Mount Maunganui
The Mount has a lot of things to do. There's many activities that each and every person can participate in. There's the mount beach which is a popular place to go in summer, shopping downtown, kayaking at Pilot Bay, surfing at the beach, the hot salt water pools, the movies, even paragliding of the top of Mount Maunganui! The mount is near to a lot of places to it's near Papamoa, Tauranga, which are filled with things to do. There is a lot of accommodation in the mount there's hotels, motels and a camping ground, so it's not like you are going to run out of choices where to stay. The mount is the place to be on new years, there is stages on the beach front with different types of music playing, they have carnival rides that are free to go on, and at the count down there's fireworks when we reach the new year.