Tuesday 29 January 2013

Tauranga Heritage Walk

Kevin Manville + Josh Stewart of Traffic Signs
Visitors to Tauranga, New Zealand can discover the city’s historic gems, thanks to 30 direction signs along the 3km Tauranga CBD heritage walk from the i-Site in Willow Street.

The heritage walk was established three years ago, and had only been promoted with brochures. Now brown signs in the international tourism colour point visitors in the right direction to 18 points of interest, including leading them to the old Post Office, Te Awanui Waka, the old Bond Store, Monmouth Redoubt, Robbins Park and Elms Mission Station, which is the jewel in the crown of this walk, then the Mission Cemetery, before returning along Dive Crescent.

The Rotary Club of Tauranga organised and funded this project which included website development of www.taurangaheritagewalk.co.nz.

Tauranga Rotary project coordinator Neil Goodwin hopes that a lot more people will discover the walk by following the signs or using latest technology on smart devices.