The Tuia Mātauranga Pōkai Whenua GeoTour follows the footsteps of early explorers of Aotearoa New Zealand taking you to places where leaders of the past searched for food, resources and ways to adapt and survive in this new land.
Use the Pōkai Whenua GeoTour as your classroom to explore the stories of the past, in the present, to preserve what is unique in Aotearoa New Zealand for the future.
Collect the codewords to get the Geocoin puzzle pieces.
To be able to complete this GeoTour and receive your special Geocoin collectable, remember to take a note of the codeword placed in the cache. This will need to be recorded in your passport which can be downloaded here.
63 of the 150 Pōkai Whenua GeoTour caches will contain a randomly placed special FTF token (a replica of the Tuia Mātauranga GeoTour commemorative coin). This is yours to keep! If you find more than one, you might consider leaving it for the next person who finds the cache.
Posted Coordinates are in the water - DO NOT try to get to the posted coordinates.
Rakiura/Stewart Island is New Zealand's third largest island, reached either by boat or plane. It is a special place that offers the visitor a unique experience - a glimpse into a simpler, slower lifestyle, in rhythm with the sea and the tides, attuned to the natural world of bush and beach.
Rakiura/Stewart Island is an amazing place with lots interesting places to visit, views to see, and people to enjoy. Come on this adventure taking you to some scenic spots, areas of historical importance, and local lore. It can be completed in any order.
Notes for the cacher:
1. There are ten locations in this AL.
2. They can be done in any order, although some are further away and will need a bit of planning.
3. Cell service is generally pretty good in the township, but can be pretty patchy on the Paterson Inlet side and Lee Bay, so have accommodated this with larger geofencing.
Virtual waypoints (very approximate) have been added here to assist with planning before you get to the island. Use the Adventure Lab application to complete this challenge, and find the Bonus Cache too....
To complete this adventure lab cache, download the Adventure Lab App from Apple or Playstore and scan this QR code or click here to
start your Rakiura/Stewart Island Adventure…
(Have listed all the virtual waypoints to assist with trip planning ahead of time) answers will not be answerable unless the cacher has been to the location). We have kept the geofence at 20m around most but for a few we have made it bigger to accommodate the distance from possible cell service (1000m to 1500m).
As with many caches on Stewart Island, an offline list (and offline maps) is a very good idea.
There are ten locations for the AL. They can be done in any order, although some are further away and will need a bit of planning
Virtual waypoints (very approximate) have been added here to assist with planning before you get to the island. Use the Adventure Lab application to complete this challenge, and find the Bonus Cache at South 046 AB.CDE East 168 FG.HIJ (Adventure Lab Journal will help there)
Remember to record CODEWORD for PWGT GeoTour.