May 11, 2023

With cooler temperatures, it’s planting season. There are two more community planting days to be held along Opotiki’s Dunes Trail ...

January 7, 2023

Pakihi Track is a brilliant journey, but it demands your respect and care all the way

December 14, 2022

Motu Trails now has predator trapping on both the Dunes Trail and Pakihi Track. There's a total of 75+ traps targeting stoats, wea...

July 21, 2022

The team that looks after maintenance on the Motu Trails Cycleway has just been tooled-up with funding from Ground Effect Slush Fu...

May 27, 2022

March 30, 2022

New bench seats use historic timber, from the first Pakihi stream bridge, built in 1918.

March 24, 2022

Pakihi Track users have a new spot to take a rest. A new shelter was recently built alongside the beautiful Pakihi stream, south ...

December 19, 2021

Several kilometres of new coastal trail is now in place along Waiotahe beach west of Opotiki.

November 1, 2021

Winter/spring 2021 has been a challenging period for Pakihi Track maintenance—though it was a wonderful few months for the forest.

August 27, 2021

Around Motu Trails, the trail enhancements keep happening. In 2021 we’ve completed a new shelter at the top of Meremere hill on th...

July 2, 2019

A new Dunes Trail shelter was finished late-June (except for signage and cultural elements). It is at the eastern end of the Dunes...

July 2, 2019

High on the Motu Road above Motu, there's a pull-off where shuttle vans often stop, to drop riders. At this high point, in April, ...

October 1, 2018

Before you ride, be sure you know what to expect. That's especially important for the Pakihi Track, which is back-country and vari...