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Coastwatchers' huts at Ranui Cove - historic huts from the Cape Expedition, Second World War

View from the historic lookout hut at Ranui Cove. Photo Ian Telfer

Visitors outside the little lookout hut at Ranui Cove. Photo Ian Telfer

Minister of Conservation Maggie Barry inside the historic lookout hut at Ranui Cove. Photo Ian Telfer

View across Auckland Island to Port Ross in the Auckland Islands. Photo Ian Telfer

Communication wire linking the Coastwatchers' lookout hut with the living quarters. Photo Ian Telfer

The Coastwatchers' living quarters at Ranui Cove. Photo Ian Telfer

Bunkroom inside the Coastwatchers' living quarters at Ranui Cove. Photo Ian Telfer

Warren Palmer, chair of the New Zealand Conservation Authority. Photo Ian Telfer

Ranui Cove. Photo Ian Telfer

Visitor's book in the hut at Ranui Cove. Photo Ian Telfer

First page of the visitor's book in the hut at Ranui Cove. Photo Ian Telfer

The Coastwatchers' lab at Ranui has not been maintained. Photo Ian Telfer

An outbuilding at the Ranui Cove Coastwatchers' base. Photo Ian Telfer

The New Zealand Navy landing people on Enderby Island. Photo Ian Telfer

The boardwalk on Enderby Island has been built to 'harden' the soft, peaty path that up to 1000 tourists a year use on Enderby Island. Photo Ian Telfer

Map of the Auckland Islands. Photo Ian Telfer

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