Seen by many as the weekend playground for Auckland, which is only 55km west, the Coromandel Peninsula is a charmingly underdeveloped, wild stretch of coastline that is sparsely populated (it has ...

The Coromandel Peninsula is one of the most gorgeous parts ... It’ll take up to seven hours to complete the whole trail, so packing a picnic for the halfway mark is a great option.

Reporting from the Coromandel Peninsula — In New Zealand, an impressively large percentage of the population owns second homes. These are called “baches,” purportedly evoking “bachelor pad ...

The group built the structure at low tide in the Tairua estuary on the Coromandel peninsula on Sunday afternoon, reports said. They then installed a picnic table and ice box for drinks.