TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Rob TI - Rakiura: the wilderness of Stewart Island SN - 9781877333453 (hbk.) AV - DU436 .S7S7B879 2006 U1 - 919.39600222 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Nelson, N.Z. PB - Craig Potton Pub. KW - Travel KW - fast KW - Stewart Island/Rakiura (N.Z.) KW - Pictorial works KW - Description and travel N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 115) N2 - In 2002 most of Stewart Island was gazetted as New Zealand's fourteenth national park. This work features over 80 large-format photographs of Stewart Island's extraordinary and distinctive landscape. These are supported by thematically arranged essays on stone, forest and sand, with an introduction that provides a historical overviewof the Island, covering Maori settlement, whaling, failed farming attempts and the challenges of preserving its flora and fauna. There are also notes for trampers ER -