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In a 1953 publication, it was noted that Leask Bay was an outlier on Stewart Island as it hosted exotic trees when the rest of the Island has only native trees. [6] In the 1980s, an oil seep was discovered in Leask Bay. It is hypothesised that the oil naturally migrated from the Great South Basin into a shallow basin margin in Leask Bay. [7] [8]
She used a list compiled by botanist Leonard Cockayne based on his 1907 visit to Stewart Island to grow all the island's indigenous plants in her garden. [1] [5] Baker tried to gift Moturau Moana to the University of Otago and the Canterbury University College, but both organisations declined due to the ongoing maintenance costs. [1]
There are thought to be around 15,000 kiwi on Stewart Island / Rakiura. [7] Certain coastal areas of this park are breeding areas for the endangered yellow-eyed penguin. [8] Weka, a flightless and curious bird species, can only be found on offshore islands. [9] The South Island kākā can commonly be seen near the town of Halfmoon Bay and Ulva ...
The species on Stewart Island is the southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis). There are two huts on the track, at Port William and the North Arm of Paterson Inlet, and many hikers sleep overnight at each. There are also campsites at Maori Beach, Port William and North Arm.
Stuart Island, Alaska; Sikaiana, (formerly called the Stewart Islands) a 2 square kilometres (0.77 square miles) atoll with no safe anchorage in the Solomon Islands 212 kilometres (132 miles) NE of Malaita; Steward Island, an uninhabited island in King Christian IX Land, at the eastern end of Greenland; See also. Stewart Island / Rakiura in New ...
Stewart Island covers 1,747.72 km 2 (674.80 sq mi) [1] including the offshore islands, the most sizeable being Ruapuke Island, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou and Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island. It had an estimated population of 460 as of June 2024, [ 3 ] with a population density of 0.26 people per km 2 .
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Acker's Cottage is one of the first stone houses on New Zealand's Stewart Island (officially Stewart Island / Rakiura). The cottage was placed on the Heritage New Zealand list of historic places (category I) and has been restored by Heritage New Zealand and the Department of Conservation as an example of an early vernacular building.