2 legends, 1 cave, 1 gem & mineral ground on the free Club 49 adventure map
What the map holds here
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,... Open it on the map
Taniwha of the riversLegend 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... Open it on the map · Read the story
The Moeraki BouldersLegend Big grey spheres lying on Koekohe Beach on the Otago coast as though somebody rolled them there. About a third are half a metre to a metre across and most of the rest are 1.5 to 2.2 metres. They are concretions: they grew inside... Open it on the map · Read the story
Waitomo Glowworm CavesCave 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... Open it on the map
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Each entry links to the record it came from. Access rules, permits and land status vary by country and are noted where the source states them, check locally before you go.
