Aramoana Beach

This beautiful white sandy beach is split by thr Mole, a long breakwater stretching out into the harbour entrance. It's an exciting walk when the seas are big and a great spot to watch the albatrosses swooping into Tairoa Head on the other side the harbour.

There is a track and boardwalk that takes you through the tidal slat marshes and huge sandhill down the northern end of the beach. The settlement is full of classic kiwiana cribs (or baches as Northerners call them) and is so peaceful it's hard the believe that David Gray's massacre of 13 locals took place here.