Travis Wetland

It covers 116 ha of land formerly drained and used as a dairy farm.

[1] In 2009 it won the "Urban Sustainability" category in the Green Ribbon Awards awarded by the Minister for the Environment.

[2] The Māori name for North New Brighton and the Travis Wetlands is Ōruapaeroa, pre-European occupation it was rich with eels and bird life, and was considered as an important food-gathering place by the local iwi, Ngāi Tahu,[3] the Māori communal houses were burnt down in November 1882 when an early European settler acquired the land.

[4] In May 2010 the rare and endangered Canterbury mudfish were released into the wetland in the hope that they would become established.

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