Watercare Coastal Walkway

Come and explore the Mangere Ihumatao foreshore, an area rich in cultural history and natural beauty, stretching seven kilometers from Ambury Park to the Otuataua Stonefields.

The area is dominated by the ancient volcanoes of Mangere Mountain and Puketutu Island. The Watercare Coastal Walkway takes you around Mangere Lagoon, a volcanic caldera, formerly used as sludge ponds, now restored and a haven for birds.

Walk along restored beaches and observe some of the thousands of migratory wading birds that come to feed in the harbour.

Watercare carried out New Zealand's biggest coastal marine restoration as part of the upgrade of the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant. During the upgrade 500 hectares of oxidation ponds were removed, reuniting the original foreshore with the sea.

The Watercare Coastal Walkway forms part of Te Araroa – The Long Pathway – which stretched the length of New Zealand.