WELCOME TO PATEKE LAGOONS WETLANDS

THIS KAPITI COAST WETLAND PROPERTY IS FOR SALE

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Pateke Lagoons is a forty one acre wetland in sand dune country on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand. Its owners, Adrienne and Peter Dale have turned the area into a wildfowl refuge and have planted thousands of native trees to help the re-generation process. The wetland is covenanted with the Queen Elizabeth National Trust as a waterfowl refuge. See History>

Bird Life | The area was drained for farmland about 80 years ago. Now the land is returning to its natural state with waterways providing secure roosting and nesting for a wide variety of waterfowl. Shovellers, mallards, grey ducks and teal abound, as do dabchicks, heron, Canada geese, shags, paradise shelducks and pukeko.Also seen at Pateke Lagoons are native falcons (karearea), wood pigeons, tui, bell birds and rosellas. Pateke Lagoons is named after a rare brown teal, the pateke, which may someday take refuge here on our wetland.

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Forest Birds: Bellbirds and tui feed on the flax flowers which are in full bloom and full of nectar. Read More
Totara walk






Weed Wars
If you are keen enough to try to control your own infestations of blackberry, read on.

Writing

Read Peter Dale's writing here

Emperor Penguin at our local beach See pics here

Autumn yellow

A summer morning splashes yellow on the trees

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Adrienne Dale Counselling based in Wellington and Kapiti Coast

ACCOMMODATION LUXURY BED AND BREAKFAST

Pateke Lagoons offers two guest rooms, each with en suite facilities, outside access, and their own private courtyard. There is unsurpassed viewing of the wetland from the decks above the lakes. Adrienne and Peter Dale welcome visitors to Pateke Lagoons Wetlands. They are enthusiasts for wetland, wild fowl and native forest. They have made paths that are mostly level so that folk seeking 'gentle adventure' can stay at the lodge and wander at their leisure around the property. Accommodation is top quality. The cuisine is fresh New Zealand. Pateke Lagoons offers peace and quiet in beautiful natural surroundings. Read More

Ruth Pretty Cooking School Accommodation. We are situated very close to Ruth Pretty's Cooking Course venue and offer a drop-off and pick-up service for people attending these exciting courses. We have been to some of her courses and can vouch for them as entertaining and informative.

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Accommodation $195 per room

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Native Bush is returning to Pateke Lagoons, in particular rimu, totara and kahikatea, all very tall swampland trees which were once the dominant forest type. In the swampier areas, native flax (phormium tenax) is prolific with many large bushes reaching well over three metres, their flowers supporting many birds with their sweet nectar in summer. In former times flax was a major industrial crop in this area providing fibre for twine and rope and a coarse linen. The seasons roll on.

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Pateke in Spring ReadMore

Pateke Lagoons in drought Read More



Pateke in Autumn Read More


April at Pateke Read More



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Totara Island at sunset

Totara Island at sunset.


 

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