Sights in Waihi
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Waihi Arts Centre & Museum
The Waihi Arts Centre & Museum features displays and models of the region’s gold-mining history and a gallery. Prepare to squirm before the collection of miners’ chopped-off thumbs preserved in glass jars.
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Waterlily Gardens
Waterlily Gardens is 18 acres of ponds, peacocks and pretty things, 7km southwest of Waihi. There’s a cafe on-site.
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Town Centre
The main drag, Seddon St, has interesting sculptures, information panels about Waihi’s golden past and roundabouts that look like squashed daleks. The Historic Hauraki Gold Towns pamphlet (free from the visitor centre) outlines walking tours of both Waihi and Paeroa’s town centres.
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Pit Rim Walkway
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Cornish Pumphouse
Opposite the visitor centre, the skeleton of a derelict Cornish Pumphouse (1904) is the town’s main landmark, atmospherically lit at night.
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