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Million Dollar moment of truth

Department of Conservation —  26/03/2018

In an effort spanning more than four years, countless people and multiple organisations, mice have officially been eradicated from Antipodes Island.

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Antipodes Island sunset. Photo: José Luis Herrera.

Photo of the week: Sunset on Antipodes Island

Department of Conservation —  20/07/2016

Today’s photo of the week was taken at sunset on Antipodes Island, located 860 kilometres southeast of Stewart Island.

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Photo of the week: Antipodes Island snipe

Department of Conservation —  04/05/2016

Today’s photo of the week is of an adult Antipodes Island snipe, a subspecies of the Subantarctic snipe endemic to the Antipodes Islands in the Southern Ocean.

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