187km from Opotiki

Tikitiki

147km from Gisborne

Tikitiki lies in a valley on the bend in the road and is reached after having driven through some pleasant farmland with areas of forestry development. Tikitiki contains much of interest to the student of the Māori. The Waiapu River offers good fishing at the mouth. Tikitiki has a school, a health centre, an R.S.A., Postal Centre and Café. St. Mary’s Church at Tikitiki should on no account be missed. The project had to excel all other churches and have Māori architectural design. The wonderful carvings and Tukutuku woven panels were created by local Ngāti Porou craftspeople and the pulpit was a gift from the Te Arawa tribe. Entry by gold coin donation inside church.

St Mary's Church