North Island Travelling Guide

 

New Zealand's North Island is one of the two main islands of the country. It spans a distance  

of 113,729 square kilometres and has an all encompassing landscape; golden sand beaches, mountain ranges and rolling hills though to wide spacious plains, beautiful native bush and untamed rivers.

 

The North Island consists of fourteen main cities situated in 10 regions, each containing a multitude of towns within them and each encapsulatng their own piece of New Zealand culture. Here you'll find New Zealand's North Island sights and sounds, which compile together forming New Zealand's tourism.  We have compiled a large collection of New Zealand attractions and New Zealand sights for you, from the Northland region, Auckland region and Waikato region through to the Taranaki region and Wellngton region.

 

As Māori mythology tells, the North and South Islands of New Zealand were pulled out of the water by Māui, a polynesian demigod. It is said that Māui and his brothers were fishing from their canoe (the South Island) when Māui caught a large fish and pulled it from the sea. While Māui was not looking his brothers fought over the fish and hacked at it. The large fish became the North Island; Te Ika-a-Māui (The Fish of Māui). It is said that Māui's brothers actions when hacking at the large fish caused the forming of the mountains and valleys, some of our beautiful country's most prominent landmarks.

 

Below are links to each regions sights within the North Island listng some of New Zealand's Popular tourist destinations.  Choose the region you would like to view by clicking on the title and image associated.