Whitianga
Whitianga beach, North Island, New Zealand
The town of Whitianga is sited on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand. It is at the centre of the V-shaped Mercury Bay, next to an arm of the bay called the Whitianga Harbour. The third largest town on the peninsula (after Thames and Whangamata), it has a population of 3300.