Te Waikoropupu Springs Scenic Reserve (Pupu Spring) Takaka Nelson New Zealand скачать в хорошем качестве

Te Waikoropupu Springs Scenic Reserve (Pupu Spring) Takaka Nelson New Zealand

Te Waikoropupu Springs Scenic Reserve (Pupu Spring) Takaka Nelson New Zealand. A very peaceful, natural and quiet walk, nice walkway, saw a few fantails on our way to the spring. All our tiredness from travel being cleansed. Would totally recommend for anyone who would like a short simple hike, or family outing, there's a few picnic table near the entrance. Getting There: Te Waikoropupū Springs and Te Waikoropupū Springs Scenic Reserve are located in the Tākaka Valley about six kilometres west of Tākaka Township. Do not touch the water The waters of Te Waikoropupū Springs, including Fish Creek and Springs River are closed to all forms of contact. No fishing, swimming, diving, wading, boating, filling of drinking water containers, or any other activity where parts of the body or equipment contact the water. Be careful of swift waterways The cold, swift waterways of the springs reserve are dangerous – keep children under close supervision near the water. No dogs allowed History and Culture To local Māori, Te Waikoropupū Springs are a taonga (treasure) and wāhi tapu, a place held in high cultural and spiritual regard. The waters of Te Waikoropupū Springs, including Fish Creek and Springs River, are closed to all forms of contact (including fishing, swimming, diving, wading, boating and drinking the water) to safeguard water quality and to respect cultural values. Māori probably first visited this area over 700 years ago as part of a gradual expansion from Nelson through Tasman Bay/Te Tai-o-Aorere and Golden Bay/Mohua to the West Coast. When Colonel William Wakefield arrived in 1839 to buy land for the New Zealand Company, he estimated that there were 250 people living in Mohua, representing the Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa and Ngāti Rarua tribes. Many of their descendants still live in Mohua and as mana whenua of Mohua, have traditional rights at Te Waikoropupū. Early European settlers arrived in the Golden Bay area in the 1830s, mainly to build ships and mine for gold, coal and lime. Originally the area around Te Waikoropupū Springs was covered in lowland forest. Gold miners cleared the forest to build water races for sluicing alluvial gold and a mining company worked the area until about 1910.