Published in 2019 with funding from the Trust, Hauturu: The history, flora and fauna of Te Hauturu-o-Toi Little Barrier Island tells the story of Hauturu, accompanied by around 400 beautiful colour plates. Co-edited by prolific conservationist and long-time advocate for Hauturu Dick Veitch and the Hauturu Supporters Trust’s former chair Lyn Wade, Hauturu is now the definitive text on Aotearoa New Zealand’s oldest, and perhaps most significant, nature reserve.

Hauturu holds a special place in the minds of all New Zealanders interested in preserving our country’s unique natural heritage. The book updates, and expands on, WM Hamilton’s 1961 The Little Barrier Island:  (Hauturu). Lyn Wade (Bill Hamilton’s daughter) spent many childhood holidays on Hauturu and has had a lifelong connection with the island.

Written by experts across a range of fields, there are detailed chapters on the island’s plant, fungal, and animal species, and the efforts to protect them, its geology and the seas around it, along with comprehensive species lists, all helping to convey the immense biodiversity of the island.

The story of Hauturu is not just of its wildlife, but of the people who have lived and worked there. There are chapters on its early history, its beginnings as the country’s first nature reserve, and the conservation work that has been going on there for over 100 years.