2014 Whanganui River Annual

How else can you judge other countries if you don’t know what yours is like’ Mind you, it was a for harder to go overseas then, as mass air travel was unknown and if you went by sea, it took about four days to get to Australia and a month to get to the UK and Europe.

So with government encouragement, the tourist industry has been given a shot in the arm. The Great Walk that is the Whanganui River, has been very well patronised by Kiwis, as has also been the Mountains to the Sea Cycleway. Jet boat operators have been flat out ferrying cyclists from the Mangapurua Landing to Pipiriki. I can think of only one other occasion in my lifetime
when Kiwis were exhorted to do something to save an industry due to overseas events, and that was during 1941 when there was a glut of apples. Due to WWII shipping.