Mount Maunganui travel guide

Mount Maunganui is a suburb of the city of Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, located on a peninsula to the north of the city, and north west of fellow suburb Papamoa. It is also the name of the extinct volcanic cone which rises above the town (which is now officially known by its Māori name Mauao). It is colloquially known in New Zealand simply as The Mount. The town itself is located on top of a sand bar that connects Mauao to the mainland, a geographical formation known as a tombolo. Because of this formation, the residents of Mount Maunganui are lucky enough to have both a harbour beach (Pilot Bay) and an ocean beach to take advantage of, within a short distance (At the base of Mauao, the distance between the harbour and ocean side is a couple of blocks). (...) more....