Maori Beach

Image: Graham Commins | Creative Commons

Maori Beach Campsite

Located in Rakiura National Park and Stewart Island/Rakiura in the Southland region

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Introduction

This is a basic Great Walk campsite on Stewart Island/Rakiura. Situated in a grassy clearing with sand dunes and the beach in front of it.

Highlights

A track behind the campsite leads to a rusting steam boiler, a relic from the days when Maori Beach supported two sawmills and a school.

Campsite overview

Access

  • Foot

Landscape

  • Coastal

Category

  • Category
Great Walk

Bookings

  • Bookings

Bookings required

Facilities

  • Non-powered/tent sites
  • Toilets - non-flush
  • Water from tap - not treated, boil before use
4 non-powered/tent sites

Dog access

No dogs

About this campsite

All campsites on the Rakiura Track have a small shelter where you can set up cooking equipment if you need to, as well as a rainwater tank and toilet.

Getting there

The campsite is located on the Rakiura Track near the beach at a historic sawmill site halfway between Lee Bay and Port William Hut.

Tracks to the campsite

Location

Grid reference: NZTM2000, E1225646-N4799095
Latitude: -46.85664972, Longitude: 168.08849457

Fees

New Zealand citizens, those ordinarily resident in New Zealand*:

  • Adult (18+ years): $6 per person, per night
  • Child (17 years and under): free but booking still required

International visitors:

  • Adult (18+ years): $6 per person, per night
  • Child (17 years and under): $3 per person, per night

* New Zealand rates:

  • "Ordinarily resident in New Zealand" means those:
    • who hold a residence class, student or work visa; and
    • who have lived in New Zealand for six of the previous 12 months; and
    • for whom New Zealand is their primary place of established residence.
  • Proof of eligibility will be required for the New Zealand rate - see acceptable eligibility proof.

Bookings

Contacts

Rakiura National Park Visitor Centre
Phone:   +64 3 219 0009
Fax:   +64 4 471 1117
Email:   stewartisland@doc.govt.nz
Address:   15 Main Road
Oban
Postal Address:   PO Box 3
Rakiura/Stewart Island 9846
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