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Punakaiki visitor centre will be unique in New Zealand – project manager

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

The new $26 million visitor centre planned for Punakaiki will be unique – with sound and light displays of a standard rarely seen in New Zealand, telling the stories of a special place.

That is the promise of the creative team now finalising design work on the building planned for Dolomite Point, opposite the Pancake Rocks.

The project includes space for a Department of Conservation information centre, a community meeting room and offices for Ngāti Waewae.

But the big drawcard will be a state of the art “exhibition experience” – a gallery linked to the rest of the building by a simulated river – a corridor lit from beneath with streams of light, to draw the visitor through.

Read more here.

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Be Loved this Spring! Reduced fee dog adoptions at SPCA start today

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Be Loved this Spring! Reduced fee dog adoptions at SPCA start today

The Team from SPCA Westport - Centre & Op Shop

From 5-20 October only, SPCA dog and puppy adoption fees are 25% off. Plus, every dog adopter gets a free Simparica Trio flea, tick & worm treatment, and discount voucher.

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