Derek Thatcher has rebuilt the Whanganui Bay website on an updated platform after the old one became obsolete. ACAT and Tūpiki provided funding support for the upgrade of this key infrastructure to ensure the Bay could reopen for 2025 and future seasons. We want to extend a massive thanks to Derek, who built the original website on a voluntary...
After over 5 years of closure, ACAT is stoked to announce that climbing at Whanganui Bay is now possible again under a trial climbing season.
Whanganui Bay is one of the North Islandʻs premiere crags, with a mix of quality sport and trad on compact ignimbrite, and a climbing history reaching back into the 1970s. Its north-facing and sheltered...
