YHA New Zealand Planning a New Hostel on Stewart Island (Rakiura)

YHA planning hostel on Stewart Island waterfront:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4766472a6568.html

Construction on a new eco-friendly hostel on Stewart Island is set to begin next year.

Proposed by the Youth Hostels Association of New Zealand in celebration of its 75th anniversary, the project is expected to be approved early next year. If resource consent is granted, construction on the 52-56 bunk hostel will begin immediately, with a tentative completion date of early 2010.

Stewart Island is on the southern tip of New Zealand (map) and is known for excellent birding.