E Hayes Motorworks Collection

Close up of motor cycle mechanical equipment.
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A family owned hardware store and free-to-view museum that honours motorcyclist Burt Munro and “The World’s Fastest Indian”.

Bill Richardson Transport World

An old bus.
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A menagerie of all things that ‘go’.

Tumu Toka CurioScape

A woman listening to an exhibit.
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One of the Catlins most intriguing aspects is the petrified forest at Curio Bay. But how does a forest become perfectly preserved in stone?