Symposium update – other things to do in Whanganui

Our symposium, Haerenga / Journeys is less than a month away! Thank you to everyone who has registered to date.

If you haven’t already registered, please do so here by 24 April.

As many of you will be arriving before Friday, our wonderful colleagues at the Whanganui Regional Museum have whipped up a list of some of their favourite places in the city to eat, drink and explore. Whanganui is a compact city, so most are in easy walking distance.

Eating

• Article Café (quirky café, not open Sunday)
• Lalqila (quirky atmosphere, great Indian food)
• HiKut Restaurant (fine dining)
• Momiji (Japanese restaurant)
• Japanese Kitchen
• Thai Village (excellent Thai)
• Rutland Arms (reasonable pub meals)
• Yellow House Café
• The Citadel (a café out at Castlecliff beach)

Drinking

• Porridge Watson (quirky bar, games, pinball, outdoor seating, live music or gigs most days)
• Teal Lounge (classy small lounge bar)
• Burrow Cellars
• Lads (brewery)
• Papaiti Gin and Good Bones Vodka Distillery (Drews Ave)

Inner-city galleries

• Sarjeant Art Gallery,4 Pukenamu Drive
• Space Gallery, 18 Saint Hill Street
• NZ Glassworks, 2 Rutland Street
• Katie Brown & Co, 29 Ridgway Street
• A Place for Hammers – Frances Stachl jewellery, 68b Guyton St

Other places to visit

• Ward Observatory
• Durie Hill Elevator
• Virginia (Rotokawau) Lake (nice circuit walk)
• Castlecliff, Mowhanau/ Kai Iwi Beach
• Bushy Park (25 mins from town – historic homestead, bush walks, native birds, and café)
• Paloma Gardens, Pohutukawa Lane (3.5 km down Denlair Road), Fordell, Whanganui

In an effort to do our bit for the planet, please remember to bring a keep cup and a water bottle.

For more information, including accommodation options: https://discoverwhanganui.nz/visit/.

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