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    Pounamu Pathway Store (Westport)

    The Museum of Kawatiri at 123 Palmerston Street, Westport is the second Pounamu Pathway experience centre. Explore pounamu, coal, and gold heritage through immersive Wētā Workshop storytelling, open daily.

    Buller District, West Coast
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    This is an immersive experience that celebrates the heritage and endeavour of the people of the Buller District. Learn, unearth and discover the incredible story of Kawatiri, and the past, present and future of this unique place. Explore themes of Triumph and Treasure – the taonga (treasures) of the earth (pounamu, coal, gold) and the bravery and innovation of human endeavour they inspired from the earliest Polynesian settlers to today.

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    pounamupathway.com info@pounamupathway.kiwi 0800 224 414
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