Theological Powerhouse (Nelson/Marlborough) Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
By TeamElliottFamily maintained by Kiwi_Explorer on 23-Sep-10. Waypoint GC2FMBQ

Outside container a bit wet but otherwise nice find!

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#15,561. Park, walk and grab off Vanguard Street in Nelson. The GZ was fortunately all quiet at the time of our visit. Found after a short search and using the helpful additional hints. Good hide. The cache was in good condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.*Thanks for the geocache placement, and for bringing us to this site, and **.T h a n k s. .f o r. .t h e. .c a c h e.**.M a u r u u r u. .k o e. .n u i. .a t u. .h o k i. .t e. .k e t e r o k i.*---### LET US HAVE A BLOCK PARTY!!! ###On **May 3rd, 2025**, we will be celebrating 25 years of geocaching in **Rotorua, New Zealand** with a special **Block Party** event. Join us to celebrate 25 years of this amazing game, and that the very first geocache hidden outside of the United States, 25 years ago, was hidden here in New Zealand.You do not want to miss this event, so check out the ["25 Years of Geocaching NZ! (GCAKR25)" event page]( https://coord.info/GCAKR25) and [event website](http://25years.geocache.nz) for more details, join the [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/924894455969387) group, and sign up to the [email list](http://25years.geocache.nz?p=4) to get updates...If you intend to come, please make sure you get your ["Will Attend" log]( https://www.geocaching.com/live/geocache/GCAKR25/log) onto the page as soon as you can in order to assist with planning the first ever Block Party in New Zealand.**Happy caching and we will see you in 2025!**---

Thank you! Great treasure

I originally (1yr ago) found the cache for the one true ring and logged it as that. That hide seems to have disappeared off the map and my record was shifted to this cache, which I had never looked for. Found it with Rouille1 on 1 Sept, so am logging it this way.

Good find on a quiet Sunday. Bit of water in it but not too bad after a huge thunderstorm the night before! TFTC

First cach in NZ

Had a tough time searching for it but finally found it. TFTC

Arrived in Nelson early and had some time up my sleeve before on of the shops opened. This cache was close by so came to check it out. Got rewared with a tub of water down my arm but the cache container was all dry thankfully. CheersIts International Geocaching Day and I am after my souvineer so the event in Nelson is on my radar so its a trip over the divide today. An early start on the road with some caching and shopping before and after the event. With the finale the new LAB in Marsden Valley to check out all the awesome fairy houses. Thanks to all COs for an awesome day.

Easy once you find it but think about it, look up and down!

Had to do a bit of crawling but once we found it it seemed obvious. Careful when you unclip it because it was filled with water

323. Hey from Aus! Found yesterday. Love the cache inside the cache. FULL of water in first cache. Thanks for this cool one

Thanks

A neighbour came and helped, very fun to find!

Looks like it could do so with some maintenance for the containers. TFTC

Found on the ground with some loose camo covering it, so made sure to click it back up into place once I had signed the log, TFTC

Tftc cool beans

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TFTC our last day in Nelson and finally it's sunny!

After a morning coffee we went to grab this local cache. Beautiful day for it.

Found it on the end of our Abel Tasman trip

Loved the family photo in the cache

First find for today, spending the morning wandering around Nelson finding a few nearby caches before flying off to Christchurch this afternoon. Nice and simple one, outer container a bit wet but logbook in good condition. Thanks for the cache!

Nice first cache in Nelson

Nice quick find as we do a little shopping close by. Greetings from Canada. TFTC

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Thank you for the nice cache onnour way to Tasman

Thanks a very fun cash

On holiday amd mum was in the op shop so soptes in you get this. Great cache although no lid on the outer container

tftc! my first international cash.

1st find In New Zealand1st find international 1st Find since COVID startedGOOD TO BE BACK

Didnt take long to find here. Cache in the open and a bit wet. Tftc

Love the hint. Cache was on the ground & a bit wet. Love the church.

Going past on a Saturday, I was able to park and wander around unseen. An interesting stop, I wouldn't have know all this was here. Thanks very much!

So fun with my girls

Cache in good condition but no pen so bring your own. One travelbug in cache

Have left Bamford the Lion (version 2) Travel bug TBKKA6. He's heading for the United Kingdom so please help him on his way if you can

Simba is cute

Got it! Excited to find the trackable and we know where to take it!

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Thank you for the geocache but it was a bit wet

Bit wet, but a good find.

