A
link to Kaikoura's whaling past, Fyffe House is the town's oldest surviving building.
But the site's significance is more than simply as a house site - it encompasses
many aspects of human history in the South Island, including moa hunting, kumara
gardening, whaling, fishing, farming, port activities, family life and tourism.
Today Fyffe House's setting is little altered from the past, looking across the
sea from Avoca Point to the beautiful Seaward Kaikoura mountains.
The
Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga is the leading agency for the protection
of sites and buildings in New Zealand that are of historic and cultural significance
to its peoples.
Puritia
nga taonga tuku iho a nga tupuna hei tiki huia ma nga uri whakatupu a Aotearoa.
Keep the treasures
handed down by the ancestors as an adornment for the descendants yet to be born
in New Zealand.
The
Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga is the leading agency for the protection
of sites and buildings in New Zealand that are of historic and cultural significance
to its peoples.