Introducing Tauranga
Tauranga has been booming since the 1990s and remains one of NZ’s fastest-growing cities. The increasingly busy port serves the land for miles around, but it’s the migrants (many from Auckland) and holidaymakers who have seen the old workhorse reborn as a show pony. Restaurants and bars line the revamped waterfront, fancy hotels rise high, and the once-sleepy suburbs of Mt Maunganui and Papamoa have woken up to new wealth and homogeny.
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Tauranga is the place to fulfil all your wet dreams. With two marinas chock-a-block with beautiful boats, sandy surf beaches and water sports aplenty, this is about as Riviera as NZ gets.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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Re: New Zealand 16 days
by neverwinter 03 September 2011
doable, but far too much time in the car as is usual with these itineraries. Let's see what we can do; comments interspersed. Day 1:…
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Re: New Zealand 16 days
by amgs 03 September 2011
Hi kmcat , Thanks for your comments. I've thought about spending the night in Tauranga because it's closer to Roturua.Which cities…
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RE: New Zealand 16 days
by kmcat 02 September 2011
Hi Antonio Looks pretty good, you have the makings of a good old-fashioned Kiwi road trip there. Just have a couple of comments - is…
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