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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For New York's North and South Brother Islands see <a href="/wiki/North_and_South_Brother_Islands_(New_York_City)" title="North and South Brother Islands (New York City)">North and South Brother Islands (New York City)</a>. For the Hong Kong islands of the same name see <a href="/wiki/The_Brothers_(islands),_Hong_Kong" title="The Brothers (islands), Hong Kong">The Brothers (islands), Hong Kong</a></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129712854">.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-title-embed{background-color:#efefef;font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-islands vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">The Brothers</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="nickname">Ngāwhatu-kai-ponu</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Brothers_islands.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/The_Brothers_islands.jpg/260px-The_Brothers_islands.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/The_Brothers_islands.jpg/390px-The_Brothers_islands.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/The_Brothers_islands.jpg/520px-The_Brothers_islands.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3900" data-file-height="2613" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">North Brother (left) and South Brother</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:TheBrothers-ChartNZ46-CookStrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/TheBrothers-ChartNZ46-CookStrait.jpg/260px-TheBrothers-ChartNZ46-CookStrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/TheBrothers-ChartNZ46-CookStrait.jpg/390px-TheBrothers-ChartNZ46-CookStrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/TheBrothers-ChartNZ46-CookStrait.jpg/520px-TheBrothers-ChartNZ46-CookStrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="598" data-file-height="563" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Extract from Chart NZ 46 Cook Strait</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=The_Brothers_(New_Zealand)&params=41.114_S_174.433_E_source:dewiki_type:isle"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°06′50″S</span> <span class="longitude">174°25′59″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.114°S 174.433°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-41.114; 174.433</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major islands</th><td class="infobox-data">South Brother, North Brother</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">0.17 km<sup>2</sup> (0.066 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">66 m (217 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">0</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>The Brothers</b> (<a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">Māori</a>: <i lang="mi">Ngāwhatu-kai-ponu</i>) is a group of small islands in <a href="/wiki/Cook_Strait" title="Cook Strait">Cook Strait</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, off the east coast of Cape Koamaru, <a href="/wiki/Arapaoa_Island" title="Arapaoa Island">Arapaoa Island</a>. The islands are a restricted-access wildlife sanctuary administered by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Conservation_(New_Zealand)" title="Department of Conservation (New Zealand)">Department of Conservation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MNZ_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MNZ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islands">Islands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Brothers_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Brothers form two small island groups, each containing one main island and a number of tiny islets. The main islands are simply called North Brother and South Brother. South Brother is the larger of the two, covering some 9.5 hectares (23 acres), but the 4-hectare (9.9-acre) North Brother is slightly more elevated, rising to 66 metres (217 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the smaller islets lie in a small arc south of North Brother, with the largest being only some one hectare in area. </p><p>Awash Rock is about 2 nmi (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of The Brothers. At high water it is just visible, but strong currents flow around it, as they do between Cape Koamaru and The Brothers, where there are often <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_nautical_terms_(M%E2%80%93Z)" title="Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z)">over falls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whirlpool" title="Whirlpool">whirlpools</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Brothers_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">Māori</a> name for the group, <i>Ngāwhatu-kai-ponu</i>, literally means "the eyes that witnessed" and according to tradition it refers to the eyeballs of the giant octopus, <a href="/wiki/Te_Wheke-a-Muturangi" title="Te Wheke-a-Muturangi">Te Wheke-a-Muturangi</a>, that <a href="/wiki/Kupe" title="Kupe">Kupe</a> battled. The islets were considered <i><a href="/wiki/Tapu_(Polynesian_culture)" title="Tapu (Polynesian culture)">tapu</a></i> to <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_people" title="Māori people">Māori</a>. Paddlers making their first crossing of <a href="/wiki/Cook_Strait" title="Cook Strait">Raukawa/Cook Strait</a> were blindfolded as it was considered bad luck to see the islands on their first crossing.<sup id="cite_ref-TeAra_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeAra-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MoL_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoL-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During Captain <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a>'s first visit to the area, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Endeavour" title="HMS Endeavour">HMS Endeavour</a> was very nearly wrecked on the Brothers, as a lack of wind and strong tide drove the ship towards the rocks. A change in the direction of the tide saved the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-MoL_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoL-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheProw_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheProw-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lighthouse">Lighthouse</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Brothers_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lighthouse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Brothers Island lighthouse is located on the summit of North Brother. The lighthouse was built in 1877 and is New Zealand's only rock station.