Explore the Cultural Landscape

Te Aroha and District Museum and Domain

Te Aroha was an early spa town and the museum in the Domain was once the Cadman Bathhouse. The spa complex is an authentic survivor of Victorian/Edwardian government sponsored tourist initiatives. The audio guide will tell you more..

Maori Hall

The church has now taken over the hall, and is working to restore the building, a fascinating, generous place of great soul, which deserves a reawakening on the Auckland stage.

Arataki Visitor Centre - Waitakere Ranges - Te Wao Nui a Tiriwa

The place to get information on the Waitakere Regional Park, its scenic drives, walks, campsites and picnic places. For $2 you can see a video on the Park and its forests. A new feature of the impressive Centre is carving by the local iw...

High Street Post Office - C1 Espresso - Alice in Videoland -

Most incredibly upcycled 1930s Post Office.

A Christchurch institution in so many ways. Read on...  

Kowhitirangi Incident Memorial

The film "Bad Blood" (1981) was based on an incident here in 1941.

Queens Gardens

Queens Gardens is a small classical Victorian ornamental park with outstanding specimens of many unusual trees. Close to the town centre and adjacent to the Suter Gallery it is an ideal place to picnic with small children. It has an oxbo...

Real Groovy

Real Groovy has always championed a diverse counter-culture, a proper underground crossroads for music nuts. 

Spring Creek Bridge

Magical swimming spot

Hunterville

A statue of a Huntaway, a sheep-herding dog takes pride of place on the State Highway in Hunterville. A New Zealand bred dog, the Huntaway uses its voice to drive the sheep. The small town of Hunterville (pop 500) makes passing travelers...

Southbound Records and Heritage Studios

Southbound Records stocks material from a range of classic and niche labels that music fans are unlikely to track down elsewhere...

The Curiosity Shoppe

An authentic Ranfurly attraction on the Otago Rail Trail just south of the town. 

Visitors will find a veritable mix of local treasures, presented as part museum, part retail, including a large yard with vintage vehic...

Foxton

To Maori this area was known as Te Awahou. The Manawatu river was an important canoe route before Foxton became the flax-milling capital of New Zealand...

Cathedral Cove - Te Whanganui A Hei Marine Reserve

Cathedral Cove, in the reserve is noted for its sandstone arch connecting two small bays along the Mercury Bay shoreline. It's a 40-minute walk from the car park. The reserve offers swimming, diving/snorkelling, kayaking and trekking and...