Useful Links & Resources

Useful links and resources to help you plan and get the most of your visit to the Tutukaka Coast.

Diving

• Dive NZ Magazine
• TechDiveNZ
• Department of Conservation, Marine Reserves.
• MarineNZ
• Vince Kerr’s Home Page.
• The Underwater Channel

Photographers

• Ian Skipworth
• Darryl Torckler
• Ross and Diane Armstrong
• Colin Gans
• www.PeteMesley.com
• Brian Mayes

Events

• The Official Tutukaka Coast Community and Tourism Website
• Events in Whangarei

Forums

• Scubadive NZ
• Wade Doak’s Diver Discussion Forum

Sustainability

• Ministry for the Environment
• www.sustainability.govt.nz
• World Changing
• Good Tourism “Wiki”
• www.greenoffice.org.nz
• www.sustainable.org.nz
• www.sustainablefuture.info
• www.carbonzero.co.nz
• www.landcareresearch.co.nz
• www.lgnz.co.nz
• www.greenbiz.com
• Best Fish to eat Guide

Travel and tourism

• Northland Naturally, First Region of New Zealand
  Our local Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) does all they can to attract visitors to the region, once they are in the country.
• Tourism New Zealand
  Our government marketing arm, Tourism New Zealand (TNZ) does all they can to attract visitors to New Zealand. Their job is to get visitors to come to NZ in the first place.
• Official Site of Destination New Zealand
• Whangarei Heads Tourism
• Whangarei, the meeting place of Northland
  The official website for Whangarei and districts; our local information centre that does all it can to keep people in Whangarei, once they are in the country, and in our region.
• Tutukaka Coast Information
• New Zealand Tourism Online
• Adventure Travel
• Travel Planner, NZ Activities
• Qualmark New Zealand
  Qualmark® is New Zealand tourism’s official mark of quality. All accommodation and tourism businesses listed here carry the Qualmark®, which means they’ve been independently assessed with a detailed onsite quality assessment, and been found to be professional and trustworthy.
• Go New Zealand
• Northland Travel Guide.
• New Zealand’s International site
  What a visitor will see from overseas when they view the TNZ site.
• Media and Trade resource for images
  A site for visiting media and journalists to gain stories, insights, images and copy.
• Tourism Research Council
  The information on this website aims to inform tourism industry stakeholders about the sector to support effective planning and decision-making. Find out who is arriving in what month, from what country, their age group and gender, where they go within NZ and how many nights they will stay, how much money they spend, and if they will be in your neck of the woods any time soon.
• Tourism Industry Association of NZ
  The voice of the tourism industry, with 2000 members, from small to large businesses.
• New Zealand Tourism Strategy
  The strategy for New Zealand Tourism. What is it? Why do we need it? Should I be more involved? How does it affect me? 
• Tourism Strategy Executive Statement