Respected Maori leader describes the importance of muttonbird islands and the water around them during hearing.

There’s nowhere like Stewart Island for seeing New Zealand wildlife. Chris Shorrock explores the best ways to experience this island, all easily reached from Oban, the main village.

A veil of secrecy remains over moves to strip muttonbirding rights from hundreds of Rakiura Maori after a closed meeting in Bluff yesterday. More than 100 people descended on Te Rau Aroha Marae in ...

Eager muttonbird hunters are hoping to get a flight out to the Tītī / Muttonbird Islands as soon possible, with alert level 3 now opening a small window of opportunity to gather the delicious ...

The good news is that for the next two weeks, just in time for the school holidays, you will be able to walk the breakwall and climb Muttonbird Island.

Travellers have dubbed Muttonbird Island, in Coffs Harbour, NSW, as one of the best spots to see the sun go down in Australia. People are flocking to the island at dusk to see the sky erupt with ...

But even at that, Stewart Island remains one of the most-undiscovered attractions in New Zealand. Telling any Kiwi that you’ve been to Stewart Island is like telling them you’ve been to the moon.

“A muttonbird is a migratory sea bird that burrows in the ground, and they’re predominantly found in the islands in Bass Strait.

AN OPPORTUNITY to learn more about Muttonbird Island and its namesake inhabitants is on offer on Friday night.

Muttonbird Island in NSW is a place of majesty. It's just that the majesty crash lands in the moonlight and sounds like a squeezy toy.

Muttonbird Island in NSW is a place of majesty. It's just that the majesty crash lands in the moonlight and sounds like a squeezy toy.