Photo: Mount Hikurangi – Ruakumara Forest Park (Stragglers, Stunning Views, Beach Vibes and Robbie Burns)
Te Urewera is the homeland of Tūhoe and is looked after under its own act of Parliament. It surrounds Lake Waikaremoana, whose Great Walk is one of the best known in the country. Nearby, the Whirinaki forest and the more remote East Cape ranges are quieter.
The club's reports include the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, huts in the Whirinaki such as Central Whirinaki and Upper Whirinaki, and trips towards Mt Hikurangi and the Raukūmara. April is the busiest month, which fits Easter trips.
Highlight trips
Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk – Te Urewera2025 · Medium
Mānawatia a Matariki! Manuoha – Sandy Bay Circuit2022 · Medium
Upper Whirinaki Hut Whirinaki FP – River Road2015 · Medium
Whirinaki Forest, Te Pua-a-Tāne Circuit2020 · Easy-Medium
Managamate Loop over Easter2026 · Easy-Medium
Cape Reinga to Bluff the long way – Part 2, Sidetracked around the East Cape1990
Easter eggs and tramping in Whirinaki2011 · Easy-Medium- Trip reportUrewera Christmas Trip (1964-65)A T. & M. on a Hutt Valley Trip Our next venture was the launch Christmas Day, 1964, saw five doubt- crossing of the lake. And this is where ful trampers departing on the 2.5 p.m. everything went wrong. According to our railcar, for a "tour" of the…
- Trip reportLake WaikaremoanaAn Irishman, an Englishman, a Scots- we were to walk around the southern man, and a Kiwi met on the seaward half of the lake to Onepoto. The side of the Railway Station on Friday, light of the trip being the view high- from 2nd June, 1967. Our transport was a…