Visit a kiwi creche

Visit a kiwi creche—Young kiwis stay in a 12-hectare Atarau Sanctuary creche until they are about a year old—large enough...

Go rowing with Shack

Shacklton ‘Shack’ Scollay is the 13-year-old son of Kina Scollay, fisherman, shark diver and filmmaker. He’s a man of the...

Ride the Sounds

The Queen Charlotte Track is one of New Zealand’s Great Rides with 72 kilometres of continuous single track, undulating up...

Load the logs

New Zealand timber bound for markets in Australia and China are loaded at Port Marlborough on to bulk carriers by...

Harvest the mussels

Workers harvest mussels from the lines hung beneath the floats while shags pirouette about hoping to catch a free feed....

Whack the weeds

Rangers Natalie Johnson, Micaela Courtney and Chance Ngatai do some weed whacking along the steep cliffs at the northern end...

Check the tunnels

High on the top of Maud Island/Te Hoiere, DOC ranger Emmanuel Oysten checks tracking tunnels to maintain the predator free...

Meet a Maud Island frog

The Maud Island frog is one of the rarest frogs on the planet, and also the longest lived—a monitoring programme...

Fly over Maud Island

The long spur of Harter Point on Maud Island/Te Hoiere, direct the view across Pelorus Sound. Kakapō were introduced to...

Deliver the post

There are few roads around the rugged coast of the Marlborough Sounds, making the Pelorus Express Mail Boat a critical...
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