Wainui Beach is a small settlement on the coast of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

's North Island

North Island

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...

, located just to the north of Tuaheni Point

Tuaheni Point

Tuaheni Point is a promontory on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It marks the northernmost point of Poverty Bay, and is located close to the city of Gisborne. The small settlement of Wainui Beach lies just to the north of Tuaheni Point....

, some 8 km to the east of Gisborne

Gisborne, New Zealand

-Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...

, to which it is linked by State Highway 35. As of the 2006 census

New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings

The New Zealand government department Statistics New Zealand conducts a census of population and dwellings every five years. The census scheduled for 2011 was cancelled due to circumstances surrounding the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, however, and legislation introduced to hold the next...

, Wainui Beach had a usually-resident population of 1,515.

The beach is one of the NZ Automobile Association's 101 Must-do places for Kiwis. It is noted for its consistent surf

Surfing

Surfing' is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a surfboard on the crest and face of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore...

 breaks.
Wainui Beach's most notable residents have been the Quinn family, which contains three national champion surfers - brothers Maz

Maz Quinn

Maz Quinn is a New Zealand surfer. A four-time winner of New Zealand's national surfing championships, and winner of the 1996 Billabong Pro-Junior Series, Quinn is regarded as one of the country's foremost surfers....

 and Jay, and sister Holly.

External links

• Wainui Beach at Wannasurf]