Waikehe Island is a semi tropical island floating up near Auckland so is a cross between a holiday resort, commuter town, a city slickers weekend retreat and a hippy community all competing. It is a very beautiful spot and you can get away from it all there (although we visited just before the school holidays start so god help the place when Auckland empties into it next week). The vineyards and restaurants are high quality, as we now expect from New Zelaand, but higher priced than you see elsewhere, but we enjoyed it nonetheless.
