Tramping Tracks in the Auckland Area

There are a variety of tramping tracks in the Auckland region. These are administered by the Department Of Conservation (DOC), the Te Araroa Trust and Auckland Council.

Goldie Bush

DOC provides mostly current useful track information, including maps on their website.

Tracks of especial interest are:

•    Goldie Bush, Mokoroa Stream

•    Te Henga Walkway

•    Mt Tamahunga

•    Dome Forest

•    Moirs Hill Walkway

•    Rangitoto / Motutapu Island

•    Tirirtiri Matangi Island

•    Hakarimata Walkway

•    Hapuakohe Walkway

 

Further afield there are some rewarding tramping tracks:

•    Coromandel Peninsula

•    Kaimai Mamaku Conservation Park

•    Great Barrier Island

•    Maungatautari

•    Mt Pirongia

•    Mt Karioi

Mokoroa Stream

The Te Araroa Trail runs through the Auckland area. Trail Information, with maps, is available on their website - refer the Trail Index tab. Unfortunately they can't currently go through the Hunuas because of two key tracks being closed as a kauri protection measure.

In the parks and reserves managed by Auckland Council, including the Waitakeres and the Hunuas there are very few open tramping tracks. They also do not communicate information about the open tracks well - as a starting point go to their track closures page. 

There is a work plan in place to significantly upgrade some of these tracks, but even before the Covid-19 lockdown this was running behind schedule - now it is anyone's guess as to when and what work will resume.

A few tracks are of interest:

  • Waitakeres - Rose / White Track loop, Mercer Bay Loop / Comans
  • Hunuas - Ernies Track, Cossey / Wairoa / Massey Loop, eastern ridge tracks Mangatangi, Upper Mangatawhiri, Kohukohunui with Mine Road Track loop, Challenge Track, Pukapuka Track and Wairoa Loop / Suspension Bridge

Note also that there are many Auckland Council administered tracks closed in local parks and reserves throughout the Auckland region, including on Waiheke Island.