"New Zealand's most beautiful small city is: Whanganui.” In an unusual twist of fate, I heard the news on the way out of Whanganui. But a more accurate award is probably: New Zealand's most underrated city. As New Zealand's second-oldest city, the streets are lined with a colourful celebration of Art Deco and Victorian-era buildings alongside impressive street murals and indie-style boutiques. Brook Sabin/Stuff The Iona Tiny House overlooks the Whanganui River. A trip down memory laneThe country's only vintage coal-fired paddle steamer, the Waimarie, still chugs up the Whanganui River as she's done since her first voyage in 1891.

Source: Stuff November 23, 2020 20:02 UTC