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Today there is an extensive network of roads and old logging
tracks through the regenerating bush and pine trees of the
Akatarawa Forest. The main four wheel drive roads through the
forests are open to the public for quad and trail biking,
and there is a trail bike zone through the forest. Trail bikes
are not allowed elsewhere in the forest or in the other regional
parks.
All casual trail bikers must have individual permits. Greater
Wellington issues these permits at no charge. Contact the
Upper Hutt office for your permit.
There is a 30km per hour speed limit in the forest. Casual two-
and four-wheel drive off-road racing, scrambling, motocross, and
competitive riding or driving is not permitted.
Sensitive ecological zones
Trail biking is not permitted in ecologically sensitive
zones such as:
- the summits of Mounts Barton, Maunganui, Titi and Wainui
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the upper Akatarawa Valley
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riparian zones (rivers and stream margins), stream beds,
swamps and wetlands.
Greater Wellington and the Akatarawa Recreation Access Committee
(ARAC) have agreed
guidelines for motorised recreation in the forest to
help protect the environment, other recreational users and
adjoining landowners. Your co-operation with this code will impact
directly on the future access of motorised recreational users to
this area – please respect it.
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