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LocationAwana Bay, which is part of The Awana Catchment, is a pristine, white-sand surf beach, backed by tidal creeks, wetlands, rolling hills and regenerating kauri forest on Great Barrier Island's remote eastern coast. Awana is 5km and about 10 minutes drive from Claris, the Barrier's business hub where flights from Auckland to the island arrive and depart daily. 
The 1500-hectare catchment threads around the base of the picturesque Awana Valley and runs alongside Awana campsite, one of six campsites on the island run by the Department of Conservation. Approximately 40 people live permanently in the catchment. Rising above the sand dunes where the Awana river meanders down though alluvial flats and wetlands to the sea, is an imposing headland that is also the site of a historic Maori fortress, Awana Pa. Awana's name comes from the pa, which was once known as Te Pa a Wana, or the pa of Wana - a famous Maori chief and ancestor of Ngati Tai who lived in the area until the 17th Century. Awana catchment is bounded by native reserve to the west, the Pacific Ocean to the east, Harataonga beach and catchment to the north and Kaitoke beach and catchment to the south. Click here to view a map of Great Barrier Island. (Map courtesy of New Zealand's Department of Conservation.) |
ACT has continued to remove feral predators and monitor wildlife in
The Awana Catchment Trust relies on the goodwill and generosity of public and private donors. If you would 
These days you're only likely to spot the Brown Teal in parts of Auckland
and Northland. And
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