Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(St Aubyn St)
Along the city waterfront is Puke Ariki Landing, a historic area studded with
sculptures, including Len Lye's wonderfully eccentric
Wind Wand
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.windwand.co.nz
)
, a kooky kinetic sculpture.
HILL
Paritutu
(Centennial Dr)
Just west of town is Paritutu, a steep-sided, craggy hill (154m) whose name
translates appropriately as 'Rising Precipice'. From the summit you can see for miles
around: out to the Sugar Loaves, down to the town and to the mountain beyond. It's a
20-minute scramble to the top.
Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Park
(
www.doc.govt.nz
)
A refuge for sea birds and over 400 NZ fur seals 1km offshore, these
rugged islets (Nga Motu in Maori) are eroded volcanic remnants. Most seals come here
from June to October but some stay all year round. Learn more about the marine park at
the tiny interpretation booth on the Breakwater Bay waterfront, or take a tour (
Click here
)
.
ISLAND
Real Tart Gallery
MAP
GALLERY
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.tact.org.nz
;
19 Egmont St; 10am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat & Sun, closed Mon Jun-Aug)
To
see what local artists have to offer, visit this 100-year-old reconstructed warehouse. Ex-
hibitions change regularly and most works are for sale. Don't miss the old graffiti pre-
served under perspex!
Brooklands Park
(
www.newplymouthnz.com
;
Brooklands Park Dr; daylight hr)
Adjoining Pukekura, Brooklands Park
sound-shell, hosting festivals such as WOMAD (
Click here
)
and old-school rockers like
Fleetwood Mac. Park highlights include a 2000-year-old puriri tree, a 300-variety rhodo-
dendron dell and the farmy
Brooklands Zoo
(
www.newplymouthnz.com
; Brooklands Park Dr;
PARK
9am-5pm)
.
CHURCH
Taranaki Cathedral
(
www.taranakicathedral.org.nz
;
37 Vivian St; services daily)
The austere Church of St Mary (1846) is
NZ's oldest stone church and its newest cathedral! Its graveyard has the headstones of
