Te Mata Range

A controversial walking track built by a Hawke's Bay winery is to be removed.
The 2.4km $300,000 track cut in a zig-zag on the eastern slopes of Te Mata Peak by Craggy Range Winery prompted outrage for scarring a special landscape.
Ngahiwi Tomoana, the leader of Ngāti Kahungunu, said on Monday the local iwi felt betrayed.
Recreational users were supportive and said the landscape would "heal".
On Saturday the winery said following discussions with mana whenua and other concerned groups last week, it had decided to remove the track. Mana whenua refers to a customary authority exercised by an iwi in an identified area.
The winery will restore the land and return it to the previous owner.

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