The Brothers (New Zealand)

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The Brothers in a strong south wind
The largest island with a lighthouse and associated outbuildings

The Brothers ( Māori Nga Whatu ) is a group of two small rocky islands and other cliffs in the Cook Strait in New Zealand off the east coast of Arapawa Island . Administratively it belongs to the Marlborough region .

On the 66 m high island of North Brother Island (4 ha) the rare bridge lizard Sphenodon guentheri occurs, which is called in English after this island Brothers Island tuatara . At the top of this island is a lighthouse, Brothers Island Lighthouse .

The islands have been registered as Wahi Tapu by the Department of Conservation since 2008 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nga Whatu. In: New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero . Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga , February 14, 2008, accessed September 23, 2019 .

Coordinates: 41 ° 6 ′ 51 ″  S , 174 ° 25 ′ 57 ″  E