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GISBORNE TO WAIROA KILOMETRES FROM GISBORNE KILOMETRES FROM WAIROA
Gisborne - Mahia - Wairoa - Waikaremoana
via State Highway 2 (Side Trip SH38)

Travel north-west from Gisborne along Gladstone Road. Just after the Gisborne Park Golf
Course you will find the Showgrounds Park Motor Camp.

Gisborne Showgrounds Park Motor Camp: 20 Main Rd, Makaraka. Ph/fax 06-867 5299

Email: camp@gisborneshow.co.nz (see advert page 92).

Makaraka
94km
5km
A busy little village at the junction of Main Rd & SH2. Veer left onto SH2 where you will
pass through the Poverty Bay flats. The opening of the Waipaoa River Flood Control Scheme
in 1973 which protects 9,000 hectares has enabled the productive plains to belie their name,
and produce excellent wine and horticultural crops.
8km Matawhero 91km
This area is rich in Early-European history and a nearby farm was started in 1839.
Originally a school building, the Matawhero Historic Church was built in the 1860's.
Matawhero is also the site of an infamous incident during the Māori Wars in 1868, when
the warrior Te Kooti & his followers attacked the settlement, resulting in 54 deaths.

Stop & Walk the Trails at Eastwoodhill Arboretum!

EASTWOODHILL ARBORETUM (SEE ADVERT PAGE 96), RERE FALLS & RERE
ROCK SLIDE SIDE TRIP
By turning right at the roundabout
onto Wharekopae Road, you are
heading towards, Eastwoodhill
Arboretum (25kms) & the picturesque
Rere Falls (40kms), picnic area &
swimming hole, & a bit past the falls
is the Rere Rock Slide (see photo page
101). This 60 metre natural waterslide
is suitable for most age groups, but it
is recommended you wear a wetsuit or
use a boogie board or inner tube.
Morning time at Eastwoodhill Arboretum

Stop & Venture down the Rere Rockslide!

13km Manutuke 85km
Soon after turning left at the roundabout you will pass a side road leading to the village
of Manutuke, the site of several interesting Māori marae. Te Poho o Rukupo is one of the
oldest meeting houses in Poverty Bay, while Toko Toru Tapu, an Anglican church and the
house Te Mana o Turanga on the Whakato Marae both have wonderful carvings. Please
remember that marae are private property, if you are lucky you may find a friendly local to
104 show you around.