You have never tasted a mandarin until you have been to Kerikeri. Travelling north from Paihia the rolling hills give way to corridors of windbreaks that hide the laden trees of citrus, grape and kiwifruit for which the area is famous. The word keri means ‘dig’, and it was here, in pleasant little ‘Dig Dig’, that the first plough cut into New Zealand soil in 1820. Along with Russell, Kerikeri is rich in Maori and early European history with the Kerikeri Basin, 2 km northeast of the present town, being the nucleus of New Zealand’s first European colonization.
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Getting there and around
Kerikeri is 22 km north of Paihia just off SH1. The Bay of Islands airport is located just outside Kerikeri . Both Intercity and Northliner coaches stop in the centre of town on Cobham Road. Several tour shuttles can get you to Kerikeri for the day including Kerikeri Tours, T09-407 9904, from $18 one way. Paihia Taxis and Tours, T09-402 7506, and Kerikeri Taxi Shuttle Service, T09-407 9515, also operate a shuttle from $12 one way providing drop-off or pick-up to and from the airport along the way.
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