A warm climate and stunning beaches attract visitors to this popular holiday destination. Tauranga is located at the western end of the Bay of Plenty, on the North Island’s central eastern coast. It is built around Tauranga Harbour, a busy port, and the surrounding region... Read More

A warm climate and stunning beaches attract visitors to this popular holiday destination. Mt Maunganui is a resort town built on a long sandy peninsula with an old volcanic cone (locally known as ‘The Mount’) at its end which dominates the landscape. The town itself... Read More

The Bay of Plenty, on the eastern coast of New Zealand’s North Island, stretches from Tauranga in the west to Cape Runaway in the east. The shelter provided by the mountain ranges to the west of the bay provides the region with a warm dry climate. The fertile lands of the... Read More