Tauranga
The city's pre-eminent gallery stages challenging exhibitions of thought-provoking contemporary work. The building itself is a former bank, though you鈥檇鈥
Must-see attractions in Tauranga
Tauranga
Surrounded by mature trees and lovely gardens, Tauranga's original mission station incorporates the Bay of Plenty's earliest buildings, along with one of鈥
Tauranga
Located on a nondescript suburban street, this marae (traditional meeting place) has a sensationally carved wharenui (meeting house). This is the private鈥
Tauranga
Hairy Maclary author Lynley Dodd lived in Tauranga for years, and NZ鈥檚 favourite literary animals were immortalised in bronze on Tauranga鈥檚 wharf in 2015鈥
Tauranga
This shady little cemetery, overlooking the bridge, has some interesting memorials relating to battles fought between local M膩ori and government forces in鈥
Tauranga
Shaded by huge pohutukawa trees, spooky Monmouth Redoubt was originally a M膩ori p膩 (fortified village), then taken over and adapted by British soldiers鈥
Tauranga
On clear days this lofty wooden viewing platform, located about 13km west of the city centre, provides a panorama of nearly the entire Bay of Plenty 鈥 see鈥
Tauranga
Country-club-like Mills Reef, 7km southwest of the city centre at Bethlehem, has tastings of its award-winning wines. This isn't grape-growing country, so鈥
Tauranga
At its best in late spring and summer, this verdant pocket of roses sits behind an ivy-covered colonnade on a cliff overlooking the harbour, and is like a鈥
Tauranga
A fairly ordinary-looking Victorian villa stranded on a hill as the roads around it grew, Brain Watkins House (no, not Brian) was built in 1881 from kauri鈥