1. Geological Island Walks
(Tourism and Recreation/Getting There)

... routes to Home Bay via Northern Junction or Billy Goat point   The Southern Coast Walk Important - Please note that the return walk along the coast is long and strenuous and can only be carried out ...

2. Memorials on Monument
(Heritage/European Settlement)

On Monument hill behind the homestead are the graves of James and Eliza Reid. They are in separate enclosures surrounded by wrought iron fences. Eliza died unexpectedly in November 1942 aged 61 ...

3. ANZET - Our New Sponsor
(News/Current News)

...  ANZET Trustees plus the Air New Zealand Green Team and their families in action planting out the hospital paddock wetland in Home Bay Valley. In future years, a boardwalk will wind its way around the ...

4. Online Profile Help
(FAQs/FAQ)

... Online Profile details: Click on this link to enter the site http://www.motutapu.org.nz/home at the bottom of the page, click on 'login'   How do I update my details? Click on this link http://www.motutapu.org.nz/update-my-details ...

5. July 2009
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)

... Claire trades a lazy Sunday at home in Remuera for some hard graft on Motutapu at least once a month. She was there a lot over the summer, mainly tending seedlings. "That's my favourite bit." Marrying ...

6. August 2009
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)

... landscape the DoC camp ground in Home Bay. They did a fantastic job. Ace Pakuranga College volunteer, Ben Dowdle (pictured centre left), wrote the following account: . Motutapu Tree Planting ...

7. December 2009
(Get Involved/Volunteer Profiles)

... was rediscovered cut into the sea wall at Home Bay. They take every opportunity to walk up and down it ...when they're not in the nursery, that is.) Name Glenys and Val Occupation ...

8. Hauraki Gulf Marine Park celebrates 10th Anniversary
(Projects & Events/Events)

  Celebrating the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park 10th Anniversary 27 February  Mike Lee addressing the gathering at Home Bay Home Bay, Motutapu, was the idyllic setting of the 10th Anniversary of the Hauraki ...

9. Kakariki Breeding on Motutapu
(News/Current News)

... provide the 1000 regular volunteers with a "beacon". She said  it's only the beginning when you think of other species that will make Motutapu their home now the pests have been eradicated.  Chris said that ...

10. Underground Plotting Rooms
(Heritage/Military)

... employed by DoC have included the removal of a large quantity of soil adjacent to the tunnel entrances and the installation of a larger culvert by Home Bay road to assist drainage. This lowering and remodelling ...

11. The Guns of Motutapu
(Heritage/Military)

When visiting the island you may be lucky enough to catch a screening at the Reid Homestead of the DVD 'The Guns of Motutapu'   The DVD, produced and directed by former Trustee and military history ...

12. US Navy Magazines
(Heritage/Military)

... at Kauri Point Birkenhead but they were never going to be sufficient to support the fleet. The support buildings included a massive US Navy warehouse store at Home Bay (3000m2 and 110 mtrs in length). ...

13. Auckland Heritage Festival
(Projects & Events/Events)

... it all again as part of Auckland Heritage Festival 2010     Trustee Mary Flaws talking about Heritage Home Bay, Heritage Festival 2008 This content from the Auckland Heritage Festival ...

14. 2010 Heritage Festivals
(Projects & Events/Events)

... TO BOOK? TWO SEPARATE TOURS WILL OPERATE ON MOTUTAPU ON EACH OF THE ABOVE DATES (Please note these two tours, 'Auckland's WII Guardian' and 'Heritage Home Bay' run concurrently, you will need to choose ...

15. Auckland Heritage Festival
(News/Notices / Updates)

... about Heritage Home Bay, Heritage Festival 2008 This content from the Auckland Heritage Festival programme: Auckland City Council's Auckland Heritage Festival is a celebration of our city's ...

16. Winter Weedbusters - Ferry Ticket Promo
(News/Notices / Updates)

... planted area in the Home Bay Forest in the winter season checking for and dealing with moth-plant infestations. What does experienced mean? You need to: be able to identify moth-plant in its juvenile ...

17. Interesting Facts
(About Us/The Island)

... and overseas travellers are welcome to visit any time. It is accessible by ferry to Home Bay or private vessel to one of the many sheltered anchorages around the coastline. The basement rocks of the ...

