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{{Infobox islands
| name             = Stewart Island / Rakiura
| native_name      = {{native name|mi|Rakiura}}
| image_name       = Stewart Island map-en.svg
| image_size       = 
| map_image        = Stewart Island-Rakiura.png
| nickname         = 
| location         = [[Foveaux Strait]]
| coordinates      = {{Coord|47.00|S|167.84|E |format=dms |type:isle_region:NZ_scale:2500000|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago      = [[List of islands of New Zealand|New Zealand archipelago]]
| total_islands    = 
| area_km2         = 1747.74
| area_footnotes   = 
| length_km        = 
| width_km         = 
| highest_mount    = [[Mount Anglem]]
| elevation_m      = 980
| country          = [[New Zealand]]
| country_admin_divisions_title  = [[New Zealand electorates|Electorates]]
| country_admin_divisions        = [[Invercargill (New Zealand electorate)|Invercargill]] (general)<br/>[[Te Tai Tonga]] ([[Māori electorates|Māori]])
| country_leader_title           = MPs
| country_leader_name            = [[Penny Simmonds]] ([[New Zealand National Party|National]])<br/>[[Rino Tirikatene]] ([[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]])
| country1                       = Local Government
| country1_admin_divisions_title = [[Regions of New Zealand|Regional Council]]
| country1_admin_divisions       = [[Southland Regional Council|Environment Southland]]
| country1_largest_city          = [[Oban, New Zealand|Oban]]
| country2_admin_divisions_title = [[Territorial authorities of New Zealand|Territorial authority]]
| country2_admin_divisions       = [[Southland District]]
| country3_admin_divisions_title = [[Community boards in New Zealand|Community Board]]
| country3_admin_divisions       = Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Board<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.southlanddc.govt.nz/my-community/stewartisland/stewart-island-rakiura-community-board/ |title= Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Board |publisher=[[Southland District|Southland District Council]] |access-date= 5 February 2022}}</ref>
| population           = {{NZ population data 2018 SA2|Stewart Island|y}}
| population_as_of     = {{NZ population data 2018 SA2|||y}}
| population_footnotes = {{NZ population data 2018 SA2||||y}}
| density_km2          = {{Decimals|{{NZ population data 2018 SA2|Stewart Island|y}}/1747.74|2}}
| ethnic_groups        = 
| additional_info      = 
}}
'''Stewart Island''' ({{lang-mi|Rakiura}}, {{abbr|lit.|literal translation}} '[[Aurora|glowing skies]]', officially '''Stewart Island / Rakiura''') is an [[island]] of [[New Zealand]] which is part of [[Southland]]. It is the country's third largest island and is located south of the [[South Island]], across the [[Foveaux Strait]]. The island's only town is [[Oban, New Zealand|Oban]], which is on [[Halfmoon Bay]].

The economy of Stewart Island is mostly based on fishing and summer tourism, because in the winter it gets very cold on the island. The island can be accessed by boat or by plane. [[Ryan's Creek Aerodrome]] is the only airport on the island and offers direct flights to and from [[Invercargill Airport]] with [[Stewart Island Flights]] and to and from [[Queenstown Airport]] with [[Glenorchy Air]]. Ferries connect the island to the town of [[Bluff, New Zealand|Bluff]] on the South Island.

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[[Category:Islands of New Zealand]]