Hokonui Moonshine Museum

In the southern town of Gore, this museum recounts the colourful history of illicit whisky distilling in the surrounding Hokonui hills, where Scottish settlers evaded excise laws for generations. Displays include seized stills, tools and stories of the moonshiners and the officers who pursued them, alongside samples of legally revived local whisky. The museum shares its building with the district's heritage and arts collections. It offers an offbeat look at a distinctive chapter of settler life in the south.