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band concert. Check the window for upcoming events, including the annual Silent Film
Festival ( www.silentfilmfest.org.nz ) in September.

Information

8am-noon Mon-Fri) In the same building as the DOC ( 07-315 1001; www.doc.govt.nz ; 70 Bridge St;

i-SITE.

Opotiki i-SITE ( 07-315 3031; www.opotikinz.com ; 70 Bridge St; 9am-4.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat &
Sun; ) The fancy new Opotiki i-SITE takes bookings for activities and transport and
stocks the indispensable free East Coast booklet Pacific Coast Highway .

Getting There & Away

BUS
Travelling east from Opotiki there are two routes: SH2, crossing the spectacular Waioeka
Gorge, or SH35 around East Cape. The SH2 route offers some day walks in the Waioeka
Gorge Scenic Reserve, with the gorge getting steeper and narrower as you travel inland,
before the route crosses typically green, rolling hills, dotted with sheep, on the descent to
Gisborne.
Buses pick up/drop off at the Hot Bread Shop on the corner of Bridge and St John Sts,
though tickets and bookings are made through the i-SITE or Travel Shop (

07-315 8881;

9am-4pm Mon-Fri) . The Travel Shop also rents out bikes (per

www.travelshop.co.nz ; 104 Church St;

half-/full day $30/50).
InterCity has daily buses connecting Opotiki with Whakatane ($22, 45 minutes), Ro-
torua ($36, 2½ hours) and Auckland ($72, 7½ hours). Heading south, daily buses connect
Opotiki with Gisborne ($36, two hours).
Naked Bus runs daily services to destinations including the following:

DESTINATION PRICE ($) DURATION (HR)

Auckland 31 6

Gisborne 19 2½

Rotorua 23 2½

Tauranga 20 5

Wellington 45 11