Dog access areas

Dogs are prohibited from the town centre, which includes:

• Victoria Avenue (between Taupo Quay and Ingestre Street)
• The area contained within the following:
  • St Hill Street
  • Taupo Quay
  • Drews Avenue
  • Watt Street
  • Wicksteed Street
  • Ingestre Street

Dogs are also prohibited from the following areas:

• Cooks Gardens
• Bason Botanic Gardens
• Rotokawau/Virginia Lake Reserve
• Westmere Lake
• Lake Wiritoa – Beach and boat ramp area
• Kowhai Park Playground – Area bounded by the north entrance adjacent to Marshall Avenue, the northern end of the flying fox, east of the car park and west of Anzac Parade
• Tawhero Golf Course
• Deer Park Reserve
• Spurdle Street Reserve
• Matipo Park
• Laird Park

Dogs are allowed under control on a leash in the following areas:

• Pukenamu Queen’s Park
• Aramaho Motor Camp Park
• Hutton Park
• Lorenzdale Park
• Peat Park – except when in use
• Williams Domain – except when in use
• Castlecliff Beach – between the northern bank of Karaka Stream and the northern bank of the Whanganui River (North Mole)
• Mowhanau Beach – between the southern bank of Kai Iwi Stream and the bluff at the southern end of Mowhanau Beach (107A Peat Avenue, Kai Iwi)
• Any areas not otherwise defined

Dogs are allowed under control off a leash in the following areas:

Mowhanau Beach

• North of the southern bank of Kai Iwi Stream

Aramoho

• Seddon Street (Road Reserve) – Kaikokopu Road to Barrack Street
• Somme Parade Riverbank Reserve (Opposite Cemetery)

Whanganui East

• Burton Avenue – Road Reserve Islands
• Eastown Road – Grass reserve adjacent to railway line
• Kowhai Park – North of Whanganui Multisport Club (opposite 142 Anzac Parade) to the Railway Line
• Kowhai Park – East of the stop bank and bridges walkway between Nile Street and Ikitara Road
• Wembley Park – Except when in use (see Schedule 1 – Clause 2.1 in the Dog Control Policy)

Castlecliff

• Bamber Street Road Reserve
• Seafront Road Grass Reserve  
• Castlecliff Beach – between the bluff at the southern end of Mowhanau Beach (107A Peat Avenue, Kai Iwi) and the northern bank of Karaka Stream

Gonville

• Riverbank Reserve (249 Taupo Quay) – Between 2 Mason Terrace and 274 Taupo Quay
• Gonville Domain
• Tawa Street Reserve
• Handley Street Reserve

Springvale

• Springvale Park – Except when in use (see Schedule 1 – Clause 2.1 Dog Control Policy)
• Parsons Street Road Reserve – next to Bridge Club (16 Parsons Street to 1 Kent Road)

St Johns Hill

• Babbage Place Reserve
• Victoria Park – except when in use (see Schedule 1 – Clause 2.1 in the Dog Control Policy)

South Beach

• South of the southern bank of the Whanganui River (South Mole)

Designated off-leash dog exercise areas

Dogs are allowed under control off a leash in the following designated dog exercise areas:

• Otamatea Reserve