarn on a broad ridge crest within the Rolling Hills land system. Type/Class: Marsh. Size: 0.7 ha. Altitude: 580 - 600 m above sea level. Approximate location: 9 km Northwest of the intersection of Ramrock Road and Townsend Road, Nenthorn. NZTM (centre point): E1395480 N4956030. Regional Plan: Water for Otago Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.119, Map F59. Territorial Authority: Waitaki District Council.

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Red Bank Wetland Management Area

Copper tussock wetland and a low turf ephemeral tarn on the western ridge crest in the upper catchment of a tributary of the North Branch of the Waikouaiti River.

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Shag Point Dam Margins

Description: Shag Point Dam Margins. Type/Class: Swamp. Size: 0.6 ha. Altitude: 0 - 20 m above sea level. Approximate location: Northeast of the intersection of Walsh Road and Hampden-Palmerston Road, Palmerston. NZTM (centre point): E1428210 N4963000. Regional Plan: Water for Otago Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.135, Map F59. Territorial Authority: Waitaki District Council.

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Shag River Estuary Swamp

An area of saline swamp above coastal marine area at mouth of Shag River. Located south of the intersection of Walsh Road and Hampden-Palmerston Road, Palmerston.

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Upper Waiareka Creek Swamp

Description: Upper Waiareka Creek Swamp. Type/Class: Swamp. Size: 0.4 ha. Altitude: 80 - 100 m above sea level. Approximate location: West of the intersection of Kanes Road and Weston-Ngapara Road, Ngapara. NZTM (centre point): E1426090 N5017100 Regional Plan: Water for Otago Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.162, Map F61. Territorial Authority: Waitaki District Council.

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Waianakarua River Estuary Swamp

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Te Hua Taki Wetland

Ecologically valuable groundwater spring (and possibly spring-fed stream) flax wetland. 1.4 km North of the intersection of Gibson Road and McPherson Road, Pukeuri Junction, Maheno.

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Pleasant River Estuary Wetland Complex

Saltmarsh above coastal marine area near the mouth of Pleasant River. Located east of the intersection of Palmerston-Waikouaiti Road and Goodwood Road, Palmerston.

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Tavora Wetland

The wetland at Tavora is a very small coastal lagoon, impounded behind a beach sand dune in association with the mouth of Tavora Stream.

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