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Description: Southern and western margin of a shallow, lowland, glacial lake near Queenstown. 1
Type/Class: Not identified
Size: 16.9 ha.
Altitude: 320 - 360 m above sea level.
Approximate location: Northeast of the intersection of Strains Road and Lake Hayes-Arrow Junction Highway, Lake Hayes. NZTM (centre point): E1268820 N5009370.
Regional Plan: Water for Otago. Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.75, Map F7.
Territorial Authority: Queenstown Lakes District Council.
Value | Description |
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A1 | Habitat for nationally or internationally rare or threatened species or communities. Habitat for threatened native fish species the Koaro (Galaxias brevipinnis) and for threatened swamp birds Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) and Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus australis). 1, 14 |
A7 | High diversity of indigenous wetland flora and fauna. High species diversity. The lake supports a number of endemic bird species and is of special value as a breeding area for a variety of waterfowl, including Paradise Shelduck (Tadorna variegata), Grey Duck (Anas superciliosa), the New Zealand shoveller/Kuruwhengi (Anas rhynchotis variegata), the Marsh Crake (Porzana pusilla affinis) and the Australian Coot (Fulica atra australis). 1, 14 |
A2 - A6, A8, A9 | No relevant information is currently held by the ORC. |
1 Otago Regional Council (2004) Regional Plan: Water for Otago. Published by the Otago Regional Council, Dunedin.
14 Cromarty, P. and Scott, D.A. (eds.) (1995) A Directory of Wetlands in New Zealand. Published by the Department of Conservation, Wellington.
51 Otago Regional Council – Photo Archive.
100 Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Otago Branch (2009) George Chance Memorial Census of Great Crested Grebes in Central Otago, February 2009.