Manawatu / Whanganui

Destination Manawatu leisure marketing manager Janet Reynolds offers her ideas on how to get the best from the sparkling Manawatu.

Just when you thought you knew all the highways and byways of a region, a completely new one jumps out, and so it was with the Country Road route in Manawatu according to Viv Haldane.

Take a road trip through the Manawatu and Whanganui region and check out these things to see and do.

Liz Light loved every minute of WOMAD 2015 and once again looks forward to her mid-March treat.

Liz Light follows the Whanganui River inland to historic Pipiriki. These are some of the highlights.

Heather Whelan explores New Zealand's longest 'river' road: the awe inspiring stretches of the Whanganui River.

Photographer James Heremaia takes on a classic New Zealand walk and learns a thing or two about the human body.

Photo-journalist James Heremaia walks the length of the Manawatu Gorge again, this time on the opposite side of the river.

Vivienne Haldane pays tribute to the Pahiatua Railcar Society's restored railcar, RM 121, as she travels the line from Pahiatua to Eketahuna.

For 125 years visitors have been awed by the splendours of Waitomo Caves. Liz Light discovers they are just as beautiful today as they ever were.

Taranaki photographer James Heremaia combines two lifelong passions in the Manawatu Gorge, landscape photography and steam trains.