Rekohu - Chatham Islands - Wharekauri
750km to the east of New Zealand's South Island lie the Chatham Islands, home to New Zealand's most remote communities. Around 600 people live on two of the 11 islands that make up 'the Chathams', with incomes largely reliant on farming, fishing, conservation and tourism.
The Chatham Islands community is necessarily resilient and self reliant. The purpose of this website is to support the community and to celebrate its successes in the conservation of the natural and cultural heritage of the islands.
For information on visiting the Chatham Islands, please visit www.discoverthechathamislands.co.nz
Visiting the Chatham Islands
The Chatham Islands lie 750km east of New Zealand's South Island.
Accommodation
Choose from Hotel, Motel, Lodge, Bed and Breakfast or Backpacker accommodation - see www.discoverthechathamislands.co.nz for details.
Getting there
Air Chathams fly to the Chatham Islands four to six times a week depending on the time of year, departing from Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Napier. Air Chathams also run a Cessna 206 service between Chatham and Pitt Island. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to organise a flight, or talk to Flowerpot Adventures about a day trip tour of Pitt Island
Tours
Pukekohe Travel run 8-day trips to the Chatham Islands over the summer months as do . These tours provide a great way to explore much of what the Chatham Islands have to offer.
Getting your stuff there
If you don't travel lightly, Black Robin Freighters and 44 South Shipping bpth offer regular cargo services departing the Ports of Timaru and Napier.
Biosecurity
While the Chathams do have a number of weeds and pests, they do not have as wide a range as that established on the NZ mainland. Please help make sure it stays that way by not bringing any new organisms to the Chathams and by cleaning any clothing or equipment likely to contain seeds, insects etc (boots, jacket pockets ...).
Natural Heritage
- A new highly threatened enigmatic rust recognised from Chatham Islands forget-me-not (Myosotidium hortensia) on the Chatham Islands
- Sow thistle gets a name revival and a little rusty
- New Endemic Plants for the Chatham Islands
- Sole Chatham Islands endemic lichen discovered on south Otago Coastline
- Remarkable and unexpected diversity of scurvy grasses discovered on the Chatham Islands
- New Checklist of the Chatham Islands Plants Published
- Study reveals low levels of genetic diversity in Chatham Islands toetoe
- In Search of Cox’s Matipo
- Parea - the Chatham Island pigeon
- Chatham petrel population growing
