Where are the Waitakere Ranges?
Auckland
Kitekite falls, Auckland The Waitakere Ranges Regional Park is a place where pristine bush, thriving native wildlife and rugged black sand surf beaches come together. The ‘wild west’ feels like another world away, but is only a 40-minute drive from the city centre.
What is Waitakere Ranges in Maori?
The area, traditionally known to Māori as Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa (The Great Forest of Tiriwa), is of local, regional, and national significance. The Waitākere Ranges includes a chain of hills in the Auckland Region, generally running approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from north to south, 25 km west of central Auckland.
What is special about Waitakere Ranges?
With over 250 kilometres of walking tracks, the ranges are a wonderful place to explore on foot, surrounded by spectacular scenery. Favourite scenic spots like the Karekare Falls, are very accessible.
How were the Waitakere Ranges formed?
The Waitakere Ranges, west of Auckland city The Waitakere Ranges are a thick accumulation (at least 1,200 ft) of marine-bedded andesitic volcanic conglomerate, breccia, tuff, and lapilli-tuff with associated pillow lavas, normal lavas, and dykes erupted during the Lower Mid-Miocene period (12–25 million years ago).
Are there Kiwis in the Waitakere Ranges?
Kiwi were last introduced to the Waitakere Ranges between 1979 and 1980 but because of the lack of pest control knowledge they were wiped out within three years.
Are Waitakere Ranges Open?
Three Tracks in the Waitakere Ranges Have Finally Reopened After a Multi-Million Dollar Upgrade. The tracks were closed in an effort to combat the devastating spread of kauri dieback, but are finally now back open for business.
Are dogs allowed in Waitakere Ranges?
Dogs are allowed in regional parks only as stated in the dog walking section of the park’s information and in the Regional Parks Management Plan. All other animals are prohibited at all times, unless you have a permit issued by Auckland Council.
Are the Waitakere Ranges volcanic?
The Waitakere Ranges consist of a large accumulation of volcanic-derived neritic and bathyal sediments of Otaian-mid-Altonian age, which are more or less conformably overlain by a sheet of subaerial andesite flows and pyroclastics and intruded by a number of necks and shallow intrusions (mid-Altonian-? Clifdenian).
What happened to the Waitakere volcano?
About 16 million years ago, as volcanic activity was drawing to a close, the Waitakere volcano was pushed up out of the sea by enormous forces deep in the earth.
Are dogs allowed in Waitākere Ranges?
What walks are open in the Waitakere Ranges?
Waitākere Tracks that Have Recently Been Reopened
- White Track, Piha – 1.9km one way, or can be combined with the Rose Track and Laird Thomson Track to create a great loop.
- Jubilee Walk, Cornwallis Beach – This 30-minute walk is well-suited to people of all ages.