Another tricky one for a short cache seeker! Thank you.

Easy find made by my partner.

Great find, but sadly got wet

Went back for round 2 and found it!

DNF

Trouvée I like a blind manual challenge ^^

Tftc easy find, had to drain the black container of water

Pretty easy to find but was a bit challenging to get off . My retired civil engineer hubby couldn't figure out how to dislodge it, but the Geocaching Queen did . Touring your majestic country from the States. Thanks for the clever hide!

Quick find on a quiet morning, tftc!

Nice Spot. The Cache got a Little wet from the inside But still ok

Tftc and greetings from Czechia. FP+

Found it

From Picton to Nelson a very curved rod and no easy to stop with some care behind you.
That is not easy when there are people.
Thank for this box.

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Quick found at a stroll through town. I wish our new trackable a good journey! See you on the other side of the world .

The Bishop came out and told us where it was..

Found wet black container but inside dry!
Swapped a tb will take Area51 to Christchurch

Found! Noted the Area51 violators note.

Left Area 51 travelbug. Please move me along if you can as I'm racing another bug to the UK

To many muggles

The cache needs a replacement but clever spot to hide

A fab hide. It did take me a while to get the container clipped back on.

Challenge but a success

Found it there was someone lurking around but they don't see us

Thank you our first time out with the kids..many more to find

Nice and quiet on a Saturday...

Ty, was a bit damp and will need some new paper soon.

This is completely full of water including the bag with log in so added a piece of paper and put in screw container and took out mouldy toy out tftc

Found it, very wet and bag full of water tftc

Find it

22-5-22

Cool

was put back weirdly but we put it back properly

Found it

Found it! Thanks

A quick find. Nice and dry. Left a doll for a young cacher in the future to find. TFTC

In the area to complete the Abel Tasman Walk with NZ Travellers and what better way to check out the area than a wander and some cache finding.

Nice quick find here although there was a lot of water in the container which we emptied out.

Thanks for the cache!

In Nelson with Keylev and kapitikids to do the Abel Tasman walk and had a few hours to wander around the CBD. Found this cache while walking around collecting adlab way points. container full of water. Drained and all good, log dry. TFTC!

Found on our visit over this way from Blenheim for an appointment. A beaut day for a wander around the city. TFTC

A lovely spot that we didn't know was here.

Cute little place

Took us 20 lol

Hosing down with rain didn't stop team NZH heading out for some hot caching action after tea. No mucking round here, Mrs NZH was on fire! She found it immediately for a quick signing. Sensational! Interesting spot in the centre of town that Mrs NZH takes our wee-est critter to most weeks - good folk here.
Yip, looks like some fella or fella-ess is sleeping here from time to time (as mentioned by others, but not tonight (or probably any rainy night as they'd be supa-soggy!) It'd make for an interesting find though disturbing a human here at the same time!
To all those involved, TFTC and the maintenance.

Interesting hide. Someone is sleeping at the cache site. Wouldn't be too surprised if it is muggled in the near future.

There was some bedding items here, so someone must be using this as a place to sleep. I didn't disturb those things, but was still able to make the find and return it successfully. TFTC.

Found by littlies

Thanks! Looked in right place but wrong direction initially!

Awesome cache, thank you!

Thwarted again!

Was it really 2017 since I was last in Nelson? Anyway, today was a time to revisit locations, and attempt to avenge some previous DNF's. What a difference almost 4 years of caching makes - I had no problems here today, and the cache is still in great condition. TFTC

This was a quick find while in the area this afternoon, and all in good order. To be honest I felt a little conspicuous while retrieving and replacing the cache but thankfully I managed both tasks pretty quickly.
Thanks very much for the cache.

Nice cache..did my Sunday worship retrieving it lol many thanks for the cache

We just happened to be close by today so went in to find the cache. It wasn't the most suitable day to look for this, although perhaps relevant. Thanks for the cache.

This one has been on my radar for a long time and yep, Saturday is the right day to make a find. All good with the cache and a decent size to drop off a TB that I've been travelling with for a few months. Thanks TeamElliottFamily and Kiwi_Explorer.

Visiting from Tauranga and thoroughly enjoying the Nelson vibe. Once our GPS sorted out which actual corner was of interest to us, we had a good time working out the rest. Interesting cache, thanks. The pen in the cache didn't work, so we added a pencil in case anyone is caught short. Plus a little bit of SWAG as it's a good size cache too. TFTC