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Shops at Paihia

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Shops at Paihia

From the 1930s Paihia, on the inner reaches of the Bay of Islands, developed as a holiday town. Now it has a range of accommodation for local and international visitors. These shops on the waterfront cater mostly for tourists.

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Claudia Orange, Northland places – Paihia and Waitangi, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7794/shops-at-paihia (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Claudia Orange, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.