Te Āhuatanga
HillyTe Tawhiti
100 kmEke Paihikara
1 – 3 days
He mīharo rawa atu tēnei ara. He haerenga i waenganui, te manawa o Aotearoa. Whakaarohia tētahi wāhi kei tuawhenua, he papa huarahi maeene ētahi wāhanga, he huarahi kōhatu, he rori kōpikopiko ika tuawhenua, he whenua pāmu, he ngahere Māori, tae atu ki te whakahirahiratanga o Eastwood Aboretum, ngā wairere o Rere, Ngā Horonga Toka o Rere, ngā māra waina, a, ki te tūhono atu koe ki Te Akau o Te Awa o Waipāoa, katahi ka taea te eke i tō paihikara ki Tūranganui a-Kiwa.
He ekenga whakahirahira rawa atu tēnei ara, tūhono mai i Tūranganui ki Motu Trails kei te rohe o Bay of Plenty, a, ka hoki anō Rere Falls Trail.
Ko te haerenga tino mīharo a Te Karapu Eke Paihikara o Tūranganui, arā mai i te taone, i Te Ara rānei o Brunton, ki Ngātapa, ki Eastwoodhill Arboretum, ka hoki mā te ara o Wharekōpae, ka whai haere i tētahi wāhanga i Te Ara o Rere.
Kei te mapi kei raro iho (Gisborne Cycling Club facebook page) e whakaatu ana i te huarahi eke paihikara mai i Tūranganui ki Eastwoodhill Arboretum (33km ki reira).
A favourite club ride with Gisborne Cycling Club is from town or Brunton Road to Ngatapa or Eastwoodhill Arboretum and return, along Wharekopae Road, following part of the Rere Falls Trail.
Te Hītori o Te Ara
Ko te nuinga o ngā rori o Te Wairere o Rere ka hoki ki ngā tau 1910-1930, i mua noa atu i te Ara o Matawi, SH2 o nāianei. He huarahi ēnei ki ngā nōhanga pāmu.
Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga
He hiwihiwi te ara ki Te Wairere o Rere, he pikinga teitei ki te 600m. ko te nuinga o te haerenga 30km he rori kirikiri (ki te whai haere koe i te rori ki Te akau o Te Awa o Waipāoa). Ki te eke paihikara mai i Matawai, he rori hekenga whakararo ahakoa rā he pikinga 1300m kei tēnei huarahi.
Ki te tīmata mai i Te Ara o Te Wairere o Rere i Matawai, e whtu km kei te Ara Matua SH2 kei waenganui I te ara o Matawai me Te Rori o Te Wera. He rori pukumahi, haerehia e te tangata nō reira haere takitahi. E whitu kiromita o te rori o Te Wera he maeneene katahi 27 kiormita he rori kōhatu me ētahi pikinga poupou.
Ka tata atu ki Tūranganui ka wherua ngā rori hei ekenga paihikara mo te 10 kiromita. Mai i te ara matua SH2, Matawhero te piriti o te awa o Waipaoa, ko te ara pai ake ko te ara whai i te akau o te awa o Waipāoa ki Centennial Marine Drive, ka eke haere ki Tūranganui taha awa me te akau o Tūranganui a-Kiwa. Ko tētahi atu huarahi ki Tūranganui, ka haere mā ngā rori mauru – Te Rori o Bloomfield, Te Rori o Farmer, Te Rori o Pilmer, Te Rori o Tucker, Te Rori o Nelson, me Te Rori o Stout, he ātaahua te eke paihikara puta noa i ngā whenua pāmu, ngā tūnga whare hou. Kia hiwa ki ngā tohu whakaatu Ngā Haerenga/NZ Cycle Trails.
Mā te tūhono atu ki Rere Falls Trails me te Motu Road Trail ka kitea te ātaahuatanga o te 180 kiromita Akau ki te Akau mai i Tūranganui ki Ōpōtiki. Tūhono ki Te Ara o Te Wairere o Rere.(Link to Rere Falls Trail)