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Foxton Beach

Foxton Beach is a small settlement in the Horowhenua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

Foxton Beach
Foxton Beach · Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Foxton Beach is a small settlement in the Horowhenua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight at the mouth of the Manawatū River, 35 kilometres southwest of Palmerston North, and six kilometres west of Foxton. Foxton Beach has a permanent population of around 2000 people. The town is a popular holiday destination due mainly to its beach and the bird sanctuary at the Manawatū Estuary.

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Getting to Foxton Beach

Airports
Wellington (WLG), 102 km
  • Wellington → Foxton Beach
    99 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · NZ$17–22
  • Auckland → Foxton Beach
    404 km · quickest by road, 8h 32m · NZ$75–100
  • Christchurch → Foxton Beach
    403 km · quickest by air, 8h 24m · NZ$250–390
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Foxton Beach. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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