Te Āhuatanga
ChallengingTe Tawhiti
22 km (return)Te Hīkoi
15 hours (return)
Ngā Aukatinga o ngā peka o te wā.
Ko te wā aukatinga ko te wā whānaunau reme, arā rerekē ki ngā Ara kaiwaewae a Te Papa Atawhai (Cooks Cove, Te Pāmu Te Kuri, Te Whanga o Anaura me Ōtoko) arā ka katia ia tau mai i te tuatahi o Akuhata ki ngā rā Whakatā Kaimahi (Labour Weekend) te whakamutunga o Ōketopa arā te rerekētanga ki Te Kaiwaewae o Aratia me Māpiri ka kati i te marama o Hūrae ka tuwhera i te mutunga o Hepetema.
Seasonal restriction
Public access to Mount Hikurangi is closed from 12 noon on 31 December to 12 noon on 1 January each year for the Hikurangi Maunga Dawn Event.
The track from the Pakihiroa Station carpark to the hut will be closed every October for lambing.
Ko Hikurangi te maunga tapu o Ngāti Porou. Ko Maunga Hikurangi hoki te maunga teitei, kore ahi tipua o Te Ika a Māui, arā te maunga tipua e te rākau. E ai kii, te maunga tuatahi kia whitikina e te rā.
E iwa ngā whakairo whakaaturanga i ngā pūrākau e hāngai ana ki a Māui me tōna whānau tata ki te tihi o te maunga. Nā te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou i whakaae kia hangaia hei whakanui, hei whakamaumahara i te aotanga o te tau 2000.
80 mita ki runga ake, 20 meneti e piki ana i runga ake i ngā whakairo, i hangaia he wharau, hei moenga mo te tekau e Hikuranga Hut, arā Gisborne Canoe and Tramping Club i te tau 1961. Ko Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou nā kaitiaki, te mana whakahere hoki. Whakapā atu ki Link to Maunga Hikurangi website
E tae ai koe ki te tihi o Maunga Hikurangi, whai haere I ngā rori o te pāmu o Te Teihana o Pākihiroa, he kōwhai ngā tohu, katahi ka whai haere i ngā pou ki te tihi, ki te taumata. Kei runga ake i te wharau, ka hikoi haere i waenga rākau hūtoitoi me ngā wīwī, poupou ana te pikinga ki te wāhi kāore anō kia whāwhātia. Noho ururua tonu. Ko te wā hei haerenga, mai i te tūnga waka i te teihana o Pākihiroa ki te wharau 4-5 haora, ki te tihi, 2-3 haora. Kiatūpato ki ngā tikanga, ture o te wā e pā ana ki te teihana. Ka whakaputaina he pānui ki te huhua mo ngā āhuatanga whakahaere.
Kia tino taunga, matatau rānei koe ki ngā tikanga me te mōhio ki te ara hikoi, katahi ka whai tikanga koe ki te haereere. He ara tēnei mo te wā e awatea ana. Kāre e pai ka pōurirui ana. He poupou, a ko ngā wāhi teitei he āhua pāhiwihiwi te papa. Kaua e haere ki te māku, ki te hauhau, ki te hukapapa te whenua, ki te kore rānei e kite tika. Ko te huarere, he kōtititī haere, ka tere rerekē. Ka puta ohorere te kohu, te ua, te kāpuapua, hau kaha, hukarere me te tino kaha makariri i ngā wā katoa o te tau. Ki te tino kino ngā āhuatanga o te wā, e huri, e hoki ki te wharau.
He whakaaturanga whakamārama, he mapi kei te whārangi hei whai ki te ara ki te wharau, ki te tihi rānei.
E mihi ana ki a Graeme Atkins mo tana whakaaetanga kia whakaaturia ngā whakaahua o Maunga Hikurangi mo te mua i te “Ara Papa”.
Māui Whakairo and Hikurangi Hut
Te Hītori o Te Ara
Tū teitei ana ki runga ake i te hapori o Ruatōrea ko Maunga Hikurangi, 1,752m, te wāhi o ngā wairua, tikanga me te taha tangata ki Ngāti Porou. He taonga tapu ki te iwi, ngā pūrākau, pakiwaitara, Māori mythology, te wāhi tuatahi o Aotearoa i te hiiatanga ake e Māui, te tipuna o Ngāti Porou te ika mai i te moana. E ai ki ngā kōrero tuku iho, kei runga tonu te waka o Māui waka, a Nukutaimemeha i te tihi o Maunga Hikurangi.
I te tau 1870 ka riro te maunga i te Karauna, ka hurihia hei Parae. I te marama o Nōema 1990 ka hoki anō te mana o te maunga ki a Ngāti Porou, noho tonu nei i tēnei wā hei whakahaere i ngā nekeneke e pā ana, arā te tūwhera ki te katoa.
Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga
Te Ara, te Ara ki Hikurangi, ka tīmata mai i 25 kiromita mai Ruatōrea, e huri SH35 ki Te Whārua o Tūpaeroa, whai haere i ngā tohu ki te teihana o Pākihiroa. He tūnga motuka kei reira, kei raro iho i te kāinga o te Kaiwhakahaere o Pākihiroa . Kāre e whakaaetia he waka pāhi i konei.
Ka whakawhiti haere Te Ara ki Hikurangi i ngā whenua nō tangata kē. Waihotia ngā kēti ki te āhua i kitea e koe. Kaua e whakapōrearea i ngā kararehe.
I ētahi wā o te tau ka katia te huarahi arā, te take e pā ana ki ngā whakahaerenga o ngā pāmu. Ka tukuna he pānui ki te katoa.
Whakapā atu ki Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou i mua i tō haerenga. Imeera: info@maungahikurangi.com
Te Runanganui o Ngāti Porou offers tours of the Maui Whakairo (external site) (including options for hikers).