Fiordland is a geographical region in the south-western corner of New Zealand's South Island, home to the Fiordland temperate forests ecoregion across roughly 12,600 square kilometers of national park. Its Maori name, Te Rua-o-te-Moko, is sometimes translated as the pit of tattooing or the shadowlands. Several of its major fiords carry dual English and Maori names, among them Milford Sound and Piopiotahi, and Doubtful Sound and Patea. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Fiordland (Māori: Te Rua-o-te-Moko, "The Pit of Tattooing", and also translated as "the Shadowlands") is a non-administrative geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western third of Southland.
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Fiordland is a geographical region in the south-western corner of New Zealand's South Island, home to the Fiordland temperate forests ecoregion across roughly 12,600 square kilometers of national park.
- In Biome: Temperate Rainforest, lead section
View the Source Fiordland Crested Penguin (Wikipedia)
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It currently breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island as well as on Stewart Island/Rakiura and its outlying islands.
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Elk and red deer produce fertile offspring in captivity, and the two species have freely inter-bred in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park.
Eastern elk (Wikipedia)
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In 1905, 18 elk were introduced to Fiordland National Park in New Zealand-a gift from Theodore Roosevelt.
New Zealand rock wren (Wikipedia)
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In 2008-2010, a total of 40 rock wrens were translocated to Secretary Island, an 8,140 ha (20,100 acres) rodent-free island in Fiordland, the third-tallest island in New Zealand.
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