Te Kuri Farm Walkway

Te Kuri Farm Walkway is located on a private farm on the northern outskirts of Gisborne. The walkway has a well defined track that is suitable for people with average physical fitness. It is a 2-3 hour loop that can be walked in either direction. The walkway initially passes through areas of flat farmland before steadily climbing 230 metres to a lookout point (Town Hill, 290 metres). There is a steady climb up to this lookout, and the view it gives of the Poverty Bay flats is well worth the effort. A special feature of the walk is the panoramic views which can be seen from various points along the route. There is one notable area of remnant, semi-coastal forest of a type once common on the foothills of the Poverty Bay Flats. The bush in the gullies is dominated by puriri, kohekohe and mahoe, while the ridges and slopes are clothed in kanuka, forest and blackwood plantations. Elsewhere radiata pine is the dominant species. The bush provides a home for a number of forest birds such as tui, kereru (native wood pigeon), owl (ruru), grey warbler (riroriro) and fantails (piwakawaka). On a clear day from the Town Hill lookout, visitors can see as far south as Mahia Peninsula and as far west as Maungapohatu on the eastern fringes of Te Urewera.