RANGIWAHIA SCENIC RESERVE visitor comments
A visitor book is available in a green mailbox at the end of the car park and before the trail begins. Our local MP, Ian McKelvie, suggested a visitor’s book after he himself walked through the reserve. We are so pleased we followed through with his suggestion as we now have a record of people's experiences from all around NZ and the world.
These are virtually all the comments since 2017. If they are not there it is because we were unable to read them or no comment was made.
We have included places and comments, but have not included names for privacy reasons. Not everyone who walks the Reserve enters a comment in the book
2017.
Rangiwahia……........................... Awesome.
Palmerston Nth.…….................. Great trees. Congrats.
Australia ……............................. We had lots of fun, A fabulous walk.
France………................................. Very nice. Fine walk.
Australia ……............................... Beautiful bush. Heaps of birds
Zambia ………...............................Great track. Thanks. Really good track. Well thought out and easy to navigate
Palmerston North ……............... Amazing variety of trees and fauna. Magnificient walk with amazing trees. Track must stay open.
Feilding …….................................. Fabulous.
Palmerston North ……................ Great to have tree signs
Palmerston North ……................ Fantastic forest remnant. Don’t lose it!
Palmerston North ……................ Marvellous variety of mature native trees.
Palmerston North ……................ So many huge natives. Brilliant.
Feilding ……................................. Best bush seen in 15 years of tramping.
Palmerston North …….................Great bush for school children to visit.
Palmerston North …….................Well worth the trip. Keep it.
Palmerston North …….................Must conserve this forest remnant. Excellent for children the original bush.
Palmerston North …….................Best forest walk ever!
Kimbolton ……..............................Local hike in the bush
Kimbolton ……..............................Magnificent rimus
2018.
Palmerston North ……..................Will be back.
Japan ……........................................Will be back.
Palmerston North …..................... Excellent.
Wellington ……...............................Good work, community group.
Auckland ……................................. Thank you! Wonderful mature forest. How much to build a predator proof fence?
Palmerston North …..................... Excellent
2019.
Feilding ……......................................Simply stunning. Loved every moment.
Wellington ……................................ Enchanted!
Palmerston Nth/Wellington …...... Had to come back. So magical.
Feilding ……......................................Beautiful unspoilt virgin splendour.
UK …….............................................. Simply as it should be. Thank you.
New Plymouth ……..........................Well worth the effort.
Canada …….......................................Wonderful trail. Thank you.
Netherlands ……............................. What magnificent trees. Loved it.
Napier ……....................................... Fantastic – well marked track. Awesome trees. Loved it.
Germany …...................................... Very nice track.
Palmy ……........................................ Nice!
Putararu …...................................... Piece of Paradise. Thanks.
Chicago, USA ……............................ Thank you. Nice reserve.
Feilding ……...................................... Nice walk, but a bit tough in places for “oldies”.
Kimbolton ……................................. Quite nice.
Feilding ……...................................... Very nicely maintained. Thanks.
Taumaranui ……...............................Beautiful. Thank you for the opportunity.
Christchurch ……............................. Thanks.
Wanganui …….................................. Beautiful walk
Palmerston North …....................... Brilliant.
Kapiti Coast ……............................... Love it. Beautiful to hear the birds.
Feilding ……...................................... Best reserve to date!!
Palmerston North …....................... Ditto above. Will be in touch with the committee.
Paris, France ……............................. Beau travail
California ……................................... Lovely to experience original bush
Foxton ……........................................ We will be back with better shoes.
Moonshine Valley……...................... Cycled round the fence and walked part way.
Otaki ……........................................... Walked whole trail. Well marked. Good.
Texas, USA ….................................... I love this hike. Love the labels on the trees. Back again almost to the year.
Pretoria, South Africa...................... Unspoiled. Well marked. Absolutely awesome.
Palmy/ Feilding................................. Fantastic.
Wellington …….................................. Thank you! Superb track (training for 100 kms ultra run in the Blue Mountains, Australia. Technical trail here was perfect.
Wellington ……................................. I had fun jumping the tree roots. And reading the tree name plaques. (a child’s comment)
Feilding ……...................................... Lovely trail
Palmerston North …....................... Great people. Awesome track. Beaut.
Wanganui …….................................. Great NZ bush.
Ahope, NZ …................................... Great. Easy identification of trees. Well done. Keep up the good work.
