Google Wellington Kitesurfers and get the google groups page. There's lots of info about spots around Wellington. Ruakaka kitesports in Ruakaka, and there's a crew up in Auckland.

Taranaki, anywhere along Surf Highway 45 around the volacano...

So many to choose from!
It gets lonely kiting by yourself most of the time.

For Ruakaka - info here:

www.ruakakakitesports.co.nz/Ruakaka_riding_guide.pdf

We also have this for the no wind days:




Cheers

DK

Pine Harbours pretty gusty. for steady wind best kiting the manukau harbour or the west coast in prevailing WSW direction. akl works all seasons... not too cold in winter (but wettie required). Eastuaries good kiting in summer with 15 knots in seabreeze. 30 degree water in da shallows... avoid main beaches... too crowded in summer unless there is a storm... then Eastern Beach kicks ass.

But yeah plenty of spots. 4wd required for some manukau spots and west coast

Yep heaps of uncrowded kite spots on the North Island NZ. If you want guaranteed wind, then Wellington is the go. Not many days under 20 knots here. Just make sure you bring your smaller kites. For waves, well you can do that in Welly too, but better off heading to the Naki for quality down the line kind of stuff. Apart from that there are a heap of other places that have been mentioned above, & if you go exploring a little bit, you'll probably find places that haven't even been kited yet...

Bay of Plenty - Tauranga Harbour - Ferguson Park on westerlies - tidal, shallow with flat water.

Mt Maunganui Beach - near Tay St - on NE seabreezes.