Kaihere is located in the Hauraki Plains. The Hauraki Plains are an area located in the northern North Island of New Zealand. They are located 75 kilometres southeast of Auckland, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula and occupy the southern portion of a rift valley bounded on the east by the Kaimai Ranges and the west by a series of undulating hills which separate the plains from the much larger plains of the Waikato River. Administratively, they are largely within the Hauraki district.
The alluvial plains have been built up by sediment deposited by the Piako and Waihou Rivers, which flow north to reach the sea at the Firth of Thames, and earlier by the ancestral Waikato River. The resulting land is flat, peat-heavy, and partly swampy, but it is also excellent land for dairy farming, which is the main local industry.
Tourism in the Hauraki Plains region has been growing rapidly over the past few years which directly contributes to the district’s economy. During the summer months the occupancy rate is higher than the national average for New Zealand.
The largest town in the plains is Ngatea, and the nearest town to Ngatea is Turua, although the larger Te Aroha is located near their southern boundary with the Thames Valley.
LOCAL LINKS
http://www.paeroa.org.nz
http://www.haurakiplains.co.nz
http://www.thecoromandel.com