Ninety Mile Beach is a beach located on the western coast of the North Island and stretches towards Cape Reinga . The beach and the northern dunes are the most popular with tourists , looking very much like a desert landscape and are often used for Body boarding.

Ninety Mile Beach used to be a runway for some of the earliest airmail services between Australia and New Zealand. Sometimes it is still used as an alternative road to State Highway 1 north of Kaitaia, though mainly for tourist reasons, or when the main road is closed due to landslides or floods.