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Pōhutukawa Bay is a beach north of Long Bay, located on the North Shore of Auckland. It is situated northeast of Ōkura , close to Piripiri Point . Directly south of Pōhutukawa Bay Beach is Granny's Bay Beach, and a little further south is Long Bay Regional Park .
[3] [4] Kawakawa Bay is occasionally included in the definition, [5] [6] and sometimes locations as far as the Firth of Thames, such as Ōrere Point and Tāpapakanga Regional Park. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] One of the earliest uses of the name Pōhutukawa Coast was when the Maraetai community newsletter, the Town Crier, rebranded as the newspaper the ...
Beachlands is located adjacent to the Tāmaki Strait, in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand, 20 kilometres east of the Auckland City Centre.Beachlands has a number of bays and beaches, including Sunkist Bay, Pohutukawa Bay, View Bay and Shelly Bay, and is west of the Ōmana Regional Park.
At the northern end of Waihi Beach, the 145 hectares (360 acres) Orokawa Scenic Reserve offers several short walking tracks along the coast and to Orokawa Bay. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] While the main beach is backed by the residential area of the township of Waihi Beach, Orokawa Bay is undeveloped and surrounded by native bush including pōhutukawa ...
At its closest point it lies 1.4 km (0.87 mi) off the coast of the Northland Peninsula, just south of Tāwharanui Peninsula, and about 8 km (5.0 mi) by sea journey from Sandspit Wharf, and shelters Kawau Bay to the north-east of Warkworth. It is 40 km (25 mi) north of Auckland. Mansion House in the Kawau Island Historic Reserve is an important ...
The traditional Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki name for the bay is Kakaremea. [2] The headland to the north of the bay was the location of a pā called Te Aute. [3] Kakaremea was a part of the lands gifted by the chief Te Whatatau to the followers of his wife Te Raukohekohe in the late 1600s.
The area has many beaches and parks, including Orewa Beach. [1]The Shakespear Regional Park, Long Bay Regional Park, Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve and Tiritiri Matangi Island are protected areas that provide habitats for a range of plants and animals.
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