Kaiwaka known as the "little town of lights" is about 10 minutes from Mangawhai where we live. This road joins up our town to theirs but at the end is the state highway which runs through to Whangarei and the rest of Northland. The nicest shop there I think in my humble opinion is the Kaiwaka Cheese Shop, well known for it's specialty cheeses and gourmet food. Every time we go there my daughter and I stock up on Brie and Camembert. Last time I bought Farmhouse Smoked Brie which then went into stuffed portobello mushrooms.
Alot of the buildings are decorated with hanging lights which come out at night hence the name but it is a small town and originally it was a trading/commercial point from the late 1850s. As the kauri timber and and gum industries declined towards the end of the century dairy farming took over.
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