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The Karekare Falls are a part of the Company Stream, a tributary of the Karekare Stream. [1] The waterfall is 30 m (98 ft) high. [2] The waterfall is accessible by a walking track from Karekare Road, [3] which takes a 10-minute walk. [4] The waterfall is bordered by pōhutukawa trees and nīkau palms. [4]
The name Te Awa Kōtuku was a reference to the Waitākere Falls. [6] The area was the most densely settled area of West Auckland, [6] and the river banks were the locations of many Te Kawerau ā Maki kāinga, such as Ōhutukawa near Lake Wainamu, Motu, Ōkaihau, Raumati, Pihāriki, Parawai, and Waitī. [5]
Many of the highest New Zealand waterfalls are in Fiordland National Park in the Southland region of the South Island, and are geographically on the west coast; an area with very high rainfall. Several of the waterfalls empty into fiords off the Tasman Sea: falls into Doubtful Sound - Chamberlain Falls, Helena Falls, Lady Alice Falls.
The waterfall is accessible by the Fairy Falls track, accessible from Scenic Drive. [3] This track was closed in 2018 due to the threat of kauri dieback , [ 4 ] and later by the effects of Cyclone Gabrielle in February 2023. [ 5 ]
The area is within the traditional rohe of Te Kawerau ā Maki, an iwi that traces their ancestry to some of the earliest inhabitants of the Auckland Region. [4] [5] The name Waiatarua originally referred to the upper reaches of the Big Muddy Creek and Nihotupu Stream, likely referencing the dual view of both the Waitematā and Manukau Harbours. [6]
It is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Auckland city centre, south of the larger beach of Piha. It is north of Whatipu , south of Piha and west of the Centennial Memorial Park and Water Catchment area, which cover most of the native bushland Waitākere Ranges .
Ōkiritoto Falls, Toroanui Falls Ōkiritoto Stream , also known as the Muriwai Stream , is a stream of the Auckland Region of New Zealand 's North Island . The stream originates to the east of Muriwai township, and flows in a circular anti-clockwise direction, flowing into Muriwai Beach at Muriwai Regional Park north of the Muriwai Golf Course.