Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
Far North i-SITE
(
03-408 9450;
www.northlandnz.com
; Te Ahu Centre, cnr Matthews Ave & South Rd;
8.30am-5pm)
Getting There & Away
Kaitaia Airport
(
www.bayofislandsairport.co.nz
; Quarry Rd)
is 6km north of town.
Busabout Kaitaia
(
09-408 1092;
www.cbec.co.nz
)
has services to Doubtless Bay ($5, one hour), Pukenui ($5, 45
minutes) and Ahipara ($3.50, 15 minutes). Both Air New Zealand (
Click here
)
and Inter-
City (
Click here
)
operate services to Kaitaia.
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Ahipara
POP 1130
All good things must come to an end, and Ninety Mile Beach does at this spunky beach
town. A few holiday mansions have snuck in, but mostly it's just the locals keeping it real,
rubbing shoulders with visiting surfers.
The area is known for its huge sand dunes and massive gum field, where 2000 people
once worked. Sandboarding and quad-bike rides are popular activities on the dunes above
Ahipara and further around the Tauroa Peninsula.
Sights
Shipwreck Bay
(Wreck Bay Rd)
The best surfing is at this small cove at Ahipara's western edge, so named for
shipwrecks still visible at low tide.
BEACH
Ahipara Viewpoint
(Gumfields Rd)
This lookout on the bluff behind Ahipara is reached by an extremely rough
road leading off the unsealed Gumfields Rd, which starts at the western end of Foreshore
Dr.
LOOKOUT
Activities
