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May 1, 2025

　　Kai Iwi is a wild ocean frontier, strewn with black sand, a ruined WWII gun emplacement and masses of driftwood (you might see locals collecting it for their next 'piece'). There's also a fun playground and paddle-friendly spots for little kids. Follow Great North Rd 4km north of town, turn left onto Rapanui Rd and head seawards for 10km.

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　　Kai Iwi is a wild ocean frontier, strewn with black sand, a ruined WWII gun emplacement and masses of driftwood (you might see locals collecting it for their next 'piece'). There's also a fun playground and paddle-friendly spots for little kids. Follow Great North Rd 4km north of town, turn...

　　Across the City Bridge from town and 1km towards the sea is the Putiki Church (aka St Paul’s Memorial Church). It’s unremarkable externally, but just like the faithful pew-fillers, it’s what’s inside that counts: the magnificent interior is covered in Māori carvings and tukutuku (wall panels). Show up for Sunday...

Durie Hill Elevator

　　Across City Bridge from downtown Whanganui, this elevator was built with grand visions for Durie Hill’s residential future. Beyond an entrance lined with Māori carvings, a tunnel burrows 213m into the hillside, from where a 1919 elevator rattles 66m to the top. 　　At the summit you can climb the 176...

Sarjeant on the Quay

　　The elegant old neoclassical Sarjeant Gallery building in Queens Park is closed for earthquake-proofing. In the interim, the gallery's estimable art resides on Taupo Quay. There's not as much room here as up on the hill, so exhibits are limited (but revolving); there's more on show above the Whanganui i-SITE...

Castlecliff Beach

　　Follow the Whanganui River's western riverbank seawards for 8km and you'll arrive in Castlecliff, a wonderfully low-key beach 'burb dominated by a huge cat-food factory and the brilliant black-sand Castlecliff Beach. There's patrolled swimming here in summer, plus a playground, skate park and views up the coast all the way...

New Zealand Glassworks

　　The pick of Whanganui's many glass studios. Watch glass-blowers working, check out the gallery, take a one-day glass-blowing course ($290, four people max) or a 30-minute ‘Make a Paperweight’ lesson ($80), or just hang out and warm your bones on a chilly river afternoon. ...

Whanganui Regional Museum

　　Spend an hour or two in one of NZ’s better natural history museums. Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārange Māori exhibits include an amazing waka (canoe), fire-hardened here (bird spears) and some vicious-looking mere (greenstone clubs). Colonial and wildlife installations are upstairs, including plenty of fossils and skeletons. Don't miss the amazing old photos...

Whanganui Riverboat Centre

　　The historical displays here are interesting, but everyone's here for the PS Waimarie, the last of the Whanganui River paddle steamers. In 1900 it was shipped out from England and paddled the Whanganui until it sank ingloriously at its mooring in 1952. Submerged for 41 years, it was finally raised,...

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