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Mahinapua Creek. ca.1900.
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Date Created22nd June 2021CommentsMaria Leef
Beautiful and peaceful time out.
Margaret Stewart
Lovely
Dorothy Wills
I imagine it’s different now
Doug Joan Watson
Dorothy Wills no trees there now just flax and the odd tree
Phil Millar
My Mother and Father used to whitebait there!
Lynnette Beirne
Phil Millar so did my Grandparents whitebait there and as well as they had the farm from the rail bridge across the creek to Mananui and on the other side of the road from the golf Links to mananui
Phil Millar
Lynnette Beirne Dad was the Ganger on the Hokitika -Ross line and we lived at Ruatapu !
Phil Millar
My sisiter married one of the Searle boys from Mananui .
Lynnette Beirne
Phil Millar my grandparents were Violet and Clarrie Atkinson
My Uncle Bob Atkinson worked with the Searles at the mill
Cheryl Alderding
Phil Millar my mum was Rose Searle which one of her brothers did your sister marry
Phil Millar
Cheryl Alderding I remember you and Mum coming to our place in Emmett st, Shirley CHCH,i think on bikes.My sister married your uncle George ! your cousins are George Junior, Rex ,The Late ( Veronica) and Roger Searle.
Bruce Lightfoot
Phil Millar would be one of the few creeks in the country that has a semblance of it original bank side foliage thus it's still capable to providing spawn sites for it inhabitants but
Stuart McMillan
Native forest looks great, if it’s all cut down I hope it’s been replanted with the same sort of native trees
Trevor Molloy
Stuart McMillan the old trees were felled and used to build New Zealand , regeneration has done it's job , come and have a look for yourself . DO NOT believe what the LYING green party tell you ! ! !
Margi Adamson
Absolutely beautiful!!
Jason Wilson
Is that u in the boat Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Jason Wilson bit later before i haunted the place,,
· Reply · 17h
Darrell M Madgwick
Dave Madgwick
Bazza Morland
My grandfather Bob Shand worked at the mill .
Tom Jones
I use to take people on the paddle boat about 17-18yrs ago, was a beautiful ride on a nice day
Janice Oconnor
Is that by the lake
Rob Elwood
Mirror Creek; the Ruatapu end of Mahinapua, Jan 2020.
Robert Wilson
i have shot there for 52 years,,
Ed Dando
Hell‼️yeah
Shona Ratana
Love love this walk and beautiful place.
John Moore
Can’t think of a more beautiful and relaxing place. Part of my youth.
Joy Cox
Beautiful childhood memories of this superb spot
Austen De Ath Green
Harley Vui Davison
Dave Maitland
Kayaking up there once I think
Kathryn Ward
That looks beautiful
Glenn Johnston
My grandfather William Goodfellow lived at Lake Mahinapua and had boat(s) and boatshed(s) at the lake. He used to commute to Hokitika and back via the lake, outlet creek and Hoki River. Mahinapua Creek was a much used waterway prior to the Hokitika - Ross railway opening.
Wendy Hogan
Have swam in that lake many times at that time living in a saw mill village calle ruatapu
Phil Millar
Wendy Hogan Lived at Ruatapu in the 2nd Railway house,Ross end.Went to school there!
Phil Millar
My Mother and i used to Whitebait in the Mahinapua creek.
Carol Linklater
Love spending time at Mahinapua it brings back so many memories like catching the train with Mum and my sisters carrying our lunch then a walk through the bush and down to Swimmers Beach which by the way there was a beach after lunching and swimming the long walk retracing our steps to catch the train back to Hokitika at 3pm.Susan Hustwick
We had lots of fun at the Girl Guide Campbwith Mrs Wendy Northcroft, one of our leaders. In smelly tents that we had to dig a trench around, made washing basin stands out of branches and tied with special lashing. Learnt how to make a bush stretcher and stabilise a broken leg so that we could move an injured patient to the road. The only thing I didn’t like apart from the mozzies was having to cook an egg in an orange skin on the campfire….I’ve never forgotten that taste! It was my mother’s invention. A oncerd
Beautiful and peaceful time out.
