Te Āhuatanga
Easy
Te Tawhiti
16km
Te Hīkoi
4 hours
Eke Paihikara
1 hours
Information for this trail was last updated Hereturikōkā 2025

Ko Te Ara o te Awa o Waipaoa Taha akau o Tūranganui a-Kiwa te mutunga o Te Ara o Te Wairere o Rere tētahi o Ngā Haerenga Eke Paihikara o Aotearoa. He ara whai haere i ngā aukatinga o te awa o Waipaoa ki te rori o Centennial Marine Drive. Ko te haerenga runga aukatinga awa, he kitenga whānui i te pūwaha ki te tonga, ki te raki, ki te pā whakarua ko ngā hiwi, ngā pāmu, me ngā ahunga whenua.

He haerenga atu, he hokinga mai tēnei ara mai i Tūranganui ki Matawhero. Ko tētahi atu ara me huri haere i ngā ara o tuawhenuahe haerenga 32 km te roa. Ko te ara e whakamāramatia ake nei i raro iho, he ara mai i Wharekōpae ki Tūranganui ka mutu ana Te Ara o Te Wairere o Rere. Rere Falls Trail

Ki te hanga ekenga huri noa mai i Matawhero, te piriti o te awa o Waipāoa, mai i te rori o Riverpoint rānei, āta whakawhiti i te Ara Matua 2 ki te rori o Bloomfield, he huringa whakatemāui. Haere mo te 2km huri whakatematau ki te rori o Bushmere katahi ka huri whakatemāui ki te rori o Farmer. Āta whakawhiti ki te Ara Matua 2, huri whakatemaui ki te rori o Pilmer ka huri whakatematau ki te rori o Tucker, ka huri whakatematau anō ki te rori o Nelson. Mā te rori o Nelson ka tae atu koe ki Tūranganui, ki te tīmatanga. 

Trail fly-through

Te Hītori o Te Ara

He wāhanga ngā aukatinga wai nō Te Mana Whakahaere Waipuke o Te Awa o Waipāoa i hangaia i te tau 1949. E rua tekau ma rima tau mai i ngā whakaritenga ki te otinga i te tau 1973. Tino rerekē rawa atu te whakamahinga o ngā papatahi o Tūranganui - pāmu hipi, rumaki kanga, paukena me ngā tūmomo māra waina, kai hoki te raukahanga mirimiriona tāra - me te ārai hoki i ngā kāinga me mahi whakakiko 9,900 heketea te whānui.

Ko te ingoa o te awa a Waipāoa e whai panga ki Te Wai-o-Pāoa. I noho tēnei rangatira ki ngā maunga o tuawhenua ki te rāwhiti. Ko te hōhonutanga o ngā kōrero haere ki The Waipaoa River - Turanganui

 

 

Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga

Ka pāngia te ara e ngā hau māuru, raki rānei. Āta whakamātauria e pupuhi mai ana i tēhea moka i mua i tō haerenga. Mēna e tika ana ki a koe whai i tēra ara. Ki pupuhi te hautonga, haere ki Matawhero mai te pūwaha o te awa o Waipāoa, kei te mutunga Centennial Drive, a, tēra he māuru, tīmata i te tūnga waka kei te piti o te rori o Riverpoint i Matawhero. Mo te haere taha tahi, ka taea te waiho i te motuka ki te tīmatanga, ki te mutunga rānei. 

Kia maumahara, kāre e whakaaetia te eke hoiho i tēnei ara. Ki te raki o tēnei ara ko te māra waina o Matawhero Matawhero.co.nz 

Ka haere tonu te ara o Te Wairere o Rere ki Ōpōtiki ki te whai haere i te rori ki Wharekōpae mai i te raki o tēnei tekihana.

Mā te tūhono ki  Te Ara o Te Wairere o Rere ki te Ara o te rori o Mōtū Motu Road Trail, te kiteatanga o te tino ātaahuatanga 180km akau ki te akau mai i Tūranganui ki Ōpōtiki. Rere Falls Trail - Cycling trails

E mihi nui ana ki ngā mahi Motu Trails Charitable Trust me Te Kaunihera o Tūranganui, nā rātou nei i hanga tēnei ara ki runga i ngā aukatinga i whakahoutia.