A small township 15km from East Cape, and the gateway to the rugged eastern Raukumara Range.

There’s not a lot here – a four-square which opens around 10am, usually. A pair of self-service petrol & diesel pumps. 5 streets of white weatherboard housing, and the immaculate East Cape rugby grounds & anglers club. There’s a backpackers nearby, but the campground & takeaways are 6km west at the other end of the beach (1 river to cross just beyond Te Araroa if you walk along the beach, take the track inland just before the river at the far end of the beach to reach the campground).