Far Far North

The Far Far North is the northernmost district of Northland in the North Island of New Zealand, further north than the Bay of Islands and the Hokianga. The top part is the Aupouri Peninsula, with Ninety Mile Beach on its west coast, Cape Reinga at the northern tip, and the main town of Kaitaia at its southern base. The district also includes the north-eastern bays and harbours, such as Whangaroa and Doubtless Bay, the latter with its beach communities of Mangonui, Coopers Beach and Taipa.

Towns

• 1 Kaitaia
• 2 Taipa-Mangonui including the small seaside settlements of Mangonui, Coopers Beach, Cable Bay and Taipa
• 3 Whangaroa

Other destinations

• 1 Cape Reinga – where the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean meet
• 2 Ninety Mile Beach

Get in

By plane

Barrier Air flies from Auckland to Kaitaia Airport up to 3 times a day, flight time 65 minutes.

By bus

Bus services are provided by Intercity Coach from Auckland changing at Kerikeri.

See

Coopers Beach

Go next

• On the east coast, the Bay of Islands
• On the west coast, the Hokianga, 60 minutes drive from Kaitaia
  • Horeke – Mangungu Mission House, historic site, location of the biggest signing of the Treaty of Waitangi; Wairere Boulders, an enormous basalt flow
  • Kohukohu – town on the northern shore of the Hokianga Harbour
  • Mangamuka Bridge – Omahuta Kauri Sanctuary, 5 of the 12 biggest kauri trees in an undisturbed healthy forest