Devious East Coast Goodness.

[Maha]

So if you wanted to enjoy yourself do it over 2 days?

Several ways to get to Kaitaia ...Sh12 through the Waipoua and back onto SH1 and up through the Mangamuka Gorge (which i understand is the bomb!) havent been that way myself. Another way is SH1 onto SH10 to Kerikeri (should really see the stone store while you up that way) through Mangonui (where they have the best fish and chip shop so they say!) then onto Kaitaia...Or just take SH1 all the way...have a look on Wise's maps

[Maha]

Give yourself 3 or 4 days to really enjoy it, there is a lot of nice roads & places of interest to see

Thats it...you can get there easy but will miss so much and should really have a look around, even get over to Russell, just because you can! Go up SH1 and 10 (west coast) then come back Sh 1 and 12 and take in some East coast

[yungatart]

We'll prolly be able to offer you a bed for the night while you're in Napier, if you wish.

[jafar]

Thats it...you can get there easy but will miss so much and should really have a look around, even get over to Russell, just because you can! Go up SH1 and 10 (west coast) then come back Sh 1 and 12 and take in some East coast

Mi'lady & I toured northland for a week in march & I know we didn't even scratch the surface. Great place to ride , Russell is neat , Paihia sucks,the ferry ride between them is great & cheap too.Kerikeri is good, Mangonui fish shop is over priced ( & over rated).
The run to north cape is so worth it, we went up on my CB 1300 & had a ball. Taipa? pub serves up a good feed :-)
Kaitaia is a rat hole, couldn't get out of there fast enough,Suzuki dealer there is good though, very friendly & helpful.
Mangamuka's would rate 10 out of 10, west coast is so much to see too.

[Matt Bleck]

You could easliy do the East Cape in six hours, stay at Opotiki or Whakatane, go around the top thru Hicks Bay/Te Araroa then on to Gisborne and stay there the night.

Make sure to get gas at Opotiki then again at Te Araroa, that should then get ya to Gissy no sweat.