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Fred and Myrtle Flutey's paua legacy has lived on in the Canterbury Museum, with every one of the exhibit's 74,000 visitors giving it the thumbs-up.
A recreation of the famous Bluff house opened at the museum in July.
Exhibitions manager Stephen Ruscoe said the paua house returned 100 per cent positive feedback on a survey, which was the first time an exhibit had done so, the Southland Times reported.
"People are always coming up and thanking the visitor host after they've been through," he said.
Southlanders were also making the journey north to see Canterbury's take on the southern icon, he said.
"Usually they make themselves known by announcing that they're from Bluff and they've come to take their shells back.
"But the people who do go through almost laugh in disbelief at how accurately it's been recreated."
The exhibit is a recreation of the Fluteys' drive, entrance and paua-shell-lined lounge, which featured more than 4000 shells.
- NZPA
