A view of the wetland area and the historic dam in Wainuiomata. This wetland was formerly the reservoir for...
Wainuiomata: Wetlands
Looking west at a wetland on the valley floor of Reservoir Valley. This area, near the start of Sledge...
Gums Loop Swamp is a wetlands located near Gums Loop Meadow. This wetland is basically hidden away as it...
Photo of the Old Dam in 2022. The reservoir was once thirty feet deep but was largely filled when...
Looking at a wetlands area located behind the old dam. When the dam was decommissioned, the area became an...
Pre-settlements and a huge earthquake in 1855, much of the valley floor in Wainuiomata was wetlands or swamp.
In 2007, the area behind the lower dam was reverted to a wetlands. This was the habitat before construction...
Built from 1908 to 1911, the Morton Dam in the Wainuiomata River catchment was named after William Hobbard Morton.
WAINUIOMATA MUSEUM
Located in Wainuiomata Primary School, it is open 2pm-4pm every Sunday. Learn more →.