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NZ's Best Beach: Ōakura, Taranaki; Wainui, Gisborne; St Clair, Otago

NZ's best beach finalists: Today we profile the Travel team's three "wildcards".

NZ's Best Beach: Northland's Matapōuri and Bay of Plenty's Mount Maunganui

NZ's best beach finalists: Today, Matapōuri and "The Mount"; Tomorrow, the "wildcards".

NZ's Best Beach: Coromandel's Whangamatā and Northland's Mangawhai

NZ's best beach finalists: Today, Coromandel's Whangamatā and Northland's Mangawhai.

NZ's Best Beach: Waiheke's Onetangi and Taupō Bay in the Far North

NZ's best beach finalists: Today we profile Waiheke's Onetangi and Far North's Taupō Bay.

NZ's Best Beach: Tasman's Kaiteriteri and Coromandel's Matarangi

NZ's best beach finalists: Today, Kaiteriteri in Tasman and Matarangi in the Coromandel.

NZ's Best Beach: Northland's Maitai Bay and Bay of Plenty's Ōhope

NZ's best beach finalists: Today, Maitai Bay in Northland and Ōhope in the Bay of Plenty.

New Zealand's Best Beach: Finalists revealed in quest for top summer spot

White sand or black? Popular or secluded? Ice-cream shop vital? Here's what you chose.