OAKURA

Oakura Beach Holiday Park

Oakura Beach Holiday Park, on Surf Highway 45, is owned and operated by Alan and Janet Rawlinson. Only 15 minutes from New Plymouth, the Holiday Park is a great destination for a beach holiday with heaps of family fun. Located on one of Taranaki’s most popular beaches and central to a string of popular surf spots, there are many things to see and do in the area. While we were staying here, the TSB Women’s Surf Festival was on at Fitzroy beach just down the road from the Holiday Park.




Oakura Beach Holiday Park offers fantastic beachfront holiday accommodation and a great choice of campsites to suit all needs and budgets. We stayed in unit 10, a comfortable cabin featuring spectacular sea views.





This self-contained en-suite unit is a fantastic choice of accommodation, offering the comfort and convenience of having our own bathroom and kitchen. The kitchen is well equipped with a large fridge/freezer, microwave/oven and a cook top. A dining table and chairs gave us a place to enjoy our meal inside and chairs on the deck to enjoy the sun set outside.




The unit comfortably sleeps up to 4 people with the master bedroom there is a double bed, while the other bedroom has two comfortable bunk beds. The bathroom has all basic amenities including a shower with great water pressure. Linen and towels are also provided.




There are also fantastic campsites to choose from absolute beachfront to sheltered spots, while still enjoying fantastic sea views.

For information on rates and accommodation visit their website at: www.oakurabeach.com

TSB BANK WOMEN’S SURF FESTIVAL

Today we took advantage of the nice weather and headed down to the TSB Bank Women’s Surf Festival. Using our media passes we gained access into the media arena and were able to interact with the girls competing.





Hawaiian teenager Carissa Moore has won the inaugural TSB Women's Surf Festival in New Zealand. With a powerful display of surfing the 17-year-old easily accounted for Australia's Sally Fitzgibbon in the final, surfed in near-perfect 2m offshore conditions at Fitzroy Beach in New Plymouth.





With a wide a range of food and beverage options on site and a great performance from a local band, Craig Williamson- Event Director, and Mike Hareb- Event Organiser created a very successful event.