A remote beach on the Wairarapa coast at Mataikona, Masterton, with windswept pebbles, reef-studded water and crashing surf, and sunsets over the Tasman Sea. It is a long drive from the main towns, and visitors say it is well worth the trip.
Reviewers describe staying for a weekend and loving every night, and one says they would stay again. Another says they caught fish for four meals while there, and that the place was home for their family. Our pick for a quiet coastal stay in the Wairarapa.