A member of a party of hikers who recently visited Dusky and Breaksea Sounds/ via Manapouri. says that Dusky Sound is one of the most beautiful in Now Zealand, gaining something in dignity and grandeur by its isolation and remoteness from civilisation. Although the bills are bush-cover-ed to the water’s edge in most parts, they found an almost complete absence of bird life. They did hear kiwis, but the only birds seen were fantails and other small birds. Mr Moroll, a Manapouri guide, who was with the party, declares that the weka, once plentiful iu the Sound, is dying out. As that could not he the result of human encroachment, it is suspected that bush vermin are the cause.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 48, 25 January 1938, Page 8
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