Hikurangi Stay Place is a hotel at 1 Mount View Road in Whanganui East, with a Google rating of 4.1 from 94 reviews. The website describes a hotel with a picnic area and barbecue grills, about six minutes' walk from the Waimarie.
The website describes Wi-Fi in the rooms, parking on site and a continental breakfast served daily. Guests can use the picnic area and barbecue grills. The hotel is close to the New Zealand Glassworks, and the Durie Hill elevator and the Whanganui Regional Museum are a short drive away. The website says Whanganui airport is about fifteen minutes' drive.
For a comfortable base in Whanganui East, close to the river and the city's galleries, it is worth comparing recent reviews before you book.