Te Āhuatanga
Easy
Te Tawhiti
8 km
Te Hīkoi
3 hours
Eke Paihikara
30 minutes

Duration does not include the steep Tatarahake Cliff Lookout Track. 

Information for this trail was last updated Hereturikōkā 2025

Pai noa iho tēnei ara, huri haere i te taone o Ūawa, ā, e rua ngā ara huri noa e kitea ai te ātaahuatanga o ngā tirohanga o te awa o Ūawa, te taone, te akau, ka tae anō ki te tīmatanga. Nā tēnei āhuatanga he ara haumaru te tūhono i Te Kura a-Rohe o Tolaga me ngā toa, ngā toa whakaahuru, te pārae retireti, te papa haupoi, me ētahi atu hākinakina, a, koinei hoki ētahi mahi arongia i Ūawanui a Ruamatua Awa, Te Akau o Tātarahake, me ngā Pari o Tātarahake.

Tirohia ngā taonga whakakaha tinana i te tiriti o Forster, ka whakamātautau i tō tinana.

Ko te pānui mo te urunga atu ki te ara eke paihikara me te ara hikoi kei te kokona o Te Ara Matua 35/ te tiriti o Cook me Monkhouse, te wāhi tuku whakamoemiti i te tīmatanga o te hangaiatanga o te ara.

I tua atu i te ara raima i te tiriti o Monkhouse Te Kura a-Rohe o Tolaga, he ara hikoi 2.5m-3m te whānui, he maramara kōhatu kua pehia kia papatahi. He rākau taketake, he harakeke kei te tipu haere i te taha o ara ki te awa o Ūawa, ā, kāre anō kia mutu.

Ko te ara paihikara me te ara hikoi ka whai haere i te akau ka pātata atu ki te pikinga ki te Pari Tirohanga o Tātarahake i te taha raki o tea kau o Tātarahake. 10 meneti tēnei ara pikinga poupou. Peipei ana te pikinga, ātaahua ana te tirohanga whakawaho ki te taone o Ūawa, ki te akau, ngā awa, Te Whanga o Karaka, ka titiro ki tuawhenua ki ngā whenua whakatipu māra, ā, ki te mahea ko Hikurangi Maunga te kitenga.

Footbridge over stream near Ūawa River mouth. Photo: Bessie Macey
Footbridge over stream near Ūawa River mouth. Photo: Bessie Macey
Ūawa Cycle and Walkway, near Tolaga Bay Area School. Photo: Gay Young
Ūawa Cycle and Walkway, near Tolaga Bay Area School. Photo: Gay Young
Ūawa Parade. Photo: Bessie Macey
Ūawa Parade. Photo: Bessie Macey
Pathway beside Ūawa River, Ūawa Parade. Photo: Bessie Macey
Pathway beside Ūawa River, Ūawa Parade. Photo: Bessie Macey
Gym equipment along Forster Street. Photo: Barry Foster
Gym equipment along Forster Street. Photo: Barry Foster
Tātarahake Beach and Ūawa from Tātarahake Cliff Lookout: Rowan Sapsford
Tātarahake Beach and Ūawa from Tātarahake Cliff Lookout: Rowan Sapsford
Tatarahake Cliff Lookout. Photo: Gillian Ward
Tatarahake Cliff Lookout. Photo: Gillian Ward
Tatarahake Cliff steps. Photo: Gillian Ward
Tatarahake Cliff steps. Photo: Gillian Ward

Tatarahake Cliff Lookout Track (Ernest Reeves Walkway) climbs from the beach to 50m. The Ūawa township trail is flat walking, close to sea and river level.  

Trail fly-through

Te Hītori o Te Ara

E hia tau Te Poari Āwhina o Te Eke Paihikara me Te Ara Hīkoi o Ūawa e whakarite āhuatanga mo tēnei kaupapa. Kua tautoko noa atu Te Kura a-Rohe o Tolaga, Te Aitanga a Hauiti Centre of Excellence Trust, me Te Whare Hauora o Te Aitanga a Hauiti, nā tō rātou whakairo nui ki ngā hua ka puta, ara he oranga, tinana, wairua, hinengaro.

Ahakoa kua oti te ara o te taone, ko Te Ara ki te Ngutuawa o Kaitawa, hei tūhono i te taone ki Te Wāpu o Tolaga  ki te kāinga Taupuakei te whiriwhiri tonutia. Ko te aronga tuarua ko te ara haumaru mo te hapori tūhono ki te taone me te wāpu e taea ai e ngā tauira e noho ana ki te tonga o te awa o Ūawa te tae haumaru ki te kura. Kei te whakaaturia e te hapori ngā hītori i runga I ngā papa pānui puta noa i ngā ara.

Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga

He tino pai rawa atu te hīkoi, te eke paihikara rānei mo te 20-30 meneti i te ata i te taone me ētahi wāhanga o te awa.

Ko te whakahaere kua whakatauria e pā ana ki te Ngutuawa o Kaitawa ka tūhono ki te taone ki te wāpu, ki te kāinga Taupua mā te rori o Hauiti. Ka taea e koe te hikoi i te ara tūhono o te taone i te tiriti o Monkhouse, ki te whakauru atu i te pikinga poupou i Te Pari o Tātarahake. Ko Te Tirohanga kei te pito o te raki o Te Akau o Tātarahake e 8.5km te roa.