Thread: Kaimanawa Forest Park

Have you driven it recently???

No one is the correct answer. The tar seal has done a good job holding hands for all these years, but the potholes are almost winning

If you're asking me, no I haven't driven it for about 10 years.

Yeah, I regularly (twice a year maybe??) drive it. Have done so from the late 70's till now. Can't remember ever seeing any work being done on the road.
Come to think of it, there may have been some work done on the steep incline the seal finishes on now, and the washed out culvert in the late 80's. Would have been for the power board dudes to maintain access to the water gauge at the very end of the track. Once you hit the bottom of the incline, the legal road alignment turns right only. All those tracks heading downstream appear to be on private land.

There is a change in 2019 where some of those blocks got a street address and started paying rates.Heading down Waipakihi Rd the first section pays no rates then after that the land is rateable. Those blocks either side of rd have now got a boundary line. Info from Taupo Council Map.

Originally Posted by PillowDribbler

There is a change in 2019 where some of those blocks got a street address and started paying rates.Heading down Waipakihi Rd the first section pays no rates then after that the land is rateable. Those blocks either side of rd have now got a boundary line. Info from Taupo Council Map.

The first part of the road is on conservation land, looks like about the first 1km or so.

The ceo of the NZDA spoke at out meeting last wednesday and bought this up so they were aware of it . What they can do or are doing he didn't say.

Yep Cigar,Looking at it another way,that part of rd is Tongariro National Park and not classed as rd so therefore it is a track which means did Helisika get a special concession to use that piece.Only other rd is SH45 to Whakapapa.

Originally Posted by Timmay

Those gates won't last long

My thoughts exactly, they will need a guard 24/7 and a very long and solid fence on either side (it will get expensive). You do wounder whats going on.

Originally Posted by PillowDribbler

Yep Cigar,Looking at it another way,that part of rd is Tongariro National Park and not classed as rd so therefore it is a track which means did Helisika get a special concession to use that piece.Only other rd is SH45 to Whakapapa.

That could well be a question worth asking?

I've just had a reporter from Stuff on the phone, apparently this is getting more coverage than just the website.

If anyone wants to talk with him PM me and I'll send your phone number.

Also, the titles are in hand and the trust doesn't own the road - but I'm still waiting on the Maori Land Court to get back to me.

I've had nil response so far from the MP for Taupo.

I got an email saying she was going to talk to Helisika and the trust, and silence thereafter.

I think there will be some scurrying happening currently.

I came across records of an easement on the title to Genesis and it's successors, I assume it's for access to the hydro sites, but that doesn't automatically mean access for everyone.

All information gathered so far ie: Title, deposited drawings, Gazette notices etc need further consideration as the nomenclature is from a by gone age to my mind. I will pass these documents on to people with the appropriate qualifications and experience. On that note, is there a registered surveyor on this forum who could clarify the information contained in the drawings?

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

I've just had a reporter from Stuff on the phone, apparently this is getting more coverage than just the website.

If anyone wants to talk with him PM me and I'll send your phone number.

Also, the titles are in hand and the trust doesn't own the road - but I'm still waiting on the Maori Land Court to get back to me.

Somebody from FMC or NZDA should be fronting this. Its a bloody public access issue, its not just of interest to a hunting and shooting forum.