18. Significance and Future
(About Us/The Trust)

... It has an ecological history, which has evolved since the Rangitoto eruption some 600 years ago.  Its natural landscape reflects the impact of both Maori and early European occupation.  It is the home ...

19. The Emu Incident 1860
(Heritage/European Settlement)

... up a bank and after walking for about an hour arrived at Home Bay as the weather cleared and the sun shone. Robert Graham had farm buildings at the Bay alongside of which, under spreading trees, an appetising ...

20. Post War Timeline
(About Us/The Island)

... sited at the head of Islington Bay in the south western end of the island and never used,  now used by NZ Wool Board to store wool 1951 Major renovations carried out on the old homestead at Emu Bay  ...

21. Significant Project Sponsors
(Get Involved/Partners)

... 1988.Their vision is to enhance equity and enrich society in Auckland and Northland. The ASB Community Trust has generously funded the restoration of the Home Bay wharf and the historic 1901 Reid Homestead ...

22. Volunteer on Motutapu
(Get Involved/Volunteer)

... people, and then that nice tired feeling once home again. I particularly enjoyed the company of the other volunteers; it;s great to be doing something alongside people who vary in age from 7 to over 70!" ...

23. Walk Motutapu
(Tourism and Recreation/Exploring)

... neigbour Rangitoto. Motutapu is a gently undulating island providing easy walking over pasture and a track through the regenerating native forest behind Home Bay. "Walk Motutapu" provides stunning views ...

24. Visitor Information
(Tourism and Recreation/Getting There)

At a Glance    TOILET facilities are located at Home Bay (south end of beach)  and Islington Bay, Rangitoto by the wharf. THERE ARE NO RUBBISH BINS, please take your rubbish home with you. THERE ...

25. Exploring the Island
(Tourism and Recreation/Exploring)

Your 2 hour self-guided  walking tour of the Home Bay Valley volunteer planted native forest and WWII Military sites While reading the tour guide you might like to check out the route on our ...

26. WWII Military Timeline
(Heritage/Military)

... for construction of gun emplacements and associated buildings to Brays Construction under Public Works Department supervision Road access from Home Bay to site completed   May Majority ...

27. The Red Barn
(Projects & Events/Projects)

... to the support of RCON the Red Barn is now in great working order for our future volunteer days. The day concluded with our usual barbeque and debrief at the Reid Homestead, with volunteers and Rotarians ...

28. Treasure Islands
(News/Media Releases)

... since April 2010. Hopefully they are no more. The recent discovery of mouse droppings in the Reid Homestead resulted in a full scale incursion response implementation.   No mice were trapped and Jak, ...

29. Govenrment Wake Up Call
(News/Media Releases)

... restoration of gulf islands alive with the creation of native forests. On Motutapu, 500,000 trees have been planted to provide potential habitat for wildlife, the wharf at Home Bay has been reopened, ...

30. Tree Planting Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)

... been planted in Lower Watershed, covering about 3 hectares. The Home Bay flats is also close to completion following several big public volunteer days including a rare Saturday planting. We operated ...

31. Weedbusters' Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)

... fast approaching it has been agreed to again operate a winter weeding programme in paddocks 14 and 63 (the Home Bay forest). A team will grid search these areas on public volunteer days. Spraying of kikuyu ...

32. Fencing Diary
(Restoration/Ecological)

... Outdoor education Camp during June and July. They helped carry out urgent battening work on the fencing enclosing the Rakino Wetland as well as infill planting in the Home Bay planted forest. April-June ...

33. Weedbusting - What's it about?
(Restoration/Ecological)

... busting team We are now into the winter planting season but because weeds never sleep, a small committed group will be hammering away at the dreadful moth plant in the Home Bay Forest. If you prefer wacking ...

34. European Settlement Timeline
(Heritage/European Settlement)

... Maxwells children and Williamson and Crummer. 1857 Survey plan by Charles Heaphy shows a homestead at Home Bay (presumably built by Williamson and Crummer), a cottage above Islington Bay and stables ...

35. The DUAL2010
(Projects & Events/Events)

... Ngai Tai Iwi as dawn broke on their arrival at Home Bay early Saturday morning 27 March. There are three galleries of photos taken at the Motutapu DUAL Event on 27th March 2010. They can be viewed at: ...

