Historic Venues in New Zealand pg. 3

Marlborough (12)
West Coast (18)
Canterbury (45)
Otago (46)
Southland (6)

Shantytown

Rutherglen Rd, Paroa, Greymouth

Shantytown, surrounded by regenerating bush, is located on a site originally worked by gold miners and where a sawmill operated in the 1930s. It is… Read More
Gaiety Hall

Rue Jolie, Akaroa, Banks Peninsula
Taumata O Te Ra Marae

Hastings Street, Halcombe, Feilding
Te Wheoro's Redoubt

Talbot St, Rangiriri, Te Kauwhata

This fortification was built after one of the key engagements of the New Zealand Wars. After the battle of Rangiriri in November 1863, this redoubt… Read More
Tokoroa, Timber Town - Roadside Stories

Old Taupo Rd, Kinleith, Tokoroa

A Manatū Taonga audio guide to Tokoroa. Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide in the image carousel above. New… Read More
Fort Galatea

Kopuriki Rd, Murupara, Whakatane
Te Amorangi Trust Museum

43-45 Robinson Ave, Holdens Bay, Rotorua

Rotorua’s Heritage Village, Te Amorangi Museum holds and displays an amazing collection from the 1920 era. The 1925 Douslin House, fully… Read More
Wellington Museum

3 Jervois Quay, Queens Wharf, Wellington

Wellington’s rich history is unmistakable as you wander down Cuba Street, stroll along the waterfront or take a jaunt down to Oriental Bay.… Read More
Donovan's Store

The Strand, Okarito
Royal Albatross Centre

Harington Point Rd, Harington Point, Dunedin

The Royal Albatross Colony at Taiaroa Head, on the tip of the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand, is the only mainland breeding colony for any albatross… Read More
Blenheim Riverside Railway

Brayshaw Park, Arthur Baker Place, Blenheim
Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate Sheppard House

83 Clyde Road, Ilam, Christchurch
The Old Bannockburn Bridge Monument

Bannockburn Rd, Cromwell
Highwic

40 Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland

One of New Zealand’s finest timber Gothic houses, Highwic was begun in 1862 by Alfred Buckland, one of Auckland’s most substantial land… Read More
One Tree Hill Domain

670 Manukau Rd, Epsom, Auckland

If you want to ramble through wide green spaces, head for One Tree Hill. One Tree Hill Domain and the neighbouring Cornwall Park together form the… Read More
Alberton

100 Mt Albert Road, Mt Albert, Auckland

This romantic timber mansion began as a farmhouse in 1863 and was later expanded to 18 rooms, with fairy-tale decorative verandahs and towers. It was… Read More
Oratia Folk Museum

527 West Coast Road, Oratia, Auckland
Waitangi Treaty Grounds

1 Tau Henare Drive, Paihia

The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is New Zealand’s most important historic site where in 1840 New Zealand’s founding document was signed: the… Read More
St Michael's Anglican Church

State Highway 12, Oheawai, Kaikohe

The churchyard’s stone walls follow the line of the outer stockade of a fighting pa that saw one of the bloodiest battles of the New Zealand… Read More
Ōtorohanga, The Kiwi Town - Roadside Stories

Maniapoto St, Otorohanga

A Manatū Taonga audio guide to Ōtorohanga. Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide in the image carousel above. The… Read More