Sights in Marlborough Region
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Fyffe House
Kaikoura’s oldest surviving building is Fyffe House. Built by Scotsman George Fyffe, cousin of Kaikoura’s first European settler, Robert Fyffe, it started life as a small cottage in 1842 (with whale vertebrae for foundations) and was completed in 1860. There’s plenty to see inside and out, including the original brick oven, historical displays and gardens.
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Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre
Blenheim’s ‘big attraction’ has always been its wineries, but the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre has blown the wine out of the water. Aided by the creative geniuses that brought us Lord of the Rings (Peter Jackson, Wingnut Films and Weta Workshop), this amazing collection of original and replica Great War aircraft is brought to life with a series of dioramas depicting dramatic wartime scenes such as the death of Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron. Remarkable memorabilia and photographic displays deepen the experience. It’s powerful stuff. There is a cafe and shop on-site.
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Edwin Fox Maritime Museum
The Edwin Fox is purportedly the world’s ninth-oldest wooden ship (who counts these things?). Built of teak in Bengal, the 48m, 750-tonne vessel was launched in 1853. During its chequered career it carried troops to the Crimean War, convicts to Australia and immigrants to NZ. The Edwin Fox Maritime Museum has maritime exhibits including the venerable old dear, preserved under cover.
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Shark Nett Gallery
Overlooking the tidal Pelorus estuary, this unique gallery showcases contemporary Maori carving relating to the local Rangitane iwi (tribes). Tours provide an educational and evocative insight into how carving is used to record tribal tikanga (customs) and whakapapa (ancestry). There is also a cafe on-site.
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Eco World Aquarium
The Eco World Aquarium has hundreds of fish and a veritable menagerie of native critters, including tuatara, gecko and giant weta. Fish-feeding time (11am and 2pm) is a hit with kids. Just before dusk watch the resident blue penguins returning from their fishing trips. There’s also an art-house cinema here.
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Marlborough Museum
The Marlborough Museum, passionately celebrates this region’s history. Besides a replica township, vintage mechanicals and well-presented artefact displays, there’s the recently opened ‘Wine Exhibition’ for those looking to cap-off their vineyard experiences.
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Kaikoura District Museum
Kaikoura District Museum includes the old town jail (1910), historical photos, Maori and colonial artefacts, and an exhibit on the region’s whaling era (check out the sperm-whale jaw).
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Maori Leap Cave
Not far from Kaikoura Winery is Maori Leap Cave, a sea-formed limestone cave discovered in 1958. Tours depart the Caves Restaurant, 3km south of town. Book at the restaurant or i-SITE.
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Millennium Art Gallery
Conspicuously blue opposite Seymour Sq, the Millennium Art Gallery is a contemporary gallery presenting changing exhibitions by local and national artists.
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Picton Museum
Above the foreshore, the Picton Museum has a collection of whale bones, shells and model ships, and displays on local history and Maori lore.
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Motuara Island
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Wilderness Guides
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Lookout
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Edwin Fox Ship
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Lookout
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Lookout
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