<sup id="cite_ref-TeAra_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TeAra-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It replaced the <a href="/wiki/Mana_Island_(New_Zealand)" title="Mana Island (New Zealand)">Mana Island lighthouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MNZ_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MNZ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first call for a lighthouse on the Brothers was in 1851 after the <a href="/wiki/Maria_(1836_ship)" title="Maria (1836 ship)"><i>Maria</i></a> sank near <a href="/wiki/Cape_Terawhiti" title="Cape Terawhiti">Cape Terawhiti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When a lighthouse was erected on Mana Island to serve Cook Strait comment was made in the Marlborough Press that despite the expense it would have been better to have put one on the Brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This request was again repeated in the <a href="/wiki/The_Evening_Post_(New_Zealand)" title="The Evening Post (New Zealand)">Evening Post</a> in 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1867 <i>SS Queen</i> sank after hitting Cook's Rock, just to the north of the Brothers;<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cook's Rock was lit by a red light once the lighthouse opened.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1872 the <a href="/wiki/Barque" title="Barque">barque</a> <i>City of Newcastle</i> was lost because the Captain mistook the Mana Island light for the entrance to Wellington Harbour.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1874 a report titled <i>New Zealand Coast Lights</i> by Captain Johnson was tabled in Parliament and, among others, recommended removing the Mana Island light in favour of a light on the Brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction of the lighthouse was difficult because of its isolation and lack of fresh water. Building materials for construction were unable to be delivered to the island for 2 months because of the weather and sea conditions. Workers had to construct huts as tents could not be pitched on the rock.<sup id="cite_ref-MNZ_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MNZ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oil powered light began operation on 24 September 1877. This was replaced in August 1954 to electricity supplied by a 10 hp diesel engine coupled to three 6.8kw generators. A further upgrade occurred in August 1990 when the light was switched to a 50 watt <a href="/wiki/Halogen_lamp" title="Halogen lamp">tungsten halogen</a> solar powered beacon and fully automated.<sup id="cite_ref-MNZ_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MNZ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheProw_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheProw-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The light was kept by a lighthouse keeper until August 1990. Since then the light has been remotely monitored from <a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a>. The lights isolation was very hard on the keepers and supplying the island challenging. Supplies were bought in from <a href="/wiki/Picton,_New_Zealand" title="Picton, New Zealand">Picton</a> and the lighthouse keepers provided weather reports on local conditions at 4.30 am daily, then every hour on the hour till 4 pm.<sup id="cite_ref-MNZ_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MNZ-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheProw_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheProw-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Endangered_species">Endangered species</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Brothers_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Endangered species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248256098">@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{width:100%!important}}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery{display:table}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-default{background:transparent;margin-top:4px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-center{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-none{float:none}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery-collapsible{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div{display:table-cell;padding:0 4px 4px;text-align:center;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .main>div{display:table-cell}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallery{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div{display:table-cell;padding:4px;text-align:right;font-size:85%;line-height:1em}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .title>div *,.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .footer>div *{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .gallerybox img{background:none!important}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .bordered-images .thumb img{border:solid var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)1px}.mw-parser-output .mod-gallery .whitebg .thumb{background:var(--background-color-base,#fff)!important}</style><div class="mod-gallery mod-gallery-default mod-gallery-center"><div class="title"><div>Endangered species on The Brothers</div></div><div class="main"><div><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional nochecker bordered-images whitebg"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amychus_granulatus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cook Strait Click Beetle"><img alt="Cook Strait Click Beetle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Amychus_granulatus.jpg/160px-Amychus_granulatus.