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Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
UNESCO World Heritage Site

Location	South Island, New Zealand
Criteria	Natural: vii, viii, ix, x
Reference	551
Inscription	1990 (14th Session)
Area	2,600,000 ha
Coordinates	45°02′10″S 167°19′12″E / 45.03611°S 167.32000°E / -45.03611; 167.32000

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 26,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi), large. The site has four national parks:

It has a good representation of the original plants and animals from Gondwana. This was a reason it was added.^[1]

References

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↑ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.