At the Destination Waikanae AGM in August one of the comments about what there needs to be at Waikanae station is some information on what visitors can see in the town.
Currently there is nothing.
These days people can bring cycles on the trains which would be useful for reaching the Nga Manu reserve and, of course, cycling down the river banks.
This sign in Taupo seen in Heuheu Street a couple of weeks ago is obviously designed to resemble a paper clip (although at first glance it looks like an errant delivery vehicle driver has reversed into it) and has several items of info for the benefit of visitors. An equivalent for Waikanae should be a topic for a WCB agenda item.
You’re absolutely right – people get to the railway station and have no information when they arrive at the weekends, and Artel Gallery tends to be the Information Centre because it is open 7 days! We are currently working on a temporary Information board – it won’t be splendid like this or the installations in Courtenay Place (we need permanent Waikanae branding then) but it might help 🙂