Thread: Lake Ōkataina closed!!

Originally Posted by omark

Just to update you. There is still no wash station in place so you have to go into Rotorua to a car wash and squirt your boat with a water blaster and take a photo. Such bullshit. When you get to the ramp there is a chain across it and you have to show the woman (who was “on duty” a photo of your trailer being washed.

The ramp is like a dump site as there is a pile of rocks there and the jetty has been pulled out. The lake is very high (like it’s been many times before). The jetty has just been dumped at the end of the road…

Maybe TALT and RDC are going to put a floating pontoon jetty in to replace it? Does anyone know?

If not then it’s just another move to close our access to the lake and to make access hard so that we give up

The below just came through from Fish & Game. I thought that this sort of carry on had stopped under the new Government. How can the this Trust close public access to this lake when its via a legal road and the publics right of access to the lake for recreational use is Guaranteed under the Te Awara Lakes settlement legislation??

We need some answers from the new minister for fishing & Hunting



Lake Ōkataina closed until April 29

We have been advised by Ngāti Tarāwhai Iwi Trust that boat and watercraft access to Lake Ōkataina will be closed from Monday at 8pm until Friday 6am until April 29 2024.
We understand concerns from iwi about the potential spread of the gold clams to the Rotorua lakes. We also recognise some anglers will be extremely disappointed by this decision.
Ultimately, the decision about limiting access to the lake has been made by Ngāti Tarāwhai Iwi Trust. Fish & Game New Zealand had no role in this decision.


Barrie Barnes

Chairperson
NZ Fish and Game Council