Hikurangi and the Tūtūkākā Coast

Two little towns north of Whangārei, New Zealand, are gateways to some of the best coastal experiences in the world

Mary Jane Walker
A Maverick Traveller
9 min readFeb 10

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BETWEEN Auckland and Cape Rēinga, 320 km or 200 miles further northward, the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand tapers into a subtropical peninsula known as Northland in English and, in Māori, Te Tai Tokerau, which means the north coast.

Northland map showing the Twin Coast Discovery Highway (red), via Northland Inc (2021, downloaded 2023)

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Mary Jane Walker
A Maverick Traveller

Traveller, journalist, author of 18 books and of 300 blog posts on Medium and on my website a-maverick.com.