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READ MORETurangawaewae House was erected in 1912-1919 as a kauhanganui, or parliament building, for the Maori King movement. The parliament marked a return to its original heartland by constructing a new assembly house at Turangawaewae after it had...
ViewA park like no other in New Zealand. Here is provided immediate access to New Zealand’s colonial history, alongside genuine contemporary culture. Through thirty years of solid effort, Nelson City Council has moved 19th Century buildings, m...
ViewThe setting for the successful 1981 Roger Donaldson film 'Smash Palace'. It starred Bruno Lawrence, Greer Robson and Anna Jemison. Nominally a museum this remains essentially a vast car wreckers yard. Pay a 'gold' coin donation and you c...
ViewParitutu rises up out of the industrial area next to the power station. For the intrepid, a twenty minute scramble to the summit of this 154 m stone peak will give magnificent views to the Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Park and west, as wel...
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ViewA perfect picnic stop en route to points north or south. There is an inland hike and coastal hike with informative placards on the local history and ecology. Annika Paradise has an encounter with dolphins.
ViewThe first geothermal power station in the world to harness wet steam. The borefield where the steam comes to the surface is worth a look. The station is now much more visible with the new diversion of State Highway One (SH1) which crosse...
ViewState Insurance was established in 1903 by the Liberal Government, to provide competition for large monopolist or overseas-dominated insurance companies. Gummer & Ford triumphed when they created this contemporary (Modernistic) design wi...
ViewIn Maori, Aramoana means pathway to the sea. The tiny seaside village is written into New Zealand's history in blood. It is the site of one of the country’s worse mass murders. On the 13th of November, 1990, David Gray, a reclusive local r...
ViewOn the best headland in the City of Sails is the memorial to the man often described as New Zealand's best Prime Minister. Certainly at the time of his funeral in 1940, Savage was so popular that 200,000 people walked here to Bastion Point ...
ViewMount Kaukau is the highest point overlooking Wellington Harbour. Several walking tracks lead to the summit. The tracks are well formed and the view is worthwhile. One route leads through the Khandallah Reserve, another from Simla Crescen...
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