Rokaiwhenua Stream Walk
Track category
Short walk
Time:
1 hr
Description
Northern rata in flower
On the entry road the track starts on the left just before the stream ford. This is a pleasant, low level forest walk.
Tracks and routes in the area
"A" Frame Hut and Takapari Road Track
Stanfield Hut Route
Getting there
Tamaki Road end is located 13 km from Dannevirke. Dannevirke is 85 km from Napier on State Highway 2. North from Dannevirke, turn left into Ruahine Street which leads into Umutaoroa Road after 1.2 km. Travel for another 5.4km, then turn left into Top Grass Road. Tamaki Road is located 2.3 km on your right.
The track starts at the road end.
About the area
At the road end there is a grassed clearing between the forest and the east branch of the Tamaki River with facilities available for picnicking, barbecues and camping.
From here there are opportunities for pleasant day trips, riverbed walks, longer tramping trips and a direct walk up to the soutern Ruahine leatherwood forest. A feature of the forests here are the large podocarp and rata that escaped logging in the 1930's.