There is fantastic food and wine at this well-known vineyard on Waiheke Island, with a spectacular view across to Auckland on the horizon.
Waiheke Island
When you're in NZ, you will come across pretty stamps that are often sold with postcards - they are marked "UNIVERSAL MAIL". Recommend that if you want your postcards to reach their destinations in a timely manner, you do NOT purchase these stamps (which are supposed to be posted in special mailboxes which are few and far between), but use the regular mail stamps.
Accommodation in Piha. It has three choices from budget to the best and all very close to the beach.
The best chips in the world, at least if you're wet and bedraggled.
On the west coast, across the Waitakeres, at Piha surf beach
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