Foxton
Foxton is a town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand - on the lower west coast of the North Island, in the Horowhenua district, 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Palmerston North and just north of Levin.

Foxton is a town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand - on the lower west coast of the North Island, in the Horowhenua district, 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Palmerston North and just north of Levin. The town is located close to the banks of the Manawatū River. It is situated on State Highway 1, roughly in the middle between Tongariro National Park and Wellington.
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Getting to Foxton
- Airports
- Wellington (WLG), 103 km
- Wellington → Foxton100 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · NZ$16–21
- Auckland → Foxton406 km · quickest by road, 8h 24m · NZ$75–100
- Christchurch → Foxton405 km · quickest by air, 8h 26m · NZ$250–390
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Foxton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Foxton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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