UNESCO World Heritage for New Zealand

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 3 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for New Zealand to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).


1990 - Tongariro National Park
1990 - Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
1998 - New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands