Putauhina Island, also known as Putauhinu Island, is an offshore island of
New Zealand to the west of the southern tip of
Stewart Island/Rakiura. It lies very close to
Big South Cape Island.
Conservation
Translocations of
South Island saddlebacks to Putauhinu Island occurred in 1974, 1976, and 1984. Thirty
Snares Island snipe
The Snares snipe (''Coenocorypha huegeli''), also known as the Snares Island snipe, or tutukiwi in Māori language, Māori, is a species of bird in the sandpiper family (biology), family, Scolopacidae.
Taxonomy and etymology
The Snares Island sn ...
were translocated from the Snares Islands in 2005.
References
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See also
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Conservation in New Zealand
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List of islands of New Zealand
Stewart Island
Island restoration
Islands of Southland, New Zealand