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Volunteer-run museum: Māori settlement, the tītī harvest, whaling, fishing, sawmills and boatbuilding.
Official websitestewartisland.co.nz→Created in 2002, the park protects ancient forest, dunes and birds; the DOC visitor centre is at 15 Main Road.
Official websitedoc.govt.nz→In Māori tradition, the island is Te Punga o Te Waka a Māui, “the anchor stone of Māui's canoe”: Māui fished up the North Island from his canoe, the South Island, of which Rakiura was the anchor. Archaeology shows a human presence from the 14th century; then came sealers, whalers, sawmills and fishermen. The traditional harvest of tītī chicks (sooty shearwater), reserved for Rakiura Māori and their descendants, takes place from April to May on the 36 Tītī Islands.