Always lots to do on Northlands Kauri Coast The Kauri Museum at Matakohe Pouto Point Come for a hair-raising hoon over the sand dunes, or cruise down to visit the Pouto Lighthouse. When you see the trek up the hill to the lighthouse, youll be glad you saved yourself the walk! pouto.co.nz/activities.html Fishing Ripiro Beach or the Kaipara Harbour The Magical Fresh water Kai Iwi Lakes, which cover an area of 305ha are suitable for a range of water based recreational activities. These include boating, diving, fishing, sailboarding, swimming, yachting and water skiing kai-iwi-lakes.co.nz The Kumara Box check out Ernie’s live Kumara show just 10 minutes drive from Dargaville . This amazing family farm is headed by Warren Suckling known locally as ‘Ernie the kumara king’. The tour starts in what was a kumara storage shed, today it is full of memorabilia collected by Ernie over the years from the regions past. Here Ernie tells stories of the farming history of the Kumara and also the Kauri Coast kumarabox.co.nz Trounson Kauri Park is a mainland island. The restoration project includes a 586-hectare forest reserve and farmland. The project aims to restore the former richness of native biodiversity this forest once boasted, and to let visitors enjoy a glimpse of what pristine kauri forests were once like. doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-visit/northland/kauri-coast/trounson-kauri-park/ The forests of Waipoua are the garden of Tane Mahuta. Waipoua, and the adjoining forests of Mataraua and Waima, make up the largest remaining tract of native forest in Northland. Most of Northland’s ancient forest cover has been lost to saw and fire, plundered for the precious timber of the kauri tree or cleared for farmland. However the forests are now under the protection of the Department of Conservation. doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-visit/northland/kauri-coast/waipoua-forest/ A Round of Golf? kauricoast.co.nz/Golf_Clubs.cfm
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