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Kennedy Warne: Tahuna Torea

Once slated to become a rubbish tip, Tahuna Torea was rescued and rehabilitated by dedicated volunteers, including the Welsh ornithologist and nature writer Ronald Lockley, who lived in a house overlooking the reserve.

Swan and cygnets cruise in freshwater wetlands of Tahuna Torea.

Children play among mangroves on the coastal fringe of Tahuna Torea.

Flowers of rewarewa, the native honeysuckle, spring from the branches and trunk of the tree.

A clutch of paradise ducklings enter an enclosed lagoon known as the Fish Dam.

Sandspit stretches almost 2km across the Tamaki River.

-- Tree skeleton on the Tahuna Torea sandspit.

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