Bridge to Nowhere Trail, Whanganui National Park NZ.
Our Good Friday roll of the Bridge to Nowhere / Mangapurua Trail, Whanganui National Park, NZ. April 2015.
Definitely a great point-to-point ride to do if you're ever up for a nice day of mtb adventure on NZ's North Island. Incredible scenery & some amazing terrain. 38kms of intermediate grade trail with fun sections & descents that are worth approaching with reflective levels of caution.
Music:
Into the Valley-The Skids
Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult
Lust for Life- Iggy Pop
Little Green Bag- George Baker Selection
Bridge to Nowhere Whanganui River Trip
Journey up the Whaganui River to the Bridge to Nowhere
Bridge to Nowhere Pt1
Jetboat Trip up the Wanganui river from Pipiriki to Bridge to Nowhere Lodge.
Watch Pt2 for Trip to Mangapurua Landing, Walk in to the Bridge and return trip with multiple Jet Spins.
Wanganui River Trip New Zealand
A short film of our 3 day journey up the Wanganui River at the start of the season 2005.
Jet Boat on the Whanganui river between the Bridge to Nowhere lodge to Pipriki
Taking the Jet Boat on the Whanganui River from the Bridge to Nowehere lodge to Pipiriki, following to Mountains to Sea Cycle trail.
Mangapurua Track (Bridge to Nowhere)
Famous Bridge to Nowhere track, Whanganui River, New Zealand
Canoeing New Zealand's Whanganui River.mov
Video from a three-day canoe trip down the Whanganui River on New Zealand's North Island, from Whakahoro to Pipiriki. Produced by The Big Outside (TheBigOutside.com).
The Whanganui River
A 145km paddle down the Whanganui River in some canoes
Canoeing in Opotiki: Forget the Whanganui Journey! – New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year
Day 280: Today we are doing an epic New Zealand canoe trip down the Waioeka River in Opotiki! Join us for this stunning canoe journey in New Zealand as we discover this hidden gem.
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Tomorrow – Day 281 ➜
[Newest “How-To” Video] Top 10 Cheapest Cities in New Zealand ➜
-- About this video –
Today we are joining some locals on a Waioeka River canoe trip. The Waioeka River runs into Opotiki and we start our Opotiki canoe trip in the Waioeka Gorge. This is a Bay of Plenty canoe trip that (at the moment) you can only do with locals. This is a great example of meeting locals in New Zealand.
You may have heard of the Whanganui Journey - canoeing on the Whanganui River, well this canoe trip in New Zealand is an amazing alternative situated in the Bay of Plenty region.
So what do you think of canoeing in New Zealand? Would you add canoeing in the Bay of Plenty to your Opotiki travel itinerary? LUK in the comments!
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365 Days: 365 Activities
BackpackerGuide.NZ is New Zealand’s biggest online travel guide for adventure and budget travel in New Zealand. Join us, as the team behind BackpackerGuide.NZ, Robin and Laura, update the travel guide while taking on 365 Days: 365 Activities in New Zealand! It’s New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year! We release new videos of the New Zealand backpacking adventure every single day, as well as New Zealand travel tips and 360 videos every Sunday so start making your New Zealand bucket list!
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Opotiki to Gisborne via The Waioeka Gorge: 8 Epic Stops! ➜
Eastland Road Trip Itinerary: Gisborne to Opotiki ➜
15 Opotiki Walks You Can't Miss! ➜
NZ Cycle Tour Stage 5: Pipiriki to Taihape
Footage from Evan's cycle tour of New Zealand
Stage 5 from Pipiriki to Taihape
jet boating on the whanganui (wanganui) river new zealand
jet boating on the whanganui (wanganui) river new zealand
The Geographic Board has created a furore by recommending that the city of Wanganui be re-spelled Whanganui. There have been many places with Maori names that have been re-spelled over the years (an editor's nightmare!) but all have been small; this is the first city or sizeable town that has come up for re-spelling. The issue has already been put to local citizens by referendum and resulted in an 80% rejection, but that carries no weight with the Geographic Board.
Maori has only existed as a written language since European settlement and for some obscure reason the orthographers of the time decided to render the f sound as wh even though in other Polynesian languages f is used in spelling. In English, of course, an h after a w makes no difference to pronunciation. The issue is complicated by the fact that Wanganui is correctly pronounced in the local dialect like it is written now, and not with a f sound.
