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Surfing is the big thing along the Taranaki coast, but the beaches and coastal walkways also draw swimmers and beachcombers. Fishing, be it surfcasting from the shore, trailing a line from a boat, or netting the delicacy whitebait at stream mouths during the season, is also popular.
Cycle Inn. To ride the New Plymouth Coastal Walkway, rent a touring (aka road, not mountain) bike and a helmet at Cycle Inn. Expect to pay...
Canoe & Kayak Taranaki. Guided trips taking in the best of the region's ocean and river paddling include the Nga Motu–Sugar Loaf Islands...
The coastal road between New Plymouth and Hawera is known as the Surf Highway, though, to be realistic, it mostly passes through green Taranaki...
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