Northland - New Zealand's First Land

The rugged coastline also reveals its fascinating shipwreck history as you travel along New Zealand’s longest driveable beach. Read on and you’re sure to slip into Hokianga time.

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  Spend time in Hokianga ››

  I never really feel like I’m in Hokianga time until I take the short detour from SH12 to Rawene and have a home-made lemonade or coffee at the cafe that sits precariously on stilts over its silty waters.

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  Shipwreck highway Ripiro Beach & Kai Iwi Lakes ››

  The drive from Pouto to Maunganui Bluff, a 100-kilometre adventure along Ripiro, the nation’s longest driveable beach is the ultimate NZ road trip.

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  Kauri Kings - Waipoua Forest ››

  If the great kauri forests of Northland are New Zealand’s untamed jungle, then Tane Mahuta is the undisputed king of this domain.

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  Anglers’ El Dorado ››

  Game fishing legend Zane Grey described the Bay of Islands as the “Angler’s Eldorado” and for thousands of kiwis Northland is the best place to cast a line.

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  Twin Coast Discovery ››

  Northland is a place where twin coasts become one, where two seas meet and where countless expressions of nature’s versatility almost beg for discovery.

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