Stewart Island Rakiura National Park
Stewart Island is an increasingly popular holiday destination for eco-tourism and outdoor recreation, with many bush walks and a wealth of natural features to enjoy. Neville Peat introduces the attractions of the island – what to see and do, its walks and tramps, its national park, wildlife, history and magnificent scenery.
This is a revised and updated 2019 edition.
Neville Peat
Neville Peat (1947–2026) was an award-winning New Zealand nature writer and biographer whose work explored the landscapes, wildlife and environmental history of Aotearoa New Zealand. His books also ranged across history and geography. The original edition of Wild Dunedin won the inaugural Montana New Zealand Book Awards Natural Heritage category in 1996. In 2007 he was awarded New Zealand’s largest literary prize, the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship, for a book about the Tasman Sea. He lived on the Otago Peninsula, close to the albatrosses, penguins and sea lions that featured in his writing.
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