Little Mangere is a small island of the Chatham Archipelago, just off the western end of

Mangere Island Mangere Island (Moriori: ''Maung’ Rē'') is part of the Chatham Islands archipelago, located about east of New Zealand's South Island and has an area of . The island lies off the west coast of Pitt Island, south-east of the main settlement in ...

, about 4 km (2½ mi) west of

Pitt Island Pitt Island is the second largest island in the Chatham Islands, Chatham Archipelago, New Zealand. It is called ''Rangiauria'' in Māori language, Māori and ''Rangiaotea'' in ''Moriori language, Moriori.Government of New Zealand, Dept. of Cons ...

and south-east of the town of Waitangi on

Chatham Island Chatham Island ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) is by far the largest island of the Chatham Islands group, in the south Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of New Zealand's South Island. It is said to be "halfway bet ...

. The island is called ''Tapuaenuku'' in

Moriori The Moriori are the native Polynesian people of the Chatham Islands (''Rēkohu'' in Moriori; ' in Māori), New Zealand. Moriori originated from Māori settlers from the New Zealand mainland around 1500 CE. This was near the time of the ...

and

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

, and was formerly called The Fort.Government of New Zealand, Dept. of Conservation (1999)
Chatham IslandsConservation Management Strategy
', map 6. Accessed on 2012-07-13. The archipelago is part of

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

and is located about to the east of the

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...

. Little Mangere has less than . It has a relatively flat interior surrounded by steep cliffs, and its highest point is above sea level. Little Mangere is privately owned and was once the last refuge of the few remaining

Black robin The black robin or Chatham Island robin (Moriori language, Moriori: ''karure'', mi, kakaruia; ''Petroica traversi'') is an endangered bird from the Chatham Islands off the east coast of New Zealand. It is closely related to the South Island rob ...

until they were transferred to nearby

and

South East Island Hokorereoro, Rangatira, or South East Island is the third largest island in the Chatham Islands archipelago, and covers an area of . It lies east of New Zealand, New Zealand's South Island off the south-east coast of Pitt Island, south-east of ...

as part of a species recovery plan in the early 1980s. The island still hosts the largest sooty shearwater ('' Puffinus griseus'') colony in the Chathams group.

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Islands of the Chatham Islands Uninhabited islands of New Zealand {{OutlyingNZ-geo-stub

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