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(Last updated 29 January 2025)
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Sunday 16 February Hongi’s Track – Rotorua Grade 1+
We will make our way to Lake Rotoiti, near Rotorua and have morning tea by the lake before we start. There are toilets available. We last did this trip in 2022.
From here will start the track which goes through the bush between lakes Rotoiti and Rotoehu. It was originally known as Te Ara-o-Hinehopu (the pathway of Hinehopu).
A famous ancestress, Hinehopu, used it to travel between her two homes. Midway along the track she met her future husband, Pikiao III. The spot is now marked by a
tree known as the Wishing Tree. The name ‘Hongi’s Track’ recalls the time in 1823 when Hongi Hika and his army of Ngāpuhi warriors hauled their canoes along the
track, enabling them to attack the Te Arawa people on Mokoia Island in Lake Rotorua.
This is a lovely walk, through great bush and bird life. We will be walking for approx. 3-4 hours on an easy, well-formed track. Hopefully, if time allows a swim in Lake
Rotoiti and coffee/ice cream on the way home.
Depart: 7.30am Return: 5pm approx..
Cost: $25.00 (members) ; $30.00 (non-members)
Leaders: Dianne and friends
Booking Open: Monday 3 February @ 6pm
Contact Dianne Phone/Txt 027 272 6617 ; Email leedi444@gmail.com