Tourism
Kaitaia offers all forms of holiday accommodation; from ‘handy to town’ backpacker hostels, YHA, camping grounds, motels and hotels, to the domestic comfort of bed & breakfast, home stays and farm stays.
Sailing, surfing, surf-casting at the breathtaking Ninety Mile Beach (Te Oneroa-a-tohe), kite-surfing, diving and fishing (including the discipline of deep sea fishing) are all popular attractions.
Regardless of the weather, there is always a coast with good fishing and sea bathing and this region possesses one of the most notable left-hand surf breaks in the world.
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A strong organics and permaculture movement is evident in and around Kaitaia. The Far North Organics movement began in 1989 and has been growing steadily since then.
Kaitaia is home to many Christian churches. They stem from the time when, on March 16th, 1834, Rev Joseph Matthews, searching for a suitable site on which to build a new mission station, arrived with a Maori guide from the Waimate mission station. Now proudly known as ‘Town Founders Day’, thus celebrated annually by all in the community.
Like most rural towns in New Zealand, Kaitaia has its very own annual Agricultural & Pastoral Show, well over a hundred years old and one of the oldest in New Zealand; a time when the community traditionally gathers to enjoy itself.
