The resort town of Paihia services the villages and islands of the Bay of Islands.
Boasting the area’s best accommodation and restaurants, Paihia Harbour is the ideal place to base yourself while you explore this lovely part of New Zealand.
Hire a kayak to paddle out to the islands, follow the rivers winding in from the bay, or take a walk through kauri forest to lookouts over the water.
To walk from Paihia to neighboring Waitangi is a pleasant 40 minutes one way.
Paihia is 3 kilometers (2 miles) south of Waitangi on Te Ti Bay in the Bay of Islands.
Ferries leave from here to sail to nearby Russell on the facing peninsula.
