Hahei is a most spectacular and popular pink sandy beach with a commercial centre that includes accommodation, fine dining, tour operators, services, shops, cafe's, art galleries and more...

Hahei is an attractive beach fringed with pohutukawas and drifts of pink shells at the northern end. Offshore islands provide a breakwater for ideal swimming, boating and fishing.

The beach is sandy with a pohutukawa backdrop-a perfect place for a picnic followed by a swim. Offshore a little way is a large pinnacle of pumice breccia known as 'Te Hoho'. Delicately sculptured by wind and water to form a most impressive and unusual sight, it looks a bit like the prow of a large ship steaming into the beach.