Floral Giftworld

05/06/2026

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Just in lady’s Man’s @ 67 Clyde Street Balclutha

02/06/2026

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New in Stock lady’s/ Man & kids

02/06/2026

Floral Giftworld, 67 Clyde Street, Balclutha, offers a lovely fresh flower glass vase arrangement featuring an orchid, designed to remain fresh for up to 3 months.

02/06/2026

30/05/2026

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Woman’s New in! 67 Clyde Street Balclutha

28/05/2026

Beautiful clean fresh water just cool to get bitten from nz mosquitoes!

Today, Hokitika Gorge is famous for its electric-blue water and suspension bridge selfies—but long before it became one of the New Zealand West Coast’s most photographed spots, it was a place of exploration, hardship and ambition.

For Māori, the Gorge formed part of an important inland route across the Southern Alps, linking the West Coast to Canterbury via the formidable Whitcombe Pass and Mathias Pass. Those crossings were never taken lightly. Poutini chief Terapuhi reportedly warned early European explorer William Smart about Whitcombe Pass’s deadly reputation, recounting how 20 Māori had once perished in snow while attempting the journey. In 1863, John Henry Whitcombe and Joseph Lauper became the first Europeans to cross the pass, searching for a possible road route between Christchurch and the West Coast. Along the way, they noticed gold in the river gravels and greenstone in the valleys below—resources that would shape the region’s future.

That promise of wealth kept drawing people in. Geologist Julius von Haast reached the Gorge in 1865 and noted signs of gold, while later surveyors imagined roads, stock routes and even a railway through the rugged country—plans ultimately abandoned because of cost and terrain. By the late 1800s, miners were trying their luck in the valley, and photographers were already calling it the “Fairy Land of Hokitika.” The Gorge also became an unlikely testing ground for introduced wildlife: possums were released there in 1898 to support the fur trade, and in 1900 four moose calves from Canada were set loose nearby in one of New Zealand’s strangest acclimatisation experiments. The moose never established a population, but the story remains one of the more curious chapters in Hokitika Gorge’s history—a reminder that even iconic landscapes can hold a few surprises.
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27/05/2026

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Now @ Floral Giftworld Balclutha!

27/05/2026

Floral Giftworld Balclutha!

26/05/2026

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@ Floral Giftworld check it out ray in style !

26/05/2026

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Men’s women’s Hoodies and trackies in stock now!