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Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
Papamoa Beach
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Papamoa, New Zealand

Papamoa Beach is a suburb of Tauranga, located about 11 kilometres from the city centre. It is the largest residential suburb in Tauranga, having a population of 20,091 at the 2013 census. It is bordered to the west by Mount Maunganui , the east by the Kaituna River and to the south by State Highway 2. Papamoa Beach has 16km of white sandy beach stretching from the boundary with Mount Maunganui in the west to the Kaituna River in the east. Widespread settlement of the area did not start until the early 1980s and prior to this Papamoa Beach had been largely a rural area. Once a small and tight knit community, many of Papamoa Beach's sweeping paddocks have been swallowed up by urban development. Papamoa Beach is currently one of the fastest growing suburbs of Tauranga, with many different subdivisions developing concurrently on different blocks of land on the fringes of the suburb. Papamoa Beach is renowned as a popular fishing, surfing, and holiday retreat. The population in Papamoa Beach grows significantly during the busy summer months. In 2012, Papamoa Beach was the location for a skinny dipping world record attempt. On 2 December 2012, 299 people got naked in the water as the nearby Baywatch campsite in Gisborne hosted the event. Despite a cold day, lots of people stripped naked attempting to beat Christchurch's Summer Beach Dip. The record failed as Guinness World Records required all swimmers to be in the water at the same time for a group photo. The skinny dips follow a recent court decision upholding the right to be naked in public for innocent reasons.
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