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Te Puka-Hereka
(The Tied Anchor)
South West New Zealand
Endangered Species Charitable Trust
Mission Statement:
To establish and fund a world class sanctuary on Te Puka-Hereka for
rare and endangered native species of flora and fauna that will be jointly developed by private philanthropists, corporate and government participants.
Te Puka-Hereka
Island, translated means The Tied Anchor, and is commonly known as Coal Island.
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Situated in Fiordland National Park, south of Milford Sound, Coal Island (1163 ha) lies in the entrance to Preservation
Inlet, between Puysegur Point and Gulches Head.
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Endangered Species Planned Introduction
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Birds
Saddleback (tieke), rock wren, yellowhead (mohua), robin
(toutouwai), kiwi (brown or little spotted), kakapo
Plants
Mistletoe (several beech varieties, Peraxilla tetrapetala and colensoi and Alepsis flavida), orchid (Drymoanthus flavis), sand spurge (Euphorbia glauca),
punui (Stilbocarpa lyallii), water milfoil (Myriophyllum robustum)
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Reptiles
Tuatara, gecko
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