Te Āhuatanga
Hilly
Te Tawhiti
1.5 km
Te Hīkoi
1 hour
Eke Paihikara
2 - 3 hours (round trip including Riverside Road)

Riverside Road - Mātokitoki Valley - Valley Road circuit is 20 km circuit, 2-3 hours duration. "There and back" off-road track is 1.5 km; walk, 1 hour.

Information for this trail was last updated Hereturikōkā 2025

Ka hono atu te Te Ara o te Whārua o Mātokitoki ki te rori o Riverside mā te rori o Cave. Ka whai haere te ara kirikiri māro, he rori tītaha haere ki te rori kānuka tipu hou. Kia tūpato, he pikinga poupou, piri tonu ngā kōna ki te heke haere i te hiwi mai i te rori o Cave ki Te Rori o te Whārua o Mātokitoki.

Kei te whakatūngia he tohu whakaaturanga ki tētahi wāhanga o te rori engari i tēnei wā whai haere i te ara, ko te urunga ki te rori o Cave te ara ki te kēti, te tohu “katia te kēti” tētahi wāhanga o Te Rori o Cave. Uru atu ana i te kēti, whai haere i te ara ka huri whakatemāui, ka whai haere i te ara whāiti whakarunga mo 200m. He kēti anō, huakina, ka kati.

Ki te tīmata koe i te taha Mātokitoki haere ki te mutunga o Mātokitoki, 5 km pea mai i te rori o Valley. Ko te mutunga, 100m he rori kirikiri. He tohu ara tūmataiti kei kei mua, ki te taha māui he tūnga rawhe me ngā pou aukati motuka e whakaatu ana i te urunga ki te ara.

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Warning sign above recently scoured out track section. Gillian Ward
Warning sign above recently scoured out track section. Gillian Ward

Trail fly-through

Te Hītori o Te Ara

I hangaia te ara o Te Whārua o Mātokitoki i te tau 1955 i muri i te wā tino kaha māku ka horo te rori o Riverside ka mau, ka kore ngā whānau maha e puta.

Raru ana mo te hia marama, ka huri ngā kainoho o te rori o Riverside mā te rori o Te Whārau o Mātokitoki kia hipa i te horo ka haere ki te taone. I te otinga o te rori o Riverside me te rumakina rākau māhuri hei pupuri i te horo, ka whakarērea te ara o Te Whārua o Mātokitoki ka huri ki te whakahaere i ētahi atu whenua. 

E hia tau tēnei ara paru te tipua e ngā kānuka hou te whakamahia e te roopu Gisborne Harriers, ngā karapu hikoi, me ngā kaieke paikamaunga. Ahakoa te uaua ki te uru atu tae noa ki te tau 2015 i te whakataunga a Te Kaunihera o Tūranganui me ngā rangatira o ngā whenua e pā ana kia tuwhera tonu ngā kēti o te rori tawhito. I te tau 2021, i hangaia e ngā kānataraki a Te Kaunihera a-rohe o Tūranganui he rori kirikiri mā ngā toenga o te mira nō te hōtaka whakamahi rori, me ngā horonga papa.

Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga

Mai i te tūnga waka ki tēra pito o te Rori o Te Whārua o Mātokitoki ki te Ara o Te Whārua o Mātokitoki ki te rori o Cave ki te rori o Riverside ka hoki anō, e rua haora. He tino māhaki, he hīkoi tino pai rawa atu te hīkoi i te ara o Cave.

Kotahi haora te roa o te hīkoi i te 3km ki Te Whārua o Mātokitoki ka hoki mai anō.

E 20 km te ara āwhiotanga i ngā te Rori o Riverside, Te Rori o Cave, Te Ara o te Whārua o Mātokitoki, me Te Rori o Te Whārua. He wāhi tino pai rawa atu hei whakatikatika tāngata eke paihikara, arā ngā hiwi, ngā tirohanga tino ātaahua.