Islands : a New Zealand journey / Bruce Ansley ; Illustrated by Jane Ussher.

National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing in Publication (CiP) record.

Introduction -- The north: The Cavallis -- Bay of Islands
-- The barriers: Great Barrier -- Rakitu/Arid -- Hauturu/
Little Barrier -- The kingdoms: Puketutu -- Pakatoa -- The
Noises -- Rabbit -- Island states: Waiheke -- Kawau --
Gulf stream: Rangitoto -- Rakino -- Rotoroa -- Motuihe --
The drama queens: Great Mercury -- Slipper -- Motiti --
White -- The wild ones: Matiu/Somes -- Mana -- Kapiti --
Motuopuhi -- Crowns of the south: Arapaoa/Arapawa --
Motuara -- D'Urville -- Hautai -- Harbour havens:
Pukerauaruhe/Browne's -- Ripapa -- Quail -- Quarantine --
Roaring forties: Dog -- Titi Islands -- Maps.

A journey to New Zealand's most fascinating, wild and
isolated islands. Following on from their non-fiction
book-of-the-year winning Coast, this is the next epic
journey from writer Bruce Ansley and photographer Jane
Ussher. New Zealand is surrounded by hundreds of islands,
mainly remnants of a larger land mass now beneath the sea.
Some are idyllic retreats; others have poignant histories
of castaways, prisons and leper colonies. Some have become
sanctuaries, safe from destructive predators; some are
farmed by fifth and sixth generations of the same family;
others are isolated outposts, barely sustaining life at
all; while some are hidden where youd least expect...
Islands featured: Cavalli Islands, Bay of Islands; Great
Barrier, Little Barrier, Arid; Puketutu, Pakatoa, The
Noises, Rabbit Island; Waiheke, Kawau; Rangitoto, Rakino,
Rotoroa, Motuihe; Great Mercury, Slipper, Motiti, White
Island; Somes, Mana, Kapiti, Motuopuhi; Arapawa, Motuara,
D'Urville, Hauwai; Browne's, Ripapa, Quail, Quarantine;
Dog Island, Titi Islands.