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10 Journey route Food Scenic views Motukaraka KOHUKOHU

Gravel road Cafe Photo stop 13 11 1 12 Car Ferry Point of interest Shop Local favourite Motuti RAWENE Swimming Petrol station Don’t miss 9 Did you know: In 1900, the busy Kauri milling Rawene Cemetery township of Kohukohu had a NORTHLAND d R population of almost 2,000 people. NZ st e a W st C o

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of fire’ is the first H Koutu 12 landing place of the urupā and cemeteries by great Polynesian not eating, drinking or Tasman Sea Kupe explorer Kupe, smoking there, and Pakanae named for the washing your hands

way the light when you leave. Journey - Coast to Coast’ Ara of Islands via ‘Te Bay Kaikohe, To strikes the shore. 7 OPONONI & OMAPERE According to Maori mythology, the two Niniwa entrance headlands are 6 Old Wharf Road taniwha named Arai Te Uru (Taniwha) 3 in the south, and Niniwa in 5 Arai Waiotemarama the north, who guard the Te Uru harbour entrance. Reserve Arai Te Uru 15 Km (Taniwha) Waimamaku

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s a tree is felled, t thanks is given to 2 Tāne Mahuta for The is known by three names: giving up one of his Tāne Mahuta • Hokianga Whakapau Karakia - ‘Hokianga expend karakia’ children. • Te Puna o Te Ao Marama - ‘the wellspring of moonlight’ Omapere 31KM 1 Rawene 55KM • Te Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe - ‘the place of Kupe's great return’ Visitor Centre Mitimiti 99KM DEC 2020 To , Auckland via Ancient Kauri Trail cemetery you can also see the grave of History 1 Waipoua Forest Visitors’ Centre 6 Old Wharf Road Cross the harbour Outside the Waipoua Forest Visitors’ The end of Old Wharf Road is where who was born in Mitimiti Step back in time to wander in the Centre is a memorial plaque in the one of the most famous photos of Kohukohu and is widely regarded as one of New 10 Take the ferry across to Kohukohu footsteps of our ancestors and discover Ventnor Grove presented by the the Ventnor tragedy was captured Zealand’s most important artists. Chinese community to Te Roroa in in 1902. The image shows rescuers where you will discover historic the stories of the people that call this 2013. People who want to pay their surrounding lifeboats and survivors. houses, and an incredible arts region home. respects in the traditional way can In all, 3 lifeboats made it ashore, the community. MUST DO’s offer incense sticks at the foot of the fourth washed ashore at Mitimiti, Motukaraka – Church of the Lady The story of the Hokianga goes memorial. empty. Old Wharf Road offers an Tour 11 of our Assumption right back to the arrival of the first excellent view of the harbour entrance A tour with a local guide is the only Visit for the beauty, both inside way to uncover some of the amazing Polynesian explorers over 800 years Tāne Mahuta and sand dunes. 2 and out. Overlooking the Hokianga stories of the Hokianga. ago. The great navigator Kupe and his See the legendary Lord of the Forest Opononi and Omapere Harbour, this Roman Catholic Church crew, guided by the stars and currents, and learn the story of how Tāne 7 Opononi and its sister town Omapere was opened in the early 1900’s and Walk travelled thousands of miles across Mahuta brought light to the world are the key to exploring the Hokianga. has a beautiful kauri interior. From easy short tracks, to long the Pacific Ocean, eventually arriving by separating his parents – Ranginui advanced hikes, this area is the place Sky Father and Papatūānuku Earth Tours of the forest and harbour depart in Aotearoa. His journey inspired the Motuti to really get off the beaten track, and Mother. here, and the new cultural centre 12 great migration, and descendants of his Manea Footprints of Kupe is the best A remote but beautiful settlement feel like a discoverer yourself. people are the very same people who home to St Mary’s church and soon, Waiotemarama Falls place to learn the stories of Kupe and tell the stories of this area today. 3 a museum. Time your visit with one Three walks of varying difficulty start visit the memorial sculpture dedicated Art of 4 dates when the casket of the Visit the galleries and appreciate here, the first to the falls, the second to the sailors of the SS Ventnor. The Bishop Pompallier is on view. the art of one of the largest art Many years later, the Hokianga also to a grove of kauri trees, and the third Hokianga Archives and Museum also holds photos of the SS Ventnor communities in New Zealand became home to one of New Zealand’s advanced track to the top of Hauturu. most moving stories of connection and tragedy. 13 Panguru A small settlement, home to a Drive Safe community with the sinking of the SS The roads around the Hokianga 4 Waimamaku Beach Road statue honouring the late Dame Ventnor. Tragically, with the ship sank Follow the biggest river system of the 8 Koutu Boulders Harbour are famous for their curves Time your visit and take a walk up Whina Cooper and her historic land the remains of almost 500 Chinese Hokianga out to the coast. This area hikoi (march). Enter the Waipuna and views so please drive with care goldminers who had died in New is known for its white sand beaches, the beach at low tide to discover and remember that a friendly wave to unique spherical boulders up to 3m Marae grounds to read more on the Zealand and were being returned home rock pools, fishing, and diving. The storyboards. the locals never goes amiss. to China. Over the weeks and months Waimamaku Coastal Track connects in diameter.

following the sinking, the remains from here to Arai Te Uru Recreation 14 Mitimiti Urupā – the magnificent Rawene Cemetery began to wash ashore, where they were Reserve. 9 Red Gateway On the hill overlooking the historic The last stop on the trail is the collected and buried by the tangata township of Rawene is a cemetery whenua (people of the land) Te Roroa Signal Station Point: Arai Te Uru hauntingly beautiful coastal 5 said to contain an unmarked grave for settlement of Mitimiti – home to and . The history was passed Reserve numerous Chinese remains. According The lookout point offers spectacular the people of Te Rarawa. Along the down from generation to generation, in to local accounts, superstitious crew exposed stretch of beach Te Rarawa expectation the Chinese families would views of the Hokianga coastline and refused to take the remains aboard a harbour. The wreck of the SS Ventnor tūpuna collected the remains from return. “cream boat” that was to transfer the the SS Ventnor wreck for burial. lies approximately 15km out to sea in remains for shipping back to China. an a westerly direction. To the south Over 100 years later, a modern-day In 2007, more than 100 years later, a With nowhere else to go, the remains tribute to the event was built on is Kawerua, where Te Roroa gathered were taking to the Rawene Police chance meeting connected the Chinese and buried the Chinese remains, and the hill above Matihetihe marae. descendant community with the people Station and a decision was made Designed by Nick Grace, the to the north, Mitimiti, the last stop in to store them in the cemetery until of Te Roroa and Te Rarawa and the magnificent Chinese inspired gate the trail. someone came to claim them. special bond between the two peoples stands in a prime spot overlooking a continues today. spectacular ocean vista. In the same Ngā tapuwae o ō tātau tūpuna - The footsteps of our ancestors - Māori Proverb

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