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Ninety Mile Beach is a long beach (actually 58 miles or 93 km long) in the Far Far North of New Zealand. Legally a road, it is used for sightseeing trips to Cape Reinga, and the high dunes at Te Paki are used for sandboarding. Ninety Mile Beach stretches from Ahipara Bay in the south near Kaitaia to Scott Point near Cape Reinga at the northern end. It got its name from an estimate used by early farmers when bringing their cattle to market – they figured they could drive their livestock 30 miles (48 km) a day and it would take them three days to make the trip from the top to the bottom of the beach. Thus the ninety mile name.

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The easiest place to drive onto the beach is at Waipapakauri, towards the southern end, but north of Kaitaia. Other places to drive onto the beach are, from the south, Ahipara (at the southern end), Hukatere Hill and Te Paki Stream. Four-wheel-drive vehicles are recommended for some of these. Daily sightseeing tours are operated by many companies and include sandboarding at Te Paki Stream and a visit to Cape Reinga. The tours depart from two locations: Paihia/Kerikeri or further north at Kaitaia/Ahipara/Awanui. The tours departing from the Kaitaia region will be cheaper:...

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Daily sightseeing tours are operated by many companies and include sandboarding at Te Paki Stream and a visit to Cape Reinga. The tours depart from two locations: Paihia/Kerikeri or further north at Kaitaia/Ahipara/Awanui. The tours departing from the Kaitaia region will be cheaper:

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