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Coordinates: 36°10′09″S 175°29′04″E / 36.169228°S 175.484574°E

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Harataonga Bay is a coastal feature and area on the northeast coast of Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf, approximately 51 nautical miles northeast of central Auckland. Most of the area is in the Harataonga Recreation Reserve, with some of the hinterland forming the Harataonga Scenic Reserve.

The main beach is the sandy Overtons Beach, also called Harataonga Beach,^[1] which runs roughly west to east. The Harataonga Stream flows over the sand at the western end of the beach. There is also a small sandy bay at the northernmost corner of the bay that is only accessible by boat.^[1]^[2] Dragon Island at the eastern end of the bay provides some protection from the Pacific Ocean from the east and south-east, with further protection provided by the larger Rakitu (Arid) Island to the north.

Road access is by a narrow gravel road.^[1] The Department of Conservation runs a campground that is surrounded by farmland and forest 300 metres from the beach. It can accommodate 120 people.^[1] The sheltered bay is used for fishing, diving, swimming and snorkelling.^[1]^[2] Fishing can be done from rock outcrops at each end of Overtons Beach.^[2] Vehicle access onto the beach and dogs are both prohibited.^[1]

There are two walking tracks: the 30-minute Harataonga Loop Track and the 4–5 hour Harataonga Coastal Walkway that ends near Whangapoua Beach.^[3] The tracks run through regenerating forest of mānuka, kānuka, nīkau palms, cabbage trees, and pittosporum that is habitat for birds including grey warbler, kingfisher, kererū (wood pigeon), silvereye, and tūī.^[4] The bay is an important nesting area for pāteke (brown teal), New Zealand dotterel, oystercatchers and banded rail.^[1]

History

Ngāti Rehua Ngati Wai ki Aotea had been present in the bay before the arrival of European settlers. The area has several Māori historic sites and settler graves.^[1]

In 2007, the BBC filmed the reality series Castaway 2007 in Harataonga Bay.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Harataonga Campsite". doc.govt.nz. Department of Conservation.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Harataonga". greatbarrier.co.nz. Destination Great Barrier Island Trust.
^ "Harataonga area tracks". doc.govt.nz. Department of Conservation.
^ "Harataonga Coastal Walkway & Loop Track". greatbarrier.co.nz. Destination Great Barrier Island Trust.
^ "Harataonga Bay". greatbarrierisland.nz. Destination Great Barrier.

36°10′09″S 175°29′04″E / 36.169228°S 175.484574°E / -36.169228; 175.484574

v t e Great Barrier Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Populated places	Awana Bay Claris Harataonga Medlands Beach Kaitoke Beach Motairehe Ōkiwi Okupu Palmers Beach Port Fitzroy Tryphena Whangaparapara Whangapoua Beach
Geographic features	Dragon Island Katherine Bay Little Barrier Island Mount Hobson Wairahi River Windy Canyon
Facilities and attractions	Aotea Conservation Park Glenfern Sanctuary Regional Park SS Wairarapa
Government	Auckland Council Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board Waitematā and Gulf ward Auckland City Council (defunct)
Endemic species	Kunzea sinclairii Mecodema aoteanoho Olearia allomii Veronica pubescens subsp. rehuarum

Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana, Auckland, New Zealand

Populated islands

Great Barrier Island	Awana Bay Claris Harataonga Medlands Beach Kaitoke Beach Motairehe Ōkiwi Okupu Palmers Beach Port Fitzroy Tryphena Whangaparapara Whangapoua Beach
Waiheke Island	Blackpool Matiatia Oneroa Onetangi Onetangi Bay Ostend Palm Beach Rural Waiheke Surfdale Te Matuku Bay
Others	Rakino Island Pakatoa Island Pakihi Island Ponui Island

Geographic features

Uninhabited islands	Aiguilles Dragon Gannet Rock Kaikoura Little Barrier Mokohinau Motuihe Motukorea Motukaraka Motutapu The Noises Rakitu Rangitoto Rotoroa Takangaroa Tarahiki Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Tiritiri Matangi
Water bodies	Colville Channel Cradock Channel Wairahi River
Landforms	Mount Hobson Windy Canyon

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