Orokonui Ecosanctuary has exceeded all expectations - a 307ha sanctuary for native flora and fauna, protected from exotic predators. Rebecca Fox looks at the history of the project initiated by the Otago Natural History Trust.
A lost world is flourishing in Orokonui.
Within a 9km predator-proof fence saddleback are nesting, kaka chicks are hatching, ferns are growing and seedlings taking root.
From today entry to that special world will be through a newly completed $2.2 million environmentally sustainable visitor and education centre.
It is an accomplishment which is hard to find words for, conservationist emeritus professor Sir Alan Mark, a member of the Otago Natural History Trust, says.
"It's an incredible achievement, against all odds. From whoa to go within a decade is quite incredible."
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