'''Collingwood''' is the only town of size, beyond Takaka, in Golden Bay, in the northwest corner of New Zealand's South Island.

Charming Collingwood offers a caravan park, several motels, restaurants, a small grocery, a chocolate shop, village hall, library, a hostel, post office and is the jumping off point for one of the top companies offering tours of Farewell Spit.

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  • Pakawau, with one of the best beaches in New Zealand, a little further northwest, does have a small grocery, a restaurant, a caravan park and nice seaside community of homes.
  • Puponga beyond that, is a pale shadow of its former self and is the last settlement of any kind before reaching the world-famous beauty of '''Farewell Spit'''.