Te Urewera Visitor Centre

Dec 15th, 2022

Awesome info centre, free wifi and helpful info!
Jul 16th, 2022

We did the great walk track starting on May 24th and visited the visitor centre which wasnt very welcoming besides being a nice building. The man working there was very unhelpful and misleading. He told us there was firewood at the huts but no kindling, however upon reaching the Panikere hut (first night) we discovered not only it had no firewood but hadnt had it for days. I find this kind of lack of information to be unacceptable for a Great Walk. Also the Panikere hut is not up to the Great Walk standards. It is cold, metal floors, low quality all around. We enjoyed the rest of the hike but the first night experience was horrible. I think this should be demoted from a Great Walk as its pulling down the standard. Also Im not blaming the land or lake which is beautiful and rugged but Im criticising the people running the show here. Id avoid this one in the winter as the first hut is not up to standard. And dont trust the people at the visitor centre.
Feb 24th, 2022

I have been trying to get through on the phone to ask a question about water taxi services but no one has answered the phone for 2 days in a row.
Jul 17th, 2021

Not quite a visitor center. When we arrived, a nice guy told us there was pretty much nothing in there... We were surprised we would not be able to learn more about the lake ...
Feb 19th, 2021