Hidden Gems videos - Northland Dune Lakes

In the north of New Zealand is found one of the rarest and most threatened aquatic habitats in the world, the dune lakes. These lakes are a geological oddity, sculpted by strong sea winds blowing across the coastal sand dunes scouring out hollows that, over time, fill with fresh water which are then colonized by an extraordinary assemblage of plant and animal life. Dune lakes occur in only a few places around the world and because they occur in the very places people like to live, work and play, they are extremely vulnerable to outside pressures and are degraded easily, but New Zealand’s Northland region still has more permanent, and mostly healthy dune lakes than anywhere else on the planet.

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Our Hidden Gems - Dune Lakes