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Town in Wellington Region, New Zealand
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Waikanae is a laid-back beach town of 14,000 people (2022) in the Kapiti Coast with a combination of retired population and young families that brings a unique blend that is relaxing and vibrant.
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local museum in the original 1907 Waikanae Post Office building.
Take the kids to feed the fat eels and meet Diana the Tuatara.
How about a walk along the beach as the tide is just coming in, watch the shellfish, squirting water into the setting sunlight as they greet the waves.
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