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The city of Tauranga is the largest coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and although it has typically been a place to retire to, it's growing rapidly and there is plenty to see and do for young and old in this sunny harbour town.
The Port of Tauranga is the lifeblood so there's plenty of water crafts getting about here. The area also boasts one of the most popular surf beaches in the country at nearby Mt Maunganui.
If you like calmer waters a network of boardwalks are being built around the coastal estuaries. They make for a very pleasant day's stroll.
Away from the water, in the heart of the city, you can find shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants by the dozen. Tauranga hosts the National Jazz Festival at Easter too.
Historically, Tauranga is steeped in Maori heritage. The area is dotted with Pa sites (ancient Maori villages) and during the Maori wars, housed the Colonial Army as they were transported by ship up and down the country.
Tauranga is Maori for "resting place for canoes", for this was where some of the first Maori to arrived.
The Port of Tauranga is the lifeblood so there's plenty of water crafts getting about here. The area also boasts one of the most popular surf beaches in the country at nearby Mt Maunganui.
If you like calmer waters a network of boardwalks are being built around the coastal estuaries. They make for a very pleasant day's stroll.
Away from the water, in the heart of the city, you can find shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants by the dozen. Tauranga hosts the National Jazz Festival at Easter too.
Historically, Tauranga is steeped in Maori heritage. The area is dotted with Pa sites (ancient Maori villages) and during the Maori wars, housed the Colonial Army as they were transported by ship up and down the country.
Tauranga is Maori for "resting place for canoes", for this was where some of the first Maori to arrived.
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Feb 09, 2008 – Nov 27, 2008
London, England, UK -› Tokyo, Japan -› …
Lazing around on the beach in the middle of November was great, I couldn’t help thinking of my Welsh friends freezing their butts during these cold, wet, winter days. Only a few days earlier I received an email from Jace telling me that the temperature had dropped to -4 C… Jeez louise pep…
Jan 12, 2009 – Feb 25, 2009
Singapore -› Auckland, New Zealand -› …
Today arrived in beatiful Tauranga. Is quite nice here, love the coastline. To my suprise, the world hydroplane championships will be held just on this weekend. Never saw this things before, so I am quite excited about it. There is also famous Mt. Maunganui which I want to visit either tomorro…
Jan 16, 2007 – Feb 09, 2007
In Tairua I met some really interesting people, again an American who was a "surferboy", another cyclist from America, a Canadian who lives in the middle of London and writes poems and plays and a really strange older American who could not stop making comments about the movie we were watching…
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