Paku Drive, Tairua
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Paku Drive, Tairua
Freedom Camping at Tairua, Paku Drive opposite the surf club.
Site to be vacated by 9am.
All freedom campers must be certified self-contained.
Maximum stay of two consecutive nights, departure by 9am.
Park only between the freedom camping signs.
Location: South end of the formed car park.
Size: 20m starting at the south end of the formed car park heading north.
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North Island ▷ Coromandel ▷ Tairua |
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Great views -
Clean toilets
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Quiet at night
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Close to beach
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Limited parking spots -
Noise from road
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Teenagers causing trouble
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I liked this spot a lot, interesting landscape. 🙌
ellie -
Great overnight place.
Pia Sander -
Clean toilets and site.
eel sauce -
Nice spot!
Felix -
It’s just alright.
Nicolas Cuervo
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Amazing spot within walking distance to the beach, headland and CBD.
The birds are pretty noisy but that didn’t bother us. The toilets are close by, cleaned daily and the bins appeared to be emptied daily too.
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Not bad for a free camp.
About 8 spots available at the end of the carpark closest to the toilets. Compliance officer came around first thing in the morning so make sure you have your self contained visible and that you are parked in the designated spots to avoid a fine. A little noisy being so close to road but otherwise ok for a night.
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The view in the morning was gorgeous and you should go to the mount paku to see the view !
Great spot to sleep but there were a lot of wind
Toilets are clean and there are a lot of spot to sleep
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Felt like we lucked out just to snag a spot (there’s only 3 of them), as all of the other nearby freedom camping spots were filled up (rolled in around 6 pm).
Right on the water with picnic tables and beautiful sunrise view. Very quiet little park. You do have to be packed in pretty tight with other vehicles but otherwise, a nice little spot.
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Fantastic spot but you have to arrive early and need to vacate the marked freedom camping area until 9am.
Good thing you can just re-park 5 m to the left and can have your late breakfast there.
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Great spot for over night.Nice views and very quiet at night .You can go and see the needle rock formation 👍 and a bar just down the road.Tolets are good.
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Great spot overlooking the water with another beach just yards away.
Toilets basic but fine. It's worth climbing the mound for fantastic views.
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Lovely quiet site for small number of campers.
Clean toilets, access to beach and walking trail.
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Great little stop overnight with a lovely view over the estuary.
Toilets nearby and were clean. Felt safe
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Would be a great place to stay for night but there were a bunch of teenagers hanging around (on a wednesday night) who pooped in the women’s sink, we’re peaking into campers during the night.
We left in the middle of the night when realizing what they were doing. Felt very unsafe
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I liked this spot a lot, interesting landscape.
Easy access to the Mt Paku hike for sunset and a lovely ocean beach is a short drive away. I had a great morning swim there.
Small lot, I got the 2nd to last spot at 16:45 on the eve of Anzac Day.
Toilets very clean 🙌
Wardens checked our certs, watch out.
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Clean toilets and site.
Nice view of the bay and good access to the Mt Paku hike! There is a bit of road noise and as it’s a parking lot you’ll be right next to other campers.
There is a wifi connection here for Freedom Campers, but I couldn’t use it because it requires a password >:(
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Few spots by residential road near ocean, with a view of bay.
Clean bathrooms right there. We dad really bad rainstorm the night there so there was little traffic.
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I loved the public toilets and the great view the spot offered.
Although your spot will be next to a street and a walkway it‘s very peaceful and quiet at night.
The best part about it that when we were visiting, it also had WIFI.
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Amazing view from the front beach, and ocean behind the carpark.
Bench in front of the carpark to take a breathtaking breakfast.
Toilet 24h.
Only 5 places now and in the opposite of what it said in the previous review the places are really narrow. If you have 2 motorhomes, only a small van can fit in between and you'll need to squeeze yourself every time you go out of your vehicle.
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Good place to overnight right close to Tairua's beach.
