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🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟 18th September 2025
🌤️ Weather: Windy and wild with bursts of warm sunshine. 🌱 Dirt: love it 🚨 DH Track Update We’re super gutted the DH track copped...
Tony Knauf
Sep 18, 20253 min read


🚨 Trail Closure Update 🚨 - DH TRAILS
Kia ora koutou Rotorua riders — an important update about the Downhill (Taniwha DH) trail in Whakarewarewa Forest. We know many of you...
Tony Knauf
Sep 16, 20251 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟📅 11th September 2025
🌤️ Weather: Lol — spring has sprung! Windy, raining, then suddenly warm and sunny. Typical Rotorua! 🌱 Dirt: Dry with some damp spots —...
Tony Knauf
Sep 11, 20253 min read


🌲 Taniwha DH Trails are OPEN thanks to the volunteers 🌲
The DH lines are officially back open after a huge storm clean-up. This didn’t happen by magic — it happened because a team of amazing...
Tony Knauf
Sep 8, 20251 min read


🚨 Taniwha DH Temporary Trail Closure 🚨
Kia ora Rotorua trail-lovers — we’ve got an important heads-up for everyone who enjoys riding the Downhill (Taniwha DH) trail in...
Tony Knauf
Sep 4, 20251 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟4th September 2025
Crazy… where has the year gone already?! 🌤️ Weather: Best check the weather rock this week — it’s all over the show! 🌱 Dirt: For the...
Tony Knauf
Sep 4, 20252 min read


🌟 Trail Legends Spotlight: The Rinkly Riders 🌟
The Rinkly Riders — what a crew of legends 🙌. They are a bunch of good people who give their time and energy to the trails we all love,...
Tony Knauf
Aug 28, 20251 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟28th August 2025
🌤️ Weather: Good right now, very spring like, but could get sketchy if that predicted wind comes up! 🌱 Dirt: how many different ways...
Tony Knauf
Aug 28, 20252 min read


Excavator Work on Forest Roads
And now a word for our friends at Timberlands.... "Kia ora Koutou, Further to the mower operating in Whakarewarewa for the next few...
Tony Knauf
Aug 20, 20251 min read


Mowing Operations in the forest 18&19 August 2025
Kia ora koutou, Timberlands are commencing a roadside mowing programme starting Monday 18 th August 2025 . This operation will be...
Tony Knauf
Aug 18, 20251 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟 14 August 2025🌤️
🌤️ Weather: I mean come on, it's absolutely epic! Reckon Rotorua's got the best winter weather, eh! 🌱 Dirt: Dryer than a moth sandwich...
Tony Knauf
Aug 14, 20255 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟 7 August 2025
🌤️ Weather: ☀️ The way winter is supposed to be - good mix of sunshine, frosts and big rain. Love it! ❄️ 🌱 Dirt: 🤯 I am blown away by...
Tony Knauf
Aug 7, 20253 min read


🐝 WORKING BEE WRAP-UP - ROLLERCOASTER GETS THE ROYAL TREATMENT! 🎢
What an absolute CRACKER of a Sunday morning we had out there! The RTT whānau absolutely smashed it on Rollercoaster, and honestly,...
Tony Knauf
Aug 4, 20252 min read


NEW TRAIL - OUT OF OFFICE G3 Handbuild
Out of Office built by the Rotorua Trails Trust with generous support from Mountain Bike Rotorua in Autumn 2025. Officially opened on...
Tony Knauf
Aug 4, 20251 min read


⚠️ Caution: Windfall in the Whakarewarewa Forest 🌲🌬️🌧️
There are fallen trees, large branches, and debris across trails. Rotorua Trails Trust have been hard at work clearing what we can, and...
Tony Knauf
Aug 1, 20251 min read


Tony Knauf
Jul 31, 20250 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟 31st July 2025
🌤️ TRAIL CONDITIONS UPDATE 🌤️ Somehow, after a huge dump of rain, the trails are absolutely firing! Everything's running mint and the...
Tony Knauf
Jul 31, 20253 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟 📅 24th July 2025
🌤️ Weather: After a week of sunshine the trail is dry and all trails are running mint!! Get out there this weekend 💯 🌱 Dirt: Perfect....
Tony Knauf
Jul 24, 20253 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟 17 July 2025
🌤️ Weather: A cold but sunny weekend… I can’t wait!!! ❄️☀️ 🌱 Dirt: Soft — avoid dragging your brakes to preserve the trail surface. Be...
Tony Knauf
Jul 17, 20252 min read


🌟🚵♂️ WHAKA WEEKLY 🚵♂️🌟10 July 2025
🌤️ Weather: A Storm a week = trees down all over the show. 🌬️ 🌱 Dirt: Soft, avoid dragging your breaks to preserve the trail surface....
Tony Knauf
Jul 10, 20254 min read
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