Moera Railway Houses
If you had a Railway house, how would you make it your own?
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READ MORELaurence Berry, Outdoor Painting - Whangarei
The painting is a tribute to Berry's friend, ceramicist Geoff Wilson. It is designed to fade and finally disappear.
ViewHyde Railway Disaster Memorial
Here here on a fresh winter’s afternoon in 1943 a drunken or fatigued train driver took a 30mph curve at 70 mph, and twenty one New Zealanders lost their lives, and 47 more of the total 113 on board were injured. The location of this disas...
ViewHinemihi - Clandon Park
During the Tarawera eruption in 1886 the whare Hinemihi in what is now the Buried Village provided shelter for more than 50 people.
ViewMotueka Saltwater Baths
A totally authentic seaside swimming pool, Australian style, where the high tide renews the saltwater within the concrete pool. Swim with the fish which sometimes sneak in! This is no tightly controlled experience, there are no lifeguards...
ViewThe Pah Homestead and James Wallace Arts Trust
A restored homestead provides an elegant setting for a notable collection of contemporary art. It sits in a public park. Exhibitions from the James Wallace collection are on display to the public. The Homestead, now a Category I histo...
ViewRipiro Beach - Shipwreck Highway
Most Kiwis know that 90 mile beach is not that long but not so many know that we have a longer beach. Further south on the wild west coast of Northland is Ripiro Beach, 66 miles (107km) long and full of spectacular sights. More interestin...
ViewRavenscar House Museum
A virtual attraction for now, in fact a real carpark. Shortly to become a diamond amongst the rubble when a cutting edge design museum rises here thanks to the generosity of a Christchurch couple, the dynamism of the city's earthquake rebui...
ViewFormer Hastings Post Office
The stripped classical style was used by the Government architect J T Mair for the Hastings Post Office (1932). The building is now an health centre.
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