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PHOTO: New Zealand – the best country in the world to live (SOURCE: Auckland Museum)
If you were trying to think of a city/town to live in New Zealand that had it all. What would it be? Auckland? Wellington? Queenstown?
Well depends on the criteria?
- Affordable Housing
- Great shopping
- Great schooling including tertiary
- Outstanding Mitre 10 Cup – Rugby Team
- Has an Animal Hospital
- It is home to the New Zealand Rugby Museum
- 2 hours drive to Wellington
- 3 hours drive to Taupo
- 30 minutes to the beach
- 3 hours to Mt Ruapehu
Yep – it is Palmerston North!
Palmerston North is a city on New Zealand’s North Island. In the centre, the New Zealand Rugby Museum displays sporting memorabilia, including vintage All Blacks uniforms. Next door is the Te Manawa art, science and history museum. Adjacent to the Manawatu River, Victoria Esplanade is a sprawling park with a duck pond and rose gardens. Just outside the city is Manawatu Gorge, with forested hills and native bushland.
Population: 87,300 (Jun 2017)