2019 Visitor Guide Northland • New Zealand WhangareiNZ.com Whangārei Visitor Guide Contents 2 Whangārei City Map Poor Knights Islands Explore To 4 District Highlights Bay of Islands Whangārei District Tutukaka 6 Culture Coast Central 8 Cultural Attractions Whangārei Cape Reinga Pacific Town Whangārei 9 Family Fun Climate Basin Heads Ocean Whang 10 Walks Whangārei District is part of ārei Harbour 15 Markets Northland, New Zealand’s Bream Head 16 Beaches warmest and only subtropical Bream Bay Hen & Chicken region, with an average of Islands 18 Art f Waipū 2000 sunshine hours every year. 22 Waterfalls To Auckland The hottest months are January 24 Gardens and February and winters are mild 25 Cycling – there’s no snow here! 26 Events Kaitaia Average temperatures: 34 Eat & Drink Bay of Spring: (Sep - Nov) 17°C high, 10°C low Islands 36 Accessible Whangārei Summer: (Dec - Feb) 24°C high, 14°C low Autumn: (Mar - May) 21°C high, 11°C low Central Whangārei Winter: (Jun - Aug) 16°C high, 07°C low Kaikohe 29 See & Do Travel distances to Whangārei Waipoua Poor Knights Islands 30 City Centre Map • 160km north of Auckland – 2 hours drive or Kauri Forest Central 33 Listings Whangārei Tutukaka 30 minute flight Coast • 68km south of the Bay of Islands – 1 hour drive Whangārei Bream Bay • 265km south of Cape Reinga – 4 hours drive Heads Dargaville 40 Bream Bay Map Bream Bay 42 See & Do Take the scenic route Waipū 44 Listings Follow the Twin Coast Discovery signs and discover the best of New Zealand both the East and West Coasts. Whangārei Heads Auckland 46 Whangārei Heads Map 47 See & Do 49 Listings This official visitor guide to the Whangārei District is owned by Whangārei Tutukaka Coast District Council and produced in partnership with Big Fish Creative. Printed on 100% recycled paper with eco-friendly inks. 50 Tutukaka Coast Map 53 See & Do < Cover photo: Whale Bay, Tutukaka Coast. Photo by Doug Pearson. 56 Listings 2 WhangareiNZ.com Whangārei Visitor Guide Nau Mai, Haere Mai ki Whangārei Terenga Parāoa Whangārei Need a little help pronouncing Whangārei? This is how you say it: “Far-ngar-ray” with the “ng” as in ‘sing’. Easy eh! Hi and welcome to Whangārei Whangārei Terenga Parāoa Discover Whangārei District. The small, attractive city is nestled between Whangārei was a well established and thriving Māori settlement by the forest-clad hills at the heart of the beautiful Whangārei Harbour. Nowhere time Captain Cook arrived in 1769. Many prominent hill and land features in the district is more than 40 kilometres from the spectacular coastline. around the harbour and river valleys show signs of being part of a pa Explore the outstanding Tutukaka Coast, Whangārei Heads Peninsula, (fortified village), garden or food storage pit. Bream Bay, Ruakaka and Waipū. Offshore lie the Poor Knights Islands, Whangārei Harbour was a waypoint for Māori tribes from the north where the pristine waters in this marine reserve provide world class diving travelling south by waka (canoe). Early missionary records show as many and water-based activities. as 3000 Māori would camp on the shores of this bountiful harbour. Enjoy the city, which is compact and mostly flat and everywhere within the Parāoa is Māori for the sperm whale and was highly regarded by Māori. CBD is within walking distance. The retail heart of the city has an attractive Symbolically the Parāoa represented persons of chiefly status. 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