Korora Beach Reserve is a small park at 24B Korora Rd in Oneroa, on Waiheke Island, holding a 4.7 rating from three Google reviews, with visitors singling out the lookout over the beach below and the surrounding greenery. Reserves like this live or die on position rather than facilities: a grassed lookout above the sand, somewhere to sit, and a view that shifts with the tide and the light. The trick regulars know is timing — early evening turns a good coastal lookout into the best seat in the neighbourhood, while mornings are for having the water to yourself. Come self-sufficient, too: picnic, water, and a bag for rubbish, since small reserves rarely offer bins or taps. Folding a stop here into a walk along Oneroa Beach or a wander through the village makes an easy half-day on the island. It's that simple outlook over the sand that its reviewers — and anyone passing at sunset — come for.