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Nature's beauty: Hicks Bay (Wharekāhika)

Houses at Onepoto Bay, near Hicks Bay – the northernmost settlement on the East Coast – sit between the beach and the ridge that ends in Haupara Point.

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Monty Soutar, East Coast region – Overview, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/33268/natures-beauty-hicks-bay-wharekahika (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Monty Soutar, published 23 August 2011, updated 1 March 2015.