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Experience New Zealand like a local – wherever your travels take you.

We know all the best things to do, places to stay and ways to get there. Plus we’ll take care of the bookings. Start with i-SITE today.

The serene, green heart of the North Island. Explore gardens, gorges, lakes, beaches and the wild Wanganui River. It’s a great place to rediscover inner peace and reconnect with who you really are. Visitors can immerse themselves in local art, culture, history and the legendary spirit of this region.

Sign up to receive i-SITE's email newsletter full of things to do in your town and you automatically go in the monthly draw to win a 3 day Jucy Rental car hire.

Must do's:

  1. Visit New Zealand's one and only Rugby Museum, situated in Palmerston North, for history & Statistics on this very popular sport.
  2. The Sarjeant Gallery, Queens Park, Wanganui, is one of NZ's most beautiful buildings with more than 6,000 New Zealand, international and historic pieces of art.
  3. Manawatu Windfarm and Gorge Tour departs i-SITE Palmerston North weekdays at 2pm and takes you on a scenic journey of Manawatu Gorge and Windfarm.

The best kept secrets:

  1. Yummy Mummy's Cheesecakes offer 22 different flavours of cheesecake and are absolutely scrumptious. Only in Tararua!
  2. Just 15 minutes drive up the coast from Wanganui you will find the prettiest beach around. Swim and surf, picnic and playground at Kai Iwi Beach.
  3. At the Chronicle Glass Studio on Rutland Street you can watch glass blowing & see glass artists in action. Open daily for glass blowing demonstrations.

Great food & wine:

  1. Jolt & The Orange are 2 great cafes in Wanganui - both are on Victoria Ave in heritage buildings with lovely sidewalk seating, yummy food & delicious coffee
  2. Sample award winning wines and olive oil at Pohangina Valley Estate less than 30 minutes drive from Palmerston Nth
  3. River Traders Market (incorporating Growers Green) is held Saturday mornings on the banks of the Whanganui River.

Hot deals:

  1. Stay 3 nights at the Whanganui River Top 10 Holiday Park and receive a 5km kayaking trip on the Whanganui River for FREE!!
  2. Staying at Quality Inn Collegiate Hotel Wanganui is now even better! When you book through the Wanganui i-SITE, you receive a free breakfast!
  3. Get your hands on a Super Pass to save up to $109 on fun activities! Super Passes available at the Palmerston North i-SITE.

Today:

  1. Tue 16 Mar 2010 - Wed 17 Mar 2010, 10:00am to 05:00pm
    Urban Birds - Taylor-Jensen Fine Arts proudly hosts an exhibition of new work by Tokomaru-based painter, Jacquie Anderson.
  2. Tue 16 Mar 2010 - Wed 17 Mar 2010, 10:00am to 05:00pm
    Clare Plug: Look South - Textile artist Clare Plug visited Antarctica in 2006 on the Artists to Antarctica programme.
  3. Tue 16 Mar 2010 - Wed 17 Mar 2010, 07:00pm to 10:30pm
    Sydney Hotshots Girls Night Out - Australia’s favourite ladies night is back, with an all new show that will turn up the heat in across New Zealand once again!

This week:

  1. Sat 20 Mar 10 - Sun 28 Mar 10, 10:00am.
    Whanganui Artists Open Studios allows a unique opportunity to view the work of Whanganui artists in the intimacy of their own studio
  2. Fri 19 Mar 2010 - Sat 20 Mar 2010, 09:30pm to 12:00am
    Pervertor, Hellborne, Deadpool & Lynchway - Pervertor (Wellington) & Palmy Nth's, Deadpool, Hellborne and Lynchway First band on by 9.
  3. Wed 17 Mar 2010 - Thu 18 Mar 2010, 10:00am to 05:00pm
    Crescent Moon - The Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand Renowned photographer Ans Westra and writer Adrienne Jansen travelled New Zealand recording the experiences of Muslims in their everyday lives, meeting an ethnically, culturally ...

This month:

  1. Sun 28 Mar 10, 02:30pm to 04:00pm
    Sunday Concert Series - Roy Tankersley and Coralie Hunter, harmonium and piano.
  2. Sun 21 Mar 10, 10:00am to 05:00pm
    Palmerston North Mind Body Spirit Expo - Join us for our Regular Mind Body Spirit Expo at the Palmerston North Convention Centre.
  3. Sat 27 Mar 10, 08:00am - Late
    Taranaki/Manawatu Young Farmer Regional Final - Get in behind and support your local Young Farmer in the ultimate rural challenge - The National Bank Young Farmer Contest.
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Experience New Zealand like a local – wherever your travels take you.

We know all the best things to do, places to stay and ways to get there. Plus we’ll take care of the bookings.

Start with i-SITE today.

Every person who works at i-SITE is a travel expert for their own home town, so they can help you to find the sort of activities, attractions, accommodation and transport that only a local would know.

They’ll take the time to talk to you and find out your needs, your expectations, and your budget. Then they’ll help you to put together an itinerary that meets your individual requirements – taking care of the bookings then and there.

i-SITE is New Zealand’s official visitor information network, and with over 80 branches, you can be sure that once you have experienced the latest and greatest of what one place has to offer, i-SITE will help connect you with their equally friendly i-SITE colleagues at the next stop on your journey.

So, whether you’ve come from around the world or down the road, start your travel planning at i-SITE today.

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