Taupō Swamp, Porirua

Name: Taupō Swamp
Address: Porirua, New Zealand

#15 among attractions in Porirua

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Taupō Swamp is a lowland freshwater swamp located three kilometres north of Plimmerton and 20 kilometres north-northeast of Wellington. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust purchased Taupō Swamp with the aim of both protecting and restoring the wetland. Taupō Swamp is home to largely indigenous vegetation including sedges, flax, ferns, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and grasses. Flax leaves shelter and shade the swamp providing a habitat that is favourable for eels and native fish including galaxiid species. There are invasive plant species present that threaten the swamp including Darwin's barberry, Blackberry, Gorse, Broom, Pussy Willow and Japanese honeysuckle. Another possible threat is development of nearby land as this may cause silt to run off into the swamp as well as fire. ()

Coordinates: 41°4'60"S, 174°52'1"E

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Taupō Swamp – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Te Rauparaha Arena, Pataka Art + Museum, Royal New Zealand Police College, Aotea Lagoon.

3.7 miSW
Arenas and stadiums, Basketball, Sport venue
Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua
96 min walk • Te Rauparaha Arena is a multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment centre, with pools, dash swim school, a fitness centre and indoor sports stadium and venues, in Porirua, New Zealand. The centre, which cost NZ$17.5 million to construct, was officially opened on 21 November 2008.
3.7 miSW
Specialty museum, Art museum, Museum
Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua
94 min walk • Pataka Art + Museum is a municipal museum and art gallery of Porirua City, New Zealand. Te Marae o Te Umu Kai o Hau is the name of the building where Pataka Museum + Art is located and opened in 1998. It also houses the Porirua City Library, Cafe Kaizen and a Japanese Garden.
2.5 miS
Museum
Royal New Zealand Police College, Porirua
64 min walk • The Royal New Zealand Police College is the central training institution for police recruits and police officers in New Zealand. It is located at Papakowhai, approximately 2 km north of Porirua City.
2.6 miS
Lake, Park
Aotea Lagoon, Porirua
66 min walk • Aotea Lagoon is an artificial lagoon surrounded by a 7-hectare public park in the Papakowhai suburb of Porirua, North Island, New Zealand. Aotea and two nearby lagoons were created when major arterial transport links were realigned from the natural coastline to land reclaimed from Porirua Harbour.
4.1 miNE
Park
Battle Hill Farm Forest Park, Pāuatahanui
106 min walk • Battle Hill Farm Forest Park is a regional park near Paekakariki, in the Kapiti Coast District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's lower North Island. The park is a dedicated farm park, administered by Wellington Regional Council. Transmission Gully runs through the park.
1.5 miSW
Tower
Titahi Bay Transmitter, Porirua
39 min walk • The Titahi Bay Transmitter, which until 16 February 2016 was New Zealand's second tallest structure, transmitted AM radio signals from a 220 metres tall radio mast insulated against ground at Titahi Bay in New Zealand.
3.1 miSE
Church
St Alban's Church, Porirua
80 min walk • St Alban's Church, built in 1898, in Pauatahanui, Porirua is the second church to be built in Pauatahanui, New Zealand. St Alban's Church was listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category 2 historic place in 1983.
4 miS
Neighbourhood
Porirua Central, Porirua
103 min walk • Porirua Central is the central business district and central suburb of Porirua, in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island.
3.3 miSW
Universities and schools
Whitireia Community Polytechnic, Porirua
85 min walk • Whitireia New Zealand, previously called Whitireia Community Polytechnic and Parumoana Community College, is a government-owned and funded tertiary education institute in New Zealand.
4.5 miW
Island, National park
Mana Island
115 min walk • Mana Island is the smaller of two islands that lie off the southwest coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The name of the Island is an abbreviation of the Maori name Te Mana o Kupe, which means "The Mana of Kupe".
2.8 miSE
National park
Pāuatahanui Wildlife Reserve
71 min walk • Pāuatahanui Wildlife Reserve is a wetland reserve at the eastern edge of the Pāuatahanui Inlet of the Porirua Harbour in Porirua, New Zealand.