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- Safety improvements at Mākara Peak.
  - 21 Nov 2024
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Ranger Mark has been busy working with our local emergency rescue personnel to make it quicker and easier for emergency services to help those in need.
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- 2024 Annual Report
  - 24 Sep 2024
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Click here for a copy of the 25th edition of the annual report of the Mākara Peak MTB Park Supporters Club. Enjoy the read.
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- Result: Xterra 3 - Starlight Makara Peak
  - 24 Jul 2024
  - Olympic Harriers
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- Result: Xterra 3 - Starlight Makara Peak
  - 24 Jul 2024
  - Olympic Harriers
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- Join us for a night out to celebrate 25 years of Mākara Peak goodness
  - 18 Apr 2024
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - On Saturday 11 May, we are celebrating the park’s 25th anniversary with a wee party. Fancy a great night out with like minded souls who have a passion for Mākara Peak? Click here to find out more.
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- Mākara Peak's 25th birthday party
  - 12 Mar 2024
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - The official opening of Mākara Peak as a mountain bike park was celebrated 25 years to the day on the 11th of March 2024 at a wee gathering of past and present visionaries and sloggers who have been involved in the creation and evolution of the Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park over the last two and a half decades.
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- Makara Peak Chris Huxduro video
  - 24 Feb 2024
  - Wellington Mountain Bike Club
  - We’ve got a great video from Charlie Ruck of Round 2 of the 2024 Wellington Enduro Series - the Chris Huxduro. Check it out on our YouTube channel…
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- Mākara Peak is 25!
  - 15 Feb 2024
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Back when downhill bikes looked like this, the Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park was born.
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- Mākara Peak has merchandise!
  - 28 Nov 2023
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Mākara Peak now has a merchandise store (hosted by Digitees). We are kicking things off with t-shirts featuring the five most popular trails in the park. Over time we will add more designs and other merch. Thanks for supporting. All sale proceeds go back into trails and conservation at Mākara Peak. Shop Mākara Peak
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- Koru refurbishment complete
  - 6 Nov 2023
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Most people’s first experience of the Mākara Peak MTB park is the Koru trail - a meandering grade 2 trail that take riders and those on foot from the main park entrance through lush regenerating forest deep into the park.
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- Building offcuts repurposed for Mākara Peak MTB Park
  - 6 Nov 2023
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Reproduced article: Building offcuts repurposed for mountain bike park The Living Pā is an innovative build project at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington that is aiming to meet the Living Building Challenge® certification.
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- 2023 Annual Report has been published
  - 5 Oct 2023
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Click here for our 2023 Annual Report
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- 6hr tow of yacht from Wellington south coast
  - 7 Jan 2023
  - Coastguard Mana
  - Operation Details Date/Time: Thu, 05/01/2023 - 09:30 - 21:30 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 2 Total Volunteer Hours: 84 38ft steel yacht got it's anchor stuck near Makara/Ohau. Whilst manoeuvring to release it they overheated the engine. They were unable to sail due to low wind and inexperience, so ended up drifting south in the strong currents. By the time we got to them they had drifted 10NM into Cook Strait, south of Karori Rock through the Karori Rip. It took us 5hrs to tow them back to Mana, by which point the tide was at it's lowest point. We had to put them on the mooring just outside the bar and then return the passenger back to base, leaving the skipper aboard. Vessel Details Length: 12.00m Resources Attendees: Devine Jason Hall Mark Presling espi NZ Tuatara Trevor Farmer zanebublitz CRV's Used: Te Awarua Rescue read more
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- 2022 Annual Report has been published
  - 26 Sep 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Check out our annual report for 2021-22 here. Permalink
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- Planting season almost complete
  - 1 Sep 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Welcome to spring! Already it feels decidedly warmer and there's the smell of new growth in the air.
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- 2022 agm
  - 29 Aug 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - The 2022 AGM is on at 6pm, Tuesday 13 September at the Karori Rec Centre.
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- 2022 Top 10 most popular tracks
  - 25 Aug 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Thanks to the 400+ people who completed our Park Survey! We’ll share insights over the coming weeks, but first we’re going to announce the 2022 Top 10 most popular tracks at Mākara Peak.
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- Come help us plant some natives!
  - 20 Jun 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Planting season is in full swing! We had the final Kohanga planting and we also finished off the lower exclosure and area between the exclosures! The weather played ball and the WORD turnout in the afternoon was impressive (and also productive).
