Do you sell tickets for an event, performance or venue?
Sell more tickets faster with Eventfinda. Find out more. Find out more about Eventfinda Ticketing.

The Moeraki Boulders - Roadside Stories

Ticket Information

  • Admission: Free

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

In Māori tradition the remarkable spherical boulders on Moeraki beach are eel pots -- or baskets of kūmara (sweet potato) washed ashore from the Ārai-te-uru voyaging canoe. To scientists the boulders are concretions, formed around 60 million years ago from sediment and calcite.

Moeraki boulders,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/ngai-tahu/4/2

North Otago,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/otago-places/2

Canoes of the South Island,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canoe-traditions/8

Kūmara,
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/kumara

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/

Map showing The Moeraki Boulders - Roadside Stories

Hampden-Palmerston Rd, Moeraki, Palmerston

Post a comment