Posted 24th April 2019 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ
It is interesting to read the debate about the exact centre of New Zealand.
People like these fun facts and they can generate a bit of attraction to visitors.
I recall back in the 1990s a group in Invercargill looked at finding the most inland point in the South Island
Which turned out to be a small hill with a natural Rock bivy on its top next to the Fraser Dam in the hills above Earnscleugh.
The Havoc and Newsboy TV show was even dispatched to go and check it out. But there was a problem with the NZ Geographic Board who did not seem to have the ability to confirm the location. Even though anyone with a map and a ruler could find it.
Apparently at the time The Geo Board was not really responsible for geography per say but more into ruling on NZ Culture matters.
It is interesting to read the debate about the exact centre of New Zealand.
People like these fun facts and they can generate a bit of attraction to visitors.
I recall back in the 1990s a group in Invercargill looked at finding the most inland point in the South Island
Which turned out to be a small hill with a natural Rock bivy on its top next to the Fraser Dam in the hills above Earnscleugh.
The Havoc and Newsboy TV show was even dispatched to go and check it out. But there was a problem with the NZ Geographic Board who did not seem to have the ability to confirm the location. Even though anyone with a map and a ruler could find it.
Apparently at the time The Geo Board was not really responsible for geography per say but more into ruling on NZ Culture matters.
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