Ligar Bay

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Places of Interest

Abel Tasman Monument

Memorial

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The Abel Tasman Monument is a memorial to the first recorded contact between Europeans—led by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman—and Māori in New Zealand's Golden Bay on 18 and 19 December 1642.

Wainui Falls

Cliff

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Wainui Falls is a 20-metre waterfall in Wainui Bay, in the Tasman region of New Zealand. The waterfall is part of the Wainui River and cascades over granite bedrock into a deep pool at its base. Wainui Falls is situated 3½ km southeast of Ligar Bay.

Pōhara Beach

Beach

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Pōhara Beach is situated 3½ km west of Ligar Bay.

Places in the Area

Tata Beach

Hamlet

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Tata Beach is a beach and small coastal settlement of predominantly holiday houses in the South Island, New Zealand. Found in the Golden Bay region, it is approximately 14 kilometres north-east of Tākaka.

Tarakohe

Locality

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Tarakohe, in older sources referred to as Terekohe, is a locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand's upper South Island, located east of Pōhara in Golden Bay.

Pōhara

Village

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Pōhara is a rural locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand's South Island. The locality is northeast of Tākaka and southwest of Tata Beach. To the north is Limestone Bay, part of Golden Bay / Mohua The official spelling was changed from "Pohara" to "Pōhara" by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa on 5 November 2018.

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