Waipu Lagoons

The Waipu Lagoons is a series of small coastal lagoons near the city of New Plymouth in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand. They consist of three lakelets with a combined surface area of about 2 hectares (4.9 acres), located 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) from the Tasman Sea, immediately to the east of Bell Block. The lagoons plus surrounding wetlands totalling 7.9 hectares (20 acres) are a local purpose conservation reserve owned by the New Plymouth District Council.[1]

Bird species found at the reserve include:

Raupo (Typha orientalis), flax (Phormium tenax), and bamboo spike-sedge (Eleocharis sphacelata) are the principal plant species.

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