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IN the News

23 March 2026: Forget National Parks, Geoparks Are the Most Underrated Hiking Spots on Earth. 

December 2025: A Vanished World - New Zealand Geographic

10 February 2024: New Zealand’s First Global Geopark Preserves a Host of Unique Features

01 December 2023: Rock Stars 

16 November 2023: Tributes flow for palaeontologist

30 October 2023: Mining activities made public for self-guided tour

31 May 2023: Tahu News - Waitaki Geopark recognised as NZ's first UNESCO Geopark

25 May 2023: Waitaki Whitestone Geopark designated New Zealand's first and Australasia’s only Unesco Global Geopark

14 December 2022: Why you should visit New Zealand in 2023

07 October 2022: Local geodiversity in the spotlight

11 July 2022: South Island's Waitaki region could become NZ's first global geopark

08 February 2022: Geopark appoints two new trustees

06 November 2021: Area's stories at core of geopark strategy

02 November 2021: New Zealand wild wonders: The country's lesser-known natural highlights

01 November 2021: Geopark helps keep NZ beautiful

01 October 2021: Geopark shifts focus to local knowledge, history

11 September 2021: Geopark trust selects district councillor as its new leader

03 September 2021: Tourism Waitaki - Waitaki District. The Sweet Spot of New Zealand

12 August 2021: Whales and dolphins stuck on inland farm (RNZ Country Life)

20 February 2021 (German): Spur der Steine. Am Waitaki in Neuseeland

09 October 2020: New visitor centre keeping local

10 March 2020: Pop-up shop provides Waitaki residents a geopark overview

08 November 2019: Waitaki geo-educator appointed

14 October 2019: Explore the extraordinary geology of the Waitaki Whitestone Geopark

11 October 2019: Visitors vital to local economy

21 September 2019: ‘Geogastronomy Club’ plan on menu 

12 September 2019: Council continues support for geopark application 

30 April 2019: Global Geopark big delayed ‘to do this right’

06 June 2018: Go-ahead to apply for Global Geopark

25 March 2018: Thinking big with UNESCO geopark plan

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"What a fantastic window into the past. Today we saw fossil bones in limestone at two different sites. One set were whale bones. Just awesome that this trail has been put together, maintained and promoted."

— Mark Shipman, 

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