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- Result: Xterra 2 - Makara Starlight Run
  - 17 Jun 2022
  - Olympic Harriers
  - Race 1 = long course Race 3 = short course (no medium course)
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- Robins spotted again
  - 1 Jun 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Robins were seen in the park again recently.
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- Makara Peak in the 80s!
  - 1 Jun 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Check out this high-res aerial photo from 1980, back in the day when the government, in their infinite wisdom, still subsidised farmers to clear the land of native vegetation.
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- We’re heading into planting season
  - 1 Jun 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Every now and then some kind soul pops over to our website and makes a donation.
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- Mākara Peak trail crew dig days
  - 25 May 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - The Sunday volunteer trail crew have been flat out this year creating handmade, bespoke berms at the bottom of Starfish and at the end of Lazy Fern.
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- Smokin gets some long overdue love
  - 25 May 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > <a role="presentation" class=" image-slide-anchor content-fill " > Smokin has been getting some long overdue attention thanks to Ranger Mark Kent and the team from TGL Contracting Limited. If you’re starting out mountain biking, Smokin is a great option for helping progress onto intermediate trails. It’s a gentle gradient with no scary drop offs on the side of the trail to distract you! This work is particularly focussed on improving the switchbacks and the flow by rebuilding berms to allow riders to safely carry more speed as they improve their skills. Thanks to Wellington City Council for funding this work as part of their commitment to Mākara Peak. Check out Smokin on Trailforks at https://www.trailforks.com/trails/smokin-20917 Help us do more great things at Mākara Peak by signing up to the Trails Wellington app or donate at https://givealittle.co.nz/org/makarapeak The track is still raw in places, so take care. Maybe even stay off it, if too wet, especially if the forecast is a bit dodgy.
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- The “middle bit” of Pōhatu is open!
  - 25 May 2022
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - “The middle bit” of Pōhatu is now open for riding! The official opening is on Sunday, but it’s too good not to share with you all now.
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- Inspiring young philanthropist
  - 16 May 2022
  - Wellington Health Foundation
  - We’d love you to meet seven year old Ellie who recently set herself the enormous challenge of climbing Makara peak 20 times to raise money for the children’s hospital.
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- Newsletter Week Ending 10 April 2022
  - 7 Apr 2022
  - Karori Anglican Churches
  - EASTER YOUTH CAMPThis year our youth have been invited to join the Karori Baptist Church youth camp which is being held during Easter Weekend. The focus of the weekend is for our youth to journey through the Easter story, grow together as youth groups, explore the Makara area, and generally have a great time! […]
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- Newsletter Week Ending 26 December
  - 23 Dec 2021
  - Karori Anglican Churches
  - CHRISTMAS SERVICES Our final services for the year are: Christmas Eve St Matthias, Makara.
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- Our 2020-21 annual report has been published
  - 7 Nov 2021
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Our 2020-21 Annual Report has been published.
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- AGM Notice
  - 22 Oct 2021
  - Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Come along to our 2021 AGM at the Karori Rec Centre on 2 November
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- Makara Hall and St Patricks Church
  - Originally built in 1873 by the Catholic diocese, St Patricks is a non-denominational, community owned church. Situated in the farming and lifestyle area of Makara, St Patricks is twenty minutes drive from the centre of Wellington. The Church is listed with the Historic Places Trust and is lovingly maintained by local volunteers.
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- Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park
  - Mākara Peak Mountain Bike Park was established by Wellington City Council in 1988, and encompasses Mākara Peak which dominates the skyline at the south end of Karori. With the largest trail network in the lower North Island, Mākara Peak has something for riders of all ages and abilities. There are wide, flowing singletrack with gentle gradients that are perfect for beginners, children and families. Plus there are some of the steepest, narrowest and gnarliest trails that challenge the experts.
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- T3 Track Blog
  - T3 track or Technical Torture Trail will link the top of Vertigo and the top of Trickle Falls. The track will be two-way and is designed to be grade 5 techical downhill and a grade 5-6 technical uphill. The track will contain between 16 and 18 manmade and natural obstacles along the way. The track will hopefully be something that people can hone their skills on and attack with the attitude of "I'll clear it this time"
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- The Lazy Fern Track Blog
  - The Lazy Fern will provide a loop for beginners up Koru and then down Lazy Fern. This will mean less downhill traffic on Koru and a much safer way down to the car park for people who have just started MTBing. Long-time track builder Jonathan Kennett is designing the track.
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- ZL6QH Quartz Hill User Group
  - Quartz Hill is located at {Makara} - near Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Quartz Hill Amateur Radio Station is managed by the Wellington Amateur Radio Club Inc.
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