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Kōrero: Northland region

Holiday homes

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Holiday homes

Northland has a large fluctuating population, many of them holidaymakers. At weekends and during the summer holidays, city dwellers often head for their baches (holiday homes), many of which are on the east coast. These are at picturesque Matapōuri, north-east of Whangārei.

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by Margaret Lovell-Smith

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Claudia Orange, Northland region – Population, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7532/holiday-homes (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Claudia Orange, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.