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New Zealand's North Island ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd New Zealand’s North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) Bay of Islands & Northland p117 Auckland p56 Waikato Rotorua & the & the Bay of Plenty Coromandel Peninsula p272 p160 The East Coast Taupo & the p313 Central Plateau p244 Taranaki & Whanganui p210 Wellington Region p345 THIS EDITION WRITTEN AND RESEARCHED BY Charles Rawlings-Way, Brett Atkinson, Sarah Bennett, Peter Dragicevich, Lee Slater PLAN YOUR TRIP ON THE ROAD Welcome to the North AUCKLAND . 56 Kerikeri . 141 Island . 4 Auckland . 57 The Far North . 145 New Zealand – North Hauraki Gulf Islands . 94 Matauri & Island Map . 6 Tauranga Bays . 145 Waiheke Island . 96 Whangaroa Harbour . 146 The North Island’s Great Barrier Island . 103 Top 15 . 8 Doubtless Bay . 147 West Auckland . 107 Karikari Peninsula . 148 Need to Know . .18 Titirangi . 107 Cape Reinga What’s New . 20 Waitakere Ranges . 107 & Ninety Mile Beach . 149 If You Like… . 21 Karekare . 108 Kaitaia . 151 Piha . 108 Month by Month . 24 Ahipara . 152 Kumeu & Around . 109 Hokianga . 153 Itineraries . 28 Muriwai Beach . 110 Kauri Coast . 156 Hiking on the Helensville . 110 North Island . 32 North Auckland . 111 WAIKATO & THE Extreme Sports on the Long Bay Regional Park . .. 111 COROMANDEL North Island . 40 Shakespear PENINSULA . 160 Regional Park . 111 Food & Drink . 46 Waikato . 161 Orewa . 112 Rangiriri . 161 Travel with Children . 50 Waiwera . 112 Hamilton . 163 Regions at a Glance . 52 Puhoi . 113 Raglan . 169 Mahurangi & Scandrett Regional Parks . 113 South of Raglan . 173 Warkworth . 113 Te Awamutu . 174 Matakana . 114 Cambridge . 175 Leigh . 115 Matamata . 177 Pakiri . 116 Te Aroha . 178 The King Country . 179 BAY OF ISLANDS Kawhia . 179 & NORTHLAND . 117 Otorohanga . 180 Whangarei District . 120 Waitomo Caves . 181 South from Waitomo to TROY WEGMAN CU/LONELY PLANET © PLANET CU/LONELY WEGMAN TROY Mangawhai . 120 Taranaki . 185 Waipu & Bream Bay . 122 Te Kuiti . 186 Whangarei . 123 Pio Pio, Awakino & Whangarei Heads . 127 Mokau . 186 Tutukaka Coast & the Taumarunui . 187 Poor Knights Islands . 128 Owhango . 188 Coastal Route to Russell . 129 Coromandel Peninsula . 189 Bay of Islands . 130 Miranda . 189 Russell . 133 Thames . 191 Paihia & Waitangi . 136 VICTORIA ST, AUCKLAND Coromandel Town . 194 (P57) Urupukapuka Island . 141 Contents UNDERSTAND Far North Coromandel . 196 ROTORUA & THE New Zealand Coromandel Town to BAY OF PLENTY . 272 Today . 378 Whitianga . 197 Rotorua . 273 History . 380 Whitianga . 198 Bay of Plenty . 292 Environment . 390 Coroglen & Tauranga . 292 Whenuakite . 201 Māori Culture . 396 Mt Maunganui . 298 Hahei . 201 Papamoa . 302 Arts & Music . 404 Hot Water Beach . 203 Katikati . 302 Tairua & Pauanui . 203 Maketu . 303 Puketui Valley . 204 Te Puke . 304 Opoutere . 205 Whakatane . 304 Whangamata . .. 205 SURVIVAL Whakaari Waihi & Waihi Beach . 206 (White Island) . 309 GUIDE Karangahake Gorge . 208 Ohope . .. 309 Directory A–Z . 410 Paeroa . 209 Opotiki . 311 Transport . 422 TARANAKI & THE EAST COAST . 313 Language . 429 WHANGANUI . 210 East Cape . 316 Index . 435 New Plymouth . 211 Pacific Coast Hwy . 316 Map Legend . 446 Mt Taranaki (Egmont Gisborne . 319 National Park) . .220 Te Urewera National Surf Highway 45 . 224 Park . 326 Whanganui . 227 Hawke’s Bay . 329 Whanganui Napier . .330 National Park . 232 Hastings & Around . 338 Palmerston North . 238 Cape Kidnappers . 