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night (among other things). Nearby,
Funkfish Grill
( 06-756 7287;
www.funkfishgrill.co.nz
;
32 Matai
St; takeaways $5-10, mains $23-36; 4pm-late)
is a hip pizzeria and fish-and-chippery doing eat-in
and takeaway meals, and doubles as a bar at night. Try the tempura scallops.
Stratford
POP 5470
Forty kilometres southeast of New Plymouth on SH3, Stratford plays up its namesake of
Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace, by naming its streets after bardic charac-
ters. Stratford also claims NZ's first
glockenspiel
. Four times daily (10am, 1pm, 3pm and
7pm) this clock doth chime out Shakespeare's greatest hits with some fairly wooden per-
formances.
Stratford i-SITE
( 06-765 6708, 0800 765 6708;
www.stratford.govt.nz
; Prospero Pl, Broadway S;
8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm Sat & Sun)
also houses the
Percy Thomson Gallery
( 06-765 0917;
www.percythomsongallery.org.nz
; Prospero Pl; 10.30am-4pm Mon-Fri, to 3pm Sat & Sun)
, a commu-
nity gallery (named after the former mayor) displaying eclectic local and touring art
shows.
One kilometre south of Stratford on SH3, the
Taranaki Pioneer Village
( 06-765 5399;
www.pioneervillage.co.nz
;
adult/child $12/5; 10am-4pm)
is a 4-hectare outdoor museum housing 40
historic buildings. It's very bygone-era (and more than a little bit spooky).
Seemingly embalmed in calamine lotion, the old-fashioned
Stratford Top Town Holiday Park
(
0508 478 728, 06-765 6440;
www.stratfordtoptownholidaypark.co.nz
;
10 Page St; campsites/dm/cabins/units from
$16/20/40/98; )
is a trim caravan park offering one-room cabins, motel-style units and
backpackers' bunks.
All stone-clad columns, jaunty roof angles, timber louvres and muted cave-colours, the
newish
Amity Court Motel
( 06-765 4496;
www.amitycourtmotel.co.nz
;
35 Broadway N; d & apt $130-200;
)
has upped the town's accommodation standings 100%.