Ongoing track maintenance

Each winter our track network takes a hammering from rain and walkers. Volunteers spread metal, clear drains and pipes, and improve drainage where needed on an ongoing basis.

Some of the track projects we have worked on include:

  • raising a section of the upper Kohekohe track by 300mm 2024, bringing in fill from the 14th fairway over hundreds of volunteer hours

Section of the upper Kohekohe track raised 300mm by volunteers

  • bypassing a muddy section of the lower Kohekohe track 2024 to avoid an area which regularly floods
  • bypassing of a major slip upper Kohekohe track 2017
  • building a new track from the top of the Baylis Track to the top of the Park Rise track, 2016, subsequently concreted by council
  • upgrading the Mamaku Track with DHL Canon 2013
  • creating a detour on the Kohekohe track with BNZ Closed for Good 2013 – to bypass a muddy wet area which regularly floods.

The ribbon to be cut at the Park Rise bush track opening

  • Park Rise Track from Park Rise to Kowhai Rd 2011 – This track was constructed almost entirely by volunteers, with a small section at the Park Rise end built by contractors Te Ngahere at a cost of $6000. This 600m track provides a lovely walking link from Park Rise to Kowhai Rd near the playcentre and was opened by a large crowd in April 2011.
  • Volunteers built a new section on the Mamaku Track in 2010 – this section bypassed a very steep section, slippery in winter. Now you would never know.