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Holy Trinity Cathedral
Aucklands Anglican cathedral is a hodgepodge of architectural styles, especially compared to St Marys Church next door, a wonderful wooden Gothic Revival church with a burnished interior and interesting stained-glass windows (built 1886). Holy Trinitys windows are also notable, esp
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Te Paki Recreation Reserve
A large chunk of the land around Cape Reinga is part of the Te Paki Recreation Reserve managed by DOC. It’s public land with free access; leave the gates as you found them and don’t disturb the animals. There are 7 sq km of giant sand dunes on either side of the mouth of Te Paki St
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Nga Manu Nature Reserve
Waikanaes main visitor lure, Nga Manu Nature Reserve is a 15-hectare bird sanctuary dotted with picnic areas, bushwalks, aviaries and a nocturnal house with kiwi, owls and tuatara. The eels are fed at 2pm daily; guided bird-feeding tours run at 11am daily (adult/child $25/12 includ
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Lakes District Museum & Gallery
Exhibits cover the gold-rush era and the early days of Chinese settlement around Arrowtown. Younger travellers will enjoy the Museum Fun Pack ($5), which includes activity sheets, museum treasure hunts, greenstone and a few flecks of gold. You can also rent pans here to try your lu
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Te Ahu Centre
This civic and community centre features a cinema, the Te Ahu Heritage exhibits of the Far North Regional Museum, and the local i-SITE information centre. Theres also a cafe and free wi-fi at the library. The centres foyer is circled by a series of pou (carved Māori memorial posts)
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National Army Museum
At the south end of the township in a large, concrete castle is the National Army Museum, which preserves the history of the NZ army and its various campaigns, from colonial times to the present. Its moving stories are well told through displays of arms, uniforms, memorabilia and o
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Clay Cliffs Paritea
This bizarre moonscape is the result of two million years of erosion on layers of silt and gravel that were exposed along the active Ostler fault line. The cliffs are on private land; before setting out, pay the vehicle admission fee at Omarama Hot Tubs. To get to the area, head no
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Fyffe House
Kaikoura’s oldest surviving building, Fyffe Houses whale-bone foundations were laid in 1844. Proudly positioned and fronted with a colourful garden, the little two-storey cottage offers a fascinating insight into the lives of colonial settlers. Interpretive displays are complemente
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Mt Tongariro
Ongoing rumbles are reminders that all the volcanoes in the area are very much in the land of the living. The last major event was in 2012 when Mt Tongariro – the northernmost and lowest peak in the park (1967m) – gave a couple of good blasts from its northern craters, causing a ni
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Cook Monument
At the foot of Titirangi Reserve is the spot where Captain Cook first got NZ dirt on his boots. Little more than a patch of lawn with a grim obelisk backed by scrappy port yards, the site was also the landing point of the Horouta waka , the pioneering Polynesian canoe said to have
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Hagley Park
Wrapping itself around the Botanic Gardens, Hagley Park is Christchurchs biggest green space, stretching for 165 hectares. Riccarton Ave splits it in two and the Avon River snakes through the north half. Its a great place to stroll, whether on a foggy autumn morning, or a warm spri
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Durie Hill Elevator
Across City Bridge from downtown Whanganui, this elevator was built with grand visions for Durie Hill’s residential future. A tunnel burrows 213m into the hillside, from where a 1919 elevator rattles 65.8m to the top. At the summit you can climb the 176 steps of the War Memorial To
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Eco World Aquarium
The primary purpose of this centre is animal rehabilitation: all sorts of critters come here for fix-ups and rest-ups, and the odd bit of hanky-panky! Special specimens include NZs living dinosaur – the tuatara – as well as blue penguins, geckos and giant weta. Fish-feeding time (1
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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Ngā Taonga is a vortex of NZ moving images, into which you could get sucked for days. Its library holds more than 30,000 titles: feature films, documentaries, short films, home movies, newsreels, TV programs, advertisements... There are regular screenings in the cinema (check the w
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Dunedin Chinese Garden
Built to recognise the contribution of Chinese people to Dunedin since its earliest days, this walled garden was prefabricated in Shanghai before being dismantled then reassembled here. Its tranquil confines contain all of the elements of a classical Chinese garden, including ponds
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Aroha Island
Reached via a permanent causeway through the mangroves, this 5-hectare island provides a haven for the North Island brown kiwi and other native birds, as well as a pleasant picnic spot for their nonfeathered admirers. It has a visitor centre, kayaks for rent, and after-dark walks t
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Te Manuka Tutahi Marae
The centrepiece of this recently opened Ngāti Awa marae isnt new: Mataatua Wharenui (The House That Came Home) is a fantastically carved 1875 meeting house. In 1879 it was dismantled and shipped to Sydney, before spending 71 years in the Otago Museum from 1925. It was returned to t
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Wellington Museum
For an imaginative, interactive experience of Wellington’s social and maritime history, swing into the Wellington Museum, occupying an 1892 Bond Store. Highlights include a moving documentary on the Wahine, the interisland ferry that sank in the harbour in 1968 with the loss of 51
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Knox Church
Dunedins second grand Presbyterian church sprung up in 1876, only three years after the equally imposing First Church, and quickly became an emblem of the city. Built in the Gothic Revival style out of bluestone edged in white Oamaru stone, its most striking feature is its soaring
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Eastern Southland Gallery
The outstanding Eastern Southland Gallery, in Gore’s gorgeous century-old former public library, houses a hefty collection of New Zealand art, including a large Ralph Hotere collection. The amazing John Money Collection combines indigenous folk art from West Africa and Australia wi
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