Dam dropping is an adventure activity involving sledging over a river dam – in this case the old 5.5-metre hydroelectric dam on the Waingongoro River near Normanby. The dam and its generating station were commissioned in 1903, and were one of many such outfits established in Taranaki at the time. It ceased operating in 1967 after a flood seriously damaged the station

Tawhiti Museum started out as a hobby and small private collection and has grown rapidly with public demand to become the focus of an impressive visual history of South Taranaki. With seven separate tourism awards to its credit, Tawhiti Museum is widely acclaimed as the best private museum in the country! All the displays – including the life size figures created from moulds cast from real people – are designed and built on the premises. But Tawhiti is so much more than a museum - there is something for everyone to experience – from the Bush Train, to arts and crafts shops, Mr Badgers Cafe, to the new Traders and Whalers attraction