Taupo Swamp

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Taupo Swamp is an approximately 25-hectare lowland freshwater swamp, classified as a topogeneous mire, located three kilometres north of Plimmerton and 20 kilometres north-northeast of Wellington City, New Zealand. Taupo Swamp is home to largely indigenous vegetation including sedges, flax, ferns, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and grasses. The swamp is visible from State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk railway.HistoryIn the late 1800s flax was harvested out of the swamp and milled in Foxton, and continued until the mid 1900s.