Lake Forsyth
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Lake Forsyth is a lake on the south-western side of Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand, near the eastern end of the much larger Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora. State Highway 75 to Ak
Lake Forsyth from the Little River Rail Trail
Birdlings Flat
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Birdlings Flat, originally named Te Mata Hapuku, is a settlement in Canterbury, New Zealand, at the eastern end of Kaitorete Spit and the southern end of Lake Forsyth, where the lake discharges to the
Lake Forsyth
…side of the lake. The lake is fed by the Takiritawai River. Its natural discharge into the sea is through a gravel bank at the small community of Birdlings Flat. Wairewa was an important source of eels as food for the Ngāi Tahu tribe. It is the only Ngāi Tahu customary lake. The Wairewa Rūnanga, one of 18 rūnanga…
Fishing at Birdlings Flat
William Birdling (1822–1902)
Pebbles at Birdlings Flat