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Waitaki District Wetlands

2. All Day Bay Lagoon
9. Black Rock Marshes
34. Devils Bridge Wetland
69. Kakaho Creek Swamp
70. Kemp Road Lagoon
112. Nenthorn Ridge Wetland Management Area
119. Paddys Rock Ephemeral Tarn
123. Pleasant River Estuary Wetland Complex
127. Red Bank Wetland Management Area
135. Shag Point Dam Margins
136. Shag River Estuary Swamp
162. Upper Waiareka Creek Swamp
164. Waianakarua River Estuary Swamp
171. Te Hua Taki Wetland
173. Tavora Wetland

  

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

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