Ruahines access to Wakarara Road end closed
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27 September 2016: Wakarara Road closed
There is no road access to tracks at the end of Wakarara Road – the last section of Wakarara Road has been shut to the public. Respect the landowner's decision as this is private land.
DOC is looking at poling a nearby paper road, which will enter downstream of where the current private road enters the Makaroro River.
For more information, contact:
Te Papaioea / Palmerston North Office
Phone: +64 6 350 9700
Accidently pressed enter after pasting the above from the DOC website....
Meant to add: This has just appeared on the DOC website.
Very important to respect the farmers wishes so hopefully DOC can sort out alternative parking/access reasonably quickly.
Interestingly I just looked on Wams. Wakaraara road after it crosses the Makorora river becomes titled as Crown Forest.
A huge chunk of this area is Crown Forest.
Im surprised one govt body cant organise a deal with another. Did someone slip up when signing this over from the old forest service?
Or has the Crown given a lease to some private entity who is now closing access?
The formed road is on private land _SOUTH_ of the river as it drops to the old mill site. So the forestry is not the issue. There's been a sign there explaining that but not prohibiting access for a few years. Wonder what's pissed the cocky off ...
Just a blind stab in the dark, but... something about Ruataniwha Dam issues?
Is the land in the area that'd be flooded if the dam was to go ahead?
Just to clarify, is this notice referring to the bit of road on the northern side (true left) of the Makaroro River? https://www.wams.org.nz/wams_desktop/index.html?scale=36111.909643¢er=1881124.0508,5596068.9346
It is the last little section on the south side, true right of the Makaroro, the muddy steep bit after the hairpin bend where it drops down through the pine trees then across a bit of grass to where you used to park. I think the paper road that DOC are looking to pole goes from this corner but more in a downriver direction. Maybe the farmer has got sick of helping people who can't get their cars back up the muddy steep bit ??
Yes it will be flooded if the dam goes ahead, but if it does there will be a new carpark put in and a walking track around the dam to access gold creek, sparrowhawk etc.
On the flooding thing, I was more wondering if someone's now likely to be missing out on a windfall from land they'd have been able to sell at a price more or less of their choosing, or something like that.
Edit: Hang on, so this is just vehicle access? Or is everyone being kept out? I guess the paper road to the river (for the DOC pole thing) means there's still a legal access route.
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