Motel Location

MANA-NUI Motel accommodation is on a prime site located in the heart of the Whitianga township on the main street called Albert Street. The motel is on the northern end, eastern side, of the shopping precinct, 300m from the beautiful white sands of Buffalo Beach. All amenities are very close including cafes, bars, restaurants and shops to make your stay that more enjoyable. 
Whitianga is set on the western banks to the entrance of the Whitianga harbour in Mercury Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula. Whitianga with its deep water harbour, white sandy beaches, many safe bays, surrounding forest covered hills, makes this area one of the classic holiday destinations for New Zealanders and tourists alike, who want to sample one of the more beautiful areas of New Zealand.
Standing at our main gate you can look north up Albert street to the end and see the sea stretching out into the distance of Mercury Bay while looking west and south you will see a sample of Whitianga's shops and appeciate how close to all amenities you are.
Some of the best beachs in New Zealand like Kuoatunu, Hot water beach, Hahei, Cathedral cove, Flaxmill bay, Front beach, New Chums beach, Cooks beach, Whangapoua, Opito bay, Otama are all within an easy drive from the Mana-Nui Motel Whitianga.
For any further information on our location, including your accommodation needs, please do not hesitate to email or phone as Joanne and Mervyn will be only to happy to help here at the Mana-Nui Motel Whitianga.

Directions

DRIVE TO WHITIANGA FROM THE AUCKLAND AIRPORT
Approximately 2.5 to 3hrs non-stop driving taking shortest route.

Leave the international airport and make your way to the southern motorway, State Highway 1 (SH 1), driving south towards Hamilton. Up and over the Bombay Hills, at the bottom turn left onto SH 2 towards Thames/Paeroa/Tauranga. Carry along SH 2 past Mangatawhiri, Maramarua eventually turning left onto SH 25 to Thames. You will come to a single-lane bridge with traffic lights. Cross over into Kopu and at the end of this road there is a T intersection with a Mobil petrol station directly opposite. Driving to this location is relatively straight and flat on good wide tarsealed roads.

You now have two choices, with both roads being tarsealed, hilly, windy, slower and more narrow in places:

The first and fastest, approx 1.5 hours, is to turn right at the Kopu T intersection, drive for a kilometre turning left onto SH 25A to Whitianga/Tairua over the Kopu Hikuai Road. Once on the other side, SH 25A converts to SH 25 at the intersection to Whangamata. Do not turn right but carry on SH 25 moving north to Tairua. Whitanga is another 40 minutes north of Tairua.

The second choice, 2 to 2.25 hours, is to turn left at the Kopu T intersection and drive onto and through Thames on SH 25 following the coast road towards Coromandel Town. Just south and before entering Coromandel Town turn right staying on SH 25. Follow this road passing through Te Rerenga, Kuaotunu, and onto Whitianga. There are 2 further subsiditory routes to Whitianga which divert off SH 25 on the Thames to Coromandel Town coast road. Care is required if taking these 2 roads as they are both gravel roads and are called the Tapu Coroglen Road and the 309 Road.

DRIVE TO WHITIANGA FROM TAURANGA
Approximately 2.5 to 3 hours non-stop driving. Follow SH 2 north from Tauranga, travelling through Bethlehem, Katikati, onto Waihi. This road is relatively strait and flat all being tarsealed. At Waihi, turn right onto SH 25. Follow this road through to Whangamata and eventually Whitianga. It is tarsealed, hilly, windy, slower and more narrow in places. Carry on through Whangamata moving north on SH 25 to a major T intersection, left is Thames, SH 25A, and right is Tairua/Whitianga, SH 25. Take the Tairua/Whitianga road.