Putauhina Island
47°13′S 167°23′E / 47.217°S 167.383°E / -47.217; 167.383
New Zealand
Putauhina Island, also known as Putauhinu Island, is an offshore island of New Zealand to the west of the southern tip of Stewart Island/Rakiura. It lies very close to Big South Cape Island.
Conservation
Translocations of South Island saddlebacks to Putauhinu Island occurred in 1974, 1976, and 1984.[1] Thirty Snares Island snipe were translocated from the Snares Islands in 2005.[2]