Location

Awakino Point Boutique Motel is situated on its own acreage surrounded by attractive gardens and farmland just 2 minutes drive from the township of Dargaville. We are located just 2kms along State Highway 14 from the town centre towards Whangarei. Look for our sign on the left.

Dargaville is a rural community on the West Coast of Northland, New Zealand.

Driving times from Dargaville include 2 hours to Auckland, 30 minutes to Matakohe, 35 minutes to Whangarei, 15 minutes to Baylys Beach (West Coast), 40 minutes to Kai Iwi Lakes, 1.5 hours to the Bay of Islands, 1 hour to Waipoua Forest (home of Tane Mahuta, New Zealand's oldest kauri tree) and 1.5 hours from Opononi and Omapere on the Hokianga Harbour.

Contact details

Awakino Point Boutique Motel
SH 14
Dargaville
New Zealand

Reservation:	+64 9 439 7870
Mobile:	0274 519 474

Email:	awakinopoint@xtra.co.nz
Internet:	www.awakinopoint.co.nz

Managers:

Mick & June Richards

June’s Suggested Kauri Coast Activities & Attractions

Dargaville is well located for your first or last night stay in New Zealand. Why not visit the famous Matakohe Kauri Museum on your way to/from Auckland? Base yourself at the Awakino Point Boutique Motel when exploring the Kauri Coast, including spectacular Baylys Beach and Kai Iwi Lakes on your way to visiting Tane Mahuta in the Waipoua Forest.

• On the Twin Coast Discovery Route, just 30 mins south of Dargaville, is the famous Matakohe Kauri Museum - it takes quite some time to go through, so after leaving the museum it’s usually too late to carry on up north through the forest.
• Waipoua Forest is about an hour north of Dargaville - most tourists leisurely drive through the winding forest route, take a walk through the forest to view the trees then carry on up to the Bay of Islands.
• Dargaville has many things to do and see and is steeped in the history of the Kauri logging and the ship building days – don’t miss Dargaville Museum when you visit, you won’t have any trouble getting lost for a couple of hours inside the museum with all the kauri and maritime exhibits and local historical pictures.
• Dargaville Museum Lookout has the best views in town overlooking the township and the great Northern Wairoa River and surrounding area. You can walk around the mast of Greenpeace which is there to commemorate the loss of a good man and a good ship in their efforts towards world peace.
• Baylys Beach is the longest drivable beach in New Zealand (over 100 kms) and you can drive every inch of the way - you can hire quad bikes and have fun on the sand dunes or go for an exhilarating drive along the beach. Or take a 4WD beach safari where the operator will drive you to the best fishing spots and supply all your tackle and lunch if you want it.
• Take a trip to the bluff or Pouto lighthouse and maybe see seals and penguins as have been seen many times before.
• I think one of the best-kept secrets is the wonderful coastal golf course at Baylys Beach. It’s only a 10-minute drive from Dargaville to this unspoilt, fabulous, golden sandy beach. It will blow the cobwebs out of your hair and out of your lungs if you have just had a long flight.
• There are artists aplenty with potters, painters, lead light work, spinners, weavers, patchwork, jewellery, wood turners and wood carvers - some offer tuition.
• Just before you get to Dargaville travelling from the south you will come upon the old Toka Toka pub. Just behind that pub you can see a very high peak. It’s an extinct volcano cone of which there are only five in the world. You can climb to the top of this peak if you turn right and go up the road behind the pub.
• Dargaville River is a massive tidal river which used to be used as a main means of transport in the logging and ship-building days. As it’s a tidal river the sand is being continually churned up from the bottom.
• Visit the smallest chapel in New Zealand situated near Te Kopuru. 10 mins drive from us.

Have a great trip, we hope to see soon you on our patch.

Kind Regards
June & Mick