Ngamamaku Garden is nestled below the Kaitake Ranges adjacent to Egmont National Park. The garden is approx. 1.2 hectares (3 acres) it is a mixture of natural native bush and formal gardens. The most recent development is the Japanese Garden built in early 2004

Lucy's Gully, 3kms south of Oakura on Surf Highway 45.  It offers a fantastic picnic area among the redwoods and trails through the dense ferns will take you into the Kaitake bush.

The club is located on Tasman Parade in Oakura, and has provided lifeguard services at Oakura Beach since 1948.

The club patrols Oakura Beach from November through to March; conducting patrols on both Saturdays and Sundays.

The club's primary focus is on promoting individual water safety and also providing a patrol service to ensuring that the beach at Oakura is safely managed during the club season. However we are dedicated to training and educating junior and senior club members and have an active competitive membership.

Held each year in Oakura, Taranaki, the Kayak Fishing Classic prides itself on being the biggest and best in NZ.

With competition boundaries ranging from the Marokopa River in the north, to Waverley in the south

Yoganaki aims to restore your health and sense of wellbeing through the practice of Yoga and Craniosacral Therapy

Oakura along with surrounding beaches have some great surf spots, and caters for all levels of ability and surf crafts. 

Even this close to the coast you can delve into the forests of the Egmont National Park. There are a few roads about 5km south of Oakura that lead to some bush walks. Turn off at Lucy’s Gully to do the Sefton Track (2 hours loop) and the Waimoku Track (4-5 hours return). Turn off at Weld Road to walk into Boars Head Mine (1h30min return).

The rusted crescent of iron rising from the rocky foreshore at Weld Rd has been a Taranaki landmark for 100 years.

  Once part of the starboard bow of the SS Gairloch, it has been the focus of many a sunset photograph, a relic that has awed generations. A short wade out to sea, the bottom plates, remnants of the ship's engines and boiler lie collapsed upon themselves, home to kina and the occasional crayfish.

Koru Pa is thought to be one of the first Maori settlements in Taranaki. Maori tradition recognises that it may have been built as early as 1000AD by Nga Mahanga a Tairi, a hapu of the Taranaki iwi. It became the predominant pa of the Oakura area because of its strategic location by the Oakura River, its size, and the high rank of its leading families.