| Oamaru is located on the South
Island.
Oamaru is a coastal town famous for its whitestone buildings made
of locally quarried limestone. Located north of Dunedin,
the town's harbor district includes some of the best preserved Victorian
buildings in the country.
At the turn of the 20ths century, Oamaru was one of the most prosperous
cities on the South Island. Nicknamed the 'Whitestone City' for
its eggshell-colored limestone buildings. The port opened for migration
in 1874 with more than 300 ships arrived that year.
PENGUINS
The town has colonies of yellow-eyed and blue penguins.
The Oamaru Blue
Penguin Colony is best visited at sunset. The breeding season
runs from June to December.
CULTURAL WORLD
The Totara
Estate is where New Zealand first shipped frozen meat. The country
was a major wool exporter and flocks were huge, but there was no
way to preserve the meat and the country's population could not
consume it all. The Australian
and New Zealand Land Company pioneered refrigeration. The first
shipment of frozen meat left the Oamaru port in 1882.
NEARBY
40 kilometers south of town are the Moeraki
Boulders. The Maori named the boulders Te Kaihinaki (food baskets).
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