Muriwai, also called Muriwai Beach,'s a coastal community located on the west coast of North Island, New Zealand. It's also home to a reasonably large colony of gannets. Location It's approximately 17km West of Kumeu, 42 kilometres Northwest of Auckland city, at the southern end of an unbroken 50 kilometre stretch of beach which extends up the Tasman Sea coast to the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour. One of several popular beaches in the area (others include Piha and Karekare), it experiences a… (More on Muriwai)