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Whangarei Slideshow
Top Hotels in Whangarei
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Kingsgate Hotel Whangerai Whangarei
19 reviews -
Settlers Hotel Whangarei
33 reviews -
Best Western Opononi Resort Whangarei
16 reviews
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Tropicana Motel Whangarei
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Central Court Motel Whangarei
12 reviews
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Flames International Hotel Whangarei
12 reviews -
Kingswood Manor Motel Whangarei
2 reviews
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The Grand Hotel Whangarei
9 reviews
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Cherry Court Motor Lodge Whangarei
9 reviews -
Pacific Rendezvous Whangarei
34 reviews
Whangarei
Travel Blogs from Whangarei, New Zealand
Sting rays and stone fish
This is a top pick! ... by scuba gear I had no chance of following it, but it was magical; I was very lucky as they are a rare visitor to New Zealand. The following day we returned to the Tutukaka coast. This time we were beach hopping. We drove through to Sandy Bay, ...
The day we go to Whangarei
This is a top pick! Today we go to Whangarei. Here is where Mark's sister Vikki lives with her bloke Alan and their two daughters Monica (14) and Michaela (A.K.A Barbie, 16) They are all lovely and welcoming and Vikki, who is a hairdresser, happens to have a salon built on ...
Whangarei
This is a top pick! ... windy but beautiful drive back to State Highway 1 to make our way south towards Auckland. We made an overnight stop in Whangarei where we managed to use their Pak 'n' Save supermarket and get a free hardback copy of Alistair Campbell's The Blair Years in ...
A Free Trip...Paid for with James' Blood
This is a top pick! ... James checked out at the Hospital. At the hospital we were very pleasantly surprised to learn that some type of tourist insurance in New Zealand covered the hospital visit so we didn`t have to worry our parents about another claim. When we got in to see ...
Jackie`s Advanced Dive Course Finally Finished!!
This is a top pick! James dropped me off in the morning and then headed to a campsite to have a lazy day just sitting around and reading and resting his head. I met my dive instructors, got geared up and then we were on the boat back out to Poor Knights. The first dive we ...
Whangarei
This is a top pick! Alex: Our first stop after Auckland was Whangarei, the biggest difficulty here is trying to work out how to say the name (fan-ga-ray, I think). We used Whangarei as a base to see some of the nearby sights, the first being the Bay of Islands an hour north. ...
Funderful Whangarei
This is a top pick! a launching point for the Poor Knights Island diving but ended up stay for three. We both felt that one night in Auckland wasn't going to be enough and the lodge we were staying at was very relaxing so we booked in for another night. Earth Lodge ...
Piahia-29th September 2004
This is a top pick! ... where going to do a small trip over to Russell and try some more fishing, so I put on my swimsuit, shorts and a t-shirt with my new deck shoes. And off we went. When we got there the boat wouldn't start, so Pete suggested that Clayton and I did a "short" ...
Diving the Poor Knights
This is a top pick! The Poor Knights Islands lie in subtropical waters just off the north east coast of the north island which is somewhere between the warm tropical waters of the equator and cold waters from the south pole. With warm currents from the Coral Sea sweeping ...
Tutukaka and the Poor Knights
4th March 2006 Tutukaka - a house of our own. THERE ARE SOME GIANT TREES IN NEW ZEALAND CALLED KAURI'S BUT MOST WERE CUT DOWN WHEN THE EUROPEAN SAILORS CAME TO MAKE MASTS AND BUILD HOUSES SO YOU HAVE TO GO A LONG WAY TO SEE THEM. THE OLDEST ARE OVER ...
Van Woman hits the road.
... , I drove for about 3 hrs North up Route 1 utnil I felt I'd got to where I was going. This turned out to be Whangarei. The scenery is most impressive. It reminds me of Scotland except that the hills are more pointy. And greener. And everywhere is covered ...
Cape Reinga
Woke up to light rain in karikari. Packed up camp quickly and headed north to kataia. Stopped at an info center and booked poor knights dives tomorrow!!! Headed north from there and the rain just got worse and worse. Had a look at 90mile beach(or what we ...
Jacques Cousteau and The Holy Grail
I met a lovely lady on the bus on the way to Whangeria (pronounced Fon-ger-ay). I thought she was kiwi at first as I heard her say 'aye' at the end of a couple of her sentences!! But it turned out she was from Bournemouth. Louise had traveled practically ...
New things to see in New Zealand
... out moves on the snow. Sam learnt to snowboard and had a great time sliding about on her bum. Only three days left in New Zealand but I'm not too sad to leave as I think I may well be coming back in the future.. The climate is quite similar to ...
Up the pointy bit
if you look at a map of NZ you will see that N Island has a long pointy bit pointing northwards. We couldn't resist it and drove to the top and back today about 300miles round trip. It was a lovely day and I'm not going to bore you with text, ...
Tutukaka sukeldmine, Poor Knights Islands
Järjekordne farmi-hommik väljalennuga 7.00, kuna ees ootas päev merel. Risto ja Anne olid minemas sukelduma, Gerli ja Agur päevatripile kohalikul lahel koos snorgeldamisega. Olime nats ajahädas ja seetõttu kurvilistel mägiteedel sai suisa rallit ...
Whangarei - The Homecoming
We drove 2.5 hours north of Auckland to spend a couple of Days in Whangarei. This was all about rediscovering all the things Colm remembered from his childhood - School, houses, just exploring the town really. We were lucky to actually get into both ...
Abby caves
... from our visit in Abby caves I fill I most try to describe what we sew there. The caves are placed in a beautiful forest near Whangarei. It is not a long walk to the caves and the way goes through three of them. The first one is closed because of a rock ...
The day I caught dinner...
After 5 relaxing days in Auckland, I was ready to join my Connections tour group on Friday, February 9. The previous day I biked Auckland--down the bay and then up into the hills. The biking went smoothly until I attempted my first hill (1 ...
diving the infamous Poor Knights
After years of reading about it we finally got to dive the Poor Knights Islands, excellent! If it was good enough for Cousteau, it's good enough for us! And it didn't disappoint. We set off in the dive boat and were even entertained by a pod of playful ...
Parahaki Scenic reserve
I headed to the Parahaki scenic reserve, which was about a 25 minute walk (down and then back up another hill) from the hostel, to do some walking. There are about 8 tracks which all link up to each other, so it seemed a good place to spend the day. As ...
Finally getting things sorted
Well folks after the trouble Blon and I have been having with bank cards and that my card is working again but Blon is still sorting her's out. But all is good just wild hard when you are in a different country with 13 hours difference and you are trying ...
Poor Knights Islands
24/05/2008 Wir waren heute tauchen! Genial! Frueh am morgen sind wir auf die "El Tigra", ein Boot der Tauchschule in Tutukaka. Mit diesem sind wir dann in See gestochen zu den Poor Knights Islands, die 21 km vor der Kueste liegen. Dort angekommen ...
Goat Island
... life(weather wasnt great though) but still saw snapper, trigger fish and some others. Headed to the highway and on to Whangarei. Really nice forest and rolling green hills along the way, looking more and more tropical the further north we head. Stopped ...
Happy St Patrick's Day - Part One!
Happy St Patrick's Day.... This morning we went back to the Irish Pub to see all the festivities that were taking place... we watched some log cutting comps, and we looked around the stalls.... it was a small street party compared to home.... having ...