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From the outside, the Otago Early Settlers Museum looks exactly like what it used to be - a bus station. The building is square and unmemorable, but it is worth entering through the glass doors and...
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The same man who designed the Municipal Chambers, Robert Lawson, also designed the first church in Dunedin - which is now called First Church. It lies on Moray Street, and, quite honestly, it looks...
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Although it has undergone a lot of restoration over the last few years, the Municipal Chambers in Dunedin still look grotty. Situated on the Octagon, and made from the wonderful white rock sourced...
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Still on the Octagon, near St Paul's Cathedral, is the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Although it appears to blend in with the gothic and grey architecture on the outside, the inside of the gallery is...
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To one side of the Octagon is a statue of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet. Black and covered in bird poo, he stands proudly reciting his undeciperable poems to a crowd that consists of an office...
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Dunedin is often called the most Scottish city outside Scotland - it lies almost at the bottom of New Zealand. Its close proximity to Antarctica means there is almost always a chill in the air, and I have never seen it when it is not blanketed by grey clouds.
But it is a beutiful city,...
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Sometimes cities just feel alive. They feel vibrant. They feel electric. They feel full of life. Sometimes, if you find a high point to look down from, the streets can resemble veins, the cars and the people blood.
Cities have a life force all of their own.
And it is usually fairly...
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State Highway 1 winds its way down the entire length of both of New Zealand's main islands like a line drawn by a child with a crayon. It is easy, when visiting this country with a strict timeline, to stick to this road and get to all of the main centres. But if you do this, you will probably...
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The water was cold, icy, and blue, and it held me in a tight embrace, like a huge wet tongue wrapped around my entire body. Bubbles of air floated through the strange half light of the underwater...
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I met a Dutch guy in New Zealand who said to me the following sentence: "Have you been to Cadbury World... they have a waterfall made of chocolate..." His eyes sort of glazed over when he said...
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Speights beer is known throughout the land of New Zealand as being a fine drop. It is one of the most popular beers in the country, and has won many awards around the world. Its clear brown colour...
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The man wasn't wearing an anorak, which surprised me. Trainspotters are meant to wear anoraks, aren't they? But Kohu (whose Maori name was given to him by his Scottish parents when they imigrated to New Zealand when he was 4. Before that his name had been Angus) wasn't your usual trainspotter. In...
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There are times when you just really need a skateboard. Or a pair of skates. Or basically anything with wheels.
I was in Dunedin, one of the more southerly cities in New Zealand, a town well known for its students and its nightlife, when I came across the curious attraction of the world's...
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