A New Zealand sailor spent years living alone on a remote Cook Islands atoll across three separate stays; a year after his final stay ended, Suwarrow was declared a national park

A remote Pacific atoll that was once the solitary kingdom of a New Zealand sailor has secured a lasting future, transforming from a hermit's retreat into the first conservation sanctuary in the Cook Islands. Suwarrow, an isolated coral atoll about 1,300 kilometres north of Rarotonga, was officially declared a national park in 1978.

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