The New Zealand Journal

Paradise shelducks in foreground and a Black Cormorant (in top left corner) on a stream bank. Paradise ducks are found in open waterways and...

Manuka bushes on the northern edge of Travis wetland. To re-establish an eastern lowlands swamp forest, pioneer species such as manuka are n...

Nursery spider webs can be seen hanging on shrubs in various areas of the Travis wetland.

Divaricating plants such as the Coprosma species were a widespread form of vegetation on the eastern drylands in both the South and North Is...

Pukeko parents and chick at Travis Wetland. Pukeko, one of the flightless native bird species, are wetland and swamp habitat birds. When the...

A natural lattice of flax leaves frames a view of the Travis Swamp centre lake. A paradise duck in the centre distant background (and out of...