Puhinui Stream Track

Average rating: 5
  • Walking
Difficulty
Medium
Length
10.2 km
Journey Time
3 hours
Region
Auckland
Sub-Region
Manukau / South Auckland
Part of Collections
Te Araroa - New Zealand's TrailTe Araroa - North Island

Te Araroa trail section: Make your way through Wiri to Auckland Botanic Gardens.

At the end of Price Road continue straight ahead, passing farm buildings, a house on your left and a pond on your right. You’ll see a cattle grid stile across the fence into the reserve. Head across the reserve to a gate in the northeast corner (the row of trees on your left intersects the reserve at that point). Join the gravel path there and continue north alongside Puhinui Stream.

Crossing the footbridge, continue upstream, now on the Puhinui’s true left bank. Leave the stream at Aerovista Place. Turn right out of Aerovista into McLaughlins Road, then left into Vogler Drive to the junction with Roscommon Road. Turn right and follow Roscommon Road until the traffic lights.

Turn left off Roscommon Road into Wiri Station Road. Follow this road about 2.5kms to its junction with Lambie Drive and Druces Road. Diagonally across the intersection, the Puhinui Stream track opens up again. Follow it through to meet up with Kerrs Road.

Follow Kerrs Road east up to Great South Road, turn right down Great South Road for 400m to where the Puhinui Stream goes underneath. Take the pedestrian underpass to the true right-hand bank of the Puhinui Stream and follow this very impressive track (opened 2012) right up and underneath the Southern Motorway into the Auckland Botanic Gardens.

Te Araroa is signposted through the Gardens to Wairere Road, though if interested a short deviation will take you to the Visitor Centre and/or Cafe Miko near the Botanic Garden Entrance.

Conditions

Potential hazards

  • Vehicles on road or track take care in urban areas
  • Few water sources recommended not to drink from Puhinui Stream

Leave gates as you find them.

How to get here

Northern Start: Puhinui Reserve, Price Road
Southern End: Totara Park, Wairere Road

Transport

  • Bus stops on Hill Rd

  • Auckland Transport - for bus or train information - P: 0800 103 080 freephone or 09 366 6400.  All public transport, buses, trains and ferries operated by Auckland Transport uses an AT HOP card for payment.  Cash payments are not accepted onboard buses, trains or ferries.

    • Pre-pay AT HOP cards can be purchased and topped up at many small shops in Auckland and from vending machines at some terminals. $5 card purchase, plus transport credit as required.  It is highly recommended to download the free AT Mobile app for planning any trip in Auckland, whether by public transport or on foot as the app calculates route maps to any address

Accommodation

Heaven's Rest B&B - 180A Mill Road, Bombay.  0223121462 and email is info@heavensrest.co.nz 

  • One night’s accommodation in one of our rooms or cabins 
  • Pick up and drop off to the Te Araroa Trail 
  • Continental breakfast
  • Free laundry facilities and use of full kitchen
  • $20 discount on any massage treatment*

The price is $119 for 1 person or $129 for 2.

Here is a link to the package

Drury Hills Nest – Drury Hills Road P: 022 692 3054 (Hannah) or 021 566 527 (Jono) E: druryhillsnest@gmail.com – Spacious, self-contained detached accommodation, comfy super king bed, heat pump, wifi and a flat-screen TV. Continental breakfast provided. Happy to accommodate up to two kids, too. 

Food And Supply

  • Westfield Mall - Corner Great South and Wiri Station Rds, Manukau. Full range including supermarkets, shops, café, banks and pharmacies available.

Track Elevation and Map

More information

Before starting Te Araroa either as a through-walker of the whole country or a section walker, please register on Te Araroa website. Please also visit the website or download the app for detailed maps, trail alerts and other relevant information.


We encourage you to continue gaining the skills and knowledge required for a safe trip. The NZ Mountain Safety Council has lots of free resources and information you can use. These can be accessed via www.mountainsafety.org.nz.

We recommend trying these online learning tools:

Additionally, check out the range of helpful videos available from the NZ Mountain Safety Council YouTube channel.

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Page last updated: Aug 30, 2023, 12:03 PM