GeoTours
Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour
The Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour, a modern take on a treasure hunt, encourages fun discovering local histories in communities of Aotearoa New Zealand. Isolated for millennia, this country developed into a beautiful archipelago with beaches, rivers and lakes, mountains and plains, unique animals and plants. A land rich in resources. It has histories of exploration, voyaging and migration from the Pacific, Europe and other nations. The interaction between people, and people and the land, have provided a rich history.
Come and explore!
An example of a GeoTour cache
To participate:
download the GeoTour Passport (PDF, 872 KB)
visit the Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour (GT48A) page on the Geocaching website.
collect 90 cache codewords to earn a Tuia Mātauranga commemorative coin
collect 100 cache codewords to earn a digital souvenir
collect 6 or more codewords in each region to earn regional badges - 10 badges to collect
email your passport with NZ address to [email protected] to receive the commemorative coin and regional badges
Timeframe
This is the first GeoTour to take place in Aotearoa New Zealand and it will run for just over two years (from 4 October 2019 until 4 February 2022). Everybody is encouraged to take part in this journey of discovery and to see Aotearoa New Zealand from other perspectives.
Young people in Christchurch undertaking the kuaka badge activity
GeoTour passport
The map below shows you which badges you can collect in each region (click to enlarge). Those who are able to collect at least 90 codewords hidden around the country, will also be eligible to exchange them for a special GeoTour coin. These are limited edition. Only 200 have been produced.
The Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour passport you can download to collect the special cache codewords
Badges and awards
Congratulations to the GeoTour winner, Tufty, and the 34 other geocachers that have qualified for the Tuia Mātauranga commemorative coin by submitting 90 or more cache code words, well done!
NB: The Tuia Mātauranga roadshow ended in Dec 2019. If you have earned regional badges (6 or more codewords in one region), you can submit your passport to the mailbox above and these will be posted out to you (NZ addresses only). Until supplies are exhausted.
Complete 90% of the GeoTour to win the Tuia Mātauranga commemorative coin
Collect six codewords per region to earn regional badges
