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Southland Museum and Art Gallery

Southland Museum and Art Gallery

Since 1990 an earlier museum building has been enclosed in the striking white pyramid seen here. The building form references a triangular Māori tāniko design. New Zealand’s oldest animal species, the tuatara, is appropriately represented in the forecourt – the museum’s tuatara are one of its major attractions.

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Southland Museum and Art Gallery
Photographs by Lindsay Hazley

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David Grant. 'Southland region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Dec-10
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/southland-region/11/7