Cooks Gardens Whanganui

Premier Function, Sporting and Event Centre!

Cooks Gardens Whanganui is a multi-purpose stadium in the heart of Whanganui city. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches, athletics,cycling, and hosting events and conferences. Cooks Gardens has been used as a sporting facility commenced in 1896. Since then Cooks Gardens has been the venue of a number of the world’s historic sporting occasions. One of these occasions was on 27 January 1962 when tens of thousands of spectators crammed into Cooks Gardens to witness athlete Peter Snell break the world record for the mile.

In 1996 a multimillion-dollar re-development of Cooks Gardens took place. This included an all-weather synthetic 400m athletic track, the first wooden cycling velodrome in New Zealand, and a new grandstand. Redevelopment of Cooks Gardens was completed in 2004 with the construction of two further grandstands.

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First in NZ
In 1996 a re-development of Cooks Gardens took place. This included athletic track, the first wooden cycling velodrome in New Zealand, and a new grandstand.
Up for a Test
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