With our creative partner, Wētā Workshop, we bring cultural experiences to life through digital and immersive technology that is fun, surprising, creative, and utterly unique to the West Coast/Te Tai o Poutini. Māori Legends, settlements, battles and taniwha (water guardians) have formed this place of precious stone, ancient trade routes, and stunning landscapes. Follow in the footsteps of explorers, traders, guardians, and pioneers and journey through the four connected hubs bound together by the Pounamu Pathway.

Begin your journey at the Māwhera Pā, the ancestral home of Poutini Ngāi Tahu. Encounter ancestral legends, like Tūhuru the Warrior Chief and Tuterangiwhānoa, who carved these great landscapes. Listen as the stories of giants and fearless warriors unfold around you, and experience tales of conquest, travel, conflict, and kinship through the trade of Pounamu.

Explore the ancestral lands of Tai Poutini rūnanga Ngāti Waewae and Makaawhio, on the wild west coast of New Zealand’s South Island, from Karamea in the north to Awarua Haast in the south.

Discover a place of epic landscapes shaped by gods and titanic natural forces, legendary battles, and the fearless warrior chiefs and warrior women who fought them. Learn about the natural treasures and the innovation and human endeavour they inspired, from the earliest Polynesian settlers to today.