Long Beach, New Zealand
Long Beach township is near a sandy beach that stretches 2.4 kilometres between coastal rock formations. Wildlife in the beach and lagoon area includes blue penguins, seals, terns, pūkeko, herons, spoonbills, and ducks. Because the beach lies within a bay and is seldom affected by swells, it is a common swimming location. Rock-climbing cliffs and caves at the beach's western end also attract many visitors. The Mopanui Ecological Society, a Long Beach community group, has been extensively beautifying the area through mass planting of native flora in reserve areas.
Some of the earliest traces of human settlement in the South Island are from nearby Kaikai Beach, just to the northwest of Long Beach.
The 2006 movie Out of the Blue was primarily filmed at Long Beach.
References
- ^ Place names Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine on Kāti Huirapa Runaka ki Puketeraki website, viewed 4 January 2012
- ^ Ngāi Tahu. "Wharewerawera". Kā Huru Manu. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ Anderson, Atholl (1983), When All the Moa-Ovens Grew Cold : nine centuries of changing fortune for the southern Maori, Dunedin, NZ: Otago Heritage Books
45°45′S 170°38′E / 45.750°S 170.633°E