There are few places for self-contained vehicles, but it is bad indicated. We arrived around 18.00 and we did not see any forbidden signal; in the morning, ranger came and advise that we stayed at wrong place which is allowed for cars. Anyway, he was so kind and we did not take any fine.
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Amazing spot within walking distance to the beach, headland and CBD.
The birds are pretty noisy but that didn’t bother us. The toilets are close by, cleaned daily and the bins appeared to be emptied daily too.
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Not bad for a free camp.
About 8 spots available at the end of the carpark closest to the toilets. Compliance officer came around first thing in the morning so make sure you have your self contained visible and that you are parked in the designated spots to avoid a fine. A little noisy being so close to road but otherwise ok for a night.
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The view in the morning was gorgeous and you should go to the mount paku to see the view !
Great spot to sleep but there were a lot of wind
Toilets are clean and there are a lot of spot to sleep
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Felt like we lucked out just to snag a spot (there’s only 3 of them), as all of the other nearby freedom camping spots were filled up (rolled in around 6 pm).
Right on the water with picnic tables and beautiful sunrise view. Very quiet little park. You do have to be packed in pretty tight with other vehicles but otherwise, a nice little spot.
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Fantastic spot but you have to arrive early and need to vacate the marked freedom camping area until 9am.
Good thing you can just re-park 5 m to the left and can have your late breakfast there.
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Great spot for over night.Nice views and very quiet at night .You can go and see the needle rock formation 👍 and a bar just down the road.Tolets are good.
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Great spot overlooking the water with another beach just yards away.
Toilets basic but fine. It's worth climbing the mound for fantastic views.
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Lovely quiet site for small number of campers.
Clean toilets, access to beach and walking trail.
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Great little stop overnight with a lovely view over the estuary.
Toilets nearby and were clean. Felt safe
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Would be a great place to stay for night but there were a bunch of teenagers hanging around (on a wednesday night) who pooped in the women’s sink, we’re peaking into campers during the night.
We left in the middle of the night when realizing what they were doing. Felt very unsafe
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I liked this spot a lot, interesting landscape.
Easy access to the Mt Paku hike for sunset and a lovely ocean beach is a short drive away. I had a great morning swim there.
Small lot, I got the 2nd to last spot at 16:45 on the eve of Anzac Day.
Toilets very clean 🙌
Wardens checked our certs, watch out.
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Clean toilets and site.
Nice view of the bay and good access to the Mt Paku hike! There is a bit of road noise and as it’s a parking lot you’ll be right next to other campers.
There is a wifi connection here for Freedom Campers, but I couldn’t use it because it requires a password >:(
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Few spots by residential road near ocean, with a view of bay.
Clean bathrooms right there. We dad really bad rainstorm the night there so there was little traffic.
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I loved the public toilets and the great view the spot offered.
Although your spot will be next to a street and a walkway it‘s very peaceful and quiet at night.
The best part about it that when we were visiting, it also had WIFI.
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Amazing view from the front beach, and ocean behind the carpark.
Bench in front of the carpark to take a breathtaking breakfast.
Toilet 24h.
Only 5 places now and in the opposite of what it said in the previous review the places are really narrow. If you have 2 motorhomes, only a small van can fit in between and you'll need to squeeze yourself every time you go out of your vehicle.
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Cute little resting point with a nice view.
Toilets are old but fairly well maintained and clean.
It is a small roadside car park with only 6-7 spots available.
Very safe neighbourhood feel to it
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(Feb 2022) 7/8 spots available.
Clean toilets right next to the spaces. Views of an estuary and less than 2 mins walk to beach behind. Picnic tables close by. Felt safe throughout the night. Only a couple of us, it was a Wednesday night.
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Very pretty beach view, has wooden tables/chairs and clean toilets.
We stayed here for one night during Christmas holiday period, arrived at 6pm and got the last designated spot. There’s only about 5-6 freedom spots, so get in early (must park between blue sign posts).