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Puka Park Resort

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Puka Park Resort

This resort is located near Pāuanui on the Coromandel Peninsula. The luxury accommodation and fine dining it offers is a far cry from the 1950s, when tourists struggled to find comfortable rooms and palatable meals.

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Margaret McClure, Tourist industry – Tourism overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24678/puka-park-resort (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2010.