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Mt Maunganui

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Mt Maunganui

This view of Mt Maunganui, also known as Mauao, is from Ōtumoetai. The 252-metre peak is visible from the Kaimai Range, and as far along the coast as Whakatāne.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty places – Mt Maunganui, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5699/mt-maunganui (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.