Motu Trails Charitable Trust

Motu Trails Charitable Trust

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!

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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.

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Your donation will help Motu Trails Charitable Trust to promote and manage Motu Trails — benefiting all users.

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Busy trail work  6 January 2025

As always lots has been going on around the trails. Our general Motu Trails maintenance usually sees us on Pakihi Track once a week, more following a storm, and on the Dunes Trail about once every two weeks. (We had three slips up to 20m across to clear in September/October 2024.) Projects in the last eight months have included installing multiple sections of culvert pipe on the Pakihi, a set of pullup bars on the Dunes Trail, two culverts on the Waiotahe Trail, signage, plus doing a short trail realignment and section of resurfacing on the Dunes Trail, a bench seat on the Pakihi, repairing two shelters on the Motu Road, and plenty more. Once again 2024 saw three community planting days on the Dunes Trail, and week after week volunteer Peter clears the predator traps, which is why the bird life is increasing. Thank you to all the people who have chosen to ride/walk/run the trails, it's always great seeing people of all ages out there. Thank you too to all those who help in many different ways to keep it all happening. To those who make a donation to support Motu Trails, awesome and thank you, it does help us! Jim, Motu Trails Charitable Trust.

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Latest donations

KAZ
KAZ on 30 May 2025
Thank you for all your hard work maintaining this amazing trail
$20
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Thank you Kaz! I hope you ended up getting a ride with the challenging weather! Jim

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Liz
Liz on 16 Apr 2025
Really enjoyed the Motu road thank you
$50
Motu Trails Charitable Trust

Thank you Liz! Your donation will help us do maintenance on the Motu Trails :)

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Chrissie
Chrissie on 20 Mar 2025
Great maps and on trail information - Motu Road a highlight.
$50
Motu Trails Charitable Trust

Awesome thank you Chrissie! Motu Road is an epic ride, aye :) Jim

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Brian
Brian on 14 Mar 2025
You're doing an amazing job on the track. I hope this helps.
$100
Motu Trails Charitable Trust

Thank you Brian! Your donation definitely helps us :) :) Awesome you enjoyed the track. Kind regards Jim

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Carol
Carol on 17 Jan 2025
$100
Motu Trails Charitable Trust

Thank you for the generous donation Carol, awesome! Donations support our work on the trails, it really helps :) Jim

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