Te Āhuatanga
HillyTe Tawhiti
40-45 kmEke Paihikara
3-4 hours
He ara āwhio. He ekenga paihikara āhua uaua mo te haurua o te rā ko te haere i te rori o Ōmana a-muri, Te Whārua o Waimatā, Te rori o Mander, Te Ngahere Waimanu, Te rori o Riverside.
He papa huarahi maene te rori o Ōmana a-muri, Te Whārua o Waimatā ki te taha taone o te rori o Riverside, me te kaha haerehia o te rori o Ōmana e nga tūmomo waka. Ko ētahi o ngā rori kāre he huarahi maene, iti noa ngā waka.
Kia maumahara, ka whakaaetia te haere i te ngahere o Waimanu i ngā Rātapu anake nā ngā mahi whakahaere o te ngahere. Me tono puka tuku mo te eke paihikara me te hikoi a ngā Rātapu mai i Aratū Forest Ltd. Link to Aratu Forests Ltd
Ko tētahi atu āhuatanga ko te eke paihikara i ētahi wāhanga o te āwhio, tēra i te katoa. Ko te eke paihikara haere i te rori o Riverside, he ekenga hiwihiwi, ka tūhono atu ki Te Whārua o Mātokitoki, me hikoi i waenga i ngā rākau tāroaroa o Longbush QEII Covenant. Ko tēnei rāhui tūmataiti kei te taha o te rori o Waimatā, 9km i te rori o Te Riverside mai i Tūranganui, ka tuwhera ki te huhua
Ko tētahi āhuatanga o tēnei āwhio ko te Tirohanga o Te Hiwi o Gray, he pikinga 140m mai i ngā papatahi ki te eke paihikara ka huri muri whakamua. Ko ngā tirohanga whakahirahira ki Tūranganui a-Kiwa, he wāhi pai hoki ki te mātaki whetu, i te pō mahea, he kore marama, tawhiti atu i ngā raiti o Te Taone o Tūranga.
Back Ormond Road, Mander Road, Waimanu Forest, Riverside Road Circuit
Te Hītori o Te Ara
Ka whai tino tata te rori o Mander me Riverside i Te Awa o Waimatā. Ko ngā rori ki ngā pāmu he rori whakamahia i te nuinga o te wā, e whā putu te whānui, ki te wāhi o kei reira ngā rori o Riverside me Mander i nāianei. I ēnei rori o mua, he māniania, he uaua ki te haere, ka tino poharu i te Hōtoke.
Nō te tau 1894 ka hangaia he rori wehenga, ara ko te rori o Te Whārua o Waimatā mā te whenua i kohaina e Gray o Waiohika.
He rori pai rawa atu tēnei ki Ūawa, tae noa ki te hangaiatanga o te rori hou ki tuawhenua, tawhiti i te akau.
See Waikereru Ecosanctuary report on Waimata River
Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga
He tino rori te rori o Ōmana a-muri hei hono ki te Ara Matua 2 ki te rori o Matawai mai i Mangapapa, te taha ki Tūranga, he ara haerehia e te maha waka. Ehara te rori o Te Whārua o Waimatā i te rori motuka anake engari he rori kawe rākau, me ngā taraka kawe kararehe. Kia tūpato i ngā taraka me ngā pokorua hoki.