Ngaa Toki Mountain Bike Trail

Ngaa Toki is an untamed beast with roots running across off camber terrain, with steep chutes that belong on a downhill track. The trail descends through a mix of natural and hand built sections and is definitely the track to ride if you like it spicy Expert riders only.Designed by Jeff Carter/Southstar, hand-built by Ryan Lovett & Christian Burniston of Andrew Younger Contracting.Ngaa Toki (Nar-tor-kee) - The AdzesWhen held in the hands of a Chief during public ceremonies, the adze enhYances the holders status as a builder of nations. As a functional tool the adze is utilized to fashion wood. Back in Polynesia 1000 years ago, the great navigator Kupe who discovered Aotearoa, used two famous adzes named Tauira Ata and Ngaa Pakitua to reshape his original waka Mata-Whao-Rua. On completion of this re-adzing, Kupe's waka was renamed Ngaa-Toki-Mata-Whao-Rua. At this point Nukutawhiti then inherits the captaincy of this readzed waka from his ancestor Kupe and sets sail on the long voyage from Polynesia to the Hokianga. This legendary story is hugely important here in the North as all members of the Ngaa Puhi tribe trace their blood line directly to Nukutawhiti and the ancestral waka Ngaa-Toki-Mata-Whao-Rua. This also explains why the worlds largest Maori war canoe, built in 1940 and currently situated at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, carries this 1000 year old name Ngaa-Toki-Mata-Whao-Rua