Self-guided, from the records
Walking trails, one afternoon each.
12 self-guided routes so far, in Tāmaki Makaurau and Waikato, each with a narrated guide, a running map and timed stops. Mana whenua review of the routes is still ahead.
Tāmaki Makaurau · 9 stops · 4.2 km · 2 hr 40
The volcanic field beneath the suburbs
Fifty-three cones across the isthmus, and many of them were lived on. This trail takes six, including the one Auckland quarried away for road metal.
Walk this trailFree · 6 plates
Pōneke · 11 stops · 3.5 km · 2 hr 10
Timber pretending to be stone
A government that could not afford masonry built the illusion of it in kauri — then watched the 1855 quake hand it more land to build on.
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Ōtautahi · 8 stops · 2.9 km · 1 hr 50
What the river kept
Ōtākaro was a mahinga kai long before it was a punting reach. Walk the residential red zone with the vanished streets pinned back on.
Walk this trailFree · 21 plates
The three routes above are illustrative previews of the format. The 12 live routes are in the app.