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Onuku church
This church had its foundation stone laid in November 1876 and was completed in 1878. It is located at the Onuku marae. It was built out of timber with a pitched shingle roof. It has a bell turret and room for 60 parishioners. After falling into disrepair around 1939, work was completed to restore the church and add traditional carved panels to the porch. Services were held regularly until 1963.

Saint Patrick's Catholic church
This was the third Catholic church to be built in Akaroa, replacing the two earlier church's. Designed by Christchurch architects Benjamin Mountfort and Maxwell Bury and built in 1865 out of timber. A porch was added in 1886 and a bell tower in 1893.A stained glass window depicting the crucifixion was added in 1930.

Saint Peter's Anglican church
Saint Peter's Anglican church was built out of timber in the Gothic revival style and was completed in 1863 replacing the previous Anglican church which was built eleven years earlier in 1852. A pipe organ was added in 1869. Benjamin Mountfort designed the transepts and chancel in 1877.

Trinity Presbyterian church
The Trinity Presbyterian church was completed in 1886, thirty years after the first Presbyterian services were held in a private home. Built in the Gothic revival style with a steep roof, it was designed by Christchurch architect, John Whitelaw. In 1912, a church hall was added. It was listed by Heritage New Zealand as a category two historic place in 1990.

Dunedin
When the Rolling Stones visited Dunedin in 1965, Keith Richards wrote in his book Life about Dunedin saying "My God, there are some black holes … Dunedin, for instance, almost the southern-most city in the world, in New Zealand...It looked like Tombstone and it felt like that. It still had hitching rails. It was Sunday; a wet Sunday in Dunedin in 1965. I don't think you could find anything more depressing anywhere. Dunedin made Aberdeen seem like Las Vegas."

Invercargill
The Rolling Stones visited Invercargill in 1965 and had such a poor experience that either Mick Jagger or Keith Richards referred to Invercargill as the XXX. They were on tour with Roy Orbison. With the majority of the crowd in Invercargill looking forward to seeing Roy Orbison, the response to the Rolling Stones was "dead and there was no yelling or screaming, as there usually was at the end of the Stones' songs. So, Jagger did a slow hand-clap". In 2010, Tim Shadbolt, the mayor of Invercargill was contacted about this quote and he confirmed that Invercargill was the

Wine
Cromwell is known for its wine industry. It is one of the six wine growing sub-regions of Central Otago, these being: the Cromwell Basin, Bendigo, Bannockburn, Gibbston, Alexandra and Wānaka. The region has an "international reputation for Pinot Noir"

Rugby
The Cromwell rugby club was established in 1888 and had its 125th Jubilee in 2013. It has had many successes with the 2007 team winning every trophy that season. Cromwell lost the Central Otago rugby final to Wakatipu in 2022.

Mountain biking
The Lake Dunstan mountain bike trail was opened in May 2021. It connects Cromwell to Clyde and the Otago Central Rail Trail. The Lake Dunstan mountain bike trail is 55 kilometres long and includes cantilevered platforms to get around a series of granite cliffs. In the first ten months after opening, 62560 people had ridden the trail. Some of the trail has steeper climbs and is more remote and a safety video was made to prepare riders in what to expect on the trail.

Other trails in the Cromwell area include the 16 kilometre Cromwell Heritage Precinct to Smith’s Way along the Lake Dunstan foreshore. In August 2022, the Cromwell mountain bike club were planning to build a mountain bike trail park at Shannon Farm. It was thought that it would include 14 kilometres of grade 3 (intermediate) to 5 (expert) trails.