Kauri Coast
Dargaville is the gateway to the Kauri Forest. In the last two decades Dargaville has matured as a tourist destination and has vigorously defended the retention of its goods and services in the face of national preoccupation with centralisation.
Over the past century a nationally innovative Dairy industry and locally driven Kumara industry has brought prosperity to a rural hinterland.
In the last two decades Dargaville has matured as a tourist destination and has vigorously defended the retention of its goods and services in the face of nation preoccupation with centralisation.
An energetic and friendly business community has modernised the profile of the town.
Its close proximity to Auckland and Whangarei guarantees its continued growth as a viable tourist attraction. A conveniently situated airport, set attractively alonside the Northern Wairoa River, is within easy reach of international terminals.
With its distinctive Ripiro Beach, access from Helensville on the Kaipara Harbour, Kai Iwi Lakes and Waipoua Forest Sanctuary, Dargaville leads to a virtually untouched and unspoiled recreational paradise - the Kauri Coast: the Great Outdoors to which more and more visitors are returning each year.