Kotuku Trail
Name |
Kotuku Trail |
Location |
Wairau Lagoon |
Co-ordinates |
1686795 5401651 |
Alternative co-ordinates |
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Configuration |
Linear |
Distance |
4.5 km |
Status |
On-leash |
Grade |
Easy |
Access |
Turn left into Hardings Road off SH1 about 800 metres past Riverlands Industrial area. Parking area on left about 1.3 km down the road. |
Description |
A flat and in some ways unexciting walk along the lower section of the Opaoa River to Wairau Bar. Under closer inspection, however, the saltmarsh vegetation reveals subtle variation in colour and texture, and there's an abundance of birdlife to admire. Wairau Bar is also of great archaeological significance as the site of the earliest known human habitation in New Zealand. |
Connecting tracks |
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Further information |