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Aquarius Motel
( 07-312 4550;
www.aquariusmotorlodge.co.nz
;
103 Harbour Rd; d $85-150; )
For a quiet, affordable
motel-style option, roll into Aquarius, a basic complex with various room configurations,
all with kitchens and just 100m from the beach (you don't need a swimming pool).
MOTEL
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Ohope Beach Top 10 Holiday Park
( 07-312 4460, 0800 264 673;
www.ohopebeach.co.nz
;
367 Harbour Rd; unpowered/powered sites per person from
$24/26, cabins/units/apts from $150/230/300; )
The Ohope Beach Top 10 Holiday Park is the
very model of a modern holiday park, with a raft of family-friendly facilities: sports
courts, minigolf, pool, plus some apartments peeking over the dunes at the Bay of Plenty.
Busy as a woodpecker in summer (with prices to match).
HOLIDAY PARK
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Eating
Ohiwa Oyster Farm
( 07-312 4566;
www.whakatane.info/business/ohiwa-oyster-farm
;
111 Wainui Rd; meals $5-14; 9am-8pm Nov-
Feb, to 7pm Mar-Oct)
Poised over a swampy back-reach of Ohiwa Harbour (serious oyster ter-
ritory), this classic roadside fish shack is perfect for a fish-and-chip (and oyster) picnic.
SEAFOOD, FAST FOOD
$
MODERN NZ
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Hui Bar & Grill
( 07-312 5623;
www.huibarandgrill.com
;
19 Pohutukawa Ave; mains lunch $10-25, dinner $29-35; 10am-late,
closed Mon & Tue Jun-Aug)
With polished concrete floors, white leather banquettes and fold-
back windows, Hui is a ritzy new bar-grill making a splash in little Ohope's shopping
strip. Try some pan-seared scallops with chorizo and watercress, or chipotle mussels with
garlic and herbs. NZ wines; live music Friday nights and Sunday afternoons. Classy stuff.
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Opotiki
POP 8440
The Opotiki area was settled from at least 1150, some 200 years before the larger 14th-
century Maori migration. Maori traditions are well preserved here, with the work of mas-
ter carvers lining the main street and the occasional facial
moko
passing by. The town acts
