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Tahunanui Beach Nelson: Family Beach & Reserve Guide

Winter paddleboarding at Tahunanui beach

Tahunanui Beach: Nelson’s Favourite Family Beach Tahunanui Beach sits just 10 minutes from central Nelson. Locals simply call it “Tahuna.” It won’t win any awards for the clearest water or the softest sand. What it does offer is something rarer: a genuinely complete family day out packed into one stretch of coastline. Playground, reserve, cafés,

Wharariki Beach: Golden Bay’s Wild Archway Islands

Wharariki Beach NZ

Wharariki Beach: New Zealand’s Wildest Corner At the very top of the South Island, past the last sealed road and across a stretch of farmland, sits one of New Zealand’s most photographed and least visited beaches. Wharariki Beach has no café, no lifeguard, and no car park within sight of the sand. What it does