Pekapeka Wetland

Pekapeka Wetland
Location Hastings, New Zealand
Coordinates 39°37′14″S 176°44′22″E / 39.620547°S 176.739448°E / -39.620547; 176.739448
Area 98 hectares (240 acres)
Operated by Hawke's Bay Regional Council

Pekapeka Wetland is a wetland reserve located 12 kilometres by road south of Hastings[1] in the Poukawa Basin of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council began restoring the wetland in the late 1990s with the removal of willows and the construction of a perimeter fence. The Council initially owned about half of the wetland, but this has been increased to 90%.[2] It is rated as the second most ecologically valuable wetland in Hawke's Bay.[1] The Poukawa Stream, which drains Lake Poukawa in the south-west, runs through the Pekapeka Wetland.

References

  1. 1 2 "Pekapeka Regional Park". Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "PEKAPEKA – A CHAMPION WETLAND!". Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

Coordinates: 39°37′14″S 176°44′22″E / 39.620547°S 176.739448°E / -39.620547; 176.739448

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