Two coasts that stretch
from the rolling pastureland north of Auckland, to Cape Reinga, the northernmost
tip of the country -- Northland is your historic playground.
Tours to
Cape Reinga drive along "Ninety Mile Beach" popular for surfcasters
and surfing.
With 144 islands, the Bay of Islands offers
game fishing, diving, swimming and boating.
At Dargaville,
visit some of the oldest
trees in the world - kauri - are in the forests here and hiking and walks
are very popular.
Russell is the town where Maori and Pakeha signed the Treaty
of Waitangi, and this whole region is historically rich with small museums,
and reminders, of early settlers, and further south, Whangarei
is a small city, renowned for ship building as well as deep sea fishing. The Greenpeace
flagship, Rainbow Warrior - bombed by the French - rests here as a marine
reserve and dive attraction
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90
Mile Beach
Ahipara
Bream Bay
Cape
Reinga
Dargaville
Doubtless
Bay
Goat Island
Marine Reserve
Hokianga
Hokianga Harbour
Kaikohe
Kaitaia
Kauri Coast
Kerikeri
Mangawhai
Heads
Matauri Bay
Motukawaiti
Island
Opononi
Opua
Opua
- sailing
Paihia
Point
Wells
Russell
Waipu
Whangaroa
Harbour
