Maps

Driving directions from Wellington

Take SH2 to Petone
Follow signs leading to Wainuiomata Hill Road and Wainuiomata
Proceed along Wainuiomata Rd/ Main Rd until you reach the Coast Road
Take the Coast Road south for 12km
Turn left into the Remutaka Forest Park entrance at the Catchpool Stream

Remutaka Forest Park Map

Click the map above to view a larger map showing the location of the Park and key features such as the Catchpool Valley Education Centre; the old Landcare Research block and the original Kiwi Release Areas.

Google My Maps - Remutaka Forest Park

For more photos and information about the Remutaka Forest Park and its environs, check out the Google, "My Maps" link for Remutaka Forest Park created by our Webmaster, here.

Latest NZ TopoOnline Maps - (LINZ)

If you are looking for detailed online topographic maps of the area, please click here. These are superb quality maps allowing you to create and download your own custom topographical maps of places of interest within New Zealand at various scales to suit your special requirements.

Original Kiwi Protection Zone - Stoat Trap Network Map

Click here to view or download a 2011 map of our trapping network. (9mb JPEG format) Our trap network has since been considerably expanded with hundreds of additional traps and extended boundary lines.

To Sponsor a Trap and Help Save a Kiwi, click here.

Park entrance at Waiorongomai - on the eastern, Wairarapa side of the Rimutaka Forest Park

Alternative park entrance at Waiorongomai - on the eastern (Wairarapa) side of the Remutaka Forest Park. Photo credit: PC.

Tracks and Trap Status Maps

To view the current status of our entire trapping network, click the image below. Our protected area now extends to over 7,000 hectares and will grow as we add additional traps to protect new 'eco-hotspots' in the Catchpool and Turere Valleys.

Satellite map of our entire trapping network showing how the lines move beyond the Remutaka Forest Park boundaries to connect to other networks, such as the Wainuiomata Mainland Island traps in the Water Catchment. (Click for a larger map view.)

Here's the 2019 Trap Network showing the additional A24 traps put in by the MOA Conservation Trust on the other side of the Orongorongo River:

Relief map of the current trap network for the Remutaka Forest Park and some of the neighbouring properties we're trapping. (Click for a larger, ~8Mb image)