Motuara Island

Motuara island is a magical little place in the Queen Charlotte Sound, right at the edge of the Cook Strait. The lookout at the top provides spectacular views of the over the Sounds, and often all the way to the North Island. It's also a life raft for a variety of endangered birds (and other New Zealand wildlife) that have been released onto the island to save them from extinction.

Yellow-crowned parakeet

South Island robin

Saddleback - almost like a ghost in the forest

Grey warbler

New Zealand wood pigeon/kereru

New Zealand fur seal

Silvereye

Juvenile bellbird

Views out the the outer Queen Charlotte Sound