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Tramping in Te Urewera

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Tramping in Te Urewera

Te Urewera, home of the Tūhoe people, has many fine tramping (hiking) routes. This one runs beside the course of the Whakatāne River. This scene is near the junction with the Waikare River, about 25 kilometres north of Ruatāhuna.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Bay of Plenty places – Inland Urewera, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5736/tramping-in-te-urewera (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.