Milford Sound is the poster-boy, the talisman, the icon of New Zealand’s South Island. ... Established in 1993, the Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve covers 1,700 acres.

Milford Sound, in the Fiordland region of New Zealand’s South Island, is one of the wettest places on earth, ... We were diving on the marine reserve side of the Sound, which is protected from fishing ...