Bay of Islands
The Bay of Islands is a historic area and very popular tourist destination in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kerikeri and Russell.
Kerikeri
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Kerikeri is a popular tourist destination in the famous Bay of Islands on the North Island of New Zealand. Often described as the Cradle of the Nation, it is the site of the first permanent mission station in the country, and has some of the most historic buildings in New Zealand.
Russell
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Russell is a charming, elegant township in the Bay of Islands, in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand. A short passenger ferry ride across the bay from Paihia and the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi, this historic town is one of the earliest European settlements in New Zealand, dating back to the early 19th century.
Paihia
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Paihia is an historic town in the Bay of Islands in the Northland region of the North Island of New Zealand. It has numerous sights and activities, and stunning views of the bay.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Cape Brett.
Cape Brett
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Cape Brett is an isolated promontory in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, that can be reached by boat or by hiking the 16.3-km Cape Brett Track. It features a lighthouse that was built in 1909, and accommodation is in what was a lighthouse keeper's cottage.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bay of Islands
- Type: Bay
- Description: area in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand
- Categories: coast and bight
- Location: Far Far North, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Bay of Islands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “badia de les Illes”
- Cebuano: “Bay of Islands”
- Chinese: “島灣”
- Dutch: “Bay of Islands”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de Insuloj”
- Finnish: “Bay of Islands”
- French: “Baie des îles”
- French: “Baie des Îles”
- French: “Bay of Islands”
- Galician: “Baía das Illas”
- German: “Bay of Islands”
- Hebrew: “ביי אוף איילנדס”
- Italian: “Baia delle Isole”
- Japanese: “ベイ・オブ・アイランズ”
- Korean: “베이오브아일랜즈”
- Korean: “아일랜즈 만”
- Lithuanian: “Salų įlanka”
- Maori: “Peiwhairangi”
- Maori: “Pēwhairangi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bay of Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bay of Islands”
- Norwegian: “Bay of Islands”
- Persian: “خلیج جزایر”
- Polish: “Bay of Islands”
- Russian: “Бей-оф-Айлендс (залив)”
- Russian: “Бей-оф-Айлендс”
- Slovenian: “Bay of Islands”
- Spanish: “Bahía de las Islas”
- Spanish: “Valle de islas”
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