Piritahi circuit walk

Introduction | Walkway guide and map | Additional information

Introduction

The Piritahi circuit walk takes approximately 2 hours, and begins and ends at Piritahi Marae, Blackpool. It is the sixth and final walk in the Greater Te Huruhi series.

The walk from Blackpool Beach leads up to the trig on Church Bay Road taking in almost 180 degree views of western Waiheke and the Hauraki Gulf. After continuing west through countryside, several forest reserves and bays, the walk returns to Huruhi Bay, Blackpool.

This self-guided hikoi (walk) is a journey to remember the story of the whenua (land) over the past 180 years. It weaves a story about the people of the past, present and future.

See Walkway guide and map for more information about

what happened to the "Greater" part of Te Huruhi
why a stream was named after a wedding in 1833 and
who the people from "Nga Hau e Wha" (the four winds) are.

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Entrance to Piritahi Marae.

Published April 2009