Whistlestop tour of Tapora

Okahukura Road Tapora and the Kaipara Harbour in the distance. Tar sealing the rest of Run Road is the key to progress in Tapora. Most people Mahurangi Matters spoke with before heading off to explore Tapora didn’t know where it was – many didn’t even know what it was. It can refer to a basket woven from coconut fronds, but the Tapora I discovered is a pocket-sized rural locality on the Okahukura Peninsula, a diffuse blob of land that juts out into the Kaipara Harbour. Just over 30km west of Wellsford, it’s loosely bounded by the Atiu Creek Regional Park to the east, Okahukura Conservation Are...