1.
Cape
Reinga/Ninety Mile Beach: Day bus trip. You can drive your car up
to Cape Reinga, but it is not recommended that you drive back on Ninety-Mile
Beach as the bus tour does.
2.
KeriKeri: 50 minute drive south on Highway 10. Kemp House and old
Stone Store. Lunch at Tearooms opposite. Good fruit etands along the
main road.
3.
Bay of lslands: One hour drive south on Highway 10. Cream Cruise/Waitangi
Treaty House. Most tours can be booked at Fullers Booking Office,
Mangonui Stationery (on the waterfront In Mangonui).
4.
Horse Riding on Ninety-Mlle Beach: Waitaha Horse Trails on Roma Road,
Ahipara.
5.
Dining: Mangonui Pub offers good food after 6 PM. Old Oak Inn, just
past the Pub specializes In seafood. BYOB. Excellent lunches at Café
Nina on the waterfront in Mangonui. Home made soup and good ham rolls.
6.
Shopping: 4-Square Market In Mangonui or Coopers Beach for groceries.
Fruits and veggies at the shop just past petrol station in Mangonui.
Pak and Save in Kaitaia.
7.
Mail: Stamps and mail purchased/received at the Post Office located
in the 4-Square Market in Mangonui. For those receiving mail: Your
Name, General Delivery, Mangonui, Northland, and New Zealand.
8.
Drives: Taupo Bay, a few kilometers south of Mangonui, Matai Bay,
on the KariKari Peninsula. Beautiful beaches good for picnics and
safe for swimming.
9.
Crafts: Craft shop in Mangonui near the wharf.
10.
Glow-worm Nocturnal Park: Turn off is at Taipa, take a picnic and
wait for dark, then view the glow-worms and Kiwi birds.
11.
Surfing: Taupo Bay, just south of Mangonui, pretty spot, best on Easterly
swells with west winds. Shipwrecks/Ninety-Mlle Beach, drive 30 minutes
through Ahipara, which is the south end of Ninety-Mile Beach. Shipwrecks
is the first point. If that is not breaking, drive around the rocks
(can be a bit rough the first 100 meters). Beautiful stretches of
beach and world class waves.
12.
Canoes/Dinghies/Windsurfers/Kayaks: Aquapulse Surf Shop in Kaitaia.
13.
Fishing: At Mangonui Pier (or) Deep Sea Fishing, boats leave from
Mangonui: "Leilani" or "Happy Hooker." There are
also more fishing opportunities in the Bay of lslands.
14.
Walks: Rangikapiti Maori Pa, just behind house, beautiful 360-degree
view of the area. Coopers Beach, just below the house. Mangonui Harbour,
walk to end of Rangikapiti Road and down track.
15.
Golf: Whangaroa Golf Course, 15 minutes south on Highway 10. Equipment
can be rented there. Beautiful location. Other courses located In
Kaitaia and Bay of lslands.
