Bream Head

Bream Head
Māori: Te Whara
Bream Head and surrounding islands viewed from neighbouring Mt Manaia
Bream Head and surrounding islands viewed from neighbouring Mt Manaia
Bream Head is located in New Zealand
Bream Head
Bream Head
Coordinates: 35°51′15″S 174°35′29″E / 35.85426°S 174.59132°E / -35.85426; 174.59132
LocationNorthland, New Zealand
Offshore water bodiesSouthern Pacific Ocean
Native nameMāori: Te Whara
Volcanic fieldTaurikura volcanic complex
Last eruption19.1 million years ago

Bream Head is a promontory on the east coast of Northland in the North Island of New Zealand. Located at the end of a 30 kilometre-long peninsula, the head juts into the Pacific Ocean to the southeast of Whangārei. The Te Whara Track in the Bream Head Scenic Reserve is at least 700 years old.[1] The Hen and Chicken Islands are located off the headland at a distance of 12 kilometres. It forms the northern extremity of Bream Bay, and guards the entrance to Whangārei Harbour, a natural inlet extending to the northwest. The Marsden Point Oil Refinery is located on the opposing shore of the harbour five kilometres to the west.

To Bream Head's immediate north is a long sandy beach called Ocean Beach.

  1. ^ "Bream Head Scenic Reserve". Retrieved 17 January 2023.

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