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Amychus_granulatus.jpg/240px-Amychus_granulatus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Amychus_granulatus.jpg/320px-Amychus_granulatus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3888" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cook Strait Click Beetle</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pelecanoides_urinatrix_Gould.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Diving Petrel"><img alt="Diving Petrel" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pelecanoides_urinatrix_Gould.jpg/160px-Pelecanoides_urinatrix_Gould.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pelecanoides_urinatrix_Gould.jpg/240px-Pelecanoides_urinatrix_Gould.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pelecanoides_urinatrix_Gould.jpg/320px-Pelecanoides_urinatrix_Gould.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1048" data-file-height="787" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Diving Petrel</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kirkianella_novae-zelandiae_(48752150908).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kirkianella novae-zealandiae."><img alt="Kirkianella novae-zealandiae." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Kirkianella_novae-zelandiae_%2848752150908%29.jpg/113px-Kirkianella_novae-zelandiae_%2848752150908%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Kirkianella_novae-zelandiae_%2848752150908%29.jpg/170px-Kirkianella_novae-zelandiae_%2848752150908%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Kirkianella_novae-zelandiae_%2848752150908%29.jpg/227px-Kirkianella_novae-zelandiae_%2848752150908%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1667" data-file-height="2500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kirkianella novae-zealandiae.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tuatara_(5205719005).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tuatara."><img alt="Tuatara." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Tuatara_%285205719005%29.jpg/160px-Tuatara_%285205719005%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Tuatara_%285205719005%29.jpg/240px-Tuatara_%285205719005%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Tuatara_%285205719005%29.jpg/320px-Tuatara_%285205719005%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="864" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tuatara.</div> </li> </ul></div></div></div> <p>In 1970 The Brothers were declared a sanctuary. North Brother Island is a sanctuary for a rare reptile subspecies, the <a href="/wiki/Brothers_Island_tuatara" class="mw-redirect" title="Brothers Island tuatara">Brothers Island tuatara</a> (<i>Sphenodon punctatus guntheri</i>), and is the type locality for a rare beetle species, the <a href="/wiki/Cook_Strait_click_beetle" class="mw-redirect" title="Cook Strait click beetle">Cook Strait click beetle</a> (<i>Amychus granulatus</i>), although the latter is possibly extinct there now.<sup id="cite_ref-marris_2010_click_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-marris_2010_click-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheProw_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheProw-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Others include the diving petrel and the extremely rare dandelion looking plant <a href="/wiki/Kirkianella" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirkianella">Kirkianella novae-zealandiae</a>. This plant is only found on North Brother Island and Arapaoa Island. Department of Conservation staff visit the island about four times a year to remove invasive species to protect these and other endangered species.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other">Other</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Brothers_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Zealand_Life_Insurance_1947_00600.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/New_Zealand_Life_Insurance_1947_00600.jpg/200px-New_Zealand_Life_Insurance_1947_00600.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="114" class="mw-file-element" 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colspan="14">Climate data for The Brothers (1991–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAD5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.3<br />(61.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA56; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.7<br />(62.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB46A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(59.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBC79; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(57.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6<br />(47.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #C4FFC4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.3<br />(1.55) </td> <td style="background: #B9FFB9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.3<br />(1.67) </td> <td style="background: #BFFFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.6<br />(1.68) </td> <td style="background: #A9FFA9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.7<br />(2.19) </td> <td style="background: #A2FFA2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.8<br />(2.43) </td> <td style="background: #83FF83; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.4<br />(3.17) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.9<br />(2.56) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66.4<br />(2.61) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.7<br />(2.47) </td> <td style="background: #84FF84; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.9<br />(3.22) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.0<br />(1.93) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.3<br />(1.94) </td> <td style="background: #A6FFA6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">696.3<br />(27.42) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NIWA<sup id="cite_ref-NIWA_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIWA-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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