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Kumara Box
To learn all about kumara, book ahead for Kumara Ernie’s show. It’s surprisingly entertaining, usually involving a journey by home-built tractor-train through the fields to NZs smallest church.
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Torpedo Bay Navy Museum
The navy has been in Devonport since the earliest days of the colony. Its history is on display at this well-presented and often moving museum, focusing on the stories of the sailors themselves.
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Tainui Historical Society Museum
Mokau’s interesting Tainui Historical Society Museum has old photographs and artefacts from when this once-isolated outpost was a coal and lumber shipping port for settlements along the river.
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Brooklands Zoo
A short drive uphill from the city centre in Brooklands Park is this farmy little zoo. Otters, meerkats and cotton-top tamarins steal the show. Time your visit to see the monkeys being fed at noon.
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War Memorial
Unveiled in 1923 with an elaborate free-standing cupola, spire and flying buttresses, the Akaroa War Memorial is a grand tribute to locals who gave their lives fighting in conflicts around the globe.
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Bluff Hill Lookout
The convoluted route to the top of Bluff Hill (102m) goes up and down like an elevator on speed (best to drive), but rewards with expansive views across the port. Bring a picnic or some fish and chips.
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Gisborne Farmers Market
Stock up on fresh fruit, macadamia nuts (and macadamia nut paste!), smallgoods, honey, herbs, coffee, wine, bread, pastries, fish, cheese and Gisborne oranges…all of it locally grown or procured.
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New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
At the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame you can try and match bike-champ Karen Holliday’s average speed of 45.629km/h, or check out the high-stepping style of iconic All Black fullback George Nepia.
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Academy Galleries
The showcase of the estimable New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts (founded 1882), the Academy Galleries presents frequently changing exhibitions by NZ artists, from canvases to ceramics to photography.
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Neudorf Vineyards
Sitting pretty in Upper Moutere with views across the grapes to the mountains of Kahurangi National Park, bijou Neudorf produces gorgeous wines including seductive pinot noir and some of NZ’s finest chardonnay.
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Kai Iwi Beach
Kai Iwi Beach is a wild ocean frontier, strewn with black sand and masses of broken driftwood. To get here follow Great North Rd 4km north of town, then turn left onto Rapanui Rd and head seawards for 10km.
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Waihi Arts Centre & Museum
The Waihi Arts Centre & Musuem has an art gallery and displays focusing on the region’s gold-mining history. Prepare to squirm before the collection of miners’ chopped-off thumbs preserved in glass jars.
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Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
An excellent modern art gallery housed in the former Hotel Titirangi (1930), on the edge of the village. A significant restoration and contemporary extension has further enhanced the buildings heritage glory.
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Taranaki Pioneer Village
About 1km south of Stratford on SH3, the Taranaki Pioneer Village is a 4-hectare outdoor museum housing 40 historic buildings. It’s very bygone-era (…and more than a little spooky). Theres a cafe here too.
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Tramway Museum
A glimpse into historic Wellington by way of restored wooden trams and museum displays housed in a large garage. Take a 2km tram ride through Queen Elizabeth Park down to the beach. On-site ice-cream kiosk.
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Golden Bay Museum
This small museums standout exhibits include a diorama depicting Abel Tasman’s 1642 landing, and some dubious human taxidermy. Ask about the albatross, and look out for the whale skeleton currently on the cards.
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Fun Ho! National Toy Museum
Inglewood’s shining light is the cute Fun Ho! National Toy Museum, which exhibits (and sells) old-fashioned sand-cast toys. It doubles as the local visitor information centre. Everybody shout, Fun Ho!.
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Clyde Historical Museums
The main building showcases Māori and Victorian exhibits and provides information about the Clyde Dam. Larger exhibits (machinery, horse-drawn carts etc) are housed in the Herb Factory complex at 12 Fraser St.
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Waipu Museum
The original 934 British settlers came from Scotland via Nova Scotia (Canada) between 1853 and 1860. Their story comes to life through holograms, a short film and interactive displays at the Waipu Museum.
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Brain Watkins House
A demure Victorian villa stranded on a hill as the roads around it grew, Brain Watkins House (no, not Brian) was built in 1881 from kauri (wood) and remains one of Tauranga’s best-preserved colonial homes.
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