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Five of New Zealand's best gateway towns


BROOK SABIN
It s a place so special, you can still see entire moa skeletons lying in a 35 million-year-old cave system.
New Zealand-wide, there are towns that proudly proclaim their (sometimes sole) claim to fame: “The carrot capital” of New Zealand, the “gumboot capital of the world”. And then there are those that seem to be so lacking in self-confidence all they can do is direct others elsewhere.
Desperate for a unique selling point, many towns have taken to selling themselves as “the gateway” to somewhere else – often the wider region, but sometimes just to a better-known landmark. Sometimes you can see why, but others are underselling themselves, perhaps not fully realising – or having the funds to promote – the hidden gems in their backyard. ....

New Zealand , Queen Charlotte Sound , New Zealand General , South Island , New South Wales , Lake Tekapo , Marlborough Sounds , Mt Dobson , Alan Granville , Cook Strait , Kahurangi National Park , Fairlie Heritage Museum , Fairlie Golf Club , Junction Hotel , New Zealand Wide , Hauraki Rail Trail , Kauaeranga Kauri Trail , Pinnacles Walk , Thames Goldmining Experience , Earth Energies Sanctuary , Shortland Wharf , Wharf Coffee House , Coathanger Bridge , Victoria Domain , Queen Charlotte , Far North ,