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| The news stand at Ship to Shore |
| Welcome to the Stewart Island News. This newsletter hits the stand at the Ship to Shore shop each month and winds up in the homes of just about all 390 Island residents. Over 100 savvy readers throughout New Zealand subscribe to the "Rakiura rag", as well as folks in Oz, USA, UK, Canada, Japan, and Corsica! If you would like to subscribe to the Stewart Island News please contact the editor. |
| Koru the Kitty says "don't forget to pay for your SINs" |
| Do you love boats? Are you a keen reader of page 2 Boat-of-the-Month? If you'd like to help the Rakiura Museum Publishing Committee to complete a book about Stewart Island boats, click here. |
| KAKAPO ENCOUNTER 2008 Sirocco the kakapo will be on Ulva Island 8th September - 22nd October! |

| The Library. |

| Beloved bivalves: Oyster season opened 1st March! |

| Royal New Zealand ballet at the Community Centre |

| Paterson Inlet sea anemone, photographed by Eamonn during Experiencing Marine Reserve Programme. |

| Acker's Point titi baby (beak agape) on nest. Image from a burrowscope courtesy of SIRCET. |