The Bay of Islands is one of the most picturesque and
popular holiday sites in New Zealand. It combines
great fishing, diving, sailing and other watersports with some of
New Zealand's most significant historic sites.
The Bay of Islands was the site at which the
earliest contact between
the indigenous population and European settlers
took place. Historic places include
the treaty house, which houses the treaty of Waitangi;
Captain Cook Memorial Museum; Flagstaff
Hill (the flagpole was the scene of a historic
confrontation between Maori and Pakeha, and was chopped down
by the Maori leader Hone Heke); the oldest building in the country
(Kemp House), and the oldest Church.
One of the most popular attractions is the Hole in the Rock,
off Cape Brett. You can take a boating trip
through the hole in a huge rock outcrop. Also popular
are dolphin swimming and diving trips to the sunken Rainbow Warrior
wreck.
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One of the most popular attractions is the Hole in the Rock,
off Cape Brett. You can take a boating trip
through the hole in a huge rock outcrop. Also popular
are dolphin swimming and diving trips to the sunken Rainbow Warrior
wreck.