Sinking feeling
In secret negotiations in December the last unprotected area of the Kaimaumau Swamp, in Northland, was handed to Landcorp and lost from public ownership. The 600 ha block is an important part of the wetland complex, linking the internationally important Rangaunu Harbour with the Kaimaumau Scientific Reserve. A survey this summer has found a high density of the rare Northland green gecko in the block, the largest population left outside the Te Paki Farm Park. The block also has: @ the largest New Zealand colony of the rare duck orchid; ® an internationally unique wetland that grades from mangroves to gumland bog vegetation; @ populations of fernbird, marsh and spotless crake. The block is semi-tidal, and if drained the peatland would shrink down. Most of this potential Landcorp farmland would then be below sea level!
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Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 February 1987, Page 6
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134Sinking feeling Forest and Bird, Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 February 1987, Page 6
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