Oceania

Coast line
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Cape Reinga

Cape Reinga is New Zealand’s northwesternmost point and consequently on the North Island of New Zealand. However it is not the northernmost point of the mainland of New Zealand. The cape is at about 100 kilometres away from the nearest village. The official name of Cape Reinga is Cape Reinga/Te […]

Ninety Mile Beach
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Ninety Mile Beach

Ninety Mile Beach can be found on the western coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Located far north it stretches from Kaitaia towards Cape Reinga. Therefore the beach is only 50 miles respectively 88 kilometres long. So even measured in kilometres the beach doesn’t reach the distance its name suggests. […]

Behind Rainbow Falls
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Rainbow Falls

The Rainbow Falls are located on the Kerikeri River next to the village of Kerikeri on the North Island of New Zealand. Waianiwaniwa is the Māori name of the single-drop waterfall and means “waters of the rainbow”. The Rainbow Falls are 27 metres high and behind them a cave can […]

Sunset
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Flagstaff Hill

From the top of Flagstaff Hill, which is located on the North Island of New Zeland, one can get 360 degree views of the Bay of Islands. Flagstaff Hill is also known as Observation Point or Flagstaff Lookout. Before there was a flagpole mounted on the hill it was occupied […]

Cape
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Cathedral Cove

Cathedral Cove is also known as Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve and is on the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. Te Whanganui-A-Hei is Māori for the Great Bay of Hei, Cathedral Cove on the other hand was chosen as another name because of the cave that is […]

Geothermal activity
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Waiotapu

Waiotapu is an active geothermal area on the North Island of New Zealand. It’s not far from the city of Rotorua which is also known as Sulphur City due to the high geothermal activity in this region. Actually at about 58.000 people are living there. Waiotapu, however, is Māori and […]

Rafting
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Kaituna River

The Kaituna River is located on the North Island of New Zealand next to the village of Te Puke in the Bay of Plenty region. The upper section of the Kaituna River is also known as Okere River and home to Okere Falls also known as Tutea Falls, which is […]

Elephant Rock
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Tongaporutu Beach

Tongaporutu is the name of a settlement and a beach in northern Taranaki on New Zealand’s North Island. Tongaporutu Beach is well known for its outstanding rock formations. On formation is called „Three Sisters“ and the other one „Elephant Rock“. In the first place „Three Sisters“ was a rock formation […]

Forgotten World Highway
New Zealand, Oceania, Places

Forgotten World Highway

Forgotten World Highway is a rough and sometimes narrow road in the North Island of New Zealand that leads from Stratford in Taranaki to Taumarunui in King’s Country. The official name of the 148 kilometres long route is Highway 43. The Forgotten World Highway does not only run through a […]