Te Āhuatanga
Easy
Te Tawhiti
2 km
Te Hīkoi
45 minutes
No dogs on this trail
Information for this trail was last updated Hereturikōkā 2025

Torutoru noa ngā whenua rāhui pēnei i Longbush, ara te tipua e ngā rākau tawa/kohekohe/titoki/karaka/kahikatea kei te pito o te awa o Waimatā. Ka tae koe ki te whai haere i te rori kopikopiko o Riverside mo te 9 maero mai i Tūranganui. Ko tēnei wāhi whakahirahira taha awa e mōhio nuitia ana nō mai rā nō e ngā tāngata o Tūranganui arā, he wāhi tino pai rawa atu mo te pikiniki, mo te kaukau hoki.

Ka rere mai ngā kōawa i ngā hiwi teitei pātata ki te Whenua Rāhui o Longbush, ā, he piriti ātaahua te whakawhiti i tētahi o aua awa i hangaia e ngā kaimahi me ngā tauira i te Eastern Institute o Technology i tātaihia Jeremy Salmond QSO. Rangona ana te ora o te ngahere i te kaha tangi a ngā manu, arā te tūī, te korimako, te tīrairaka, te kotare, te miromiro, te pōpokatea me te nui o ngā kererū, nā te itiiti o ngā kīrearea, arā te paihamu, kiore, ngā ngeru puihi me ngā tori ura.  Ko ngā kākano me ngā hua o ngā rākau te kainga e ngā kīrearea i mua, te toe hei kai mā ngā manu, ka tiko ngā manu, ko ngā kākano te tipu anō hei whāriki mo te whenua, hei rākau.

Nā te mea he QEII National Trust Covenant kei runga whenua tūmataiti tēnei whenua rāhui engari me mihi ki te whakaaronui o ngā rangatira nō rātou ngā whenua ki a Dame Anne Salmond me tana hoa rangatira ahakoa kua mate a Jeremy, e tuwhera ana ki te tangata. Me manaaki koa tēnei whenua tūmataiti. E noho ki te ara, kaua e raweke i ngā tāwhiti, tiakina tēnei whenua, tēnei ngahere rāhui whakahirahira.

 

 

Longbush Reserve entrance. Photo: Catherine McDonald
Longbush Reserve entrance. Photo: Catherine McDonald
Looking up Waimatā River with Longbush QEII Covenant between the road and the river.
Looking up Waimatā River with Longbush QEII Covenant between the road and the river.
Kohekohe fruit and a kohekohe sedling. Photo Gillian Ward
Kohekohe fruit and a kohekohe sedling. Photo Gillian Ward
Longbush Reserve. Photo: RNZ, Alison Ballance
Longbush Reserve. Photo: RNZ, Alison Ballance
Waitūī Stream. Photo: Gillian Ward
Waitūī Stream. Photo: Gillian Ward
Crossing a stream in Longbush Reserve. Photo: Gillian Ward
Crossing a stream in Longbush Reserve. Photo: Gillian Ward

Te Hītori o Te Ara

I te taenga o ngā Pākeha tuatahi ki tēnei rohe, kapi katoa ngā papatahi me ngā take maunga i te rārauhe i te māra hoki me te ururua o te tipu a te rākau iti i ngā whārua me tuawhenua. Ko te ingoa o tēnei wāhi ko “Waikererū”, he tupapa kererū noho ngahere.

Noho ai tētahi pā i ngā hiwi hāhaka i Waikererū (Pā Hill) Tiro whakarunga, whakararo i te awa o Waimatā, he rua kumara, he rīwai rānei te karia i te tihi, i ngā tūapapa. Tirohia i  Waikererū website

He hiwi whāngai kararehe mai i ngā tau 1860 i te tīmatatanga o te iwi ki te rīhi whenua ki a tauiwi hei pāmu hipi. I te tau 1885, i riro te mana whenua o Whataūpoko poraka Nama 9 me Waikererū ki New Zealand Native Land Settlement Company, ā, e taea ana hoki te hoko.

Mai i taua wā, i whakamahia te teihana o Waikererū (3300 eka) hei whakataka hipi. I hokona a Longbush (10ha) me te 110ha whenua ururua a  Waikererū i te tau 2000 e Dame Anne rāua ko Jeremy Salmond. I te mutunga o te whāngai kararehe, tipu pai noa ana ngā rākau i ngā hiwi teitei, ā, kapi katoa ana i ngā kānuka teitei. E ai ki a Dame Anne, rere ai ngā kererū mai Longbush, he tipunga rākau taketake nā rātou i rumaki ki tā rātou māra  me ngā hiwi huri noa ka takataka ngā kākano ka tipu noa. 

Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga

Āta taraiwa, eke paihikara rānei i te rori o Riverside mai i Tūranganui - he horo kei ētahi wāhanga o te rori ka noho ara kotahi, he kirikiri te rori i mua i te taenga ki Longbush. He tūnga waka whānui, rākaina tō paihikara i te urunga atu ki te Whenua Rāhui o Longbush.