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Develop your own Wetland Trail
The National Wetland Trust is developing a series of wetland trails
around New Zealand, including walking and driving trails to visit and learn
about a range of wetland types. See below for our first trail guide, around
Whangamarino and Lake Waikare.
The Trust has official Transit road signage and an existing trail guide structure. We are happy to work in partnership with interested groups or agencies. If you wish to develop a wetland trail guide endorsed by the National Wetland Trust please contact us to discuss your ideas.
Read our Guidelines
to developing a Wetland Trail (646 kb)
and contact us for
more information.
National Trust Wetland Trail Guide
The Wetland Trust has printed its first Wetland Trail guide: "Whangamarino
Wetland and Lake Waikare." (451 kb)
Launched during our national World Wetlands Day event at Rangiriri, the guide describes the history, fauna and flora of one of our Ramsar sites and an associated lake. The 50 km driving trail starts at Lake Kopuera, the site of our planned National Wetland Centre. The route is marked by highway signs developed specifically for the Trust.
Beautifully illustrated by Keith Woodley's paintings of wetland birds, the bright orange brochure will stand out well at visitor centres and encourage travellers to get off State Highway 1 and explore some of the shy areas of the Waikato.
Producing a sries of guides to wetland trails around the country is one of the goals of the Trust. Task 4 of our Business Plan is to "Facilitate access to wetland areas" and producing wetland trail guides is a key method to achieve that. The Whangamarino Wetland and Lake Waikare trail guide is a template for further guides around the country.
We welcome ideas and support for local trails. If you wish to produce,
or help produce, an official National Wetland Trust trail in your area,
contact our Trails Committee representative, Brian Sorrell at b.sorrell@niwa.cri.nz.
Wet and Wild Places
"Wet & Wild" is a full coloured booklet produced by the Trust that highlights New Zealands five Ramsar sites; Whangamarino and Kopuatai wetlands and the Firth of Thames in the Waikato, Farewell Spit and Waituna Lagoon in Southland. The booklet includes information on the special features of each site and how to get there. The booklet can be purchased by sending $10 and postal details to the Wetland Trust.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. Click here to get information on how to purchase this book.
Wellington Regional Council has produced a series of wetland hydrology
guides. The guides can be downloaded from the following link: wetland
hydrology guides.
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:
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biocons/restoration/docs/handbook2004.pdfMaori environmental performance indicators for wetland condition and trend. www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/social/maoriindicators.asp
Other reports
Last updated July 2008
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