Fisherman Island is a small uninhabited island off the coast of New Zealand. It is contained within Abel Tasman National Park and adjacent to Motuareronui / Adele Island.[1]

Fisherman Island

The island from the sandy spit on Adele Island
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Geography
Location	Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere
Coordinates	40°59′33″S 173°03′03″E
Total islands	1
Administration
New Zealand

In August 2014, the name of the neighboring island was officially altered to Motuareronui / Adele Island.[2] Motu means island, arero is a tongue and nui is big; hence, Motuareronui literally means the big island shaped like a tongue, which makes Motuareroiti / Fisherman Island (with iti meaning little) the little island shaped like a tongue; however, in his comprehensive book on natural and cultural history of Abel Tasman National Park, Philip Simpson suggests the two islands are incorrectly named, as follows:[3]

Tongues (arero) are important to Māori culture... the islands are not, however, noticeable tongue shaped. A recent official change as a result of the Treaty settlement is that Tasman Bay is shared with Te Tai o Aorere. This supports the suggestion that the two islands are incorrectly named and should be Motuaorerenui and Motuaorereiti.

See also

• Desert island
• List of islands

References

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