Punakaiki
Punakaiki is on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island and has the Department of Conservation Centre for the surrounding Paparoa National Park. It has great coastal scenery and is best known for the Pancake Rocks and Blow Holes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chmehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre and Pororari Lagoon.
Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre
Tourism office
Photo: Wildman NZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paparoa National Park Visitor Centre is a tourism office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Te Miko and Pororari.
Punakaiki
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: locality in Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand
- Category: locality
- Location: West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-42.1086° or 42° 6′ 31″ southLongitude
171.3353° or 171° 20′ 7″ eastElevation
83 metres (272 feet)Open location code
4V9HV8RP+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 179906340OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Punakaiki”. Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.