About this hunting block

General information

Located south west of Whangārei, Tangihua Forest is a popular destination for hunters. This block provides the hunter with hardwood forest hunting conditions for pigs and goats.

Access

Legal public access is available from Omana Road on the southern side of the range.

From the carpark take a short 1 km walk along a public access that is fenced between 2 farms to the forest edge. You will reach the lower Pikiwahine valley where walking tracks spread out into the forest from the Lions Lodge complex. On the northern face is a trampers hut.

Topo maps

NZTopo50 series: AX29

Huts

You can stay at Tangihua Hut in Tangihua Forest.

Additional information

No firearm discharge is permitted in 2 areas of Tangihua Forest due to consideration of other users and possible damage to facilities present:

• Within 500 m of Tangihua Lions Lodge in the Pikiwahine
• Within 300 m of Horokaka Repeater

Firearms and ammo magazines must remain unloaded when walking through these 2 sites.