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February 2012
Taranaki/Manawatu Farming Lifestyles
ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
by Annette Lambly-Robinson
For those seeking an outdoor adventure type holiday, South Taranaki's Makowhai Station may be the answer to your prayers
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he 22,000 acres working sheep and beef station in the upper reaches of the Waitotara Valley offers a range of activities from camping, bush walks and tramping to horse riding, trout and eel fishing swimming and mountain biking to four wheel driving, motocross riding and hunting. Operated by Henry Matthews and Eon and Melody Wallace
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(Henry's sister) Makowhai Station's Eco-Tourism venture runs alongside the farming operation and a bee-keeping enterprise — Settlers Honey. The station has been in the family for the past four generations after great grandfather Joseph Haddow and his wife Sophie paddled up in a canoe to start the first school in the remote area in 1893. The reason for its Maori name meaning — kowhai flowering over the white papa bluffs — is obvious in spring and summer. Over the years four other farms have been added to Makowhai — its landscape starting at sea level climbs to around 800 metres altitude and boasts numerous streams, lakes, native bush and back country vistas. Over 200 kilometres of tracks and roads criss-cross the station. The vastness of the area means trampers, riders and motorcyclists may never cross each others tracks, leaving each group
All aboard the Rhino Henry Matthews drives with Melody Wallace in the passenger seat, Brianna Wallace and John Cain (the guide) on the back
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