Paihia is the main tourist town in the Bay of Islands in the far north of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located close to the historic towns of Russell, and Kerikeri, 60 kilometres north of Whangarei. This is where New Zealand's first game of cricket was held. Nearby is the historic settlement of Waitangi to the north, and the residential and commercial areas of Haruru Falls; the township of Opua to the south and the small settlement of Te Haumi to the West. It has a population (2001 census) of 1836.