Kowhai Park is a children’s park and part of a long reserve area on the southeastern side of the Whanganui River. Access is from the Dublin Street Bridge. The extensive children’s playground features a wide range of play apparatus, with a nod to popular nursery rhymes.
There is a road and walking/cycling tracks in the reserve to the south, which takes you through connecting James McGregor Memorial Park. This section is essentially an arboretum, with many mature and mostly exotic trees separated by grass. You can settle down anywhere for a picnic, including beside the river in some places.
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