About & Description

Located on the western coast of Great Barrier Island. Crown-owned reserve. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Kaikoura Island is the seventh largest island in the Hauraki Gulf. 90kms north east of Auckland it is located on the western coast of Great Barrier Island where it forms the natural harbours of Port FitzRoy and Port Abercrombie. At 564ha Kaikoura Island is over twice the size of Tiritiri Matangi (218ha) and more than three times the size of Motuihe (79ha). The island is protected as a Crown-owned reserve and managed by a Trust. Kaikoura Island is home to the endangered brown teal and the north island kaka as well as many native trees and shrubs. There is access to the island by wharf at the Great Barrier end of the Man O War Passage and at Bradshaw Cove as well as a small airstrip.