Figure 7.23: Significant wetlands in New Zealand

Source: Cromarty and Scott (1995)

Key to significant wetlands

Northland Conservancy

1 Aupouri Peninsula Wetlands
2 Parengarenga Harbour
3 Muriwhenua Wetlands
4 Whangarei Harbour
5 Pouto Peninsula Wetlands

Auckland Conservancy

6 Whangapoua Wetlands
7 Kaitoke Swamp
8 Kaipara Harbour
9 Manukau Harbour

Waikato Conservancy

10 Lower Waikato River and Estuary
11 Whangamarino Wetland
12 Waikato Lowland Lakes and Mineralised Swamp Lands
13 Firth of Thames
14 Kopuatai Peat Dome
15 Kawhia Harbour
16 Taharoa Lakes
17 Waipa Peat Lakes

Bay of Plenty Conservancy

18 Tauranga Harbour
19 Maketu-Waihi Estuaries and Kaitena River Mouth Complex
20 Ohiwa Harbour
21 Kaituna Catchment Lakes and Wetland Complex
21a Lake Rotorua
21b Lake Rotoiti
21c Lake Rotoehu
21d Lake Rotoma
22 Upper Tarawera Catchment Lakes and Wetland Complex
23 Arahaki Lagoon

Tongariro/Taupo Conservancy

24 Lake Taupo
25 South Taupo Wetland
East Coast Conservancy
26 Motu River Catchment
27 Mohaka River and Tributaries

Hawke's Bay Conservancy

28 Ahuriri Estuary and Associated Wetlands Wanganui Conservancy
29 Reporoa Bog
30 Makirikiri Tarns

Wanganui Conservancy

31 Ahukawakawa Swamp
32 Hawkens Lagoon
33 Whangaehu River Mouth Dune Hollows
34 Pukepuke Lagoon
35 Lake Kaikokopu and Lake Koputara
36 Manawatu River Mouth and Estuary

Wellington Conservancy

37 Taupo Swamp
38 Lake Wairarapa Wetlands
Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy
39 Farewell Spit
40 Whanganui Inlet and Mangarakau Swamp
41 Waikoropupu Springs and Takaka Marble Aquifer
42 Waimea Inlet
43 Wairau Lagoons
44 Buller River Catchment

West Coast Conservancy

45 Karamea Estuary
46 Lake Christabel
47 North Westland Ecological Region Complex
47a Lake Hochstetter
47b Lake Ahaura
47c Lake Haupiri
47d Lake Brunner
47e Lady Lake
47f Kangaroo Lake
48 Groves Swamp and Harman Swamp
49 Shearer Swamp
50 Lake Ianthe
51 Whataroa Ecological Region Coastal Wetland Complex
51a Saltwater Lagoon
51b Waitangiroto Lagoon and Swamp
51c Okarito Lagoon
52 Ohinetamatea Swamp
53 Tawharekiri Lakes
54 Burmeister Morass
55 Hermitage Swamp

Canterbury Conservancy

56 Sumner Lakes Complex
57 Waimakariri Lakes Complex
57a Lake Grasmere and Lake Sarah
57b Lake Letitia
57c Lake Pearson
57d Lake Hawdon and Marymere
58 Coleridge Lakes Complex
58a Lake Lyndon
58b Ryton Lakes
58c Lake Coleridge
59 Ashburton Lakes Complex
60 Mackenzie Basin Wetlands Complex
60a Lake Alexandrina and Lake McGregor
60b Tekapo Streams
60c Glenmore and Tekapo Tarns
60d Ohau Moraine Wetlands
61 Central Southern Lakes Complex
62 Canterbury Braided Rivers Complex
62a Ashley River and Estuary
62b Ahuriri River
62c Waitaki Headwater Braided Rivers
63 Avon-Heathcote Estuary
64 Lake Forsyth
65 Lake Ellesmere
66 Te Whanga Lagoon and Lake Wharemanu

Otago Conservancy

67 Sutton Salt Lake
68 Lakes Waipori, Lake Waihola and Associated Wetlands
69 Kawarau Catchment Wetland Complex
69a Kawarau River
69b Greenstone River and Caples River
69c Dart River and Rees River
70 Lake Hayes

Southland Conservancy

71 Te Anau Basin Wetland Complex
71a Dome Mire and Dismal Swamp
71b Kepler Mire
72 Awarua Plains Wetland Complex
72a New River Estuary
72b Awarua Bay
72c Toetoes Harbour
72d Seaward Moss-Waituna-Toetoes
73 Freshwater