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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

10,000 Birds

Somes, less interestingly, was a rich backer of the New Zealand Company called Joseph Somes (who never went near the place). Spotted skink ( Oligosoma lineoocellatum ), one of the island’s many reptiles The west coast of Matiu / Somes with New Zealand flax ( Phornium ) and a cabbage tree ( Cordyline australis ).

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