Northland Must Dos
Top of the North
East Coast
West Coast
Spend time in Hokianga
Shipwreck Highway Ripiro Beach & Kai Iwi Lakes
Kauri kings - Waipoua Forest
Anglers' El Dorado
Twin Coast Discovery
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West Coast

Stand in awe at the majestic giant Kauri trees and experience the warmth of the West Coast people.  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.

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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Map of Northland

Take a closer look at Northland with our detailed interactive map of Northland.

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