Putauhinu Island
# Putauhinu Island

Putauhinu Island is an offshore island of New Zealand to the west of the southern tip of Stewart Island/Rakiura. It lies very close to Big South Cape Island.

## Conservation

Translocations of South Island saddlebacks to Putauhinu Island occurred in 1974, 1976, and 1984. Thirty Snares Island snipe were translocated from the Snares Islands in 2005.

