Guidebook for Karekare
Food Scene
Open for breakfast, lunch & Thursday nights for dinner, other wise open till 8pm in summer for takeaway pizza.
Licensed to sell alcohol.
Wifi.
40 locals recommend
Piha Cafe
20 Seaview Rd Open for breakfast, lunch & Thursday nights for dinner, other wise open till 8pm in summer for takeaway pizza.
Licensed to sell alcohol.
Wifi.
Kings Garden Cafe Henderson
224 Universal DrPiha Store
26 Seaview Rd General store, nice food & coffee to takeaway.
Shopping village... Chemist, small supermarket, dairy, cafes, restaurants, florist, post office & gift shop.
34 locals recommend
Titirangi
Shopping village... Chemist, small supermarket, dairy, cafes, restaurants, florist, post office & gift shop.
Parks & Nature
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park
Karekare Beach
2 Karekare RdKarekare Falls
Kitekite Falls Walk Carpark
Glenesk RoadBeautiful fresh water lake fed by waterfall at head of lake.
Extensive volcanic black sand dunes.
Great walks around the lake.
8 locals recommend
Lake Wainamu Car Park
224 Bethells RdBeautiful fresh water lake fed by waterfall at head of lake.
Extensive volcanic black sand dunes.
Great walks around the lake.
Muriwai
Muriwai Gannet colony.
Piha
Tiritiri Matangi Island is a wildlife sanctuary and one of New Zealand's most important and exciting conservation projects. It is located 30km north east of central Auckland and just 4km from the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. A hundred and twenty years of farming had seen this 220-hectare island stripped of 94% of its native bush but between 1984 and 1994, volunteers planted between 250,000 and 300,000 trees. The Island is now 60% forested with the remaining 40% left as grassland for species preferring open habitat.
122 locals recommend
Tiritiri Matangi Island
Tiritiri Matangi Island is a wildlife sanctuary and one of New Zealand's most important and exciting conservation projects. It is located 30km north east of central Auckland and just 4km from the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. A hundred and twenty years of farming had seen this 220-hectare island stripped of 94% of its native bush but between 1984 and 1994, volunteers planted between 250,000 and 300,000 trees. The Island is now 60% forested with the remaining 40% left as grassland for species preferring open habitat.
Nihotupu falls and dam
Piha RoadBeautiful walk to man made dam which supplies Auckland with drinking water.
Arts & Culture
West Auckland Artists...Art, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery, cards, books, gifts.
16 locals recommend
West Coast Gallery
Seaview Road West Auckland Artists...Art, sculpture, ceramics, jewellery, cards, books, gifts.
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Wellesley Street EastTe Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
420 Titirangi RdCorban Estate Arts Centre
2 Mount Lebanon LnMuseum of Transport and Technology
805 Great N RdShopping
LynnMall
3058 Great N RdRemuera station
Boutiques & cafes
Queen St
Queen StreetParnell
Boutiques, galleries, gift shops, cafes, restaurants & bars.
Newmarket
Boutiques, galleries, gift shops, cafes, restaurants & bars.
Sightseeing
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland Botanic Gardens
102 Hill RdBotanical gardens & cafe.
Domain Wintergardens
Wintergarden RoadWynyard Quarter showcases leading urban design and architecture and has won a number of national and international awards including the top honour at The Waterfront Centre (USA) for excellence on the Waterfront.
220 locals recommend
Wynyard Quarter
Wynyard Quarter showcases leading urban design and architecture and has won a number of national and international awards including the top honour at The Waterfront Centre (USA) for excellence on the Waterfront.
Drinks & Nightlife
Piha RSA
3 Beach Valley Rd Restaurant & Bar
Piha Bowling Club
21 Seaview Road(The Domain)Ponsonby Road
Ponsonby RoadEssentials
New World New Lynn
6 Crown Lynn Pl