Thames-Coromandel District

The Coromandel is where half the upper North Island goes for summer: Cathedral Cove, Hot Water Beach (where you dig your own spa in the sand at low tide), pōhutukawa lining the bays, and a bach tradition that runs deep. Thames at the base still carries its gold-rush bones.

It’s a peninsula of beaches and bush, blissfully quiet most of the year and absolutely heaving over the holidays, when the one road in turns into a car park. For a holiday home, a sea change, or a quieter life by the water, it’s the dream, and the prices reflect how many people share that dream.

There are over 150 suburbs and settlements across the district. This page gathers them so you can compare without guessing: who lives where, what it costs, how the schools sit, and which spots are easy reach versus genuinely remote.

Beaches, baches and a spa you dig yourself. Have a browse and see which bay suits.