Matemateāonga Range
The Matemateāonga Range is a range of rugged hills in the northern Manawatū-Whanganui region of the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the western side the Whanganui River between Wanganui and Taumarunui.
39°26′S 174°31′E / 39.433°S 174.517°E
The 1970s proposed Cape Egmont to East Cape walkway
Starting in the late 1970s the then Department of Survey and Land Information embarked on a project to link Cape Egmont to East Cape by a walkway.
The Matemateāonga Range section of the ‘Cape Egmont to East Cape’ walkway was completed in the 1970s. The Matemateāonga Range section still remains in use. It was a traditional Māori trail, then dray track in the early 20th century. [1] [2] [3]
References
- ^ Barnett, Shaun (17 May 2015). "Wild Range: Matemateaonga Range". Wilderness Magazine. 51a Riverlea Avenue, Pakuranga, Auckland 2010: Lifestyle Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
No wonder Maori had a route along it and Europeans planned to build a road over the crest, too. Some work on the road was completed in the early part of the 20th century but, happily for trampers, it never became much more than a dray road.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Matemateāonga Track". www.doc.govt.nz. Department of Conservation (New Zealand) (DOC) (Māori: Te Papa Atawhai). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
Penetrate deep into the wilderness of the Whanganui National Park on old Maori trail and settlers' dray road.
- ^ McDonald, Pete (2011). Foot-tracks in New Zealand: Origins, Access Issues and Recent Developments (PDF). Pete McDonald. p. 93. ISBN 0473190958.
Ian Church, however, has suggested that 'it[Matemateāonga Track] was probably along this track [which he calls the Whaka-ihu-waka track] that Wiremu Kingi Te Koroiti led his people to the support of Ihaia Kirikumara at Karaka Pa on the Waitara River during the Puketapu feud of 1857.
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