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Whakanewha Regional Park
Whakanewha Regional Park is located on the southern coast of Waiheke Island. Covering 270 hectares the park, is comprised mainly of bush with some mature stands of trees and a large wetland.
There are many walking tracks within the park the most notable being the track to the pa site above the beach and the walk to the Cascades. The Cascades are a series of cascading waterfalls, said by some to be behind the naming of the island - Waiheke or falling water. Some claim this is erroneous.
The land was bought by the Auckland Regional Council in the 1990s after a campaign led by Gulf News editor Jim Eagles and others, including now-chairman of the ARC Mike Lee and left-wing politico Peter Lee (no relation).
Its foreshore comprises two beaches. Just behind the more western of the two sits a large pohutukawa knows locally as the Wedding Tree. The site can be book for functions, including weddings.