East Cape

The eastern coast of NZ's North Island is a rural collection of farmland, remote fisheries, and tiny villages.






The East Cape villages have a few unique churches.  These communities have large Maori populations, and this has infused a unique flavor to these churches.


















We walked 800 steps up to the East Cape Lighthouse.








A nearby beach had a tidal shelf filled with fossilized shells. Most of these are over a million years old.