Whanganui Chronicle
  • Whanganui Chronicle home
  • Latest news
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology

Locations

  • Taranaki
  • National Park
  • Whakapapa
  • Ohakune
  • Raetihi
  • Taihape
  • Marton
  • Feilding
  • Palmerston North

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • New Plymouth
  • Whanganui
  • Palmertson North
  • Levin

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Whanganui Chronicle

My Perfect Weekend: Former Whanganui MP Chester Borrows on culinary odyssey

Mike Tweed
Mike Tweed
Multimedia Journalist·Whanganui Chronicle·
5 Aug, 2022 05:00 PM2 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save
    Share this article
Catch-ups, food, art and a hairy drive are all on the agenda for Chester Borrows' perfect Whanganui weekend. Photo / NZME

Catch-ups, food, art and a hairy drive are all on the agenda for Chester Borrows' perfect Whanganui weekend. Photo / NZME

Chester Borrows served as MP for the Whanganui electorate from 2005 to 2017. Currently living in Hāwera, he gets a lot done on a trip to the River City. He tells us what his perfect weekend would be.

Having a good browse around the markets would be up first - smelling the pizzas, grabbing a coffee, meeting familiar faces and having a quick chat.

I might even grab a couple of churros, a couple of second-hand books, native plants and some meat from the homekill man. I'd look at all the things I've been thinking about buying but probably won't - the wrought-iron works, for example.

After shoving that all in the car, I'll have a look in the Fine Arts gallery then pop in to see Katie Brown at Brown & Co. She's one of the most creative and vibrant people I've met. I hold her in really high regard.

Then it's on to the Yellow House for brunch. I love the setting there, especially on a nice sunny day.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

The other option is taking a drive down Heads Road to The Citadel, then take a walk up Castlecliff Beach. It doesn't matter what the weather's like on a day by the sea because it's got all the drama, colours and noises that make you feel alive.

Later on, I might go to George's fish and chip shop. Hand-cut chips and beautiful, fresh fish. Then my wife and I need to find somewhere to eat them and chew the fat, which is a lovely thing to do.

We would probably spend the night at the Rutland Arms Inn and have a late-night wine or wee dram in front of the fire.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

For the Sunday, there's a drive I really love to do. It's out to Fordell, up to Mangamahu, then follow the road to Field's Track. You come out by Raukawa Falls and drive back to Whanganui. It's a pretty hairy road but I just love being in the back country.

On Sunday evening I would go to a service at St Peter's in Gonville. The Urban Vision team there have got a wonderful church movement which is growing quite rapidly.

Discover more

Elyana Dilan Gifford's perfect weekend packed with activities

29 Jul 05:00 PM

Neil Buddle's perfect Whanganui weekend

22 Jul 05:00 PM

My Perfect Weekend: Ohakune's David 'Rabbit' Nottage

15 Jul 05:00 PM

My Perfect Weekend: Jasmine Couper

08 Jul 05:00 PM
Save
    Share this article

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Premium
OpinionNicky Rennie

Nicky Rennie: Let this be a lesson to you

12 Sep 05:00 PM
Whanganui Chronicle

‘I’ve found a steam train’: Historical locomotive discovered in sand bank

12 Sep 05:00 PM
Premium
OpinionGareth Carter

How to turn a patchy lawn into lush green grass this spring

12 Sep 05:00 PM

Sponsored

Kiwi campaign keeps on giving

07 Sep 12:00 PM
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Whanganui Chronicle

Premium
Premium
Nicky Rennie: Let this be a lesson to you
OpinionNicky Rennie

Nicky Rennie: Let this be a lesson to you

OPINION: I quickly scanned the room for both my common sense and my intelligence.

12 Sep 05:00 PM
‘I’ve found a steam train’: Historical locomotive discovered in sand bank
Whanganui Chronicle

‘I’ve found a steam train’: Historical locomotive discovered in sand bank

12 Sep 05:00 PM
Premium
Premium
How to turn a patchy lawn into lush green grass this spring
OpinionGareth Carter

How to turn a patchy lawn into lush green grass this spring

12 Sep 05:00 PM


Kiwi campaign keeps on giving
Sponsored

Kiwi campaign keeps on giving

07 Sep 12:00 PM
NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Whanganui Chronicle e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Whanganui Chronicle
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • NZME Events
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP