Mercury Bay
Coromandel, New Zealand
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Where is Mercury Bay, New Zealand?
Mercury Bay is located on the East Coast of the Coromandel Peninsula. It encompasses some of the most beautiful areas of New Zealand including Tairua through to Pauanui and northwards up to Whangapoua.
Who owns Mercury Island, New Zealand?
The island is owned by Michael Fay and David Richwhite, two prominent New Zealand businessmen. The private island, which features two luxurious residences, can be hired for around $20,000 NZD per day.
Does anyone live on Mercury Island?
Only Great Mercury is inhabited today— owned by businessmen Michael Fay and David Richwhite and open to the public. Great Mercury Island is what remains of an andesite volcano in the north and a Pliocene rhyolitic volcano in the south, connected by an isthmus of sand, called a tombolo.