Just past the Fitzroy Golf Course and accessible via Fitzroy Seaside Park or Peringa Park, this 83m-long bridge crosses Waiwhakaiho River and is part of the Coastal Walkway, a 13km ocean-side path. Visit on a clear day for an iconic photo op of Mt Taranaki framed by the bridge's whale-skeleton-like ribs.


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1. Pukekura Park

2.49 MILES

Lush Pukekura has 49 hectares of gardens, playgrounds, trails, streams, waterfalls, ponds and display houses. In summer, rowboats (per half-hour $15)…

2. Wind Wand

2.5 MILES

The wonderfully eccentric Wind Wand at Puke Ariki Landing was designed by Len Lye – the artist who has put this town on the map in modern times. This 45m…

3. Puke Ariki Landing

2.51 MILES

Developed in the 1980s, Puke Akiri Landing connects the city centre with the foreshore. The grassy area in front of Puke Ariki features a large, carved…

4. Puke Ariki

2.52 MILES

Translating as ‘Hill of Chiefs’, Puke Ariki was once a pā (fortified village) site, and is now home to the i-SITE, a fab regional museum, a library, a…

5. Taranaki Cathedral Church of St Mary

2.63 MILES

The austere Church of St Mary (1846) is NZ's oldest stone church and its newest cathedral! Its graveyard has the headstones of early settlers and soldiers…

6. Brooklands Park

2.65 MILES

Adjoining Pukekura Park, Brooklands Park is home to the Bowl of Brooklands, a world-class natural amphitheatre and sound-shell that hosts the annual WOMAD…

7. War Memorial

2.66 MILES

An appropriately austere stone New Plymouth landmark that presides over the Coastal Walkway and a public playground.

8. Kibby Carillon

2.68 MILES

On top of Marsland Hill is the cacophonous 37-bell Kibby Carillon, a huge automated glockenspiel-like device that tolls out across the New Plymouth…