Te Āhuatanga
Undulating
Te Tawhiti
4 km (return)
Te Hīkoi
1 hour
No cycling on this trail

Wainui Surf Club to Okitu Sperm Whale grave, 4 km return.

Information for this trail was last updated Hakihea 2024

He maha ngā ara haerenga kei ngā tāhuna mai i te tūnga waka,”Pines” kei te taha o Te Karapu Kaiwhakaora i Te Hunga Kaumoana, kei te raki o te Kōawa o Hamanatua ki te tūnga waka i Te Urupā o ngā Tohorā kei te rāwhiti o te pito o Te Akau o Okitū. E mōhiotia ana tēnei wāhi ko te Papa Rāhui o W.D. Lysnar. E pai ana ēnei ara mo te hīkoi anake nā te ngāwari o te kirikiri. He rawhe, he mākū ētahi wāhanga nā ngā rerenga wai i ngā tāhuna. Ahakoa rā, tino kaha te hapori o Te Akau o Okitū ki te tiaki i te ara o te tāhuna. Tai timu, he ara anō i tua atu arā ko te hīkoi i te akau. 

He hītori nō mai rā nō arā, Te  Papa Rāhui o W.D. Lysnar me Te Akau o Okitū e mōhiotia ana he wāhi eke hoiho.

Ahakoa kōinei tētahi wāhi tino eke ngāru, ara te Akau o Wainui, pēra anō te Akau o Okitū, te mōhiotia mo ana ngaru whatiwhati. Tino pai rawa atu te mātakitaki atu i ngā kaieke ngaru e mahi ana mai i te tūnga waka o “Pines” ā, ki te tino pai te rā, ka rere ngā manutukutuku. 

Kei te tūnga waka i Te Urupa Tohorā ngā pānui whakamārama mo te ūnga mai o ngā tohorā 59 ki tātahi mate noa i te tau 1970, ka whakataungia e ngā tohunga, ka tāpukengia ki ngā tāhuna.

He wāhi pikiniki, he tēpu, he wāhi tākaro, he whare paku kei te tūnga waka o “Pines”.

Andy Cranston
Andy Cranston
Gillian Ward
Gillian Ward
Andy Cranston
Andy Cranston
Gillian Ward
Gillian Ward
Barry Foster
Barry Foster
Hamanatua Stream bridge walkway underpass, photo: Andy Cranston
Hamanatua Stream bridge walkway underpass, photo: Andy Cranston

Trail fly-through

Te Hītori o Te Ara

Ko te tikanga ko te taitara o te akau, ara ki Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki ngā hapū o Ngāti Konohi me Ngāti Rakai. I te taunga mai o tauiwi, ka wehewehea ka riro i te whānau Lysnar tētahi wāhanga o te whenua. I te tuarima o Tīhema 1921 ka hoatu e Winifred Lysnar tētahi wāhanga ki Te Karapu Kaiwhakaora i Te Hunga Kaumoana ki te tonga o Te Chalet, ki te rohe o Tūranganui.

I ngā rā o mua, tino manakohia ana te eke hoiho i tēnei wāhanga o te papa rāhui, ara Te Kura Eke Hoiho ā Winifred Lysnar. I ēnei rā, te kitea o te hunga eke hoiho i te akau timu ana te tai. GDC, W. D. Lysnar and Wainui Beach Reserves Management Plan

Paku Āwhina me ngā Āhuatanga

He tūnga waka, he papa tākaro, he tēpu pikiniki, he wharepaku, he ara ki te akau kei te tāhuna o Okitū.