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Olearia lyallii, the Snares

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<em>Olearia lyallii</em>, the Snares

The Snares are heavily forested by the tree daisy Olearia lyallii, shown here at Station Point above Boat Harbour on North East Island. To the left, on the rocky point at the harbour entrance, is a Snares crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) colony.

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Jock Phillips, Subantarctic islands – Snares, Antipodes and Bounty islands, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38573/olearia-lyallii-the-snares (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 28 November 2012.