Tiritiri Matangi is an island just north of Auckland where a remarkable conservation project has been taking place. Once almost totally denuded of woodland and wildlife, Tiritiri is the only place in New Zealand where you can experience nature as it once was in Aotearoa before man arrived and ruined everything. Through the work of volunteers Tiritiri today is a forested place teeming with birdlife, unlike the mainland whose great forests are largely silent.