Stewart Islandrakiura - Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island Flights, Taukihepabig South Cape Island, Foveaux Strait, Ryans Creek Aerodrome (Paperback)

Chapters: Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island Flights, Taukihepa/Big South Cape Island, Foveaux Strait, Ryans Creek Aerodrome, Codfish Island, Rakiura Track, Ulva Island, New Zealand, Titi/Muttonbird Islands, Oban, New Zealand, Paterson Inlet, Freshwater River, New Zealand, South West Cape, New Zealand, Port Pegasus, Ruapuke Island, New Leinster, Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island, Heron River, Mount Anglem, Mount Allen, Stewart Island, Anchorage Island, New Zealand, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 59. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stewart Island/Rakiura is the third-largest island of New Zealand. It lies 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait. Its permanent population is slightly over 400 people, most of whom live in the settlement of Oban. Paterson Inlet at sundown Mudflats near ObanThe original M ori name, Te Punga o Te Waka a Maui, positions Stewart Island/Rakiura firmly at the heart of M ori mythology. Translated as The Anchor Stone of Maui's Canoe, it refers to the part played by the island in the legend of Maui and his crew, who from their canoe, the South Island, caught and raised the great fish, the North Island. Captain Cook was the first European to sight the island in 1770, but he thought it was part of the South Island so named it South Cape. The island received its European name in honour of William W. Stewart, who was first officer on the ship Pegasus, which visited from Port Jackson (Sydney), Australia, in 1809 on a sealing expedition. Stewart charted the large southeastern harbour which now bears the ship's name (Port Pegasus), and determined the northern points of the island, proving that it was an island. He made three further visits to the island from the 1820s to the 1840s. Rakiura is the more commonly known and used M ori nam...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=22785326