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    Hopscotching between past & present

    Dec 18, 2020 5 minutes
    Story + Photos Alexandra Diethelm

    Auckland to Kawhia › North Island

    38.0447° S, 174.8280° E

    We watch the sun sink into the ocean from our very own sandy hot pool, our bottom halves simmering in hot water while top halves get a little chilly from the sea breeze. Only a handful of locals and day trippers from nearby towns share the strip of hot water beach with us. Taking a bite of my takeout burger from the town’s only pub, I can’t help but think how different and relaxing this hot water beach experience is compared to its busier sibling in the Coromandel.

    Hiding away from the world in one of the western-most points of the Waikato, Kawhia and its hot water beach is possibly New Zealand’s best-kept secret.

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