Onaero, Waitara, and Bell Block

33. Te Kukumara

10 Mountain Road, Sentry Hill, 4373

Bryce & Delwyn Barnett

Te Kukumara is a sub-tropical garden for fun, family and feathered friends. Add art, automobiles and an aviary, plus palms, pigeon doves and plantings en masse to imagine Bryce and Delwyn Barnett’s 10-acre (4-hectare) garden near Waitara. The cars are classics, the birds on show are Indian ringnecks and the lake is home to Peking ducks. An ongoing vision for 29 years, this “garden for everyone” has courts for tennis, petanque and beach volleyball, and a children’s playground. Picnickers welcome.

EVENT: Centuria Garden Party, Sat 28 Oct, 1pm-5pm (see page 46)

Onaero

Onaero is a settlement in northern Taranaki, located on State Highway 3 close to the shore of the North Taranaki Bight.

WAITARA

An impressive natural feature of the largest town in North Taranaki is the Waitara River, which flows through its heart.

BELL BLOCK

This rapidly growing beach front residential town was named after Francis Dillon Bell, the New Zealand Company’s resident agent in Taranaki.

Open 9am–5pm, admission 2 tickets

P 027 483 5246 E delwyn@xtra.co.nz