The Nikau Creek Track is a short 30 minute walk that takes you through the podocarp rainforest found in this area of the North Island. It is not a well frequented track, so you are likely to not see another person.
View of the spillway and lookout. The Wainuiomata River is channeled from a wetland, continuing its course beneath as...
What was once called The Meadow is now Hine Road Recreation Area, a grassy area that sits alongside Wainuiomata...
Old pumping station which has been inundated by native forest growth. The station housed a water flow meter system...
Hine Road street trees out on quite the show during autumn. The region where this street lies was once...
Looking down at the Wainuiomata River from the Coast Road. The river starts in a podocarp rainforest, then flows...
Observing a morepork (ruru), commonly referred to as the brown owl. Indigenous to New Zealand and Norfolk Island, this...
Sledge Track Creek in Wainuiomata is a habitat for kiwi, New Zealand’s national bird. These flightless and endangered birds...
Peering through native forest at the Wainuiomata River below. The hill in the background is a foothill in the...
