Te Wahipounamu

Te Wāhipounamu (Māori for "the place of greenstone") is a World Heritage Site in the south west corner of the South Island of New Zealand.

It was added as a World Heritage Site in 1990. It is , large. The site has four national parks:

 Aoraki / Mount Cook
 Fiordland
 Mount Aspiring
 Westland Tai Poutini

It has a good representation of the original plants and animals from Gondwana. This was a reason it was added.

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Category:World Heritage Sites
Category:Southland Region
Category:Protected areas