As usual, this year has been a busy one for Trackies. The Backbay Boardwalk was a major project, repairing after storm damage, with the...

Have you been thinking about trying one of the tracks within Tanekaha, but didn't know where to start? Here are some recent notes from a...

A big thank you to the Team at Mangawhai Focus and Bunnings for a replacement wheelbarrow after our original went AWOL from the Tanekaha...

June 2023 Back Bay boardwalk The Team has been working hard to get the boardwalk back into its original position and implementing...

Back Bay boardwalk As most of you know the boardwalk suffered serious damage in cyclone Gabrielle along with substantial damage to the...

The Back Bay boardwalk completed just over a year ago (August 2021) has recorded over 20,000 passes in its first 11 months. Proving not...

The new Tanekaha Botanical Track aims to showcase the variety of forest trees you can see along the way with beautiful groves of nikau,...

Back Bay boardwalk Well the boardwalk has been open to the public for 6 weeks now and over 3000 visits have been recorded. Numerous...

Back Bay boardwalk Six weeks hard work and I still say it is a joy to work with such a dedicated and motivated bunch of Trackies. It...

December 2020 Well it has been quite a year and despite Covid-19 the Trackies made good progress on a number of fronts. With over 50...

Back Bay Boardwalk A huge thank you to the boardwalk team for their magnificent effort in reaching 250m of the 500m structure despite the...

Back Bay boardwalk The continuation of the Back Bay walkway via a 500m boardwalk through the mangroves will finally get underway in April...

Dr. Gordon Hosking ONZM Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, received the award at the Queens ‘ Birthday Honors list 2018. Quoting...

Spring 2018 Tanekaha Tracks The Botanical Track is now open and in very good condition. Some modification has been carried out to move...

The new Tanekaha Botanical Track aims to showcase the variety of forest trees you can see along the way with beautiful groves of nikau,...

A silent kereru is resting aloft a tall dead stalk of a kanuka tree. Its neck is stretched to full length so it is awake and alert as...

We are incredibly fortunate that 5 Kiwi have decided to set up home around our Tanekaha Tracks. They are Pedro and Marino, Teddy and...

Paul Freeman, one of the original men who accepted the radical idea of pursuing the implementation of walking tracks through Mangawhai...

Hi team, just a bit of an update on a few things happening in our Trackie’s universe that might be of interest. Trackie’s BBQ Our annual...