There's still evidence of their dams, water races and mine-shafts in the Tin Range. Around the same time a fish freezer began operations. The small fishing community at Pegasus continued, on and off, right through to the 1950s. In the late 1970s kakapo , the ground-dwelling night parrot, were found in the Tin Range. Predation by feral cats necessitated capturing these endangered birds for relocation to Codfish Island, off Stewart Island's west coast, and to other predator-free islands.
Today there's no tin-boom, or kakapo boom at Pegasus.
Fishermen working lobster boats in the rugged waters round South Cape shelter there for the night. A few hunting parties and diving groups visit by boat, but that is all - a wilderness in the south. Akiko International Ltd. All rights reserved.