Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Te Wahipounamu

Location

Southwest of South Island

Country

New Zealand

Year of Research

1990

Culture

The site in this park, located in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls.
Two-thirds of the park is covered with southern beech and podocarps, some of which are over 800 years old.
The kea, the only alpine parrot in the world, lives in the park, as does the rare and rare takahe, a large flightless bird.