Canada ……...................................... Wonderful view on top. Thanks.
Waitomo Caves …........................... Great bush walk and trees.
Palmerston North …...................... First time here. Ran 80%. Great trails.
Stratford, Taranaki …..................... Great walk. Well done.
UK …….............................................. Fabulous track. Thank you.
Hawke’s Bay ……............................. Awesome track. Thanx.
New York, USA, Vancouver, Paekakariki, Jarna (Sweden), Utrecht (Netherlands) and
Wellington ...................................... Lovely evening stroll.
Feilding ……..................................... Good fun. Thanks.
Ysselsteyn, (Netherlands) and
Hunterville ……................................ Beautiful. Very well maintained
Cambridge ……................................ Great. Thank you.
Kapiti Coast ................................... Incredible. Great job!
Waikanae …….................................. Taonga! (Maori for a natural resource, which is highly prized)
Feilding/Palmy ……......................... Lovely track
2020.
Quebec …....................................... Amazing trees.
Marton ……..................................... Great. We’ll be back
Palmerston North …………………… We made it! How fun
Huntly …………………………………...... Beautiful. Thank you.
Taupo …………………………………...... Thanks for your work maintaining this bit of paradise.
London, UK ……………………………... Please preserve this beauty.
Peep-o-Day, Manawatu …………… Grrrrrr8. Magnificent trees. Truly giants of the forest. May they live on.
Kimbolton ……………………………..... Track maintenance. Ferns look much happier after that bit of rain.
Tolaga Bay …………………………….... Wonderful. Great work volunteers.
Titahi Bay, Porirua …………………… Great track, well metered. Quite steep at the start, but worth it.
Cornwall, UK ………………………….... Beautiful sunny day. Lovely in the trees.
Foxton............................................. Saw and heard a karearea (NZ Falcon) at Matai lookout. Steep for me.
Turakina Valley ………………………... In my happy place. Cheers for the awesome marks.
Kimbolton ……………………………….. Lovely walk, best bush I’ve seen in ages. The beech clearing is the perfect lunch spot.
Titahi Bay ………………………………... A wonderful hike. Thanks so for the efforts to construct the track. One suggestion. The stiles are almost impossible for dogs. Had to lift my 30kg GSP up and over the last one. Could you make access easier for dogs?
Wellington ………………………………...Thought it was great & find a reserve I could take my dog to, but the stile meant we couldn’t access – maybe a spring-gate?
Palmerston North ……………………. Immensely grateful for the good medicine and sanctuary of this place. Thanks to the kaihaki with much aroha.
Woodville ……………………………….... Stunning beautiful gem.
Kimbolton ………………………………... Gorgeous bush. Well looked after!
Finland ……………………………………... So lovely
San Carlos, California ……………….. A nature paradise
France …………………………………….... Awesome walk. Great thank to those you maintain it.
Feilding/New Plymouth …………….. There’s an old Geocache at the top & unfound for 4 years. It’s still unfound, but the bush is excellent compensation. Thanks volunteers.
Mangaweka ………………………………. Stunning old growth trees, thank you for making this area accessible. Great!
Lyttleton ………………………………….... A tree huggers delight. Thank you for an informative native beautiful track.
Papamoa …………………………………... Thank you to those who have made this track walkable – fabulous.
London ............................................ Loving the bush
26th March 2020 - COVID-19 lockdown Level Four, then Level Three.
During this time there were no visits to the Reserve.
From Level Two - 13 May 2020
Kimbolton ........................................ Very convenient piece of paradise
Palmerston Nth ............................... Great walk.
Rangiwahia ...................................... First visit. Beautiful walk.
Ashhurst .......................................... Nice walk
Auckland ......................................... A nice work in progress
Dannevirke ..................................... Thanks. Very calm and peaceful
Apiti ................................................. What an assett to Manawatu. A lot of love has gone into it. Great walk. Thanks.
Hunterville ...................................... Great walk. Thanks. Well done, guys. Awesome.
Feilding ........................................... First time here, but it won't be the last!
Kimbolton ...................................... Lovely
Feilding & Waituna West .............. Great walk
Rangiwahia .................................... Good walk
Rangiwahia .................................... Good fun walk
Feilding .......................................... A well preserved "Little Gem"! Thank you!
