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KILOMETRES FROM ŌPŌTIKI KILOMETRES FROM GISBORNE
110km Oruaiti Beach 224km
A safe, sandy, swimming beach, this is considered by many to be the best beach on the
East Coast road. EAST CAPE
Waihau Bay Holiday Park: Motel units, Powered & non-powered sites, Camp Shop & Café
Ph 07-325 3844 Email waihaubayholidaypark@xtra.co.nz. See advert below.

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Situated opposite a safe sandy beach, relaxing stay, affordable
prices, beautiful campsites surrounded by native trees

• Motel Units • Kitchen • Laundry Facilities • Camp Shop & Café
• Powered and Non Powered Sites (Caravans Welcome)
• 5 Minutes from Boat Ramp
email: waihaubayholidaypark@xtra.co.nz │ phone: 07 325 3844
website: www.waihaubayholidaypark.nz

118km Whangaparaoa (Cape Runaway) 216km
This is the boundary of the Ōpōtiki District and also of the local tribe, Te-Whānau-ā-Apanui.
Take time out to learn some local history and stand where the warriors of the Tainui Canoe
first landed at Whangaparaoa Beach. There is a good beach and fishing. Turn off by the
School to the beach and small boat launching. The Cape itself cannot be reached by road.
Opposite the School there is an Interdominational church. It is here that two famous canoes
landed from Hawaiiki about 1350 A.D. – the Tainui and the Arawa. Other canoes such as
the Tauira and Tokomaru are also said to have called at Taungawhaka, this spot is where
kumaras were supposedly first introduced to New Zealand. A restored old Pā site and
meeting house are of historical interest at Whangaparaoa.
134km Potaka - turn off to Lottin Point 200km
Potaka is the most northerly of Ngāti Porou communities and is the start
of the Ngāti Porou tribal area. Here there is a school and a marae, a road
to the left runs down to Lottin Point. This public road is bounded by
private property and visitors are requested to observe the owner rights.
Lottin Point is well worth a visit. Here we have the serenity of quiet bays and the
contrasting rocky coastline with pounding seas. There is good fishing here both for the
diver and the surf caster. Lottin Point is the home of Lottin Point Motel (see advert page
70).
Lottin Point Motel: Accommodation to suit travellers through to fishermen.
Ph 06 864 4455. E: bookings@lottinpoint.co.nz W: www.lottinpoint.co.nz. (see advert pg 70).
Back on SH35 a few kilometres down the road you will come to Waikura Road a turn here will take
you on a back-country journey to Waikura Experience see advert below.
Waikura Joint Stations: self-cont. accomm. at one of NZ’s most remote stations.
Waikura Valley. Ph. 021 684 879, admin@waikuraexperience.co.nz, www.waikura.co.nz

WAIKURA EXPERIENCE - STAY AT ONE OF NZ‘s MOST REMOTE STATIONS
Self-Contained Accommodation
Log Cabin Overnight Experience
Guided Hunting Tours

Guided Walking Tours
30 km inland of SH35
Waikura Valley, 558 Te Kumi Road
Road not recommended for motorhomes & caravans
BOOK NOW: admin@waikuraexperience.co.nz - 021 684 879 - www.waikura.co.nz
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