The Motu Trails Charitable Trust helps manage, maintain and promote the Motu Trails. Trail access is free so please consider supporting us!
Bay of Plenty
Motu Trails (www.motutrails.co.nz) is one of the Great Rides on Nga Haerenga, New Zealand Cycle Trails. At Motu Trails Charitable Trust, we manage, maintain and promote the trails. We develop free trail brochures, provide free/current trail info online; do regular maintenance on Pakihi and Dunes Trail; drive trail extensions and enhancements such as shelters; assist trail-related services; and more. Access to Motu Trails is 100% free so if you've used the trails, please consider supporting us. Thank you!
At Motu Trails Charitable Trust, we help manage and promote the Motu Trails for the good of visitors and locals alike. With trail access 100% free, we depend on grants and donations. Thank you.
Your donation will help Motu Trails Charitable Trust to promote and manage Motu Trails — benefiting all users.
Winter 2026 22 July 2026
Thank you to the numerous people and organisations who help to keep Motu Trails working and available for people to use. The two recent Dunes Trail planting days saw about 70 people helping dig in trees, thanks all! Motu Trails Charitable Trust volunteer trustees do all kinds of work, both planning and hands-on, that work is essential. Thank you to the volunteers who do an awesome job at predator control along the trails. Massive thanks, to the donors, sponsors, funders, official partners, it couldn't happen without you. Thank you to the track team, it's often a challenging job to keep trails open! And to Backcountry Trust, who recently upgraded Pakihi hut. Trails are a diverse and often surprisingly complicated thing to manage, so thank you to all who play a part!
Awesome, thank you Tony, your support is definitely appreciated and helps us look after and keep improving the trails! Kind regards Jim
Awesome thank you Sian! It's so good to see people walking and running the trails, as well as cycling them :) Jim
Thank you Kaz & Dingo! It's great to hear the trail is one of your faves, too :) :) Jim
Thank you Gina! :) :) If you're doing Kopiko Aotearoa, all best for the ride! Jim
Awesome thank you Sian - it's so good to see people running the trails as well as cycling and walking them :) Jim
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