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Tirohanga Beach Motor Camp

Awesome holiday location – right next to long sandy beach. EAST CAPE
A variety of cabins, shady powered & non powered sites.
Safe Beach for swimming, good fishing, diving or family fun.
Ideal relaxing no fuss family holiday destination beside the Motu
Dunes Cycle Trail. Great base to explore the East Coast.
Don’t forget your bike and walking shoes.
SH35, Tirohanga Beach, Opotiki
P 07 315 7942 E tmcamp@xtra.co.nz
www.tirohangabeachmotorcamp.co.nz

KILOMETRES FROM ŌPŌTIKI KILOMETRES FROM GISBORNE
6km Tirohanga 328km
Continuation of sandy beach and sand dunes, close to the road. Good surf fishing and
swimming. The Tirohanga Bluff, a hill on the seaward side of the road, has an old Māori
fortification on top where old trenches are easily discernible. The Tirohanga Beach
Motor Camp has up-to-date modern cooking and ablution blocks and the owners offer
every assistance to camper. And right next door is the well stocked Tirohanga Beach
Store.
Tirohanga Beach Motor Camp: East Coast Road, RD 1, Opotiki. Ph/Fax 07-315 7942.
Robert McLellan. RIght on the Motu Trails and Beach. (see advert above).
Tirohanga Beach Store: State Highway 35. Ph/Fax 07-315 7943 (see advert below)
Tirohanga Open 7 days from 7am for Groceries, Ice Creams,
Cafe-Takeaways, Fresh Fruit & Vege,
BEACH STORE Come and say hello to the team - Ray & Ema Williams
Fishing Tackle and Bait. Swappa LPG Bottle.

745b State Highway 35, Tirohanga, Opotiki 3197, New Zealand PHONE +64 7 315 7943

11km Waiaua River 323km
A pleasant picnic area alongside a small river.

Motu Road Scenic Detour Also see Scenic Drives page 13 for reverse loop trip. Cross
the Waiaua River and turn right for the Motu Road to Matawai via Toa Toa and Motu. Three kms
on the left are the Waiaua Church & Marae. As a contrast to the coastal scenery and easy driving
on SH35 the old Motu coach road provides a more challenging drive on metalled road through
some of the best rugged bush-clad mountainous country in New Zealand. Toa Toa - Valley of the
Clouds, some 40km from Ōpōtiki, now a quiet backwater, once supported a thriving community
with timber mills, cheese factory, post office and school. Continue by veering right at Toa Toa.
A detour at the Motu Falls - well signposted - will prove rewarding. With good amenities the falls
is an ideal place for a picnic lunch. Allow the best part of a day for the 140-odd km round trip
back to Ōpōtiki via the Waioeka Gorge or continue on from Matawai to Gisborne (see Ōpōtiki to
Gisborne via Waioeka Gorge Pg 56 & 58 & Motu Trails pages 5 to 7 for services available).

13km Omarumutu 321km
This is the site of the Omarumutu War Memorial Hall, the interior decoration of which
belongs with the finest Māori art in the country. The Tutamure meeting-house reveres the
ancestral chief of the present Ngātirua sub-tribe of Whakatohea, who attacked and won his
battle with Kahungunu at Te Mahia Peninsula. Visitors are welcome to inspect the Marae
grounds unless there is a Tangi [funeral] being held, this is indicated when the Marae flag
is flying at half mast.
The original pā sites of Tutamure may still be seen today at Rahui. The Makeo peak,
behind Omarumutu, was one of his strongholds. 63