Palmerston North

Palmerston North

Palmerston North is the centre of a tranquil country region that offers a range of adventure activites and gardens – a great base for exploring.

Eating Out

Exclusive

Dejeuner (159 Broadway Ave, t +64 6 952 5581). Vavasseur (201 Broadway Ave, t +64 6 359 3167).

Casual

Yatai Japanese Izakaya Restaurant (316 Featherston St, t +64 6 356 1316). Aqaba (186 Broadway Ave, t +64 6 357 8922).

Did you know?

  • The country town of Feilding has been named New Zealand’s most beautiful town twelve times.
  • Taihape is the ‘gumboot capital of New Zealand’.
  • Manawatu is home to the largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • The Manawatu Gorge is one of only a handful of places in the world where the river flows east to west through a main divide.

Further Information

Manawatu i-SITE Visitor Centre (The Square, t +64 6 350 1922).

Where to Drink

Flying Fish Cocktail Bar (Broadway Ave, t +64 6 359 3474). Relax (52 – 56 The Square, t +64 6 358 0002). Rose and Crown (743 Main St, t +64 6 355 3660).

Coffee Fix

Sage Café (56 Manchester St, Feilding, t +64 6 323 1106). Ebony Coffee (14 George St, t +64 6 359 3300).

Something to take home ...

The Silver Jeweller (187 The Square, t +64 6 354 9198). Ihi (71 George St, t +64 6 354 0375). Thermostat Art Gallery (186 – 187 The Square, t + 64 25 672 4914).