Accessing the park and walks

Entrance to the Parry Kauri Park itself is from the car park located next to the Warkworth Museum. There is no fee to enter the walk.

You can take an easy stroll along one of the well-made boardwalks, through native bush, to the lookout and kauri tree grove.  Free brochures are available from the Museum shop which describe and identify native trees and shrubs that can be found along the path. The Mid-North Branch of the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society provided the signage along the boardwalk that winds through the park.

In the early years of European settlement, Parry Kauri Park was part of the property owned by Rev McKinney, the first minister of the Presbyterian Church in Warkworth and Mahurangi. The land was later purchased by the Simpson family who requested that on the sale of their land, the trees and bush be offered for purchase as a public amenity.

The two large kauri trees are named McKinney and Simpson in honour of these former landowners. The park and the driveway into it bear the names of Harry Parry and Tudor Collins, local identities who were largely responsible, along with the Kauri Bushmen’s Association, for raising the money to purchase the land.

Photo Credit: Warkworth Museum