Discover Northland's wetlands, including Aupouri Peninsula wetlands, Muriwhenua wetlands, and Whangarei Harbour.
With over 800 kilometres of coastline, Kaipara Harbour is New Zealand's largest enclosed harbour and estuarine system with a high diversity of habitats including freshwater swamps, saline wetlands, coastal scrub and forests.
Learn about wetlands in the Waikato region, including three of only six wetlands in New Zealand that are recognised as being internationally important.
Learn about conservation efforts to protect and restore the Bay of Plenty region's wetlands.
Find out more about wetlands in the Taranaki region.
Learn about wetlands in the Manawatu/Whanganui region including Pukepuke Lagoon, Manawatu Estuary and Lake Papaitonga.
Find out more about wetlands in the Hawke's Bay region.
Find out more about wetlands in the Wairarapa region.
Find out more about wetlands in the Wellington/Kapiti region.
Wetlands are extensive and diverse on the Chatham Islands, where around 8.5 percent of New Zealand's threatened freshwater fish are found.
Find out more about wetlands in the Nelson/Tasman region.
The West Coast features a number of wetlands, including Karamea/Otumahana Estuary, Totara Lagoon, Lake Ianthe, Okarito Lagoon, Hapuka Estuary, Shearer Swamp and more.
Find out about wetlands in Canterbury, including braided rivers.
Lake Waipori, Lake Waihola and their associated wetlands provide some of the most significant waterfowl habitat in Otago.
Find out more about wetlands in the Southland region.
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Ramsar convention on wetlands
National Wetland Trust website
Fish & Game New Zealand website
Find out about World Wetlands Day in New Zealand.