Things to find in New Zealand

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• New Zealand pounamu (greenstone) Gem & mineral ground
  To Maori, pounamu is a taonga, a treasure, and the nephrite from the rivers of Te Wai Pounamu (the South Island) was worked into the adze, the mere club and the hei-tiki, carrying mana down generations. By the 1997 settlement,...
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• Taniwha of the rivers Legend
  In Maori tradition taniwha are powerful beings that dwell in rivers, lakes, caves and the sea, sometimes guardians of a tribe and a place, sometimes a danger to be appeased. They mark real hazards, rapids, currents, unstable...
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• Waitomo Glowworm Caves Cave
  In New Zealand you drift by boat through a limestone cave in total silence under a ceiling that looks like a galaxy, tens of thousands of glowworms (the larvae of a fungus gnat found only in New Zealand) shining blue-green to...
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Every one of these is sourced

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