A small but interesting museum focusing on local history – especially Whitianga’s most famous visitors, Kupe and Cook.
Mercury Bay Museum
Coromandel Peninsula
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2. Shakespeare Cliff Lookout
1.36 MILES
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6. Waterworks
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8. Rapaura Water Gardens
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