NZPlaces can help you plan an economical NZ holiday encompassing urban neighborhoods. New Zealand cities and towns have a wealth of public art, galleries, museums and noteworthy architecture sometimes unappreciated by visitors seeking the iconic New Zealand of natural wonders, green spaces and mountains. Focus on one place. Absorb the local culture and eliminate those long journeys. Make your holiday plans and choose accommodation with NZPlaces. River city Whanganui has a lot to offer; all within walking distance: history, architecture and a burgeoning art scene.
READ MOREBeautifully restored in recent years, this magnificent wooden theatre was built in 1899 and is one of the country’s finest examples of classical building forms executed in wood. An active Friends Organisation ensures that it continues to...
ViewA fine centrepiece for the town, the result of a bequest, the gallery design was by a young New Zealander Donald Hosie who was conscripted in 1916 to fight in World War One and died in France at the battle of Passchendaele. (See the Hist...
ViewA superb complement to the adjacent Sarjeant Gallery, this is one of New Zealand's finest 'modern' buildings. The pilotis supporting this fine "modernist" building signal its debt to Le Corbusier. Constructed in 1958, its designers were...
ViewThe old cottage (built in 1853) is named after Thomas Tylee, a Wanganui pioneer who was in charge of the commissariat for the 65th Regiment. It is now the venue for a long established artist-in-residence scheme. In 1986 photographer Laur...
ViewAn admirable shoestring museum, open to the public, run by the charitable foundation of Rick Rudd, ceramic artist. Since 2015 Rudd has housed here his own collection of 250 pieces retained from the timeline of his own career, as well as ...
ViewA former newspaper building is gallery and workspace for two glass artists, Lyndsay Patterson and Katie Brown. This is a significant Wanganui attraction. View their works in the gallery and watch glass blowing in action in the studio.
ViewMoutoa Gardens is the site of a Maori fishing pa which later became a trading market. Historical monuments feature throughout the gardens as well as mature trees and garden beds. On this historical site land sales were made between local...
ViewThe concrete structure dominates the facades in this extreme example of "brutalism", the product of the Ministry of Works. That the building is currently empty suggests it does not currently have great appeal to prospective tenants but it i...
ViewFamous as the place where Peter Snell claimed the world mile record in 1962 with a time of less than 4 minutes, Cook's Gardens is Wanganui's sports and entertainment centre. It has a 400 m synthetic athletic track, a wooden cycling veledrom...
ViewNative land courts played an important part in New Zealand's history dealing as they did with the legal status of Maori owned land. This example, opened in 1922, was built by the Public Works Department when John Campbell was the Governm...
ViewA chance to learn some Whanganui river history. The restored steam-powered river-boat,"Waimarie", will take you on a cruise. Built in 1898,with the second storey added in 1905, the building replaced the original boat shed built in 1876. ...
ViewWhanganui/Wanganui is a lucky town to have this incredible slice of Deco in the middle of the town. All done up in icecream colours, this delicious building couldn't be more symmetrical or proud of it. Still run as a busy cinema, Deco fan...
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