Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
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9
Tieke Kainga
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Sleeping
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12
Flying Fox
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Kohu Cottage
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Sights
The scenery along the
Whanganui River Road
en route to Pipiriki is camera conducive - stark,
wet mountain slopes plunge into lazy jade stretches of the Whanganui River.
paddocks, poplars and the curling river. The Maori villages of
Atene
,
Koriniti
,
Ranana
and
Hiruharama
crop up as you travel upstream - ask a local before you go sniffing around. You
the road and the river (look for the signs), unless there's a
marae
function happening.
A French Catholic mission led by Suzanne Aubert established the Daughters of Our
Lady of Compassion in Jerusalem in 1892. Around a corner in the road, the picture-per-
fect spire of
St Joseph's Church
stands tall on a spur of land above a deep river bend. Other
sights along the road include the restored 1854
Kawana Flour Mill
near Matahiwi,
Operiki Pa
MAP
and other
pa
sites.
dawn-dusk)