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Ruakaka Beach, Whangarei

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  • By Gletne On January 29, 2018
    This is the second best beach of the 10-15 beaches we have been on here on the northern part of NZ, quiet, quiet place, laaaaaang Beach and great ride area around, clearly good water, very hot the day we were there. All just great
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  • By shimmintoddy On January 14, 2018
    with the beautiful back drop of island allow time to spend the day and take a long stroll down the beach take lunch and sunscreen ishing is great too  more »
  • By DavidandSuzanne On January 3, 2018
    Seriously, we loved this beach so much we bought land here, designed and built a house, and moved here to live! A magnificent stretch (approx 10kms) of white sand ocean beach. Unspoiled with sand dune...  more »
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