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Collecting a sediment core from Kaweka Lake

Scientists in a boat holding a sediment core from the lake.

Members of the Lakes380 team collect a sediment core from Kaweka Lake 1 (Kuripapango or Twin Lakes) in Hawke’s Bay. The Department of Conservation considers the lakes to be of considerable ecological and botanical significance.

Image courtesy of Lakes380 – Our lakes’ health: past, present, future.

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