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Anchor Island ( mi, Pukenui) is an island in
Dusky Sound Tamatea / Dusky Sound is a fiord on the southwest corner of New Zealand, in Fiordland National Park. Geography One of the most complex of the many fiords on this coast, it is also the largest at 40 kilometres in length and eight kilometr ...
in
Fiordland Fiordland is a geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the westernmost third of Southland. Most of Fiordland is dominated by the steep sides of the snow-capped Southern Alps, deep lakes, ...
. The New Zealand
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gives a translation of "large hill" for . The island is situated southwest of the much larger Resolution Island in the inlet area of Dusky Sound and surrounded by many smaller islands and contains four small lakes, including
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Kirirua, the largest lake on an island in Fiordland. The island is part of the
Fiordland National Park Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is by far the largest of the 13 national parks in New Zealand, with an area of , and a major part of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Site. The park i ...
and since 2005 is one of few island sanctuaries that are home to the critically endangered kakapo (or night parrot).
Red deer The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of wes ...
and
stoats The stoat (''Mustela erminea''), also known as the Eurasian ermine, Beringian ermine and ermine, is a mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern portions of North America. Because of its wide circumpolar distribution, it is listed as Least Conc ...
had been eradicated between 2001 and 2005, and subsequently endangered endemic birds including tieke (saddleback), mohua (yellowhead), kakapo, and
New Zealand rock wren The New Zealand rock wren (''Xenicus gilviventris'') is a small New Zealand wren (family Acanthisittidae) endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Its Māori names include ("little complaining bird"), , and ("twitch", after its bobbing moti ...
have been relocated to the island. The island is one of only nine islands in the area that is completely free of introduced mammalian pests and is from the New Zealand mainland, which makes it relatively safe from repeat incursions by stoat and deer. Anchor Island is one of the predator free islands apart of the Fiordland Islands restoration programme, the programmes focus is to eradicate pests and translocate native species.


Kākāpō

Pukenui is home to the endangered species kākāpō. The first kākāpō were transferred to Pukenui in 2005 after stoat eradication in 2001. These birds are managed by the Kākāpō Recovery Team, which is a part of the
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. Pukenui has rimu forest, an important food source for the species. The first known breeding of kākāpō on Pukenui occurred in 2011, leading to two infertile eggs. Kākāpō breed again on the island for the 2016 and 2019 kākāpō breeding seasons. In 2020-2021, several kākāpō on the Island were struck with a cloacitis infection; multiple birds were sent to Auckland Zoo for treatment. As of 23 January 2022, all mature female kākāpō on the island have bred. Nests have been found for 17 of the 21 birds.


See also

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References

Uninhabited islands of New Zealand Islands of Fiordland Fiordland National Park {{Fiordland-geo-stub