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Urban-Rural |
 Tuapiro Point
Tuapiro Point is a small sandspit opposite the northern entrance to Tauranga Harbour.
The end of the sandspit has great views of the harbour and provides a resting place for
estuary wildlife.
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Tauranga City Walks
The coastal city of Tauranga has park, estuary and foreshore walks that offer a varied range
of views and activities for users of all ages.
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Rotorua City Walks
Varied sections of walkway around Rotorua take in areas of historical, cultural, scenic and
scientific interest. Much of the landscape in Kuirau Park and along the Motutara and Te
Arikiroa sections of lakeside walk has been shaped by geothermal activity. The entire
Rotorua City Walkway measures 26km, broken into eight shorter sections.
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Te Waihou Walkway
Scenic beauty and history are features of the walkway, beside the upper reaches of the Waihou River. The river water is clear and pure, with an intense blue colour. Many springs and tributaries feed the river. The Blue Spring is internationally acclaimed. Its clear, blue-green water flows from the spring at 42 cubic metres (9240 gallons) per minute. The water is sold in bottled form around New Zealand and supplies the town of Putaruru without treatment.
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Kaimai-Mamaku |
Kaharoa Conservation Area
Kaharoa and the adjoining Onaia Ecological Area are renowned for kokako,once common in
lowland forest but now endangered. Their numbers have fallen dramatically since European
colonisation. Fewer than 1400 survive in the North Island.The kokako may be our most
beautiful songbird,using a variety of sounds including clicks, buzzes and mews,
especially around dawn. At other times you may see one high in the tree canopy.
In recent years the Kaharoa Kokako Trust, DoC, Environment Bay of Plenty and volunteers
have improved the forest health and the numbers of kokako in the area has increased. There
are also good populations of tui,bellbirds,whiteheads, robins, morepork owls, native
pigeons and even a few North Island brown kiwi.An impressive range of native trees include
rimu, totara, kohekohe, tawa, puriri, rewarewa,mahoe, kamahi, nikau and mamaku.
Deep gorges shelter the rare kingfern (para).
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Mokaihaha Ecological Area
Mokaihaha is rich in Maori history and has high conservation and scientific values. The area
contains trails once used by Maori travelling between the Waikato and Rotorua. It has the
largest remaining block of the extensive native forest that once covered the Mamaku Plateau.
Rimu, miro and matai are plentiful and the bird life includes tui, kereru, bellbird and fantail.
Flocks of kaka (native parrots) entertain walkers,and the endangered kokako can be heard in
the dawn chorus. Short-tailed bats are also present.
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Te Aroha Walks
Te Aroha township, developed in the 1880s as a spa town, has 22 springs, 15 of which are hot.
The Domain retains the look of Edwardian times with formal gardens and many of the old
bathhouse buildings. Mt Te Aroha is the highest point in the Kaimai Mamaku Forest Park at
952m.
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Whirinaki Forest |
Marawaiwai Scenic Reserve
The reserve is an area of semi-coastal broadleaf forest of a type that would once have covered
much of the Opotiki area. The forest and the small raupo wetland support many common
bush birds. Some native plant species along the track have names posted.
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Lakes And Geothermal |
Rotorua City Walks
Varied sections of walkway around Rotorua take in areas of historical, cultural, scenic and
scientific interest. Much of the landscape in Kuirau Park and along the Motutara and Te
Arikiroa sections of lakeside walk has been shaped by geothermal activity. The entire
Rotorua City Walkway measures 26km, broken into eight shorter sections.
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Okareka Walkway
The 2.5km Okareka walkway is part of a continuing community revegetation project aimed at improving lake water quality and re-establishing wildlife habitats. A 500m boardwalk provides assisted wheelchair access to the wetland area of the walk.
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Coastal |
Tauranga City Walks
The coastal city of Tauranga has park, estuary and foreshore walks that offer a varied range
of views and activities for users of all ages.
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The Nga Tapuwae O Toi Walkway (Ohope Scenic Reserve)
Translated as ‘the footprints of Toi the 16 kilometres of walkways on the outskirts of
Whakatane are accessible to most people,regardless of fitness, because they can be walked
in sections or as one round trip. Nga Tapuwae o Toi visits three major scenic reserves and a
historic reserve. The walkway passes through native and exotic forest, and along coastline
and riverbank.In Ngati Awa oral tradition Toi was a great chief,descendant of the legendary
voyager Tiwakawaka and founder of a great tribe. The walkway visits Toi stronghold
Kapu-te-rangi overlooking Whakatane. The walkway crosses Kohi Point Scenic Reserve,
Ohope Beach, travels through the Ohope Scenic Reserve pohutukawa forest, across remnants
of native forest to the regenerating flora of Mokorua Bush Scenic Reserve.
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Western Whakatane Coastal Reserves
The Matata Wildlife Reserve, Matata Recreation Reserve and the Thornton Wildlife Management
Reserve make up the Western Whakatane Coastal Recreation reserves.
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Tuhua (Mayor Island)
Tuhua (Mayor Island) is
an ancient volcano, once
prized, quarried and
fought over for it's
valuable black glossy
obsidian, now safe-haven
for some of New Zealand's
most threatened native
species. The adjacent
Tuhua Marine Reserve is
renowned for its high
water quality, diversity
of deep sea and sub-
tropical fish species and
stunning geological
features.
The island is classified
as a Wildlife Refuge and
administered by the Tuhua
Trust Board, whom
represent the owners and
are working in
partnership with the
Department of
Conservation to restore
the island as close as
possible to it's original
state.
Visitors are welcome on
the island by prior
arrangement and are asked
to follow a few rules and
biosecurity precautions,
so that the island's
natural beauty, pest-free
status and unique
inhabitants are
protected.
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