There's more than enough holes for everyone on Whangamomona's new mini-golf course.

New Zealand's biggest city may be preparing to open its newest mini putt, but there's something more exclusive happening - the country's only self-proclaimed republic is doing the same.

On Thursday, Auckland's adult-themed mini putt and bar, which sounds like the perfect place for a Tinder date, will open.

But nearly 500 kilometres away, along the Forgotten World Highway in a town with a population of 12, another Tinder date activity is developing - Whangamomona is getting a mini putt.

GLENN JEFFREY/ STUFF Walter Pease has seen tourists wandering the streets of Whangamomona trying to find something to do - so he came up with it.

The self-proclaimed republic, which sits hidden on the partly-gravelled State Highway 43 - more than 60 kilometres from the closest towns of Stratford in Taranaki or Taumarunui in the King Country - sees more than 2000 times its population come through as tourists each year.

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Which is why the mastermind behind the eight-hole mini putt, born and bred Whangamomona local Walter Pease, decided to put the putt in place.

SUPPLIED Auckland's Holey Moley mini putt is set to open on Thursday, offering 27 different holes, multiple bars and live DJs. (File photo)

"Not many people live in Whanga', most people are visitors," Pease said.

"They all stop in Whanga' to have a look, they walk up the street and look at a few signs, go to the pub and get their passport stamped and they sort of walk around and go 'well that's it' and bugger off.

"Hopefully it'll make them stay in the village for an extra day and it might encourage them to stay the night."

The tiny town made national headlines 30 years ago when it declared itself a republic in protest over the Government deciding it would become part of the Whanganui/Manawatū region.

Today, the remote destination sees up to 25,000 visitors a year.

"We thought mini putt is something that can involve everyone, from a two-year-old to an 82-year-old, and everyone can be competitive at," Pease said.

"It's the type of thing that if you've got half an hour you can race around, or if you've got half a day you can spend half a day or a whole day there if you really wanted to."

Pease thinks they'll probably charge about $10 a game. At the new Auckland mini putt, which is called Holey Moley, you'll pay $15 for a nine hole game, $25 for an 18 and $37 for a 27 hole game.

The Holey Moley course will go over two storeys, with two bars serving craft beers and cocktails, and live DJs performing.

The themed holes are said to go across a multi-sensory labyrinth "that'll keep you on your toes across the craziest round of golf you've ever played", the website says, and it's set to open October 11.

The Whangamomona course, which will take most people more than a three hour trip to get to, is made up of timber and themed by "just local things really".

There will be a Mt Damper Falls-themed hole, a shearing shed, an old oil and gas site "like the old well site down Whanga' road", and more.

"And we're still working on a couple of ideas and it'll evolve as it goes. The locals are coming up with different plans and finding old bits of machinery that we'll put onto the course."