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Tasman · New Zealand
In the destination Nelson and Abel Tasman.
In the photo: Motueka Sandspit
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Motueka sits at the mouth of the Motueka River, on the western shore of Tasman Bay, between Nelson and Abel Tasman National Park. Founded in 1842, it grew with hops, apples and kiwifruit, and was the country’s main tobacco centre. The rusting hull of the Janie Seddon lies on the waterfront, there is a sandspit frequented by shorebirds, a museum in a 1913 school building and the cycleway that leads to Kaiteriteri.
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The local experience
Sandspit in the Motueka River delta, next to the town, internationally recognised as an area for resident and migratory shorebirds. Flat walking on sand, with the estuary on one side and Tasman Bay on the other.
The rusting hull of a 1901 ship that served the New Zealand government in both world wars and ended up in the mud of Motueka’s waterfront beside the old wharf. It is the town’s most recognisable image.
Local history museum in a 1913 school building on High Street, listed as a heritage place, covering the region’s geology, Māori and European settlement and the tobacco, hop and fruit industries.
Short trail in Kahurangi National Park to the cave and the clear-water pool where the north arm of the Riuwaka River emerges from inside Mount Tākaka, among moss-covered marble rocks. A sacred place for local Māori.
A circular cycleway around the Nelson and Tasman region, about 200 km long and classified as a Great Ride. In Motueka it starts on the waterfront and follows via Riwaka to Kaiteriteri Beach on an easy section.
