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Publications

Wetland book wins Montana award

Renowned New Zealand author Janet Hunt won the 2008 Montana Medal for Non-fiction for her book that evokes both national celebration and sorrow; the story of our wetlands.

Wetlands of New Zealand - a Bitter Sweet Story, written over many years is a stunning and touching insight into these beautiful (and broken) ecosystems.

Wet and Wild Places

"Our Wet & Wild Places" is a beautifully illustrated booklet produced by the Trust that highlights five of New Zealand's six Ramsar sites. The booklet includes information on the special features of each site and how to get there. For a copy send $10 and your details to the National Wetland Trust (postal address below).

Exerpts from the book have been used to create our Ramsar site pages.

Key wetland publications

Wetland Types in New Zealand by Peter Johnson & Philippe Gerbeaux describes a recently-devised system for classifying and naming New Zealand wetland types, and provides and understanding of how these wetlands work.

The Post-glacial history of NZ wetlands by Matt McGlone details the development and evolution of wetlands since the end of the last ice age, and takes a provocative look at how we are/ and how we should be, managing wetlands today.

A Directory of Wetlands in New Zealand by Pam Cromarty and Derek Scott is a detailed inventory of New Zealands major wetland ecosystems.

Monitoring wetlands

The National Wetland Trust has been given the role of holding or linking to reports produced by the Ministry for the Environment Sustainable Management Fund project: Coordinated Monitoring of New Zealand Wetlands. Three of these reports are now available and others will be added in the future:

Monitoring changes in wetland extent (166 kb)
Monitoring changes in wetland condition (826 kb)
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biocons/restoration/docs/handbook2004.pdf

Maori environmental performance indicators for wetland condition and trend.

A wetland classification system has also been developed.

Other reports

Grazing Effects on Wetlands (NIWA report) (501 kb)

The Ramsar Convention: A Review of wetlands management in New Zealand (2.4 mb)
Wellington Regional Council has produced a series of wetland hydrology guides. The guides can be downloaded from the following link: wetland hydrology guides.

Last updated 22 June 2009
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