Guidebook for Parua Bay

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Guidebook for Parua Bay

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice local place to enjoy and unwind for the evening
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Parua Bay Tavern
1034 Whangarei Heads Rd
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Nice local place to enjoy and unwind for the evening
New place for going out in town
Astroboy NZ
69 Bank Street
New place for going out in town
Lots of live music! Good local atmosphere, all ages.
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The Butter Factory
8 Butter Factory Ln
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Lots of live music! Good local atmosphere, all ages.

Parks & Nature

Local with amazing walkway and views
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Mt Manaia Lookout
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Local with amazing walkway and views
Beautiful white sandy ocean beach. Beautiful to walk on, swim at, surf or boogie board at, or slide down the sand dunes on a boogie board!
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Ocean Beach
374 Ocean Beach Rd
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Beautiful white sandy ocean beach. Beautiful to walk on, swim at, surf or boogie board at, or slide down the sand dunes on a boogie board!
Beautiful beaches with a choice of safe swimming beaches, surf beaches, an estuary to swim, kayak, paddleboard, fish or go boating in. Also a beautiful scenic place to walk around from the south over the foot bridge to the north side and around.
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Pataua South by the Beach
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Beautiful beaches with a choice of safe swimming beaches, surf beaches, an estuary to swim, kayak, paddleboard, fish or go boating in. Also a beautiful scenic place to walk around from the south over the foot bridge to the north side and around.
Lovely 4.2km loop walk. Cafes to stop at, sculptures on the way to view and beautiful scenery. Easy access and fairly flat.
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Town Basin Loop Track Sculpture Trail
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Lovely 4.2km loop walk. Cafes to stop at, sculptures on the way to view and beautiful scenery. Easy access and fairly flat.
Beautiful beaches, estuary, footbridge, surf beach, lovely to wander around the south and north side. Back in time unique!
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Pataua South by the Beach
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Beautiful beaches, estuary, footbridge, surf beach, lovely to wander around the south and north side. Back in time unique!
Great walk. Leave from Reotahi carpark and walk up and over or around.
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Mount Aubrey
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Great walk. Leave from Reotahi carpark and walk up and over or around.

Essentials

This store is great. It pretty much seems to stock a bit of everything.
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Four Square Parua Bay
1379 Whangarei Heads Rd
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This store is great. It pretty much seems to stock a bit of everything.
Low price groceries. Large store.
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PAK'nSAVE Whangarei
Walton Street
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Low price groceries. Large store.
Good supermarket in Whangarei town
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Countdown Whangarei
Okara Drive
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Good supermarket in Whangarei town
Local supermarket on the way into the city. Approx. 15 mins drive from Parua Bay
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New World Onerahi
128 Onerahi Rd
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Local supermarket on the way into the city. Approx. 15 mins drive from Parua Bay
Good supermarket with a lot more specialty items than some of the others
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New World Regent
167 Bank St
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Good supermarket with a lot more specialty items than some of the others

Food Scene

Great cafe and good bread stop for something special. Sometimes they are open for pizza at night.
Smith & Local
6 Rathbone St
Great cafe and good bread stop for something special. Sometimes they are open for pizza at night.
The growers market is only open saturday mornings from early until 10am. The market is busling and the fruit vege and flowers are great fresh and local.
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The Whangarei Growers Market
17 Water St
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The growers market is only open saturday mornings from early until 10am. The market is busling and the fruit vege and flowers are great fresh and local.
Great coffee and homemade food. Great service, well supported by locals
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Smith & Local Parua Bay
1375 Whangarei Heads Rd
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Great coffee and homemade food. Great service, well supported by locals
Seaside cafe and takeaways. Lovely view. Inside or outside seating!
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The Deck Cafe
1 Reotahi Rd
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Seaside cafe and takeaways. Lovely view. Inside or outside seating!
Lovely spot to drive as destination. Great gallery onsite, with art inside and outside to view. Great outing. Nice cafe
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Helena Bay Cafe
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Lovely spot to drive as destination. Great gallery onsite, with art inside and outside to view. Great outing. Nice cafe
Lovely cafe in the Quarry gardens. Nice food, nice building in a lovely setting. Wander the sub tropical gardens after your meal.
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Quail Cafe
37A Russell Rd
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Lovely cafe in the Quarry gardens. Nice food, nice building in a lovely setting. Wander the sub tropical gardens after your meal.
Good health food store with local organic veges available also
Putiputi Ra Organic Traders Health & Eco Store
79 Walton Street
Good health food store with local organic veges available also
Located in the Town Basin. For a nice meal out!
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The Quay
31 Quayside
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Located in the Town Basin. For a nice meal out!

City/town information

Whangarei Heads is a quiet area only 20-25 minutes drive from Whangarei city. Parua Bay is at the beginning of the heads and has many beautiful beaches and walks nearby. Whangarei city has the beautiful town basin with the loop walk and cafes & restaurants. The quarry cafe and gardens is another highlight. Another area an hours drive away is the Tutukaka coast with its lovely beaches and marina with trips to the poor knights islands running out of there. Another nice area to drive is out to the one tree point area with marina, then onto Waipu historic town and the beautiful Langs beach. Mangawhai a bit further on is a nice seaside place to visit and sometime has markets in the weekend.
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Whangarei Heads
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Whangarei Heads is a quiet area only 20-25 minutes drive from Whangarei city. Parua Bay is at the beginning of the heads and has many beautiful beaches and walks nearby. Whangarei city has the beautiful town basin with the loop walk and cafes & restaurants. The quarry cafe and gardens is another highlight. Another area an hours drive away is the Tutukaka coast with its lovely beaches and marina with trips to the poor knights islands running out of there. Another nice area to drive is out to the one tree point area with marina, then onto Waipu historic town and the beautiful Langs beach. Mangawhai a bit further on is a nice seaside place to visit and sometime has markets in the weekend.

Sightseeing

A new place of interest to see while you are staying in Whangarei is the Hundertwasser art centre with cafe.
Aqua Restaurant and Bar (In the Hundertwasser Art Centre)
81 Dent Street
A new place of interest to see while you are staying in Whangarei is the Hundertwasser art centre with cafe.
New place of interest. Unique building. Lovely setting in the town basin overlooking marina
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Hundertwasser Art Centre
81 Dent Street
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New place of interest. Unique building. Lovely setting in the town basin overlooking marina