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Waitomo: caves, waterfalls... and sheep
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/waitomo-sheep-caves-waterfalls-and-a-rugby-great/
The joys of Waitomo will begin to appear when you stop just out of the township.
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Loved by the locals: Western Bay of Plenty
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/on-the-road/loved-by-the-locals-western-bay-of-plenty/
If you like an easy walk that offers amazing views of Tauranga and the wider Bay of Plenty, I recommend Te Puna Quarry Park.
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Coromandel Township: hippy haven
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/coromandel-township/
Nearly a century after the goldminers, and decades after the bushmen who extracted kauri from the rainforest blanketing the rugged Coromandel Range, the hippies moved in.
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South Waikato: bliss in the farmlands
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/editorial-south-waikato-bliss-in-the-farmlands/
Oxford was the name first given to the small South Waikato town of Tīrau, a place that peeps out from the strong arms of Kiwi farming country – the English...
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Central West Coast: the best coastal drive in New Zealand
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/central-west-coast-the-best-coastal-drive-in-new-zealand/
The wind swings half a compass and lifts.
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Mackenzie: for lovers
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/mackenzie-for-lovers/
The first time I laid eyes on Aoraki Mount Cook I cried like a baby.
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Northwest Waikato: surfing the endless wave
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/northwest-waikato-riding-the-endless-wave/
In the 1966 cult surfing movie Endless Summer, filmmaker Bruce Brown follows two surfers, Mike Hynson and Robert August, on a surfing trip around the world and they end up...
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Banks Peninsula: land of volcanoes and mini dolphins
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/banks-peninsula-land-of-volcanoes-and-mini-dolphins/
Would you believe me if I told you there is a place in New Zealand where you can sleep under the stars in a glass house, swim with miniature dolphins...
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Rangitīkei: life off the beaten track
Travelling north or south along State Highway 1, it's easy to pass through Taihape, Mangaweka, Marton or Bulls unthinkingly, missing this beauty hidden just off the beaten track.
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Waipā: a slice of royalty in the Waikato
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/editorial/waipa-a-slice-of-royalty-in-the-waikato/
Every little girl wants to get married in the white church on the corner as you drive into Cambridge.