SCHIST gifts · New Zealand
3D map gifts of Queenstown, Wānaka and Central Otago
A real place, true to scale: each tile is a 160 mm square of New Zealand's own elevation data, 3D-printed in layers in Cromwell, from $79 NZD. Pick the ground they know, then make it theirs.
For Christmas, pre-order by Thursday 19 November so your deposit clears in time for us to post before Christmas.
Make it personal: frame it (from $139) with a metal plate (from $39) carrying up to 40 characters of your own words, such as a name or a date. Or add a backlight ($149). It's all in the designer. Pre-order with a 10% deposit by bank transfer, refunded in full if you cancel before printing starts. Posted within 4 weeks of your deposit clearing.
Around Queenstown
The Remarkables$79 NZDThe serrated range that rises off the east shore of Lake Wakatipu above Frankton, running close to north and south.
Coronet Peak + Shotover$79 NZDCoronet Peak, 1,649 m, home of New Zealand's first commercial ski field, opened in 1947 with a rope tow.
Ben Lomond + Queenstown$79 NZDBen Lomond, 1,748 m, straight above Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu, named by an early shepherd after the Scottish mountain.
Walter + Cecil Peaks$79 NZDWalter Peak and Cecil Peak, rising straight out of Lake Wakatipu across the water from Queenstown.
Around Wānaka
Roys Peak + Lake Wanaka$79 NZDThe ridge everyone climbs for the photo.
Black Peak + Treble Cone$79 NZDBlack Peak, 2,289 m, the highest point of the Harris Mountains, with Treble Cone and its ski field to the south-east, above the Matukituki valley.
Isthmus Peak$79 NZDIsthmus Peak, 1,385 m, on the ridge where Lake Hāwea and Lake Wānaka come within about 1 km of each other at The Neck, with both lakes on the tile.
Around Cromwell
Lake Dunstan + Cromwell Gorge$79 NZDLake Dunstan began filling the Cromwell Gorge behind the Clyde Dam in 1992 and was full by 1993.
Kawarau Gorge$79 NZDThe Kawarau River's cut through the schist on its way from Gibbston towards Cromwell, past the Roaring Meg power station, running since 1936.
Around Glenorchy
Pikirakatahi / Mt EarnslawIn Mt Aspiring National Park
Tititea / Mt Aspiring$99 NZDThe summit pyramid at the heart of Mount Aspiring National Park: at 3,033 m, the highest peak in New Zealand outside the Aoraki / Mount Cook area.
Rob Roy + Matukituki$79 NZDRob Roy Peak, 2,644 m, and the Rob Roy Glacier hanging off its face above a side valley of the West Matukituki, in Mount Aspiring National Park.