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EAST CAPE  KILOMETRES FROM ŌPŌTIKI                     KILOMETRES FROM GISBORNE
      On past the Marae you will find the Te Kaha Holiday Park Motels & Café, General
      Store and Takeaways, overlooking the bay.
               Te Kaha Holiday Park Motels & Café: Post Shop, Lotto, accommodation, café.

               Ph 07-325 2894. (see advert below).

        TE KAHA                             5 acres of park like setting  300m to sandy beach
                                              Boat launching facilities 500m  LPG available
                                         Motels, Cabins & Backpackers  Caravan & Tent Sites
          HOLID A Y P ARK
        MOTELS  & C AFE               Cafe  General Store  Liquor - off-licence  Postal Centre
                                                   Hosts: Hone & Helen - Ph/fax 07 325-2894
                                  Email: staff@tekahaholidaypark.co.nz  www.tekahaholidaypark.co.nz
      Maraetai Bay also known as School House Bay, is a safe, sandy sheltered beach for
      swimming or laz'n and there is a public toilet. The Resource Recovery Centre for refuse
      disposal is on Copenhagen Road, which you can access from just past School House Bay.
      On the left 3km from School House Bay is the Maungaroa Marae with a whale boat on
      display.  This is the historic “Greyhound” that in 1993 was returned to the coast from
      Gisborne Museum. The ruins of its boat shed can be seen on the beach below the marae.
      Further on, by the roadside between two lovely pohutukawa trees, is buried Princess
      Te Rangi Pai and her husband John Howie. The grave is marked with a guardian angel
      headstone, one of the wings of which was damaged during the Wahine storm of 1968
      (the stone has since been repaired). The Howies lived for many years in their home
      “Kopuakoeaea” at Maungaroa.  Mrs Howie was a great celebrity and a famous New
      Zealand singer who performed before royalty.
      76km     Kereu River  Good fishing, picnicking and laz’n.          259km
      82km     Waikawa Point                                             253km
      Good fishing, picnicking, fossicking on the rocks, diving and laz’n.

                                                  Aerial view of Whanarua Bay.
                                     - Photo Courtesy of Pacific Coast Macadamias






















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