Thread: Kaimanawa Forest Park

Just had a look at Waipakahi road managed to get to river but thats all .A little deep to cross ,your going to need have a high truck to get over it dry .
Then if its up river, your better off taking 2 trucks as there is plenty of new rocks on the surface now

Originally Posted by kawekakid

Just had a look at Waipakahi road managed to get to river but thats all .A little deep to cross ,your going to need have a high truck to get over it dry .
Then if its up river, your better off taking 2 trucks as there is plenty of new rocks on the surface now

So why drive up there we have always walked from the road end it's very easy walking

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That also part of the reason for this current drama. Park and bloody walk/hunt up the valley - no need to drive further in than necessary.

Hi all.

Is there anybody that would be interested in taking a helisika block of my hands for this year? It's called haumingi and the dates are from the 10th-17th April. We have had a few things pop up this year unfortunately so are unable to go. Please txt me or call 0211467527. Pricing and info about block is on helisika website. Works out to around $5730 for 4 people.

We have done pretty well out of this block for the last few years.

Have you asked Helisika if they have a party in waiting for a cancellation.

Good to hear Waipakihi is still open for business. Does anyone know what the current decision is for the future? are the iwi intending to close it off eventually?

Originally Posted by Wiewiorka

Hi all.

Is there anybody that would be interested in taking a helisika block of my hands for this year? It's called haumingi and the dates are from the 10th-17th April. We have had a few things pop up this year unfortunately so are unable to go. Please txt me or call 0211467527. Pricing and info about block is on helisika website. Works out to around $5730 for 4 people.

We have done pretty well out of this block for the last few years.

Fuck that sounds like thievery to me . Just flew in with 6 of us into fiordiland 2 trips in a squirrel and shit loads of gear boat and all the fishing diving gear aswell and probably a longer flight for $5910 I refuse to fly with helisika .

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Haven’t heard anything about the future.

If you’re going through the gates have a look at the concrete block once you’ve gone through them. Someones tried to make sure they can’t be closed

Originally Posted by camenzie

Haven’t heard anything about the future.

If you’re going through the gates have a look at the concrete block once you’ve gone through them. Someones tried to make sure they can’t be closed

I rememeber a papaer road that got closed off by forestry people, the steel gate got welded open so many times the loggers eventualy removed it.

I wouldn't give 1 cent to Helisika, everyone should vote with their feet.

I suspect they have.
I got an email from them just a few weeks back offering roar blocks in April.
I’ve not used them much, but pretty sure it was near impossible to get a block in April unless you booked months out.

Just had a look at the NZ Gazette to see whether any land transfer has happened recently.

This is the parcel we're interested in:
3959867
(Te Herenga a nuku web map today)


Here are the details about it:
Note that although it is called "Part Rangipo Block 7C" the owners are not specified. They are named for the parcels on either side of this 25m wide strip that coincides with the map label "Waipakihi Road".


Next, I searched the NZ Gazette site for Find A Notice https://gazette.govt.nz/find-a-notice/ using a few key words:
Rangipo, Waipakihi, 3959867. No results found. This page goes back to 1993.
I searched for Land Notices from 1 Jan 2023 to 27 May 2023. 248 notices found.
I'm not an expert in this and would be interested if someone could do a more professional search.

Most of the notices were about creating or stopping legal roads. Note that Waipakihi Road is not a legal road, just a long strip of crown land, 25m wide and of 12.8379 hA.
Examples of land transfers which I did find were:
Land given to a Moriori trust on the Chatham Islands: https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2023-ln1454
Land acquired for "rifle range purposes": https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2023-ln390

Another place there could be a record of current ownership is Landonline but for some reason this is currently offline: https://www.linz.govt.nz/products-services/landonline

So, again I'm not an expert, but I couldn't find any sign that the Waipakihi Road has actually been transferred out of public ownership yet.

Noticed the road sign has been removed just says no exit when driving past today

The sign is regularly stolen - its absense doesn't mean much.

This here has had a update yesterday, dont know what the change is. https://www.herengaanuku.govt.nz/our...ipakihi-roads/

So the land for the roads was taken under the public works act for the purpose of building the power scheme, and now it’s being returned to its rightful owners.
Fair enough.
But…..
The roads need to be removed from the land and the land returned to its original state.

A good compromise though, would be to leave the roads there, but allow public to use them, and have their maintenance funded via taxpayer.

Honestly, this pc bullshit has to stop.