Kaikohe & Kawakawa

The Mid North area includes Kawakawa near the east coast through Kaikohe to Okaihau further toward the west coast. Kawakawa, about a 20-minute drive from the Bay of Islands and is home to the famou...More

The Mid North area includes Kawakawa near the east coast through Kaikohe to Okaihau further toward the west coast. Kawakawa, about a 20-minute drive from the Bay of Islands and is home to the famous Hundertwasser toilets, an amazing work of art from Austrian artist Fredrich Hundertwasser. Also in the area are the Kawiti Caves and the Ruapekapeka Pa Track. Through the centre of Kawakawa runs a railway line with the recently restored vintage steam train engine, Gabriel. The Twin Coast Cycle Trail runs from Opua in the East Coast through these areas taking in natural thermal hot pools at Ngawha and a Pioneer Village at Kaikohe filled with heritage buildings, passing through old train tunnels, past Lake Omapere and through beautiful rural countryside with rivers and bush to the West Coast.