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Foreword by David Bellamy. Contents: The singing island -- Important food trees & shrubs -- Birds of Tiritiri Matangi -- Tiritiri Matangi : an open sanctuary -- How to get there -- Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi.

The story of Tiritiri Matangi, an island in the Hauraki Gulf which was made into a sanctuary for birdlife in the early 1980s. The forest was restored by the planting of thousands of trees and the island now boasts over 76 species of birds.