343 Central Hawke’s Bay . 343 TAUPO & THE Kaweka & CENTRAL Ruahine Ranges . 344 PLATEAU . 244 Taupo . 245 WELLINGTON Turangi & Around . 256 REGION . 345 Ruapehu Region . 260 SPECIAL Wellington . 347 FEATURES Tongariro Kapiti Coast . 367 National Park . 260 Extreme Sports on the Paekakariki . 369 North Island . 40 Whakapapa Village . 265 Paraparaumu . 369 National Park Village . 266 Food & Drink . 46 Waikanae . 370 Ohakune . .268 Environment . 390 The Wairarapa . 370 Waiouru . 270 Martinborough . 371 Māori Culture . 396 Taihape & Around . 271 Greytown . 374 Arts & Music . 404 Masterton & Around . 374 ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 28 Itineraries Cape Reinga É Ninety É Mile Beach Doubtless Bay Bay Ahipara •# É of É Islands S O U T H Hokianga Harbour P A C I F I C •# O C E A N Opononi É Waipoua #÷ •# Tutukaka Forest É Tasman Sea É É Waiheke Island Auckland •# 10 DAYS Auckland & the North If you’re travelling in summer and fancy an unhurried beach holiday, this one’s for you. Spend three days in Auckland, exploring its volcanoes, beaches, bars and eateries, and taking day trips to Waiheke Island and the west-coast beaches. Hit the highway and head north to sleepy Tutukaka for a day’s diving around the Poor Knights Islands. Continue on to the Bay of Islands for a dose of Māori and colonial history, and the timeless charm of pretty coves and coastal scenery. Stay for at least two nights and spend at least one day cruising between the islands. Drop by Doubtless Bay for another lazy beach day and to feast on fish and chips on the wharf at Mangonui. The following morning, take a long, leisurely drive up to Cape Reinga at the very tip of the country – the most sacred site in traditional Māori spiritu- ality. Venture south, skirting the windswept expanses of Ninety Mile Beach, before hitting Ahipara. Continue south via the Hokianga Harbour and stop for the night at Opononi. Allow yourself time to pay homage to the majestic trees of the Waipoua Forest before commencing the long, scenic drive back to Auckland. 29 PLAN YOUR TRIP ITINERARIES IAIN URQUHART/SHUTTERSTOCK © (p156) Whangarei Bottom: Tutukaka Tutukaka Bottom: (p128), northeast of in the Waipoua Forest Top: Tane Mahuta,Top: the largest living kauri tree, KYRIEN/SHUTTERSTOCK © 30 Auckland •# É PLAN YOUR TRIP É •# Rotorua Tasman Sea Lake •# Taupo Taupo É Tongariro #÷ National Park IT S O U T H I PA C I F I C NERAR O C E A N É I ES Paekakariki Beach Ù#•# #_ WELLINGTON 1 WEEK Central Highlights This itinerary offers a short, sharp blast down the middle of the island, taking in NZ’s two main cities and other highlights along the way. After a couple of days in energetic and cosmopolitan Auckland, take a slow drive south, dropping in to briefly explore Hamilton and Cambridge en route to Rotorua. At your destination the classic combo of bubbling thermal activity and vibrant Māori culture awaits, and you can ease any travel aches with a lengthy soak in a hot spring. Continue south to Taupo for jetboating thrills or the more relaxed appeal of trout fishing. If you’re feeling brave, bungy jump from 47m above the Waikato River. Follow the coves of Lake Taupo’s picturesque eastern shore to Tongariro National Park, where there’s good winter skiing, and the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, judged one of the world’s best one-day walks. Stop in at the National Army Museum at Waiouru and at the beach in Paekakariki before pushing on to Wellington. The nation’s cute little capital has more than enough museums, galleries, bars and cafes to amuse you for a couple of days, and a good live- music scene to blast away the cobwebs at night. 