Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

Bell for calling the people to church at Maungapohatu wharenui.

Facsimile of Maungapohatu flag inside wharenui -- "One law for both peoples".

Photograph of Rua Kenana inside Maungapohatu wharenui.

Richard Tumarae, a descendant of Rua, outside Rua's second house, built after his return to Maungapohatu.

Metal trunks and pair of slippers inside Rua's house.

Trail to Sam Summers hut, Twelve Mile Creek, south of Queenstown.

Waterfall on Twelve Mile Creek.

Traces of almost a century of gold mining include a slot incised into rock for sluicing.

Sam Summers and his brothers built this hut in the 1930s, and Sam Summers used it for 10 years while prospecting.