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The village of
Moeraki is a fishing village located on the eastern coast of the
South Island of New Zealand. It has been in the past one time a
whaling station. In moari, moeraki means sleepy sky. The village
of Moeraki is well known for the Moeraki Boulders that can be
observed on the beach of Koekohe. Frances Hodgins, born in 1869
in Dunedin, who was an abstract painter from New Zealand, often
visited Moeraki Village in the late 1890 to paint the local
Maori. If you want to see some of his paintings, you should
visit the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in Dunedin where some of
his collection are exposed. Keri Hulme, born in 1947 in
Christchurch, New Zealand, who lived in Moeraki for a period of
her life was writer and wrote a book “The Bone People”. Moeraki
is beautiful small village with a fabulous history and has as
main attraction the Moeraki Boulders which is worth a visit when
you are on holiday in New Zealand. |
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