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READ MOREA 'challenging triangular site' led the government architect to produce this eye-catching circular design with its delicate concrete arched roof shells. (1969). Originally the town Post Office, the building was later a car show room.
ViewThe film "Bad Blood" (1981) was based on an incident here in 1941.
ViewA central facet of the redevelopment of New Lynn is the transport exchange. Major rail works double tracked the line and lowered it into a trench so the the train and bus stations are in the same building. Architectus did the architectu...
ViewChalky Inlet is a far flung and seldom visited corner of Fiordland, the early Pakeha visitors obviously not having had a great time and come up with some seriously grumpy names for the area. Northport, Chalky Inlet is the final resting ...
ViewBuilt in the 1920's, this 30.5 metre outdoor pool is popular with locals and city workers. Once heated with waste heat from the brewery across the road it now has its own more reliable heating sytem. It is open during the summer months....
ViewNew Zealand's most southern point is a bleak windswept place accessible by a 25min (return) walk across farm land. At sea you might see Hector's Dolphins.
ViewThe place to take a picnic in the midst of the Arrowtown scene.
ViewThis is the place to come for those interested in the history of this southern Hawke's Bay town which was founded in the Bush by Danish, Norwegian and Swedish families in 1872. The gallery holds a range of archives of the district. Th...
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