IN TARANAKI, WE TRUST

Experience Wilkies Pools or the Goblin Forest within the magnificent Taranaki Maunga, or check out an award-winning garden such as Tūpare, Pukeiti, or Pukekura Park. Don’t miss your chance to dance the day away in the iconic natural amphitheatre Bowl of Brooklands at WOMAD, 17–19 March 2023. Experience the Forgotten World Highway by bike, with hilltop views, ocean vistas, and the remote Republic of Whangamōmona. For a faster ride, take on the downhill luge at the Hideaway Luge. Choose your trip along Surf Highway 45 with the gamebased app Trip-to and be prompted to your next destination by completing fun activities.

Taranaki is a foodie’s paradise with ample cafés, breweries, bars, eateries, and high-quality restaurants to choose from. Enjoy a tipple at the Juno Gin Cellar Door experience, or pick up the perfect gift from Egmont Honey or Proof & Stock Coffee. Must-do ‘hidden secret’ Liardet Street Projects is a courtyard of food trucks and stalls offering a wide range of street food. Find tasty cabinet items and a tempting menu at The Baking Company or for European cuisine with a Kiwi twist, try Upside Down Eatery.

There is no shortage of family-friendly fun in Taranaki, with endless tracks and trails suitable for all ages and abilities, fresh-air galore, and plenty of interesting things to see along the way. Try hiring a bike from Chaddy’s Charters or Cycle Inn to cruise the New Plymouth Coastal Walkway. Maybe even a little family challenge is on the cards to see who can get the highest score at Bowlarama, or unleash the inner kid at Fun Ho! Toy Museum.

Discover unique galleries, learn traditional skills at a wide range of workshops, and experience the ahurea tuakiri (cultural identities) of Taranaki. Visit the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/ Len Lye Centre, then let your art journey take you right around the maunga to a range of fantastic local galleries and studios, such as The Brown Bach Studio, Fenton St Arts Collective, and Gallery Pātea. Unearth local history at New Plymouth’s Puke Ariki Museum, or marvel at the life-size and scale model displays at Tawhiti Museum and the not-to-be-missed Traders & Whalers experience in South Taranaki.

With direct flights to New Plymouth from Christchurch, start planning your getaway to Taranaki today. Find out more at taranaki.co.nz/visit

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