Hūnua Falls: New Trails, New Friends 🌿

🌿 Hūnua Falls — new trails, new friends
Come solo, bring a big smile and meet a few new friends over waterfalls, native forest, a picnic and good conversation.

📅 Saturday, 10 October
🕘 Meet 8:45 am · Depart 9:00 am sharp
📍 Car park near 24 Princes Street, beside Albert Park, Auckland CBD
🏙️ Back around 6 pm, possibly earlier depending on pace and conditions
👥 Five people total, including the organiser and driver

🚗 Volunteer driver needed
Have a car with five legal seats/seatbelts and room for daypacks? Join the WhatsApp group and say “I can drive”. Drive time: around 60–75 minutes each way.
Suggested contribution: NZD 10 per passenger — NZD 40 from four passengers towards fuel and a thank-you, agreed with the driver before confirmation.

💬 Join this hike’s WhatsApp group
👉 Tap here to join the event group
Please join only if you’re sure you can attend the hike on Saturday, 10 October. This group is for this event only. We have a separate group for weekly updates on upcoming events.

RSVP here, then introduce yourself in WhatsApp and say whether you can drive or need a seat. Passenger places are first come, first served once attendance is confirmed in the chat.
Meetup accepts up to 20 expressions of interest; only five people will go. Your place is confirmed only by the organiser in WhatsApp.
The trip depends on securing a driver and suitable weather and track access.

🥾 The hike · MODERATE
Hūnua Falls + the Cossey–Massey Loop: approximately 8.3 km, plus the short falls visit. Allow 3–4 hours walking, or 4–5 hours with lunch and photo stops.
Expect a 30-metre waterfall, fern-lined native forest, streams and reservoir views. We’ll walk at a sociable pace, with hills, steps and potentially muddy or slippery ground. Be comfortable walking several hours.

🎒 What to bring
Grippy walking shoes, at least 2 litres of water, lunch and snacks, a rain jacket, warm layer, sun protection, personal medication, charged phone and a small first-aid kit. Bring your own supplies.

🌱 Good company, good care
Be kind, stay together and respect nature. Stay on marked tracks, clean footwear at kauri hygiene stations, take all rubbish home and leave plants and rocks where they are. No swimming at the falls or crossing flooded streams.
📸 Photos are optional: tell us if you prefer not to be photographed, and ask before sharing identifiable photos of others.

“Jobs fill your pocket, adventures fill your soul!”
“Leave nothing but your footprints, take nothing but your memories”

⚠️ Safety & responsibility
This is an informal social outing, not a guided tour. You join the hike and shared transport at your own risk and are responsible for your fitness, equipment, supplies and safe decisions. To the extent permitted by New Zealand law, the organiser accepts no liability for injury, loss, damage or expense. This does not exclude duties or liability that cannot legally be excluded. We may change, shorten or cancel the trip for safety.

📷 Cover photo: “Hunua Falls 2020” by Vishal Makwana, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Cropped with event text.