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Best Beaches in New Zealand
Hot Water Beach
Naturally heated mineral water bubbles up from deep within the earth to emerge through golden sand at the appropriately named Hot Water Beach.
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Tunnel Beach
For centuries the great southern ocean and its salt-laden wind have sculpted the sandstone coastline south of Dunedin. The outcome is a line of high cliffs, arches and headlands that provide endless vantage points for breathtaking views as the ocean continues its relentless artistry.
Onemana Beach
The scene is complete with a small waterfall tumbling from the cliffs towards the northern end of the beach and a fresh water stream piped through from the hills, which flows into the sea. Between this and the grassy reserve is a small native seabird breeding area - much smaller and less official than the beautiful and extensive one on the Wharekawa sandspit at Opoutere, but nevertheless hosting two or three pairs of oystercatchers, many terns and seagulls and two or three pairs of New Zealand dotterel.
New Chums Beach is one of the last undeveloped beaches in New Zealand.
It’s a little hard to get to, but that’s part of its charm.
First, you have to walk for 40 minutes through the bush. Then, you have to wade through a lagoon at the northern end of Whangapoua Beach to a set of rocks. At the rocks you access the track leading to a saddle that reveals the beauty of New Chums Beach.
And beautiful it is, with large Pohutukawa trees and native bush set against a sweep of white sand.
Words like “pristine” and “breathtaking” are bandied around in travel literature -- at New Chums Beach, one of the best New Zealand beaches, they’re well deserved.
