It's a modern village, sitting beside our second largest lake, a body of water of 344 square kilometers and 417 metres deep in places. Surrounded by imposing mountains, this town straddles the border of Fiordland National Park and is recognised internationally as the gateway to a great wilderness area: the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site.
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