Kaikoura Island
Encyclopedia
Kaikoura Island lies to the west of Great Barrier Island
in the Hauraki Gulf
in New Zealand
. Kaikoura Island is the seventh largest island in the Hauraki Gulf, 90 km (55.9 mi) north east of Auckland. It forms the natural harbours of Port FitzRoy and Port Abercrombie and is home to the endangered brown teal duck, the north island kaka as well as many native trees and shrubs.
In 2004 it was purchased from private ownership by the Nature Heritage Fund
, other government agencies and private trusts to be set up as a public reserve.
Great Barrier Island
Great Barrier Island is a large island of New Zealand, situated to the north-east of central Auckland in the outer Hauraki Gulf. With an area of it is the fourth-largest island of New Zealand's main chain of islands, with its highest point, Mount Hobson, rising...
in the Hauraki Gulf
Hauraki Gulf
The Hauraki Gulf is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a total area of 4000 km², and lies between the Auckland Region, the Hauraki Plains, the Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Kaikoura Island is the seventh largest island in the Hauraki Gulf, 90 km (55.9 mi) north east of Auckland. It forms the natural harbours of Port FitzRoy and Port Abercrombie and is home to the endangered brown teal duck, the north island kaka as well as many native trees and shrubs.
In 2004 it was purchased from private ownership by the Nature Heritage Fund
Nature Heritage Fund
The Nature Heritage Fund is a New Zealand Government funding body set up in 1990 for the purchase of land which has significant ecological or landscape features.It is administered by the Department of Conservation...
, other government agencies and private trusts to be set up as a public reserve.