For most people who don't live in Wanganui the issue may be a storm in a teacup - but, what will be next? Using both Maori and European names has been the compromise often used, e.g. Somes Island and Matiu, Mt Cook and Aoraki, but the issue is certainly divided along racial lines and is not going to go away.
New Zealand Whanganui
Whanganui River Journey (Whakahoro-Pipiriki),
Whanganui National Park
New Zealand, April 2014
View the Whanganui River Adventure experience here
The Forgotten World Jet Boat on the Whanganui River - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year
Day 38: Today we are jumping on the Forgotten World Jet for a speedy thrill ride in a jet boat on the Whanganui River! It’s today’s activity out of 365 activities in 365 days!
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It’s Day 38 of New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year where we are doing 365 Days: 365 Activities! Today’s activity is a speedy ride down the Whanganui River by jet boat! We’re going with Forgotten World Jet for a ride in a jet boat on the Whanganui River and into the Whanganui National Park.
Watch us as we speed along in a jet boat on the Whanganui River, doing sharp turns, drifting and 360-degree spins. It’s a wild ride into part of the Whanganui National Park known as the Forgotten World.
The high speed jet boat ride is part of Forgotten World Adventures and can be teamed up with the rail bike tour we did yesterday ( This tour departs from Taumarunui.
So, would you take the Forgotten World Jet Boat down the Whanganui River?
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New Zealand Biggest Gap Year
365 Days: 365 Activities
This year, Robin and Laura from the online New Zealand backpacking guide BackpackerGuide.NZ, are hitting the road doing 365 Days: 365 Activities. We need to find something new and exciting to do in New Zealand every single day. Join us as we show you the best sights of New Zealand, some awesome New Zealand activities, and what’s it’s like to go backpacking in New Zealand.
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1569 Whanganui River Road
A SMORGASBORD OF BEE KEEPING AND TOURISM OPPORTUNITY
Never have we had the opportunity to market a property with such a diversity of different tourism strands available alongside a fully functional farming and bee keeping operation.
Located only 30km’s north of Whanganui city, on the banks of the Whanganui river this 1023 hec-tare property opens a huge business opportunity for the entrepreneurial investor.
Capitalise on the existing tourism traffic that passes the front gate daily, including the Te Aaroa and Atene Skyline Walking Trails, Mountain to sea cycle way and ever popular river tours via jet boat or canoeing plus the potential to utilise the good numbers of fallow deer inhabiting the property to establish a hunting park.
Infrastructure includes the tourist accommodation ‘Rivertime Lodge’ as well as a 3-bedroom own-ers dwelling set in tranquil surrounds, both overlooking the river with a native reserve back drop along with a 2 stand woolshed and yards.
All of which is supporting the 140 hectares of effective farm land, consisting of mixed contour win-tering 550 ewes, 35 Cows plus replacement stock along with a bee keeping operation with numer-ous hive sites amongst large valleys of manuka stands.
Keeping everything easily connected by a well maintained network of tracks that would be ideal for mountain biking, horse trekking or kilometres of walking trails leading along a number of streams and through beautiful regenerating native flora.
Jetboat on Whanganui River
Take a jetboat trip to the mysterious Bridge to Nowhere in the centre of the Whanganui National Park visitruapehu.com
Canoeing on The Whanganui River ::: NEW ZEALAND ROADTRIP
We went canoeing with Canoe Safaris for three days on the mighty and beautiful Whanganui River on the north island of New Zealand.
Tour Aotearoa 2018: Day 10 To the Bridge to Nowhere [raw footage bad audio]
I'm cycling the 3000 km Tour Aotearoa route from the top of the North Island of New Zealand, down to the bottom of the South Island. I'll be doing this ride with 600 others, starting in six waves of 100 riders each.
It'll take me about 30 days to complete.
I started in the first wave on 10 February 2018 at 8 a.m. NZ time.
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Live tracking of just me:
Twitter: @paulkennett
EMail: paul@kennett.co.nz
2019 Whanganui River
2019 summer, my first paddling trip with my outdoor friends was on the Whanganui river. it is the first GW I think rain better than sunny shine.
Whanganui River Jet Boat ride.
An amazing Wanganui Jet boat ride with 0800 CANOE 4 U Ron & Karen Hawkless from Taumarunui