Stewart Island

noun

1. one of the islands of New Zealand, S of South Island. 670 sq. mi. (1,735 sq. km).

Stewart Island

noun

1. the third largest island of New Zealand, in the SW Pacific off the S tip of South Island. Pop: 387 (2001). Area: 1735 sq km (670 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Rakiura, or Stewart Island, is the largest of these.

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Until the 1970s, kakapos were thought to be extinct until a group was discovered on Stewart Island, south of the country's South Island.

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The group were found by a walker on Stewart Island earlier this week.

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The deaths there come less than a week after 145 pilot whales were found dead on a remote beach in New Zealand's far south Stewart Island.

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Last weekend, 145 pilot whales died on Stewart Island.

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