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Remember to be a tidy Kiwi!

All our regional parks are rubbish free. Whether you call it rubbish, trash or garbage, please bag it all up and recycle it or throw it away when you return home.

Important notice

Keep Kauri standing

Kauri dieback is a deadly disease, killing Kauri trees throughout the Auckland region. The Kauri in Duder regional park are currently healthy, please help us keep it that way. Click here for more information. Also see information about track closures in the Hunua ranges.

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About Duder

Duder park is located on the pohutukawa-fringed Whakakaiwhara Peninsula, which cuts out into the Tamaki Strait. Visitors may feel like they are on their own island as they enjoy the 360 degree views extending to the Brookby/Maraetai hills, the Hunua Ranges and Hauraki Gulf islands.

Park information

Pedestrian access:	Open 24 hours
Summer gate opening hours:	6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Daylight savings)
Winter gate opening hours:	6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Non daylight savings)
Distance from CBD:	42 km
Park map:	Click here to download a park map
Physical address:	933R North Road, Clevedon
Casual group size:	75

Dog walking is prohibited

Dogs are prohibited from the park and adjoining foreshore areas.

Click here for information about which regional parks prohibit dog walking

How to get to Duder

Take State Highway 1 south and turn off at Te Irirangi Drive and veer left. At the fourth set of traffic lights turn right into Ormiston Road and head towards Whitford. At the T-junction turn left into Whitford and right at the roundabout onto Whitford - Maraetai Road. Continue through Maraetai and take Maraetai Coast Road to Umupuia. The park is just to the south of Umupuia on North Road.

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Park facilities

Bach Te Kuiti Cottage Te Whetuki House

Camping Te Wharau (Malua Bay) Campground

SCC campgrounds and designated parking areas Duder SCC Parking Area

Beaches

Umupuia Beach is a sandy beach available at low tide along the coastal walk. Good swimming available here. Also a couple of sheltered sandy bays off the farm loop track.

Limited mobility parking

The surface is small, loose gravel throughout, but it is accessible in a wheelchair. There is no defined parking and none designated for mobility parking.

Limited mobility toilet

The main carpark has wheelchair accessible toilets.

Mobility access (partial)

This is a coastal farm park with beautiful views of the Hauraki Gulf and few man-made structures. The land is predominately gentle, undulating grassland. Parts of the park are accessible to mobility impaired visitors, particularly on the well-structured paths, even if the ground is wet.

Mobility accessible picnic table

The picnic area adjoining the carpark is on a flat, grassed area and is wheelchair accessible.

Native bush

Notice board

Parking

Pram access

It is possible to access the stockyards (and possibly beyond) with a pram.

Toilet block

Toilets

Park activities

Bird watching

Dog walking prohibited

Dogs are prohibited from the park and adjoining foreshore areas.

Drones or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Click here to obatin rules and guidelines for flying UAVs and drones. In particular pay attention to the code of conduct.

Farm animals - viewing

Visitors will find grazing sheep and cattle on the farmland.

Fishing

The coast around Duder is very popular for fishing and collecting shellfish.

Horse riding

There is a designated single-loop trail over rolling farmland with scenic views over the Waitemata Harbour.

Click here for more information about horse riding and how to get a horse riding pass

Mountain biking

Farm Loop

Orienteering

Maps are available from the notice board. There are 40 markers spread all over the park.

Paragliding

Picnics

There are no designated picnic sites at Duder Regional Park, feel free to find your own favourite spot.

Sightseeing

Swimming

Duder has several good beaches which are suitable at all tides.

Volunteering

Please contact (09) 536 7012 if you are interested in volunteering in our southern parks.

Walks (1 hour or more)

The Farm Loop will take you through the farmland for some of the best coastal views of Auckland. Click on the links below for track information:

Walks (less than 1 hour)

At low tide, try the Coastal Walk. Alternatively walk up to the Pa site. Click on the links below for track information:

Wedding or civil union

A permit is required, contact the Senior Ranger Recreation on (09) 261 8001.

Tracks

Farm Loop ¾ hour - 4 km Follow the red waymakers through the rolling farmland and enjoy some of the best coastal views in Auckland.

Beach Track This track is flat for approximately 100m then descends very steeply to the beach.

Duder Coastal Walk ½ hour - 2 km At low tide only you can walk to the park from Umupuia Beach. Please note that the land between the beach and the park is private property and there is no access above the high tide mark.

Duder Sustainable Trail 1 hour - 4 km Learn how Duder Regional Park is walking the talk on sustainability. This one hour walk is a fun and practical way to learn about sustainable farming.

Farm Loop Walk 2 hour - 4.3 km Follow the red waymarkers from the car park through the rolling farmland, with its peacefully grazing sheep and cattle, and enjoy some of the best coastal views in the Auckland region.

Whakakaiwhara Pa Walk 1 hour - 2.4 km This walk branches off the Farm Loop. Follow the blue markers to the end of the peninsula. Here you can reach an isolated and unusual triangular Maori pä site by traversing the remains of a defensive ditch.

History

Click here for a leaflet that contains background information about the area, a map of walking route and historic points of interest.

In the 14th century, this was the first place in the Waitemata Harbour to be visited by the Tainui canoe. Its crew went ashore and harvested forest foods, which led to the peninsula’s name – Whaka-kai-whara meaning ‘to eat the bracts of the kiekie vine’.

Some of the descendants of the crew settled in the area and became known as Ngäi Tai. They lived on the peninsula until the 1860s, taking advantage of its abundant food resources (including seasonal shark fishing) and its strategic location near the Wairoa River mouth.

Ngāi Tai’s affiliation to the land is reflected in the many archaeological sites on and near the park. The most significant of these are Whakakaiwhara Pā at the tip of the peninsula and Oue Pā several kilometres to the south.

The kauri forest on the peninsula was logged in the 1850s. In 1866 the Duder family began its association with the area when Thomas Duder, a survivor of the HMS Buffalo wreck (1840), bought the 243-hectare property from Ngāi Tai.
His descendants farmed the property until it was sold to the Auckland Regional Council (ARC) and became a regional park in 1995.