This is the bay of islands northland chapter from lonely planet's new zealand's north island guidebook. For many new zealanders, the phrase 'up north' conjures up sepia toned images of family fun in the sun, pohutukawa in bloom and dolphins frolicking in pretty bays. From school play grounds to work cafeterias, owning a holiday house here is a passport to popularity. Watch oceans collide while souls depart in cape reinga maps pay homage to the ancient kauri giants of numinous waipoua forest transport dive at one of new zealand's, if not the world's, top spots poor knights islands restaurants accommodation coverage includes whangarei district, mangawhai, waipu bream bay, whangarei, whangarei heads, tutukaka coast the poor knights islands, bay of islands, rus sell, paihia, waitangi haruru, urupukapuka island, kerikeri, kawakawa, the far north, matauri tauranga bays, whangaroa harbour, doubtless bay, karikari peninsula, cape reinga ninety mile beach, kaitaia, ahipara, hokianga, kohukohu, horeke around, rawene, opononi omapere, waiotemarama waimamaku, kauri coast, waipoua forest, trounson kauri park, kai iwi lakes, baylys beach, dargaville, matakohe.