Kopuatai Peat Dome

The Kopuatai Peat Dome is a wetland on the Hauraki Plains in New Zealand.

The 10,201 ha wetland was listed under the Ramsar Convention in 1989 as a Wetland of International Importance.[1] It is one of only three rare New Zealand examples of a resiad wetland, those containing the botanical Family Restionaceae.[2]

It survived extensive draining of the wetlands on the Hauraki Plains and was given protection in 1987 when it came under the administration of the newly formed Department of Conservation.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ramsar listing
  2. ^ Landcare Research
  3. ^ Hunt, Janet (2007). Wetlands of New Zealand. Random House New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-86941-904-2. 

External links

Waihou River (Thames River)
Source: Mamaku Plateau — Flows into: Firth of Thames
Administrative areas
Towns and settlements (upstream to downstream)
Putaruru · Tirau · Matamata · Waihou · Te Aroha · Paeroa · Hikutaia · Puriri · Matatoki · Turua · Thames
Major tributaries (upstream to downstream by confluence)
Other features (upstream to downstream)
Kinleith Forest · Thames Valley · Piako Swamp · Kopuatai Peat Dome · Hauraki Plains · Kopu Bridge
Longest New Zealand rivers
1: Waikato · 2: Clutha · 3: Whanganui · 4: Taieri · 5: Rangitikei · 6: Mataura · 7: Waiau (Southland) · 8: Clarence · 9: Waitaki · 10: Oreti