Ross
Very deep deposits of alluvial gold gave Ross a longer gold-mining history than many other West Coast settlements which are now ghost towns. The several historic buildings in the town include a church and hotel. The town’s past can...
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READ MOREKelmarna Gardens
Kelmarna Gardens is separated from Kelmarna Rd by a row of houses. To get there, duck around the corner to 12 Hukanui Cres. There’s a little gravel drive, some hand painted signs and a paddock for Jafa the tiny pony. Turn right and you’r...
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We followed the sign saying “public entrance” but found ourselves in the pit. Exciting enough, but we knew we were in the way, copping dirty looks from skinny petrol heads before a nice guy in a mullet pointed us the right way. View
Bucket Fountain
The city’s characteristic wind can whip up the water and send it flying onto unwary passers by at some distance from the fountain...
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Oreti Beach was a location in the Roger Donaldson film about Burt Munro "The Fastest Indian". The movie stars Sir Anthony Hopkins. Munro used the beach in 1957 to set a flying ½ mile Beach, Open Class speed record. Oreti Beach has the So...
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The tower, now set among commercial and residential buildings, was was built in 1916 to produce the small spherical lead pellets for the shot gun enthusiasts.
ViewTeviot Station Woolshed Ruins
The sides of the barn were timber, and eventually fire did away with them. The footprint and end arches of the woolshed remain and are protected by Heritage New Zealand.
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Customs Street
In the Queens City, which has been criticised for being too new or bland, there are pockets of history in plain sight, an obvious example being Customs Street East, the birthplace of commerce in metropolis. As early as the 1830s, the are...
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