About Bream Bay
An outdoor wonderland offering miles of empty beaches, mountain tracks and rivers to explore. There is surfing, caving, history, fishing, kayaking, camping, tramping and more...
Google Calendar of Events
Bream Bay Events Calendar: Dates of Markets, Festivals, Marsden Cove events, Tartan Week, Winter@waipu and other community events.
About Winter@Waipu
The small Northland community of Waipu is awash with creativity and well known for its strong celtic spirit. Set in the heart of Bream Bay which has the best beaches in Northland, Bream Bay is a well known summer playground, and the Winter@Waipu festival ensures it remains a great destination for a mid winter break.
Art in Bream Bay
Waipu and Bream Bay has been a home for artists since Maori first settled here and started creating art that connected them to their story and that of the land. Since the 1960s a lot of artists found their way to Waipu and have made this their base. Discover some of them here...
Tartan Day Celebrated in Waipu, Northland
Since 2005 and the beginnings of Winter@Waipu, Tartan Day has been celebrated in Waipu on 1 July. It has become so popular that we now have it for a week - the Saturday before Tartan Day to the Saturday after Tartan Day.
Waipu’s first Ride-on Mower Race
Story and Photos by Sandra K. Bogart 040210© Waipu farmers Nigel Bradley and Steve McClure were chewing the cud one day... Read more
Waipu Pipe Band on You Tube
The band paraded on Auckland Anniversary weekend as part of the Saturday street market: Waipu highland band Waipu Pipers... Read more
New Easter Carnival at Waipu
Waipu Primary PTA are organising the first Easter Carnival and it is guaranteed to be a fantastic, colourful, community event... Read more
Waipu Surf Club reports on a summer of flat water, sharks, boating and fun
Well what a magnificent summer, although we had no surf until mid January we still had some record crowds on the beach. Flat... Read more
Fire Ban – let’s be careful out there Northland
The Northland Region Fire Service and Principle Rural Fire Officers request your help in notifying the public that the drought... Read more
What next after a prize winning Garden Centre
Story by Hannah Spyksma After selling Mangawhai’s award winning Naja Garden Centre barely 18 months ago, local business... Read more
Waipu Highland Games 2010
Every New Year 10 months and 20 days.
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NZ Herald on Bream Bay….
"As you approach Whangarei, there is a magical moment when unfolding hills part and the coastline and off shore islands appear before you.This is one of the best views in the planet."
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