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PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY TO OPOTIKI
Ohiwa Holiday Park is a beautiful beach & harbour front
destination in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. We offer camp sites and
self contained accommodation.
Close to Ohope Beach.
Todd & Nola Morgan
Ph: (07)315 4741 • Fax (07)315 4601
Email: stay@ohiwaholidays.co.nz
Web: www.ohiwaholidays.co.nz
KILOMETRES FROM OPOTIKI KILOMETRES FROM WHAKATANE
20km Kutarere 30km
The settlement of Kutarere once the port town of Ohiwa Harbour that serviced the hinterland, is
steeped in Maori history with recent major renovations to the local marae.
Travelling eastwards still with the harbour on your left, Ruatuna Road, just 2 kilometres on,
provides an interesting detour.
18km OHIWA HARBOUR SCENIC DETOUR 32km
This route follows the harbour edge via Ruatuna Road, Ohiwa Loop Road, Reeve Road and Ohiwa
Harbour Road and rejoins the Pacific Coast Highway (SH2) at the Waiotahi River Bridge. In olden
days Ohiwa was ringed by Pa sites, probably owing to the accessibility of sea food, and was the
scene of numerous tribal fights and massacres. Te Kooti died here in 1893 on Hokianga Island in
the middle of the harbour. It is a sealed road which leads to many ideal stopping places for safe
swimming, windsurfing, waterskiing, canoeing, sailing, fishing, boating, netting, picnics, etc. With
low tides, much of the harbour is bared and cockles are easily obtainable, also mussels in season. On
the knoll at the turnoff, occupying an area of 1 to 1.5 hectares are the most northerly New Zealand
Black Beech trees, Nothofagus Solanderi. These were brought from the South Island as seedlings by
Richard and Frances Kemp in 1882. The Ohiwa harbour is also the site of the most southerly growing
Mangrove plants, and is the only harbour in the country administered by an act of Parliament.
At the end of Reeves Road, turn left on Ohiwa Harbour Road, which leads to the Ohiwa
spit under the historic Onekawa Pa site. (See WALKS page 40). A wharf, the Ferry Hotel, Post
Office and school once existed near where the present channel now runs. The Ohiwa Spit,
Whangakopikopiko Island and Ohiwa Beach, are major breeding grounds for shorebirds, including
the endangered NZ Dotterel, Variable Oystercatchers, White Fronted Terns and Black Billed Gulls.
The Eastern Bar tailed Godwits arrive from their breeding ground in Alaska in September and
return in April each year. There are over 60 birds which live and breed around the Ohiwa Harbour.
The new edition of the Eastern Bay of Plenty Birds booklet is available from campgrounds and
I-sites. Snapper and Kahawai can be caught at the harbour entrance channel as well as the ocean
beach.
On the way to the Ohiwa Spit you will find Fantail Cottage and Ohiwa Beach Holiday Park.
A right turn at the Reeves Road and Ohiwa Harbour Road intersection, leads over the hill to
rejoin the Pacific Coast Highway.
Fantail Cottage: 336 Ohiwa Harbour Rd, BnB Homestay & classic bach accommodation, spa pool
& kayaks. ph 07 974 6510 or 022 173 3061. www.fantailcottage.co.nz. Hosts Meg & Mike Collins
Ohiwa Beach Holiday Park: Ohiwa Harbour Rd, RD2, Ph 07-315 4741. Motels,cabins, power &
tent sites. E. stay@ohiwaholidays.co.nz Right on beach & harbour. (see advert above)
Continuing on the Pacific Coast Highway (SH2) on the right is Waiotahe Valley Road which travels
some 15kms inland, another pleasant drive into the foothills of Te Urewera. Just after the turn off on
the right you will find a Caravan Dump Station.
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Ohiwa Holiday Park is a beautiful beach & harbour front
destination in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. We offer camp sites and
self contained accommodation.
Close to Ohope Beach.
Todd & Nola Morgan
Ph: (07)315 4741 • Fax (07)315 4601
Email: stay@ohiwaholidays.co.nz
Web: www.ohiwaholidays.co.nz
KILOMETRES FROM OPOTIKI KILOMETRES FROM WHAKATANE
20km Kutarere 30km
The settlement of Kutarere once the port town of Ohiwa Harbour that serviced the hinterland, is
steeped in Maori history with recent major renovations to the local marae.
Travelling eastwards still with the harbour on your left, Ruatuna Road, just 2 kilometres on,
provides an interesting detour.
18km OHIWA HARBOUR SCENIC DETOUR 32km
This route follows the harbour edge via Ruatuna Road, Ohiwa Loop Road, Reeve Road and Ohiwa
Harbour Road and rejoins the Pacific Coast Highway (SH2) at the Waiotahi River Bridge. In olden
days Ohiwa was ringed by Pa sites, probably owing to the accessibility of sea food, and was the
scene of numerous tribal fights and massacres. Te Kooti died here in 1893 on Hokianga Island in
the middle of the harbour. It is a sealed road which leads to many ideal stopping places for safe
swimming, windsurfing, waterskiing, canoeing, sailing, fishing, boating, netting, picnics, etc. With
low tides, much of the harbour is bared and cockles are easily obtainable, also mussels in season. On
the knoll at the turnoff, occupying an area of 1 to 1.5 hectares are the most northerly New Zealand
Black Beech trees, Nothofagus Solanderi. These were brought from the South Island as seedlings by
Richard and Frances Kemp in 1882. The Ohiwa harbour is also the site of the most southerly growing
Mangrove plants, and is the only harbour in the country administered by an act of Parliament.
At the end of Reeves Road, turn left on Ohiwa Harbour Road, which leads to the Ohiwa
spit under the historic Onekawa Pa site. (See WALKS page 40). A wharf, the Ferry Hotel, Post
Office and school once existed near where the present channel now runs. The Ohiwa Spit,
Whangakopikopiko Island and Ohiwa Beach, are major breeding grounds for shorebirds, including
the endangered NZ Dotterel, Variable Oystercatchers, White Fronted Terns and Black Billed Gulls.
The Eastern Bar tailed Godwits arrive from their breeding ground in Alaska in September and
return in April each year. There are over 60 birds which live and breed around the Ohiwa Harbour.
The new edition of the Eastern Bay of Plenty Birds booklet is available from campgrounds and
I-sites. Snapper and Kahawai can be caught at the harbour entrance channel as well as the ocean
beach.
On the way to the Ohiwa Spit you will find Fantail Cottage and Ohiwa Beach Holiday Park.
A right turn at the Reeves Road and Ohiwa Harbour Road intersection, leads over the hill to
rejoin the Pacific Coast Highway.
Fantail Cottage: 336 Ohiwa Harbour Rd, BnB Homestay & classic bach accommodation, spa pool
& kayaks. ph 07 974 6510 or 022 173 3061. www.fantailcottage.co.nz. Hosts Meg & Mike Collins
Ohiwa Beach Holiday Park: Ohiwa Harbour Rd, RD2, Ph 07-315 4741. Motels,cabins, power &
tent sites. E. stay@ohiwaholidays.co.nz Right on beach & harbour. (see advert above)
Continuing on the Pacific Coast Highway (SH2) on the right is Waiotahe Valley Road which travels
some 15kms inland, another pleasant drive into the foothills of Te Urewera. Just after the turn off on
the right you will find a Caravan Dump Station.
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