Feilding .......................................... What a great walk. We'll be back.
Feilding .......................................... Magnificent bush. So close to "home". Great work.
Feilding .......................................... Magnificent bush. Keep up the good work!
These are virtually all the comments since 2017. If they are not there it is because we were unable to read them or no comment was made.
We have included places and comments, but have not included names for privacy reasons. Not everyone who walks the Reserve enters a comment in the book
2017.
Rangiwahia……........................... Awesome.
Palmerston Nth.…….................. Great trees. Congrats.
Australia ……............................. We had lots of fun, A fabulous walk.
France………................................. Very nice. Fine walk.
Australia ……............................... Beautiful bush. Heaps of birds
Zambia ………...............................Great track. Thanks. Really good track. Well thought out and easy to navigate
Palmerston North ……............... Amazing variety of trees and fauna. Magnificient walk with amazing trees. Track must stay open.
Feilding …….................................. Fabulous.
Palmerston North ……................ Great to have tree signs
Palmerston North ……................ Fantastic forest remnant. Don’t lose it!
Palmerston North ……................ Marvellous variety of mature native trees.
Palmerston North ……................ So many huge natives. Brilliant.
Feilding ……................................. Best bush seen in 15 years of tramping.
Palmerston North …….................Great bush for school children to visit.
Palmerston North …….................Well worth the trip. Keep it.
Palmerston North …….................Must conserve this forest remnant. Excellent for children the original bush.
Palmerston North …….................Best forest walk ever!
Kimbolton ……..............................Local hike in the bush
Kimbolton ……..............................Magnificent rimus
2018.
Palmerston North ……..................Will be back.
Japan ……........................................Will be back.
Palmerston North …..................... Excellent.
Wellington ……...............................Good work, community group.
Auckland ……................................. Thank you! Wonderful mature forest. How much to build a predator proof fence?
Palmerston North …..................... Excellent
2019.
Feilding ……......................................Simply stunning. Loved every moment.
Wellington ……................................ Enchanted!
Palmerston Nth/Wellington …...... Had to come back. So magical.
Feilding ……......................................Beautiful unspoilt virgin splendour.
UK …….............................................. Simply as it should be. Thank you.
New Plymouth ……..........................Well worth the effort.
Canada …….......................................Wonderful trail. Thank you.
Netherlands ……............................. What magnificent trees. Loved it.
Napier ……....................................... Fantastic – well marked track. Awesome trees. Loved it.
Germany …...................................... Very nice track.
Palmy ……........................................ Nice!
Putararu …...................................... Piece of Paradise. Thanks.
Chicago, USA ……............................ Thank you. Nice reserve.
Feilding ……...................................... Nice walk, but a bit tough in places for “oldies”.
Kimbolton ……................................. Quite nice.
Feilding ……...................................... Very nicely maintained. Thanks.
Taumaranui ……...............................Beautiful. Thank you for the opportunity.
Christchurch ……............................. Thanks.
Wanganui …….................................. Beautiful walk
Palmerston North …....................... Brilliant.
Kapiti Coast ……............................... Love it. Beautiful to hear the birds.
Feilding ……...................................... Best reserve to date!!
Palmerston North …....................... Ditto above. Will be in touch with the committee.
Paris, France ……............................. Beau travail
California ……................................... Lovely to experience original bush
Foxton ……........................................ We will be back with better shoes.
Moonshine Valley……...................... Cycled round the fence and walked part way.
Otaki ……........................................... Walked whole trail. Well marked. Good.
Texas, USA ….................................... I love this hike. Love the labels on the trees. Back again almost to the year.
Pretoria, South Africa...................... Unspoiled. Well marked. Absolutely awesome.
Palmy/ Feilding................................. Fantastic.
Wellington …….................................. Thank you! Superb track (training for 100 kms ultra run in the Blue Mountains, Australia. Technical trail here was perfect.
Wellington ……................................. I had fun jumping the tree roots. And reading the tree name plaques. (a child’s comment)
Feilding ……...................................... Lovely trail
Palmerston North …....................... Great people. Awesome track. Beaut.
Wanganui …….................................. Great NZ bush.
Ahope, NZ …................................... Great. Easy identification of trees. Well done. Keep up the good work.
Canada ……...................................... Wonderful view on top. Thanks.
Waitomo Caves …........................... Great bush walk and trees.