31 Auckland •# •#Hahei É É East Cape PLAN YOUR TRIP Raglan •# Whakatane •# É Rotorua •# Waitomo Caves •# Tasman Sea É •# Gisborne New Plymouth •# É IT •#Napier I S O U T H NERAR PA C I F I C O C E A N É I É ES WELLINGTON #_ •# Martinborough 2 WEEKS A Grand Circuit Tracing a broad circuit around most of the North Island, this is an ideal route for travel- lers with time on their hands. Kick off by exploring bustling Auckland before heading the long way around the Coromandel Peninsula, via Thames and Coromandel Town, to the legendary beach town of Hahei. Spend a day kayaking, visiting Cathedral Cove and digging a natural spa pool at nearby Hot Water Beach. Continue south to Rotorua, the most dramatic of NZ’s geothermal hot spots. Stop for the night at laid-back Whakatane before taking the winding coastal road right around isolated East Cape to beachy Gisborne. At Napier, pause to admire the art-deco archi- tecture and acclaimed Hawke’s Bay wineries. More wine awaits in Martinborough, which is short hop from the nation’s vibrant capital, Wellington. After two nights in the capital, head north and then branch out west towards Whan- ganui and New Plymouth, a charming regional city with a brilliant art gallery, in the shadow of majestic Mt Taranaki. As you near the end of your North Island odyssey, take comfort that you’ve saved some highlights till last: the glowworm-lit magnificence of the Waitomo Caves and the chilled-out little surf town of Raglan. ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 446 Map Legend Sights Information Routes Beach Bank Tollway Bird Sanctuary Embassy/Consulate Freeway Buddhist Hospital/Medical Primary Castle/Palace Internet Secondary Christian Police Tertiary Confucian Post Office Lane Hindu Telephone Unsealed road Islamic Toilet Road under construction Jain Tourist Information Plaza/Mall Jewish Other Information Steps Monument Tunnel Museum/Gallery/Historic Building Geographic Pedestrian overpass Ruin Beach Walking Tour Shinto Gate Walking Tour detour Sikh Hut/Shelter Path/Walking Trail Taoist Lighthouse Winery/Vineyard Lookout Boundaries Zoo/Wildlife Sanctuary Mountain/Volcano International Other Sight Oasis State/Province Park Disputed Activities, Pass Regional/Suburb Courses & Tours Picnic Area Marine Park Bodysurfing Waterfall Cliff Diving Wall Canoeing/Kayaking Population Course/Tour Capital (National) Hydrography Sento Hot Baths/Onsen Capital (State/Province) River, Creek Skiing City/Large Town Intermittent River Snorkelling Town/Village Canal Surfing Water Swimming/Pool Transport Walking Airport Dry/Salt/Intermittent Lake Windsurfing Border crossing Reef Other Activity Bus Cable car/Funicular Areas Sleeping Cycling Airport/Runway Sleeping Ferry Camping Metro station Beach/Desert Monorail Cemetery (Christian) Eating Parking Eating Petrol station Cemetery (Other) Subway station Glacier Drinking & Nightlife Taxi Drinking & Nightlife Train station/Railway Mudflat Cafe Tram Park/Forest Underground station Entertainment Other Transport Sight (Building) Entertainment Sportsground Shopping Note: Not all symbols displayed above Swamp/Mangrove Shopping appear on the maps in this book ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Contributing Writers Professor James Belich wrote the History chapter.
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