Kawau Island is located in the Hauraki Gulf, close to the north-eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It lies only 2km off the coast of the North Auckland Peninsula, and shelters Kawau Bay to the north-east of Warkworth. The island is located 50km north of the Auckland city centre. A true-colour image showing Auckland city (left), the Hauraki Gulf (centre) and the Coromandel Peninsula (right). ... The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre/Kilometer (only km in minuscule is the correct representation of kilometer as an SI unit of length) Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management, in the field of Library and information science Knowledge Machine, the KM knowledge representation... The North Auckland Peninsula, frequently referred to simply as the Northland Peninsula, is located in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Warkworth is a town in the Rodney District of New Zealand. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ...

The island is a popular holiday resort, the majority of which is covered in forest. It is 8km by 5km at its longest axes, and is almost bisected by the long inlet of Bon Accord Harbour. It was rumoured to have been the base for seaborne raiding Maori in the early 18th century. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

Manganese and copper were mined in the first years of European ownership until the island was bought by Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand in 1862 as a private retreat. He extended the original copper mine manager's house (built 1845) to create the Kawau Island Mansion House which still stands, and made the surrounding land into a botanical and zoological park, importing many plants and animals. The house is now in public ownership in the Kawau Island Historic Reserve, administered by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The reserve, which is open to the public, covers 10 per cent of the Island and includes the old copper mine, the site of New Zealand's first underground mining venture. General Name, Symbol, Number manganese, Mn, 25 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 7, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Atomic mass 54. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance copper, metallic Atomic mass 63. ... Statue of Sir George Grey in Albert Park, Auckland Sir George Edward Grey KCB (April 14, 1812 - September 19, 1898) was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), Premier of New Zealand and a writer. ... Flag of the Governor General of New Zealand The Governor-General of New Zealand is the local representative of the Queen of New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II, and as such is the highest office in the Government of New Zealand. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Department of Conservation (In Māori, Te Papa Atawhai), commonly known by its acronym, DOC, is the state sector organisation of New Zealand which deals with the conservation of New Zealand’s natural and historic heritage. ...

The island is home to kiwi and two thirds of the entire population of North Island weka. Among the animals that Grey introduced were four species of wallabies which do considerable damage to the native vegetation, thus harming the habitat for these flightless birds. The wallabies destroy all emerging seedlings which means that the present native trees are the last generation. The usual understorey forest species are absent due to wallaby browsing and in many cases the ground is bare. Possums, also introduced by Grey, destroy mature native trees. The result has been a considerable loss of biodiversity, with bird numbers plummeting due to loss of both food supply and habitat. Even the surrounding marine environment has been severely compromised by silt carried from the bare ground by rainwater. Species A kiwi is any of the species of small flightless birds native to New Zealand of the genus Apteryx (the only genus in family Apterygidae). ... For other uses see: Weka (disambiguation) Binomial name Gallirallus australis (Sparrman, 1786) The Weka or woodhen (Gallirallus australis) is an endemic bird of New Zealand. ... For the Australian national Rugby Union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, see Australia national rugby union team. ... A possum is any of about 25 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials native to Australia. ...

A local organisation, Pohutukawa Trust New Zealand, was founded in 1992 by Ray Weaver and private landowners who own 90 per cent of the Island, specifically "to rehabilitate the native flora and fauna of Kawau Island". Possum numbers have already been reduced, saving a New Zealand icon the coastal pohutukawa tree. The response has been increasing native bird numbers, including increased kiwi calls, brown teal, kaka, kereru, and bellbirds. After assisting with capturing all of the rare Brushtail rock wallabies that could economically be recovered for relocation to a captive breeding program run by Waterfall Springs Conservation Association in Wahroonga, Australia the Pohutukawa Trust New Zealand is now humanely eradicating the remaining feral wallabies from the Island, to enable ecological restoration (mainly by natural regeneration), and to provide for sustainable land use in the Kawau community. The situation on Kawau is a case of animals being brought to a place and ecosystems where they do not belong. See www.pohutukawatrust.org.nz and www.waterfallsprings.com.au. Binomial name Anas aucklandica Gray, 1844 The Brown Teal (Anas aucklandica) is a species of duck of the genus Anas. ... Binomial name Nestor meridionalis Gmelin, 1788 The Kaka (Nestor meridionalis) is a parrot native to the forests of New Zealand. ... Binomial name Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae (Gmelin, 1789) The Kereru or New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae) is an endemic native bird of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands. ... Binomial name Anthornis melanura (Sparrman, 1786) The New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura) is a bird of greenish colouration that is endemic to New Zealand. ... Wahroonga is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. ... A feral animal or plant is one that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly or wholly, to its wild state. ...