The island on the reverse of New Zealand's $5 note appears remote and pristine, with subantarctic vegetation and wildlife set against the Southern Ocean. But Campbell Island, also known as Motu Ihupuku, has a history of intensive human use and introduced predators. Norway rats arrived in the 19th century and eventually became a major threat to native birds that had evolved without mammalian predators.
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