The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is a sporting museum that celebrates the achievements of New Zealand’s sporting heroes. The museum, located inside Dunedin’s railway station building, features photographs and memorabilia including sporting equipment.
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
The Dunedin Public Art Gallery is a large art museum that is home to a collection of New Zealand and international art with a notable collection of European art and Japanese prints. An programme of changing exhibits complements the permanent collection.
Cadbury World
Dunedin’s Cadbury chocolate factory is where 85% of New Zealand’s chocolate is made, however production will be closing in March 2018.
The Cadbury World Experience is a one-hour tour through a visitor centre where you learn all about chocolate and get to sample different parts of the chocolate-making process. The centre includes a chocolate waterfall and and and there are several tasting opportunities. There is also a shorter (and cheaper) alternative, which only takes 10–15 minutes. Several years ago a visit would include a full factory tour, but you no longer get to see the production facilities.
Although the factory will close in 2018, Cadbury World will remain open and expand into the current factory space in late 2018 making the attraction six times its current size. When the expansion is complete, Cadbury World will feature a glass lift (like the one in the Willy Wonka story), chocolate making displays, holograms and a bigger chocolate waterfall.
Baldwin Street
Baldwin Street in the suburb of North East Valley, 3.5km northeast of the city centre, is recorded as the steepest street in the world with a maximum gradient of 1m in 2.86m, although the steepest gradient applies only to a small portion of the street.
Dunedin i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
Oamaru yellow-eyed penguin colony
The rare yellow-eyed penguins are much larger than blue penguins and they can be seen at Bushy Beach.
Oamaru blue penguin colony
Blue penguins, also known as fairy penguins or little penguins, can be seen from the viewing platforms at the blue penguin colony at the end of Waterfront Road. This is one of the best spots in New Zealand to see blue penguins, although there are far fewer penguins here than in penguin colonies in Australia. The number of penguins that you can expect to see varies depending on the time of year, for instance between March and August you may see fewer than 30, but in December you might be able to see 200 penguins swim in to shore and waddle home to their nests.
Oamaru bus and coach stop
Atomic Shuttles and InterCity Coachlines both stop in Oamaru en route between Christchurch and Dunedin. InterCity also stop here on their Christchurch–Te Anau route.
Buses and coaches stop on Eden Street outside the Lagonda Tearooms.
Oamaru i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
Kaitaia InterCity coach stop
InterCity Coachlines operate a daily coach service linking Kaitaia with Kerikeri, where you can transfer to bus and coach services to Auckland and destinations in the Bay of Islands.
InterCity coaches stop behind the Te Ahu Centre on the corner of South Road and Matthews Avenue in Kaitaia.