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NZ Walking Routes > Wellington > Lower Hutt > Wainuiomata > Matiu/Somes Island gun emplacements track
Matiu/Somes Island gun emplacements track
- Location
- You can get to Matiu/Somes on the scheduled ferry service which runs between Queens Wharf and Days Bay. You can also charter a ferry there.
- Description
This track takes you from the Matiu/Somes Island Visitor Centre to the top of the island, the site of gun emplacements remaining from a World War II heavy anti-aircraft artillery position.
On route you will pass the former animal quarantine facility, a Forest and Bird native plant nursery and the bull pen, built by World War I internees on the island for the then Department of Agriculture.
From the top of the island you can experience spectacular 360 degree views of Wellington Harbour and the surrounding area.
Matiu/Somes also provides critical habitat for the world’s smallest penguin – little blue penguin/kororā.
Read more about this island by clicking on the source website below.
- Level
- Medium
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Camping
- Historical
- Lookouts
- Picnics
- Plant Life
- Toilets
- Source
- www.doc.govt.nz
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