A NZ beach-side resort town on the Coromandel Peninsula, around 140km from Auckland. A very nice place to holiday, but with an abundance of supremely rich and snobby people - who walk around with their noses in the air, and own $3 million holiday homes which they only stay in for 2 weeks a year.
Person 1: "I'm going to Pauanui this weekend"
Person 2: "Sure dude, sure..."
by KeeWee January 12, 2005
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