Sinclair Wetlands

The Sinclair Wetlands (Te Nohoaka o Tukiauau) are an internationally renowned wetlands located to the south west of Dunedin, New Zealand, at the southern edge of the Taieri Plains.

They are on the western side of Lake Waipori and approximately equidistant between Mosgiel and Milton.

A number of birds such as white herons and spoonbills occasionally frequent the area also.

An education centre opened in the late 1980s is located at the wetlands.

[1] In the 1986 New Year Honours, Horace Sinclair was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to conservation.

Lake Waipori and its surrounding wetlands, seen from the hills to the southeast. The Sinclair Wetlands are to the left of the picture