36. Motutapu Radio Repeater
(Projects & Events/Projects)

... Homestead BBQ start up times to volunteers on the slopes.        ...

37. The Farm
(About Us/The Island)

...  1963-65           M.R.Bennet 1965-1969       M.W.Robertson 1970-76           A.J.McLean 1976-80           I.H.Wilson 1980-84           R.McCabe   The restored Home Bay wharf     ...

38. The Causeway
(About Us/The Island)

... a means to move munitons and materials though to the 50 storage magazines built in and around the south western area of Motutapu (see pic above*) and the large US Navy store at Home Bay (the concrete base ...

39. The DUAL2009
(Projects & Events/Events)

... Competitors contested a 50km mountain bike circuit, full or half marathon over routes covering both these beautiful inner Hauraki Gulf islands. The event was based at Home Bay, Motutapu, which hosted the ...

40. Our Achievements
(About Us/The Trust)

... which provides a base for volunteers staying on the island Commissioned a conservation plan for historic Reid Homestead in Home Bay Restored the exterior and interior of the Reid homestead as a volunteer ...

41. Getting There
(Tourism and Recreation/Getting There)

Getting to Motutapu   You can get to Motutapu in any of the following ways: Fullers Ferry Own kayak Own boat Water Taxi Swim? Walk across from Rangitoto Home Bay, Motutapu. Restoration ...

42. Island Flora
(About Us/The Island)

... In the past 16 years approximately 75 hectares have been planted with over 400,000 native saplings raised in the Trust's island nursery by volunteers. The Home Bay Forest is the largest area of native ...

43. Volunteer Activities
(Get Involved/Volunteer)

... of the tree planting activity in 2010 is taking place in Lower Watershed paddock with some planting in Hospital Flats. Upon arrival at Motutapu Home Bay wharf, you have an approximate 5 minute walk to ...

44. Volunteer Days
(Get Involved/Volunteer)

... are we planting in Winter 2010? The majority of the tree planting activity in 2010 is taking place in Lower Watershed paddock with some planting in Hospital Flats. Upon arrival at Motutapu Home Bay wharf, ...

45. Make a Weekend of It !
(Get Involved/Volunteer)

... sailings to Home Bay Motutapu until next summer. If you don't have your own boat, the only way to sail to Motutapu is on the Fullers ferry that sails only on our Public Volunteer Days through the winter ...

46. Our Vision & Aims
(About Us/The Trust)

...  Protect and maintain the WWII gun emplacements Restore appropriate military sites Develop the restored Reid Homestead as a volunteer base and a visitor centre Re-establish Maori links with Motutapu ...

47. Military
(Category)

... as access tunnels and corridors Search light emplacements and directing station Personnel camps at Administration Bay and the battery US Navy magazines north of the causeway and store at Home Bay ...

48. The Island
(Category)

... time. It is accessible by ferry to Home Bay or private vessel to one of the many sheltered anchorages around the coastline. The basement rocks of the island date back to the Jurassic period, 165 million ...

49. European Settlement
(Category)

... 1857 and converted large areas into pasture. Graham began an era of picnic days on the island with Home Bay becoming a favourite destination for hunting parties and picnickers. The Reid Homestead ...

50. Exploring
(Category)

... to explore. Of course there are our beaches, the DOC operated 120 tent site at Home Bay to enable you to stay overnight and extend your exploration time, and the historic 108 year old Reid Homestead ...

51. Maori Settlement
(Category)

... Region. Before the eruption of Rangitoto, Motutapu (Te Motutapu a Taikehu) had been the home of Maori for several generations. The name means the sacred island of Taikehu. Te Motutapu a Taikehu was ...

52. Cultural
(Category)

... marks on the landscape. All historic features (mainly the former settlements at Emu and Home Bays) and historic vegetation remnants are being preserved. Numerous defence installations were built on Motutapu ...

53. Tourism and Recreation
(Section)

... WWII coastal defences. Camp overnight at Home Bay and spend several days walking Motutapu and her upstart neighbour Rangitoto. These two iconic Hauraki Gulf islands represent the oldest and youngest ...