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Palmerston North
City in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand

Palmerston North

Palmerston North is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region.

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Located in the eastern Manawatū Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatū River, 35 km (22 mi) from the river's mouth, and 12 km (7 mi) from the end of the Manawatū Gorge, about 140 km (87 mi) north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of 81,200. The estimated population of Palmerston North city is 90,500.

Get in

Getting to Palmerston North

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    Palmerston North Airport
See

Worth seeing

Massey University. Universal College of Learning.

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    Te Manawa

    396 Main St, fax: +64 6 358-3552, enquiries@temanawa.co.nz.

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    New Zealand Rugby Museum

    Contains NZ's biggest and most comprehensive collection of rugby memorabilia and records.

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    Mount Cleese

    Awapuni Resource Recovery Park, Maxwells Line, Awapuni.

Do

Things to do

Centrepoint Theatre, Pitt & Church St, fax: +64 6 354-5743, centrepoint@centrepoint.co.nz. Performances on Tu at 6:30PM, W-Sa 8PM, no performance M. Stages a wide variety of plays. Has a fully-licensed bar plus coffees and desserts.

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    Lido Aquatic Centre

    Park Rd (alongside the Palmerston North Holiday Park and the Esplanade), lido@clmnz.co.nz.

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    Regent on Broadway

    63 Broadway Ave, fax: +64 6 350 2108, manager@regent.co.nz.

Eat

Where to eat

Palmerston North has more eating out places per head of population than anywhere else in NZ. Barista, 59 George St,. 8AM-late. Innovative and interesting casual dining. Best coffee in town.

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    Breakers Cafe & Bar

    Small NZ chain of 9 restaurants across the North Island.

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    Lone Star Restaurant

    Tex-Mex restaurant well known for its large meals.

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    Yatai Japanese Izakaya Restaurant

    316 Featherston St (cnr Pirie Street),.

How locals move

Getting around Palmerston North the local way

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From Wikivoyage: Palmerston North, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Michal Klajban (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.