Karekare Beach on Auckland's west coast has been named second best beach in the world by Passport Magazine - and the only Kiwi beach on the list.
Karekare beach came second to a French beach and and bet the likes of a Tahitian beach, South Africian beach and Hawaiian beach - amongst others.
Go Karekare!
Passport Magazine's 25 best beaches
- L'Espiguette Beach, Aigues-Mortes, France
- Karekare Beach, Auckland, New Zealand
- Bocas Del Toro, Panama
- Matira Beach, Bora Bora, French Polynesia
- Buzios, Brazil
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Varadero Beach, Cuba
- Knip Beach, Curacao
- China Beach, Danang, Vietnam
- Glass Beach, California, US
- Es Cavallet Beach, Ibiza, Spain
- Hanalei Bay Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
- Bells Beach, Melbourne, Australia
- Temaw Beach, Moorea, Tahiti
- Elia Beach, Mykonos, Greece
- Kaneohe Bay Sandbar, Oahu, Hawaii
- Barafundle Bay, Wales
- Herring Cove, Massachusetts, US
- Punta Del Este, Uruguay
- Ipanema Beach, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Il Buco, Ostia, Italy
- Silver Strand State beach, California, US
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Dune Beach, Torre Del Lago, Italy
- Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire
