Coromandel

The Coromandel Peninsula stretches like a green arm into the Bay of Plenty, its 85 kilometres of rugged hills cloaked in lush temperate rainforest. Mist drifts through tangled canopies, and the air hums with the life of the wild. Here, beneath the shelter of ancient trees, a quiet step and a patient heart may just be rewarded with the rare sight of a kiwi — the shy, nocturnal soul of New Zealand’s wilderness