Information about the species recovery programmes and the revegetation of Mana Island are available on the website of the Friends of Mana Island http://www.manaisland.org.nz/ especially the information in the 2010 review of the restoration plan, available in PDF format on this website.
Mana Island is open for public visits between 8am and 5pm daily. Landings are only available on the small beach near the boatshed and rangers house.
The cache can be found after answering the following questions:
A = Number of letters in the Maori name for brown teal minus the number of letters in the Maori name for gannets
B = The milestone of ?00,000 trees planted on Mana Island occurred in 2008
C = Fluttering shearwater chicks were first transferred to Mana Island in Jan 200?
D = The number of Cook Strait giant weta transferred to Mana Island
E = The Mana Island ecological restoration plan listed 7? species of threatened plants that were suitable for establishing on the island
F = Number of letters in the common name of the transferred weevils that were first moved in 2004
G = Number of letters in the Maori name of the large flightless rail that has been introduced to Mana Island
H = Goldstripe geckos were rediscovered on Mana Island in 199?
I = Mana Island Restoration Plan was first prepared in 199?
J = Number of little spotted kiwi transferred to Mana Island in 1994
Check sum = 37
Where South 41 AB.CDE East 174 FG.HIJ
Cache is a small sistema container with logbook and pencil.