at.govt.nz at.govt.nz 09 366 6400 or visit visit or 6400 366 09 safeguard this by observing the no fishing and no taking rules. taking no and fishing no the observing by this safeguard For public transport information: transport public For phone Auckland Transport Transport Auckland phone underwater environment. In return we ask you to help us us help to you ask we return In environment. underwater the park is well sign-posted. sign-posted. well is park the wonderful opportunity for diving or snorkelling in an unspoilt unspoilt an in snorkelling or diving for opportunity wonderful and Road Takatu along Drive right. turn off, turn Omaha coastline. Yours to explore, the marine reserve provides a a provides reserve marine the explore, to Yours coastline. Follow the signs to Matakana. Just past Matakana, at the the at Matakana, past Just Matakana. to signs the Follow The Tāwharanui Marine Reserve borders the northern northern the borders Reserve Marine Tāwharanui The from downtown Auckland. Take SH1 north to Warkworth. Warkworth. to north SH1 Take Auckland. downtown from Tāwharanui Marine Reserve Marine Tāwharanui drive minute 80 or 85km an is Park Regional Tāwharanui sightings of rodents or other animal pests to the duty ranger. duty the to pests animal other or rodents of sightings How to get there get to How gear to ensure there are no rodents hidden anywhere. Report Report anywhere. hidden rodents no are there ensure to gear of ways. Before you enter the park, check your vehicles and camping camping and vehicles your check park, the enter you Before ways. of aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Visitors to Tāwharanui can protect the open sanctuary in a number number a in sanctuary open the protect can Tāwharanui to Visitors the park office. Following the on-site instructions or visit visit or instructions on-site the Following office. park the How can you help? you can How from the park use the contact phone at the notice board at at board notice the at phone contact the use park the from restrictions and to make a booking: a make to and restrictions phone 09 301 0101, 0101, 301 09 phone pest-free haven for native species. native for haven pest-free For information on park facilities, conditions and and conditions facilities, park on information For pest eradication and monitoring programme ensures we maintain a a maintain we ensures programme monitoring and eradication pest entrance to the park. the to entrance to coast pest-proof fence keeps pests out of the open sanctuary. A A sanctuary. open the of out pests keeps fence pest-proof coast to the near Bay Jones at located is and people, six to up birds and animals can live and breed successfully. A 2.5km coast coast 2.5km A successfully. breed and live can animals and birds sleeps which Bach, Tāwharanui at escape bach your Book and farming; free from plant and animal pests; where native plants, plants, native where pests; animal and plant from free farming; and the Georgetti family in 1973. in family Georgetti the Other accommodation Other an open sanctuary that integrates conservation with recreation recreation with conservation integrates that sanctuary open an The Auckland Regional Authority (ARA) purchased the park from from park the purchased (ARA) Authority Regional Auckland The The vision for Tāwharanui Regional Park is to create and maintain maintain and create to is Park Regional Tāwharanui for vision The extracted from the park, creating the so-called Jones Bay Lagoon. Lagoon. Bay Jones so-called the creating park, the from extracted Conditions apply. apply. Conditions Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary Open Tāwharanui Jones and Young families. Kauri timber was milled and shingle was was shingle and milled was timber Kauri families. Young and Jones a SCC must stay in the Tāwharanui all modes campground. campground. modes all Tāwharanui the in stay must SCC a After 1870 Tāwharanui was developed as a farm by the Martin, Martin, the by farm a as developed was Tāwharanui 1870 After parking area. Campervans, vehicle units and caravans with with caravans and units vehicle Campervans, area. parking coastline in 1879. 1879. in coastline “lofty fortified settlement”. settlement”. fortified “lofty Tāwharanui has no Self-Containment Certificate (SCC) (SCC) Certificate Self-Containment no has Tāwharanui anchor of the Phoenix, a vessel wrecked on the Tāwharanui Tāwharanui the on wrecked vessel a Phoenix, the of anchor pā known as “Ōpōnui” and above the stream outlet is “Pā-hi” or or “Pā-hi” is outlet stream the above and “Ōpōnui” as known pā Staying overnight in selected areas selected in overnight Staying of the kiekie vine”. The iconic Anchor Bay is named after the the after named is Bay Anchor iconic The vine”. kiekie the of Mangatawhiri Stream. Near the park entrance was a significant significant a was entrance park the Near Stream. Mangatawhiri The name Tāwharanui refers to “the