INTERNATIONAL SANCTUARIES

Ulva Island Trust, New Zealand

Ulva Island Update PDFUlva Island is an open sanctuary of international biodiversity importance. It hosts such rare plants in the wild as Gunnera hamiltonii, Euphorbia glauca, and native birds such as Brown Creeper (Pipipi, Mohoua ochrocephala), Rifleman (Titi pounamu, Acanthisitta chloris chlori), Stewart Island Brown Kiwi (Tokoeka, Apteryx australis lawryi) and Yellowhead (Mohua, Mohoua achrocephala). Ulva Island is one of only two scientific reserves in all of New Zealand open to the public (the other being Tiritiri Matangi near Auckland). Dancing Star Foundation was pleased to be able to support two re-publications of the important guide to Ulva Island, written and produced by the Ulva Island Charitable Trust.

For more information:

> New Zealand Department of Conservation official website

> Ulva Island Bird Sanctuary Guided Walks website

> Elwin Productions, Natural History Filmmaking and Photography

> Stewart Island News Kakapo Encounter website