Forty-Fours

{{Short description|Islands containing the easternmost point of New Zealand}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| name = Forty-Fours

| local_name = {{lang|rrm|Motchuhar}} (Moriori)
{{lang|mi|Motuhara}} (Māori)

| image_name = Forty-Fours or Motuhara Islands.jpg

| image_caption = Forty-Fours/Motuhara from the North

| map_image = Chatham-Islands map topo en.svg

| map_caption = Map showing location of Forty-Fours/Motuhara

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| archipelago = Chatham Islands

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The Forty-Fours are a group of islands in the Chatham Archipelago, about {{Convert|50|km|mi|0}} east of the main Chatham Island. They are called {{lang|rrm|Motchuhar}} in Moriori and {{lang|mi|Motuhara}} in Māori.Government of New Zealand, Dept. of Conservation (1999) [http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/about-doc/role/policies-and-plans/chatham-islands-cms.pdf Chatham Islands Conservation Management Strategy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607050552/http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/about-doc/role/policies-and-plans/chatham-islands-cms.pdf |date=7 June 2011 }}. Accessed on 2012-07-13. The group includes the easternmost point of New Zealand, whose South Island is located about {{Convert|800.|km|mi}} to the west.

Scientists on the 1954 Chatham Islands expedition visited the islands recording prolific bird life including albatrosses and mollymawks.{{Cite Q|Q66412141}}{{Cite news |date=24 March 1954 |title=Expedition to the Chathams |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19540324.2.69 |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=Press |page=10 |via=Papers Past}}File:Pyramid & Rangatira Islands Chatham Islands New Zealand Aotearoa.jpg

The region is one of only two breeding sites for the Chatham fulmar prion. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International due to it also supporting colonies of Buller's and northern royal albatrosses.{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org |title=Chatham Islands (The Forty-Fours) |accessdate=2012-11-18 |work=BirdLife data zone: Important Bird Areas |publisher=BirdLife International |date=2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710124603/http://www.birdlife.org/ |archivedate=2007-07-10 }}