20 Aug 2019

Greytown to share Nelson's crown as centre of New Zealand

From Morning Report, 8:54 am on 20 August 2019

If you want to stand at the dead centre of New Zealand there are now two options - the traditional one in Nelson and a new one in Wairarapa.

GNS Science says Nelson needn't worry about losing its popular landmark on Botanical Hill, because it still marks the centre of the four per cent of New Zealand that's above water. RNZ's Nelson reporter Tracy Neal explains.