abundant edible bracts bracts edible abundant “the to refers Tāwharanui name The The people lived mainly around the catchment of the the of catchment the around mainly lived people The restrictions and conditions that apply. apply. that conditions and restrictions species combine. combine. species the tracks and you will help protect the dunes. There are are There dunes. the protect help will you and tracks the ceremonial and decorative purposes. decorative and ceremonial where farming, public recreation and conservation of native native of conservation and recreation public farming, where when walking from the campground to the beach, stick to to stick beach, the to campground the from walking when a valued source of kōkōwai or red ochre, which was used for for used was which ochre, red or kōkōwai of source valued a New Zealand’s first integrated open sanctuary (mainland island) island) (mainland sanctuary open integrated first Zealand’s New to 150m from the beautiful white sand beach. Remember Remember beach. sand white beautiful the from 150m to of the snapper in the sea.” Waikōkōwai (Anchor Bay) provided provided Bay) (Anchor Waikōkōwai sea.” the in snapper the of was park regional 588-hectare The line. coast northern the Tāwharanui has one basic, sheltered campground around 50m 50m around campground sheltered basic, one has Tāwharanui ki tai.” “The flowering bracts of the kiekie on the land; the flesh flesh the land; the on kiekie the of bracts flowering “The tai.” ki Sanctuary and the Tāwharanui Marine Reserve which borders borders which Reserve Marine Tāwharanui the and Sanctuary Campgrounds symbolised by the saying: “He whā tāwhara ki uta; he kiko tāmure tāmure kiko he uta; ki tāwhara whā “He saying: the by symbolised and regenerating wetlands. It includes the Tāwharanui Open Open Tāwharanui the includes It wetlands. regenerating and Tāwharanui provided a rich variety of marine and forest resources, resources, forest and marine of variety rich a provided Tāwharanui conditions and require a permit. permit. a require and conditions beaches, rolling pastures, shingled bays, native coastal forest forest coastal native bays, shingled pastures, rolling beaches, the Te Kawerau people called Ngāti Raupō. Ngāti called people Kawerau Te the Groups of 50 people or more are only allowed under special special under allowed only are more or people 50 of Groups some of the Auckland region’s most beautiful white sand sand white beautiful most region’s Auckland the of some of (sub-tribe) hapū small a by occupied was park the Set on a remote peninsula, Tāwharanui Regional Park boasts boasts Park Regional Tāwharanui peninsula, remote a on Set home. scraps Māori lived in this area for more than 800 years. Until the 1870s 1870s the Until years. 800 than more for area this in lived Māori and hazardous material and take rubbish and food food and rubbish take and material hazardous and Tāwharanui Regional Park Regional Tāwharanui History vermin pests, of free is it ensure to park the entering before the open sanctuary please check all vehicles and equipment equipment and vehicles all check please sanctuary open the be reintroduced in the future. the in reintroduced be Feel free to bring your own gas barbecues. To help protect protect help To barbecues. gas own your bring to free Feel and bittern are all flourishing behind the fence. More species will will species More fence. the behind flourishing all are bittern and at Tāwharanui Regional Park. Park. Regional Tāwharanui at dotterel, reef heron, spotless crake, pateke, kakariki, saddleback saddleback kakariki, pateke, crake, spotless heron, reef dotterel, own favourite spot to picnic with friends and family any time time any family and friends with picnic to spot favourite own takahē, bellbird, North Island robin, whitehead, New Zealand Zealand New whitehead, robin, Island North bellbird, takahē, With 588 hectares of regional park you can easily find your your find easily can you park regional of hectares 588 With of volunteers and much more is planned. North Island brown kiwi, kiwi, brown Island North planned. is more much and volunteers of Prime picnic spots picnic Prime Significant restoration and planting has been done with the help help the with done been has planting and restoration Significant Park facilities Park birds and animals Plants, Key Please take your rubbish home Regional parkland Your parks provide open space, fresh air, a home for native plants and animals, clean water, beauty and inspiration. Te Ārai Help keep them this way. Tāwharanui Pākiri • No bins • No rubbish • Better parks • Wellsford Matakana Regional Park Atiu Creek Tāwharanui Warkworth Dogs 1 Scandrett Te Rau Pūriri Open sanctuary areas: Mahurangi Wenderholm Prohibited at all times. This covers all areas of the Shakespear open sanctuary, parkland, campgrounds, foreshore 1 Helensville Hauraki Gulf Long Bay and aras adjoining to the entrance of the park.