WalkHidden gem
White Pine Bush
Tutira, Hawke's Bay
Two short loops through 19 hectares of kahikatea forest beside SH2, with nikau and a small waterfall.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 45 min
White Pine Bush protects coastal kahikatea forest. The short loop (800 m, 30 minutes) is pram and wheelchair friendly, and the longer loop (1.6 km, 40 minutes) passes big kahikatea. A stream with a small waterfall runs through it and you might see eels or koura.
Good to know
- Do not touch the giant stinging nettle (ongaonga)
- The short loop is steeper going down one way, so do it anticlockwise
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- SH2, 30 km north of Napier near Tutira
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
Facilities
- Picnic tables
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