Punakaiki visitor centre will be unique in New Zealand – project manager
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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Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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