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Margaret Neureuter, and from 1942 the Wainhouses spent a significant portion of their lives living on the islands, keeping chickens and brewing their own beer. Fred Wainhouse died on Ōtata Island in 1957, and his widow passed on ownership of the islands that year to her nephew Brian P. Neureuter, who in turn passed it on to his son. When Brian and Marlene Neureuter died, their ashes were scattered on the island. In 1995 the Neureuter family formed the Noises Trust, to which they gifted the islands.
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erected notices around the David Rocks colony to warn people the birds were protected by law. By the 1950s 40 spotted shags were seen at a nesting colony on Ōtata Island, and two hundred on David Rocks. In 1970 a colony of 100 birds was recorded on Ōtata, and 25 on David Rocks, but these petered out
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The Noises have never been cleared or farmed, and so retain some of the highest-quality native vegetation of the inner
Hauraki Gulf islands. Their lack of invasive mammals and low weed numbers make them important from a conservation point of view, and they are a seed source for regeneration projects
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One owner, J. J. Craig, built a cottage on the south-east corner of Ōtata Island, and sold the Noises to a
Captain McKenzie in 1930. Captain Frederic Stanley Wainhouse, deputy harbour master for Auckland Harbour Board, purchased the island group from him in 1933 for £200. Wainhouse remarried in 1940
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Zealand. The largest and most forested islands are Ōtata and Motuhoropapa; Orarapa and Maria/Ruapuke are also significant. After a rat eradication campaign in the 1960s, Maria was the first New Zealand island to become predator-free. The lack of invasive predators, intact native forest, and
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There are five small islets and several rock stacks: Orarapa Island (or the
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of the New
Zealand Wildlife Service until September 1963. By 1964 this effort had eradicated rats from Maria Island and David Rocks – the first New Zealand islands to become predator-free, and one of the first successful island rat eradications in the world. The Maria Island colony survived and
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The effects of rats were first noted in late 1959, when they were found to be killing chicks of white-faced storm petrels on Maria Island and David Rocks. Hundreds of dead petrels were discovered by
Waiheke schoolteacher Alistair McDonald, who with his class formed a junior division of
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recovered. Rats were eradicated from the remaining Noises islands in the 1980s, but have reinvaded by swimming at least six times since then, from as far as Rakino (2 km away) until that too had a rat eradication programme. The islands have been predator free since 2002.
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soon after. By the 1980s or 1990s spotted shags had finally disappeared from the Noises. This corresponded with illegal shooting of birds in the colony, increasing boating and fishing around the islands, and dramatic declines in populations of
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constructed an artificial spotted shag colony on a cliff face on the northeastern side of Ōtata, with 3D-printed replica birds, recorded shag calls played over a solar-powered sound system, hand-woven nests, and white paint to imitate
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A radio-collared rat named Razza was deliberately released on
Motuhoropapa to test rat dispersal; he swam to Ōtata before being trapped under the Neureuter's sink. His story was the subject of a 2006 children's book by
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Motuhoropapa has a more mature forest with a canopy averaging 6–10 m high and reaching 20 m. Similar to Ōtata's, it contains pōhutukawa, karo, houpara, māhoe, and coastal karamu, but also includes wharangi
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An 800-year-old pōhutukawa near the house is 70 m across at the crown. Karo on Ōtata reaches close to its maximum size, with trunks 40 cm in diameter. The understory includes bracken (
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large numbers of breeding seabirds give the Noises significant conservation value. There has however been a marked decline in marine biodiversity surrounding the islands from over-fishing.
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whose accumulated mounds of thick shells are colonised by encrusting and free-living invertebrates. This rich habitat provides a nursery for young scallops (
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known as "mile-a-minute". Mile-a-minute is a significant problem on Maria, and there are regular volunteer efforts to control it. Invasive boxthorn (
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four of which are joined at low tide, 1.8 km east of Ōtata; Ike Island and Tern Rock, north of
Motuhoropapa; Tākapu Rock; and Zeno Rock.
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exists today. Sea levels began to rise 7,000 years ago, after which the Noises became islands separated from the rest of New Zealand.
