This point represents the geographical centre of New Zealand. I have no idea how they decided this, and Wikipedia states: "This supposed "centre" was simply the convenient starting point for the original trigonometrical surveys of the South Island. The true geographical centre lies in a patch of unremarkable dense scrub in a forest in Spooners Range near Tapawera, 35 kilometres south-west of Nelson".
So, it's not really the centre of NZ. That's false advertising.
Call trading standards.
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