Whangarei
17.89°C
Whangarei
17.89°C
Waitakere City
16.98°C
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17.11°C
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24.46°C
Hauraki
17.26°C
Waikato
17.67°C
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18.46°C
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17.51°C
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18.52°C
Rotorua
16.6°C
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15.44°C
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19.27°C
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18.6°C
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19.64°C
Gisborne
15.51°C
New Plymouth
16.98°C
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8.97°C
Ruapehu
14°C
Wanganui
17°C
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16.41°C
Wairoa
19.19°C
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18.84°C
Napier
18.49°C
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15.49°C
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15.66°C
Porirua
15.99°C
Lower Hutt
16.45°C
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15.79°C
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9.35°C
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16.27°C
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3.22°C
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15.48°C
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12.59°C
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12.52°C
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13.37°C
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11.32°C
Waimate
13.08°C
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12.38°C
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14.33°C
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9.98°C
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11.31°C
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12.06°C
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14.73°C
Te Anau
27.35°C
Wanaka
11.17°C
Kaikoura
13.38°C
Stratford
13.54°C
Upper Hutt
15.9°C
About
The Waioeka Gorge has spectacular bush and river views and provides excellent opportunities for hunting, tramping, picnics, swimming, canoeing, rafting and fishing.
Situated on State Highway 2 south of Opotiki, Waioeka Gorge Scenic Reserve is a 1800 hectare area of native forest and regenerating farmland. Some of the reserve was cleared for farming after World War 1, but the settlers couldn’t produce enough from the land to make their efforts worthwhile. They left behind them the Tauranga and Manganuku Bridges - the Tauranga Bridge is one of only two harp suspension bridges in the country.
The highway hugs the edge of the Waioeka River, running through the reserve for 50 kilometres. There are numerous reserve entry points, picnic areas and viewing places. Recommended walking tracks include the Tauranga Track (3 hours), Mangapumarumaru Track (4 hours) or Manganuku Track (4 hours). There is an excellent camping ground at the Manganuku Stream and good stretches of open water within the gorge for trout fishing.