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East Cape Description
The East Cape, the most easterly point in New Zealand, can be reached only on a side road from Te Araroa. On the cape is a lighthouse (140m high) from which there is a breathtaking panorama. Round the cape are numerous wrecks.

From Opotiki, on the Bay of Plenty, a road runs northeast along the coast to Hicks Bay and then turns south, bypassing the East Cape, and follows the east (Pacific) coast to Gisborne, on Poverty Bay. The distance between the two places on the coast road is 340km. The scenic inland road from Opotiki to Gisborne, running through the Waioeka Gorge and the Waipaoa Valley (Highway 2), is only 150km. Both routes can be combined for a round trip. The country is at its most beautiful around Christmas, in the southern
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