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 50% deposit by card or bank transfer, refunded in full if you cancel before printing starts. Posted within 4 weeks of your deposit clearing, anywhere in the world, or collect it from Cromwell.
Who's it for?
For someone who's moved away
The ground they grew up under, posted to wherever they live now in New Zealand. The card gives the exact place, so they can find it again on a map.
- Lake Dunstan + Cromwell Gorge · Cromwell and the lake that filled the old gorge
- Kawarau Gorge · the river's cut from Gibbston towards Cromwell
- Ben Lomond + Queenstown · Queenstown and the mountain straight above it
- Roys Peak + Lake Wanaka · Lake Wānaka and the ridge above it
For trampers and climbers
The summit they stood on or the track they walked, with the heights at the same scale as the ground.
- Roys Peak + Lake Wanaka · the 1,200 m climb to Roys Peak
- Ben Lomond + Queenstown · the summit track, 1,438 m up from town
- Isthmus Peak · 8 km up from Stewart Creek, both lakes on the tile
- Rob Roy + Matukituki · the track to the lookout under the glacier
- Black Peak + Treble Cone · the ski tourers' climb from the Treble Cone car park
- Pikirakatahi / Mt Earnslaw · first climbed by Harry Birley in 1890
- Tititea / Mt Aspiring · 3,033 m, with the Bonar Glacier
For skiers and snowboarders
The mountain they ski every winter, ridges and basins included.
- The Remarkables · the ski-field basins behind the crest
- Coronet Peak + Shotover · New Zealand's first commercial ski field, 1947
- Black Peak + Treble Cone · Treble Cone, a club field from 1968
For a crib, bach or holiday home
The lake and hills outside the window, for the wall of the place you keep going back to.
- Lake Dunstan + Cromwell Gorge · Lake Dunstan and the trail along its edge
- Roys Peak + Lake Wanaka · from the shore of Lake Wānaka
- Isthmus Peak · Lake Hāwea and Lake Wānaka on one tile
- Walter + Cecil Peaks · across Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown
For a visitor, as a keepsake
The views on their camera roll, as something to keep. We post anywhere in the world for a flat $12, or they can collect it from Cromwell.
- Roys Peak + Lake Wanaka · the ridge everyone climbs for the photo
- The Remarkables · the range above Frankton and Lake Wakatipu
- Ben Lomond + Queenstown · where the Skyline gondola climbs
- Walter + Cecil Peaks · where the TSS Earnslaw runs across
For clients, colleagues and new homeowners
Pick the ground around their new home or your office, frame it and add your own line to the plate, up to 40 characters: a name, an address or a date. Giving it on a set day? We post within 4 weeks of your deposit clearing, so pre-order at least 4 weeks ahead and allow time for delivery.
- Find their place by town
- Ordering several? Email hello@schistile.nz.
Every place, by town
Each tile is a real square of ground, named for the town it's near.
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, which has run 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.