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Stewart Island is the third largest island of New Zealand. It lies 30 km south of the South Island, and is separated from the mainland by Foveaux Strait. Its permanent population is 236 people, most of whom live in the settlement of Oban. File links The following pages link to this file: Stewart Island ...
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Territorial authorities is the formal term for the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. ...
Regions is the formal term for the top tier of local government in New Zealand. ...
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South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ...
Foveaux Strait is the strait between the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand. ...
Oban is the principal settlement on Stewart Island, the southernmost inhabited island of New Zealand. ...
The Maori name for the island is Rakiura, the southern dialect form of Rangiora, meaning glowing skies. Two explanations have been proposed for this name. The evenings at these southerly latitudes have long twilights, which could be the name's explanation. It is also possible it refers to the Aurora australis, which can frequently be seen from the island. Māori (or Maori) is a language spoken by the native peoples of New Zealand and the Cook Islands. ...
Aurora borealis Polar aurorae are optical phenomena characterized by colorful displays of light in the night sky. ...
Geography The island has an area of 1746 km2. The perimeter of the island is not available on this site. The north of the island is dominated by the swampy valley of the Freshwater River. The river rises close to the island's northwestern coast and flows southeast into the large indentation of Paterson Inlet. The highest peak on the island is Mt. Anglem, close to the northern coast, at a height of 979 metres. It is one of the peaks in a rim of ridges which surround the Freshwater valley. Paterson Inlet is a large natural harbour in the eastern coast of Stewart Island, New Zealand. ...
Mount Anglem is the highest point on New Zealands Stewart Island. ...
The southern half of the island is more uniformly undulating, rising to a ridge that runs south from the valley of the Rakeahua River, which also flows into Paterson Inlet. The southernmost point in this ridge is Mt. Allen, at 750 metres. In the southeast, the land is somewhat lower, and is drained by the valleys of the Toitoi, Lords and Heron Rivers. South Cape in Stewart Island's southwest, is the southern most point of the main islands of New Zealand.
Mason Bay, on the east side of Stewart Island, is notable as a long sandy beach on an island where beaches are typically far more ruggedy. One suggestion is that the Bay was formed in the aftershock of a meteoric impact in the Tasman Sea.
Three large and numerous small islands lie around the coast of Stewart Island. Notable among these are Ruapuke Island, which lies in Foveaux Strait 32 kilometres to the northeast of Oban, Codfish Island, which lies close to Stewart Island's northwest shore, and Big South Cape Island, located off the southwestern tip of Stewart Island. The Titi (Muttonbird) Island groups are located between Stewart Island and Ruapuke Island, around Big South Cape Island, and off Stewart Island's southeastern coast. Other islands of interest include Bench, Native, and Ulva Island, all close to the mouth of Paterson Inlet, and Pearl, Anchorage, and Noble Island, close to Port Pegasus in Stewart Island's southwest. Ruapuke Island is one of the southernmost islands in New Zealands main chain of islands. ...
Codfish island is a small island (14 km2) located to the east of New Zealand. ...
Ulva Island is a small island lying within Paterson Inlet which is part of Stewart Island in New Zealand. ...
Paterson Inlet is a large natural harbour in the eastern coast of Stewart Island, New Zealand. ...
History Captain Cook was the first European to sight the island, but he thought it was attached to the South Island so named it South Cape in 1770. Europeans realised it was an island at the beginning of the 19th century. It was named after Captain William Stewart, who in 1809 was the first to chart it. British explorer James Cook is most noted for having discovered Australia and Hawaii. ...
1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
William Stewart is a philosophy professor at San Diego City Community College. ...
1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Settlements The only town is Oban, which is located at Half Moon Bay. Half Moon Bay lies on the eastern coast of Stewart Island in New Zealand. ...
A previous settlement, Point Pegasus, once boasted several stores and a post office, and was located on the southern coast of the island. It is now uninhabited, and is only accessible by boat or by an arduous hike across the island.
Communications and economy A regular passenger ferry service runs between Bluff and Oban. There is an air link with Invercargill Airport. Planes also land on the sand at Mason Bay. This article is about the New Zealand town of Bluff. ...
Invercargill is the southernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the most southern settlements in the world. ...
Although some tourism, forestry, and farming takes place on Stewart Island, the main industry is fishing. Over 80% of the island is set aside as Rakiura National Park, New Zealand's newest national park. Fishing from a Pier Fishing is both the recreation and sport of catching fish (for food or as a trophy), and the commercial fishing industry of catching or harvesting seafood (either fish or other aquatic life-forms, such as shellfish). ...
Rakiura National Park is located on Stewart Island. ...
Government In local government terms, the island is part of Southland District. However, it shares with some other islands a certain relaxation in some of the rules governing daily activities. For example, every transport service operated solely on Great Barrier Island, the Chatham Islands, or Stewart Island is exempt from section 70C of the Transport Act 1962 (the requirements for drivers to maintain driving-hours logbooks). Drivers subject to section 70B must nevertheless keep record of their driving hours in some form. See New Zealand Gazette 14 August 2003. Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ...
Great Barrier Island (Haratonga Bay) Great Barrier Island is an island in the north of New Zealand, situated 88 km to the north-east of central Auckland in the outer Hauraki Gulf. ...
The Chatham Islands from space. ...
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ...
2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
On 1 April 2005 TV3's Campbell Live show reported that the New Zealand government planned to sell a large part of the island to the United States, to host an air base supporting their operations in Antarctica. In the following show, the presenter John Campbell said that confused staff at the Prime Minister's office had contacted them after receiving several complaints from the public about these plans. Campbell confirmed that the story was actually an April Fool's Day hoax. TV3, on air on November 26, 1989, is a commercial broadcaster in New Zealand owned by Canadas CanWest, which bought the station after it went bankrupt as an independent station. ...
John Campbell may refer to many different people: John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680–1743) John Campbell of Cawdor — minor British politician (1695—1777) John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705–1782) John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723–1806) John Campbell — Kentucky...
April Fools Day or All Fools Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on 1 April. ...
External links - http://www.stewartisland.co.nz/
- PURENZ - Rakiura National Park (http://www.newzealand.com/travel/sights-activities/scenic-highlights/national-parks/sh-rakiura-national-park.cfm)
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