In early 2021, The Bachelorette New Zealand's Lexie Brown paid a visit to long admired Moutohorā / Whale Island
misslexiebrown "I’ve looked across the water at Moutohora all my life and only this year did I get to actually visit. @whakatane.nz, @whiteislandcafe & @moutohora took me over and it was a pretty special day for me in a place I call one of my homes. We saw loads of native birds and even a Tuatara in the wild and he was unreal 🥰 From the hot water beach, I could see Putauaki in the distance and it was a perspective I hadn’t seen him from before ⛰ You can only visit the island if you jump on a tour and I couldn’t not recommend it enough, especially if you’re local 💕"
