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Ahukawakawa swamp

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Ahukawakawa swamp

A boardwalk snakes through the Ahukawakawa swamp in Egmont National Park. The swamp is of botanical importance, because it contains a wide range of plants that can survive at very low temperatures in acidic soils.

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Nancy Swarbrick, National parks – Western North Island parks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14438/ahukawakawa-swamp (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.