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Clearing the summit in the 1950s to build the safety light may have allowed the establishment of invasive weeds, notably the vine
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2477:"Notes on the Plumages and Breeding Cycle of the Spotted Shag, Phalacrocorax (Stictocarbo) punctatus punctatus (Sparrman, 1786)"
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on Ōtata is only the second archaeological site in the Auckland region with evidence of occupation before the eruption of
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2736:(Bivalvia: Glycymeridae) shells and rhodolith patches on benthic-invertebrate assemblages in Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand"
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The Noises have not always been free of introduced mammals. Rabbits were present until the mid-1940s. Norway rats (
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rat poison. Twice in 1960 poison baits were laid by Junior Forest and Bird, and the campaign was continued by
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in the understorey. The other islands in the Noises are forested with karo, houpara, taupata (
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was described in 1996 from specimens collected on Ōtata and Motuhoropapa. The giant wētā
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The Noises consist of a number of small islands and stacks in the inner
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2008:"Owners of islands in Hauraki Gulf calling for more marine protection"
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Sea change = Tai timu tai pari : Hauraki Gulf marine spatial plan
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There are only three structures on the Noises: the Neureuter family
1875:. Auckland: Auckland Institute and War Memorial Museum. p. 69.
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are present on Ōtata; the gecko is also found on Maria Island.
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over the centuries, who collected seafood and seabirds such as
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Group of islands in the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland, New Zealand
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Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Geology
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2102:"The Noises vs Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve"
2037:"Destination: Wild Mob's ecological mission in the Gulf"
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1821:. Hamilton, NZ: Waikato Regional Council. p. 284.
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The islands are composed of complexly folded Jurassic
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New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
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Russell, James C.; Towns, D.R.; Clout, M.N. (2008).
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Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor
2072:. Auckland: Penguin Random House. pp. 110–120.
1931:"Matariki and Māori astronomy with Dr Rangi Matamua"
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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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In one theory, albeit never proved, French explorer
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2550:Szabo, Michael (2017). Miskelly, Colin M. (ed.).
2312:"The island life for hundreds of giant wētāpunga"
1914:Belworthy, JoAnn, ed. (Spring 2015). "Matariki".
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1724:Cunningham, Duncan M.; Moors, Philip J. (1985).
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2680:"Attracting Spotted Shags back to the Noises"
1294:, from a population on Archway Island in the
1104:on Ōtata; a hut on Motuhoropapa built by the
2730:Dewas, S. E. A.; O'Shea, S. (1 March 2012).
2706:"Not the Easter Bunny, but the Spotted Shag"
2652:Aotearoa Science Agency (15 February 2019).
2482:Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum
2381:Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum
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1957:"Excavating Otata Island: A Midden Revealed"
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2132:Noises Islands Biodiversity Management Plan
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2345:"Where are all the spotted shags?"
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2100:Rykers, Ellen (21 February 2021).
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2006:Fleming, Zac (22 September 2020).
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2704:Darwin, Kyle (15 April 2021).
2678:Conomos, Katina (March 2019).
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1688:New Zealand Journal of Ecology
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2343:Evans, Kate (May–June 2019).
1831:: CS1 maint: date and year (
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1955:Ash, Emma (30 April 2020).
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1871:Cranwell, Lucy M. (1981).
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2524:Millener, P.R. (1970).
1788:Cameron, E. K. (1998).
1309:Deinacrida heteracantha
1304:Climocella haurakiensis
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2575:New Zealand Geographic
2350:New Zealand Geographic
2184:"Stewards of the Gulf"
1873:The Botany of Auckland
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150:Highest elevation
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2864:A Song for the Noises
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1533:Pecten novaezelandiae
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1961:Auckland Museum Blog
1935:McGuinness Institute
1678:Moors, P.J. (1985).
1526:Tucetona laticostata
1479:In 2019 a team from
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1340:Phalacrocorax varius
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2447:"Local and General"
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68:Coordinates
2884:Categories
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1986:The Noises
1894:The Noises
1856:3 November
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2017:18 August
1991:31 August
1966:31 August
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1421:pilchards
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1091:Rangitoto
1057:Ownership
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238:Auckland
205:Auckland
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2529:(PDF)
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