Dogs must be under control on a leash at all times in public places, except in designated under control off-leash areas.
Off-leash areas
Dogs are allowed under control off a leash in the following areas:
Mowhanau Beach
- North of the southern bank of Kai Iwi Stream
Aramoho
- Seddon Street (Road Reserve) – Kaikokopu Road to Barrack Street
- Somme Parade Riverbank Reserve (Opposite Cemetery)
Whanganui East
- Burton Avenue – Road Reserve Islands
- Eastown Road – Grass reserve adjacent to railway line
- Kowhai Park – North of Whanganui Multisport Club (opposite 142 Anzac Parade) to the Railway Line
- Kowhai Park – East of the stop bank and bridges walkway between Nile Street and Ikitara Road
- Wembley Park – Except when in use (see Schedule 1 – Clause 2.1 in the Dog Control Policy)
Castlecliff
- Bamber Street Road Reserve
- Seafront Road Grass Reserve
- Castlecliff Beach – between the bluff at the southern end of Mowhanau Beach (107A Peat Avenue, Kai Iwi) and the northern bank of Karaka Stream
Gonville
- Riverbank Reserve (249 Taupo Quay) – Between 2 Mason Terrace and 274 Taupo Quay
- Gonville Domain
- Tawa Street Reserve
- Handley Street Reserve
Springvale
- Springvale Park – Except when in use (see Schedule 1 – Clause 2.1 Dog Control Policy)
- Parsons Street Road Reserve – next to Bridge Club (16 Parsons Street to 1 Kent Road)
St Johns Hill
- Babbage Place Reserve
- Victoria Park – except when in use (see Schedule 1 – Clause 2.1 in the Dog Control Policy)
South Beach
- South of the southern bank of the Whanganui River (South Mole)
Designated off-leash dog exercise areas
Dogs are allowed under control off a leash in the following designated dog exercise areas:
- Otamatea Reserve
On-leash areas
Dogs are allowed under control on a leash in the following areas:
- Pukenamu Queen’s Park
- Aramaho Motor Camp Park
- Hutton Park
- Lorenzdale Park
- Peat Park – except when in use
- Williams Domain – except when in use
- Castlecliff Beach – between the northern bank of Karaka Stream and the northern bank of the Whanganui River (North Mole)
- Mowhanau Beach – between the southern bank of Kai Iwi Stream and the bluff at the southern end of Mowhanau Beach (107A Peat Avenue, Kai Iwi)
- Any areas not otherwise defined
Prohibited areas
Dogs are prohibited from the town centre, which includes:
- Victoria Avenue (between Taupo Quay and Ingestre Street)
- The area contained within the following:
- St Hill Street
- Taupo Quay
- Drews Avenue
- Watt Street
- Wicksteed Street
- Ingestre Street
Dogs are also prohibited from the following areas:
- Cooks Gardens
- Bason Botanic Gardens
- Rotokawau/Virginia Lake Reserve
- Westmere Lake
- Lake Wiritoa – Beach and boat ramp area
- Kowhai Park Playground – Area bounded by the north entrance adjacent to Marshall Avenue, the northern end of the flying fox, east of the car park and west of Anzac Parade
- Tawhero Golf Course
- Deer Park Reserve
- Spurdle Street Reserve
- Matipo Park
- Laird Park
Beaches
Mowhanau Beach
- Dogs are allowed under control off a leash north of the southern bank of Kai Iwi Stream
- Dogs must be under control on a leash between the southern bank of Kai Iwi Stream and the bluff at the southern end of Mowhanau Beach (107A Peat Avenue, Kai Iwi)
Castlecliff Beach
- Dogs are allowed under control off a leash between the bluff at the southern end of Mowhanau Beach (107A Peat Avenue, Kai Iwi) and the northern bank of Karaka Stream
- Dogs must be under control on a leash between the northern bank of Karaka Stream and the North Mole
South Beach
Dogs are allowed under control off a leash south of the South Mole