UNOFFICIAL BIRD SANCTUARY
| I | The part of Kapiti Island known \s Waioma is not. part of the Govi -irnment-controlled resexwe, states | 'Foirest and Bird," but the spirit of j sanctuary pervades it. Thereon is :he brackish lake Okupe which, with , Its- s'hores, provides at all times sanc.uary for native birds such as ducks, ; shags, stilts, etc., and the birds know It,. for during the season of the year j vhen gunmen with their decoys and levices invade the lakes and lagoons ■>f the mainland, upwards of a thous- . and ducks to^ether have been counted spending the day in peace on Okupe. As, however, it cannot provide food for all, numbers leave at nig-ht for feeding places on the mainland. The more fortunate ones return again, jsually just before dawn, soime coming to the small lagoon in front of the caretaker's residence at Rangatira.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5302, 15 January 1947, Page 2
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143UNOFFICIAL BIRD SANCTUARY Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5302, 15 January 1947, Page 2
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