Archives For Stewart Island

Celebrating 40 years with Nora the kākāpō

Department of Conservation —  08/07/2020

At first glance Nora the kākāpō doesn’t appear particularly different from the other 209 birds in the population.

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Oscar and Stanley at the end of the Fern Gully Track. Photo: Jennifer Ross (DOC)

Oscar and Stanley experience Rakiura and Te Wharawhara

Department of Conservation —  01/09/2018

We check in with the Oscar, Stanley and their family, who won our Conservation Week competition last year to experience Ulva/Te Wharawhara Island. Oscar and Stanley tell us about their family trip.

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Photo of the week: Mount Allen

Department of Conservation —  19/04/2017

Today’s photo of the week is the impressive view from Mount Allen in the Tin Range, a remote mountain range on Stewart Island/Rakiura.

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