page_title: Karekare, New Zealand
section_title: Tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Karekare, New Zealand / Tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: Farley's Boarding House at Karekare. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916.
context_page_description: Karekare is a small coastal settlement in the Auckland Region of northern New Zealand, sandwiched between the Waitākere Ranges and a large black sand surf beach.
context_section_description: Karekare is a popular destination for Aucklanders in summer, but receives fewer visitors than nearby Piha, partly because the road is narrow and only recently sealed. There are surf patrols in summer.
  The track to the base of the Waitakere waterfall—Karekare falls—is a short walk from the road. The track to the top of the falls is now closed to help stop the spread of the incurable Kauri dieback disease.
  The settlement was immortalised in song by Crowded House on their Together Alone album in 1993, much of which was recorded at Karekare; the well known Dub/Reggae group, Salmonella Dub, used the name as well on their album Feel the Seasons Change - Live with the NZSO. The location will also be familiar to viewers of the film The Piano, which included beach scenes shot at Karekare and Piha.
caption: Farley's Boarding.House circa 1916
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