Through the Homer Tunnel into Fiordland. Tap a numbered dot and listen.
Narrated by The Chronicler118 km · about 102 min · 18 stories
The stories
In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.
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Te Anau, Southland
Ngāi Tahu and South Island History
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Te Anau, Southland
The Discovery of Te Ana-au
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Southland
The Geology of Lake Te Anau
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Southland
The Bronze Shag Colony
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Te Anau, Southland
Quintin McKinnon's Alpine Route
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Southland
The Haast-Hollyford Road Vision
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Southland
The Mirror Lakes Reflection
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Southland
The Alpine Fault Seismic History
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Southland
The Clinton River Valley
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Southland
The Ascent of Ngatimamoe Peak
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The Engineering of Homer Tunnel
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Southland
The Hanging Valley of Lake Marian
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Southland
The Milford Track Tourism Origins
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Southland
The Rediscovery of the Takahē
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Southland
The Milford Sound Airstrip
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The First Resident of Milford
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Southland
The Kea's Intelligence
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The Naming of Milford Sound
Where the stories come from
Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.