Walk 12: Haiku Path, Katikati, 19 Jan 2019

Every New Zealand town has it’s ‘thing’ and for the Bay of Plenty town of Katikati it is haiku.

A quiet walk alongside the Uretara River in Katikati, behind the main street, features thirty boulders engraved with haiku. It is the largest collection of “haiku stones” in English in the world.

Haiku Path, Katikati

There were some murals I liked as well.  This one was my favourite as I’m a descendant of settlers who, in coming to New Zealand from Europe, Scotland and England, made the longest journey.

Finally, there’s a small scale replica of a kauri driving dam in the main street on the left as you’re heading for Tauranga.  To see a working model, join us on our walk to the Kauaeranga Valley model dam near Thames.

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