Palmerston North …...................... First time here. Ran 80%. Great trails.
Stratford, Taranaki …..................... Great walk. Well done.
UK …….............................................. Fabulous track. Thank you.
Hawke’s Bay ……............................. Awesome track. Thanx.
New York, USA, Vancouver, Paekakariki, Jarna (Sweden), Utrecht (Netherlands) and
Wellington ...................................... Lovely evening stroll.
Feilding ……..................................... Good fun. Thanks.
Ysselsteyn, (Netherlands) and
Hunterville ……................................ Beautiful. Very well maintained
Cambridge ……................................ Great. Thank you.
Kapiti Coast ................................... Incredible. Great job!
Waikanae …….................................. Taonga! (Maori for a natural resource, which is highly prized)
Feilding/Palmy ……......................... Lovely track
2020.
Quebec …....................................... Amazing trees.
Marton ……..................................... Great. We’ll be back
Palmerston North …………………… We made it! How fun
Huntly …………………………………...... Beautiful. Thank you.
Taupo …………………………………...... Thanks for your work maintaining this bit of paradise.
London, UK ……………………………... Please preserve this beauty.
Peep-o-Day, Manawatu …………… Grrrrrr8. Magnificent trees. Truly giants of the forest. May they live on.
Kimbolton ……………………………..... Track maintenance. Ferns look much happier after that bit of rain.
Tolaga Bay …………………………….... Wonderful. Great work volunteers.
Titahi Bay, Porirua …………………… Great track, well metered. Quite steep at the start, but worth it.
Cornwall, UK ………………………….... Beautiful sunny day. Lovely in the trees.
Foxton............................................. Saw and heard a karearea (NZ Falcon) at Matai lookout. Steep for me.
Turakina Valley ………………………... In my happy place. Cheers for the awesome marks.
Kimbolton ……………………………….. Lovely walk, best bush I’ve seen in ages. The beech clearing is the perfect lunch spot.
Titahi Bay ………………………………... A wonderful hike. Thanks so for the efforts to construct the track. One suggestion. The stiles are almost impossible for dogs. Had to lift my 30kg GSP up and over the last one. Could you make access easier for dogs?
Wellington ………………………………...Thought it was great & find a reserve I could take my dog to, but the stile meant we couldn’t access – maybe a spring-gate?
Palmerston North ……………………. Immensely grateful for the good medicine and sanctuary of this place. Thanks to the kaihaki with much aroha.
Woodville ……………………………….... Stunning beautiful gem.
Kimbolton ………………………………... Gorgeous bush. Well looked after!
Finland ……………………………………... So lovely
San Carlos, California ……………….. A nature paradise
France …………………………………….... Awesome walk. Great thank to those you maintain it.
Feilding/New Plymouth …………….. There’s an old Geocache at the top & unfound for 4 years. It’s still unfound, but the bush is excellent compensation. Thanks volunteers.
Mangaweka ………………………………. Stunning old growth trees, thank you for making this area accessible. Great!
Lyttleton ………………………………….... A tree huggers delight. Thank you for an informative native beautiful track.
Papamoa …………………………………... Thank you to those who have made this track walkable – fabulous.
London ............................................ Loving the bush
26th March 2020 - COVID-19 lockdown Level Four, then Level Three.
During this time there were no visits to the Reserve.
From Level Two - 13 May 2020
Kimbolton ........................................ Very convenient piece of paradise
Palmerston Nth ............................... Great walk.
Rangiwahia ...................................... First visit. Beautiful walk.
Ashhurst .......................................... Nice walk
Auckland ......................................... A nice work in progress
Dannevirke ..................................... Thanks. Very calm and peaceful
Apiti ................................................. What an assett to Manawatu. A lot of love has gone into it. Great walk. Thanks.
Hunterville ...................................... Great walk. Thanks. Well done, guys. Awesome.
Feilding ........................................... First time here, but it won't be the last!
Kimbolton ...................................... Lovely
Feilding & Waituna West .............. Great walk
Rangiwahia .................................... Good walk
Rangiwahia .................................... Good fun walk
Feilding .......................................... A well preserved "Little Gem"! Thank you!
Feilding .......................................... What a great walk. We'll be back.
Feilding .......................................... Magnificent bush. So close to "home". Great work.
Feilding .......................................... Magnificent bush. Keep up the good work!
