Mirror Lakes
Twin oxbow lakes reflecting mountain peaks, with a backwards sign that reads true in the water.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Mirror Lakes on the Milford Road near Queenstown starts with a silence: a native songbird that went quiet in the early twentieth century. It follows that bird into Māori tradition, to the demigod Māui, the goddess of death Hine-nui-te-pō and the fiord at the end of this road. Best heard on the boardwalk, looking down at the backwards sign and the water beneath it.
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