Margaret Stewart
Lovely
Dorothy Wills
I imagine it’s different now
Doug Joan Watson
Dorothy Wills no trees there now just flax and the odd tree
Phil Millar
My Mother and Father used to whitebait there!
Lynnette Beirne
Phil Millar so did my Grandparents whitebait there and as well as they had the farm from the rail bridge across the creek to Mananui and on the other side of the road from the golf Links to mananui
Phil Millar
Lynnette Beirne Dad was the Ganger on the Hokitika -Ross line and we lived at Ruatapu !
Phil Millar
My sisiter married one of the Searle boys from Mananui .
Lynnette Beirne
Phil Millar my grandparents were Violet and Clarrie Atkinson
My Uncle Bob Atkinson worked with the Searles at the mill
Cheryl Alderding
Phil Millar my mum was Rose Searle which one of her brothers did your sister marry
Phil Millar
Cheryl Alderding I remember you and Mum coming to our place in Emmett st, Shirley CHCH,i think on bikes.My sister married your uncle George ! your cousins are George Junior, Rex ,The Late ( Veronica) and Roger Searle.
Bruce Lightfoot
Phil Millar would be one of the few creeks in the country that has a semblance of it original bank side foliage thus it's still capable to providing spawn sites for it inhabitants but
Stuart McMillan
Native forest looks great, if it’s all cut down I hope it’s been replanted with the same sort of native trees
Trevor Molloy
Stuart McMillan the old trees were felled and used to build New Zealand , regeneration has done it's job , come and have a look for yourself . DO NOT believe what the LYING green party tell you ! ! !
Margi Adamson
Absolutely beautiful!!
Jason Wilson
Is that u in the boat Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson
Jason Wilson bit later before i haunted the place,,
· Reply · 17h
Darrell M Madgwick
Dave Madgwick
Bazza Morland
My grandfather Bob Shand worked at the mill .
Tom Jones
I use to take people on the paddle boat about 17-18yrs ago, was a beautiful ride on a nice day
Janice Oconnor
Is that by the lake
Rob Elwood
Mirror Creek; the Ruatapu end of Mahinapua, Jan 2020.
Robert Wilson
i have shot there for 52 years,,
Ed Dando
Hell‼️yeah
Shona Ratana
Love love this walk and beautiful place.
John Moore
Can’t think of a more beautiful and relaxing place. Part of my youth.
Joy Cox
Beautiful childhood memories of this superb spot
Austen De Ath Green
Harley Vui Davison
Dave Maitland
Kayaking up there once I think
Kathryn Ward
That looks beautiful
Glenn Johnston
My grandfather William Goodfellow lived at Lake Mahinapua and had boat(s) and boatshed(s) at the lake. He used to commute to Hokitika and back via the lake, outlet creek and Hoki River. Mahinapua Creek was a much used waterway prior to the Hokitika - Ross railway opening.
Wendy Hogan
Have swam in that lake many times at that time living in a saw mill village calle ruatapu
Phil Millar
Wendy Hogan Lived at Ruatapu in the 2nd Railway house,Ross end.Went to school there!
Phil Millar
My Mother and i used to Whitebait in the Mahinapua creek.
Carol Linklater
Love spending time at Mahinapua it brings back so many memories like catching the train with Mum and my sisters carrying our lunch then a walk through the bush and down to Swimmers Beach which by the way there was a beach after lunching and swimming the long walk retracing our steps to catch the train back to Hokitika at 3pm.Susan Hustwick
We had lots of fun at the Girl Guide Campbwith Mrs Wendy Northcroft, one of our leaders. In smelly tents that we had to dig a trench around, made washing basin stands out of branches and tied with special lashing. Learnt how to make a bush stretcher and stabilise a broken leg so that we could move an injured patient to the road. The only thing I didn’t like apart from the mozzies was having to cook an egg in an orange skin on the campfire….I’ve never forgotten that taste! It was my mother’s invention. A oncerd
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West Coast New Zealand History (17th Jan 2022). Mahinapua Creek. ca.1900.. In Website West Coast New Zealand History. Retrieved 21st Mar 2026 14:46, from https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/29538