Karekare Beach
Karekare, Waitakere Ranges
Karekare is Piha's wilder, less-developed neighbour — a black-sand beach 5 kilometres south of Piha in the Waitakere Ranges that was the filming location for Jane Campion's 1993 film 'The Piano' and has retained the raw, romantic atmosphere that drew Campion there.
Mission Bay
Tamaki Drive, Mission Bay
Mission Bay is Auckland's city beach — a curved sandy bay along Tamaki Drive just 4 kilometres east of the CBD that functions as the city's favourite summer-evening hangout, with thousands gathering on the grass verge and the sand between November and March.
Piha Beach
Piha, Waitakere Ranges
Piha is Auckland's most iconic west coast beach — a 3-kilometre stretch of black iron-sand, towering cliffs, and the free-standing volcanic Lion Rock (Te Piha) in the middle, 40 kilometres west of the city through the rainforest-covered Waitakere Ranges.
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