Coro Pies is a bakery on Wharf Road in Coromandel township, holding a 4.8 Google rating and keeping customers up to date through its Facebook page rather than a website. As the name suggests, pies are the thing to look for. In a New Zealand country bakery, the pie is the honest test: pastry should be crisp and sturdy, the filling generous and well seasoned rather than mostly gravy, the top baked rather than steamed. Timing matters too, because the morning baking is usually the pick of the day and popular flavours can be gone well before lunch, which is why regulars turn up early. A good bakery will tell you what came out of the oven that morning, and the bread and slices are often worth a look beside the pies. A stop here fits neatly into a Coromandel day — a warm pie from Wharf Road before the drive on up the peninsula.