Guidebook for Hawera
Food Scene
Milan Restaurant Bar & Cafe
47 High StExcellent Indian food at a great price - perfect for dinner out.
Best fish n chips in town! TIP: Call in your order ahead of time and beat the queue.
Nolantown Takeaways
19 Tawhiti RdBest fish n chips in town! TIP: Call in your order ahead of time and beat the queue.
The Gelato Caffe
High StreetDelicious desserts and a great cup of coffee, right on the main street.
Tasty Indian Takeaways
47 High StDelicious Indian food, they do a great $10 lunch special.
Someday Cafe
90 Princes StTasty, fresh food in a charming local cafe,
Parks & Nature
Perfect for the family - it has a kiddies play area. A great Duck Pond where you can sit and watch their antics or float a model boat!. Close to the Duck Pond near the kiddies play area is a beautiful Peter Pan statue built in memory to a deceased loved one - if you want to know more - go explore!
The gardens are beautiful, with wooden tables and benches under tall trees - to enjoy a family picnic.
The Park also has a lovely Japanese Garden where one can sit and contemplate. The flower beds are just stunning - with an array of colour and various species.
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King Edward Park
Camberwell RoadPerfect for the family - it has a kiddies play area. A great Duck Pond where you can sit and watch their antics or float a model boat!. Close to the Duck Pond near the kiddies play area is a beautiful Peter Pan statue built in memory to a deceased loved one - if you want to know more - go explore!
The gardens are beautiful, with wooden tables and benches under tall trees - to enjoy a family picnic.
The Park also has a lovely Japanese Garden where one can sit and contemplate. The flower beds are just stunning - with an array of colour and various species.
Waihi Beach has a dramatic coast line. It has a raw energy about it There is a look out and a car park, where you can sit and enjoy the views.. The walk down to the beach is part metal and uneven.. You can sea fossilized sea shells in the cliff
faces. Once you access the beach keep to the shore line as there has been occasional incidences of land slides.
The fishing is good, but keep an eye on the tide.
In times past there were two Maori Pah sites on both headlands. Sadly there is little trace of them, due to the erosion.
Waihi Beach
Waihi Beach has a dramatic coast line. It has a raw energy about it There is a look out and a car park, where you can sit and enjoy the views.. The walk down to the beach is part metal and uneven.. You can sea fossilized sea shells in the cliff
faces. Once you access the beach keep to the shore line as there has been occasional incidences of land slides.
The fishing is good, but keep an eye on the tide.
In times past there were two Maori Pah sites on both headlands. Sadly there is little trace of them, due to the erosion.
Essentials
PAK'nSAVE Hawera
54 Princes StCountdown Hawera
39 Nelson StEntertainment & Activities
The Aquatic Centre has indoor and outdoor pools (open in the summer). The indoor pool has an amazing Tunnel Slide, providing fun for both children and adults. The morning sessions are dedicated to the serious swimmers and the fun begins in the after when the water toys come out. Mums and Dads can sit and enjoy a cuppa while watching the kids.
Both pools are heated - there are the usual facilities of changing rooms, showers and a hot tub if you fancy a soak,
Hawera Aquatic Centre
66 Waihi Rd The Aquatic Centre has indoor and outdoor pools (open in the summer). The indoor pool has an amazing Tunnel Slide, providing fun for both children and adults. The morning sessions are dedicated to the serious swimmers and the fun begins in the after when the water toys come out. Mums and Dads can sit and enjoy a cuppa while watching the kids.
Both pools are heated - there are the usual facilities of changing rooms, showers and a hot tub if you fancy a soak,
If you are a movie goer, you will just love this movie theater.
There are two picture theaters - which offer luxury seating towards the back of the theater and standard seating for the rest.
You can buy soft drinks, coffee and the usual confectionery.
Hawera Cinema 2
110A Princes StIf you are a movie goer, you will just love this movie theater.
There are two picture theaters - which offer luxury seating towards the back of the theater and standard seating for the rest.
You can buy soft drinks, coffee and the usual confectionery.
Arts & Culture
Widely acclaimed as the best private museum in the country, the museum uses life size exhibits and scale models to present our heritage in a series of super realistic and engaging displays.
All these displays are designed and built on the premises in the 'Body Shop' and accompanying studios, which can be viewed as part of a museum visit.
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Tawhiti Museum
401 Ohangai RdWidely acclaimed as the best private museum in the country, the museum uses life size exhibits and scale models to present our heritage in a series of super realistic and engaging displays.
All these displays are designed and built on the premises in the 'Body Shop' and accompanying studios, which can be viewed as part of a museum visit.
Well worth visiting - there is on display some of the oldest wooden artifacts in New Zealand. One of the items being a 3.5 million years old fossilised Whale jawbone encased in rock.
The Taranaki Wars are explained from both sides - with aids of maps, photographs, weaponry and artifacts....the history is so interesting.
The museum has an amazing exhibit about the evolution of Mt. Taranaki and it region. It educates us on how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions impact us. There is such a lot to take in - allow a couple of hours.
Patea
Well worth visiting - there is on display some of the oldest wooden artifacts in New Zealand. One of the items being a 3.5 million years old fossilised Whale jawbone encased in rock.
The Taranaki Wars are explained from both sides - with aids of maps, photographs, weaponry and artifacts....the history is so interesting.
The museum has an amazing exhibit about the evolution of Mt. Taranaki and it region. It educates us on how earthquakes and volcanic eruptions impact us. There is such a lot to take in - allow a couple of hours.