Motukiwi (Papaitonga) and Motungarara (Papawharangi)
Lake Papaitonga is located in the Horowhenua, an area of the southern Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand's North Island. Part of the Papaitonga Scenic Reserve, a 135 ha area of forest and wetland, it is the only remaining lake bordered by undisturbed native forest in the Horowhenua region, and contains two populations of endangered native land snails. The traditional home of the Muaūpoko people, the lake was the scene of their massacre and defeat by invading chief Te Rauparaha. The naturalist Walter Buller later managed to purchase Papaitonga and its environs for his country home, which led to its forest being preserved and it eventually becoming a scenic reserve.
LakePapaitonga is located in the Horowhenua, an area of the southern Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand's North Island. Part of the Papaitonga...
attempting to restore the wetland system (which also contains the smaller LakePapaitonga) to its former state, as a conservation area. In the 1820s the Muaūpoko...
Powelliphanta are endemic to New Zealand, ranging in the North Island from Lake Waikaremoana to the Kāpiti Coast, and in the South Island from the Marlborough...
and peat based soils. Some parts of the wetland, particularly those around Lake Horowhenua are being returned to their former state as a conservation area...
phenomenon is exhibited in male L. barbicornis in the colder region near LakePapaitonga, New Zealand who display noticeably lower rates of copulation compared...
metres: Lake Hauroko: 462 and ~117. Lake Manapouri: 444 and 149. Lake Te Anau: 425 and ~169. Lake Wakatipu: 420 and 130. Lake Hāwea: 392 and ~101. Lake Wānaka:...
species is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand between Wellington and Lake Waikaremoana. There are six subspecies, all of which are listed by the New...
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