Ōtorohanga, The Kiwi Town - Roadside Stories

A Manatū Taonga audio guide to Ōtorohanga. Check out the Ministry for Culture and Heritage's audio guide in the image carousel above.

The kiwi - a flightless, fast-running bird with many mammal-like features - is New Zealand's national bird, and New Zealanders are often known as Kiwis. Kiwi are prominent in Ōtorohanga, with three species on display at the kiwi house, and 'kiwiana' icons decorating the town.

Kiwi,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/kiwi

Kiwiana,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/the-new-zealanders/12/3/1

Morris Yock trademarks the jandal,
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/timeline/4/10

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Roadside Stories are a series of audio guides to places of interest on major road trips in New Zealand. Each guide tells the story of an attraction along the way -- its people, its history, its cultural and natural significance. For more information about Roadside Stories visit http://www.mch.govt.nz/roadside/