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13 more northern kilometres
Completion of signage on the the Onekainga Track, means there’s now a 13-kilometre route between Kaiikanui Road, just inland from Mimiwhangata Bay in Northland, through to Whananaki Estuary. This route includes an upgrade of DOC’s Morepork Track in the north to align with a route put through some time ago by Te Araroa Trust in the south. The entrance to the Morepork Track is not yet signposted, but the track itself is marked out. The entrance is about three kilometres along Kaiikanui Road from that road’s northern junction with Webb and Mimiwhangata roads.
Grateful thanks to Greta and Craig Harman, the farmers at Whananaki who allowed passage through their land, and to farmers Don and Val Waetford, and the Waetford whanau, who did the same. Thanks also to DOC’s Myles Taylor and the cutting gang for the upgrading the Morepork, to Stefan Seitzer, Te Araroa’s project manager in this area, who personally marked out the Morepork, to Fiona Mackenzie for past work, and Gary Leigh seen at work here installing the signage. Thank also to ASB Community Trust for provided funding. This route now becomes part also of the Whangarei District Council’s Coastal Walkway.
Photo: Stefan Seitzer
