Guidebook for Paekakariki

Grant & Josie
Grant & Josie
Guidebook for Paekakariki

Food Scene

Joe and Josie offer a good range of restaurant and pub food, wine and beer, including some great New Zealand craft beers. They also do takeaways if their kitchen isn’t too busy.
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Finn's Paekakariki
2 Beach Rd
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Joe and Josie offer a good range of restaurant and pub food, wine and beer, including some great New Zealand craft beers. They also do takeaways if their kitchen isn’t too busy.
Local licensed café, open for breakfast/brunch/lunch. Closed Wednesdays and public holidays. Opens 7am weekdays, 8 am weekends.
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The Perching Parrot
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Local licensed café, open for breakfast/brunch/lunch. Closed Wednesdays and public holidays. Opens 7am weekdays, 8 am weekends.
A great range of deli food. The deli’s scones and carrot cake are highly recommended. Open 7.30 am – 8 pm seven days (although they don’t always open public holidays)
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Beach Road Deli
5 Beach Rd
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A great range of deli food. The deli’s scones and carrot cake are highly recommended. Open 7.30 am – 8 pm seven days (although they don’t always open public holidays)
Bike through for coffee or lunch or drive through and enjoy an evening meal. Great vibe, excellent food and range of NZ wines and craft beer. It’s not actually a Club it's a Café/Bar run by Matt and Rachel and their friendly team. RSC often has live music – check out what’s coming up
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Raumati Social Club
34 Poplar Ave
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Bike through for coffee or lunch or drive through and enjoy an evening meal. Great vibe, excellent food and range of NZ wines and craft beer. It’s not actually a Club it's a Café/Bar run by Matt and Rachel and their friendly team. RSC often has live music – check out what’s coming up
Excellent local craft beer brewery. You can visit for a quiet ale, buy some to take home or do one of their brewery tours and tastings.
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Tuatara Brewery
7 Sheffield St
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Excellent local craft beer brewery. You can visit for a quiet ale, buy some to take home or do one of their brewery tours and tastings.
Good food and craft beer brewed on site.
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Salt and Wood Collective
11 Ngaio Rd
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Good food and craft beer brewed on site.

Everything Else

Visit Sir Len Southward’s internationally acclaimed car museum. From his first Model T, automobiles of every stripe make for a fascinating couple of hours.
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Southward Car Museum
Otaihanga Road
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Visit Sir Len Southward’s internationally acclaimed car museum. From his first Model T, automobiles of every stripe make for a fascinating couple of hours.

Parks & Nature

QE II Park is between Paekakariki and Raumati. Some excellent running and mountain bike trails, picnic spots and beach access. Check out the Yankee Trail and visit the memorial site or cycle or walk the recently opened cycleway through to Raumati
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伊麗莎白女王公園
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QE II Park is between Paekakariki and Raumati. Some excellent running and mountain bike trails, picnic spots and beach access. Check out the Yankee Trail and visit the memorial site or cycle or walk the recently opened cycleway through to Raumati
Cycleway way linking Paekakariki and Raumati. Access via Queen Elizabeth Park from Paekakariki. Takes about 30 minutes to cycle through to Raumati. If you prefer a bit more exercise, try taking the Coastal route one way and the cycle way on the way back, once you've refueled at the Raumati Social Club
Te Ara O Whareroa (Cycle Way linking Paekakariki and Raumati)
68 Poplar Ave
Cycleway way linking Paekakariki and Raumati. Access via Queen Elizabeth Park from Paekakariki. Takes about 30 minutes to cycle through to Raumati. If you prefer a bit more exercise, try taking the Coastal route one way and the cycle way on the way back, once you've refueled at the Raumati Social Club

Shopping

Everything you need! Also has a movie theatre.
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Coastlands Shopping Centre
State Highway 1
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Everything you need! Also has a movie theatre.

Sightseeing

Steam Incorporated is dedicated to restoring NZ trains and rolling stock to full operational order. Check out their website for open dates and excursions.
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Steam Incorporated
219 State Hwy 1
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Steam Incorporated is dedicated to restoring NZ trains and rolling stock to full operational order. Check out their website for open dates and excursions.

Getting Around

Find the timetable here https://www.metlink.org.nz/timetables/train/KPL
Paekakariki Station
Find the timetable here https://www.metlink.org.nz/timetables/train/KPL

Essentials

If its an emergency, dial 111. Call the medical centre for any non-urgent medical care. They have after-hours support available.
Paraparaumu Medical Centre
40 Ihakara St
If its an emergency, dial 111. Call the medical centre for any non-urgent medical care. They have after-hours support available.