Top: Flowering kowhai splash the forest canopy with gold on the Golden Stairs track at the entrance to Whangape Harbour. Bottom left: Steep hillsides flank the narrow entrance of Whangape Harbour. Bottom right: St Gabriel's church, Pawarenga, viewed through the foliage of a flame tree. Photo: Kennedy Warne
Kennedy joins Kathryn to talk about walking the Golden Stairs track at the entrance of the Whangape Harbour on Northland's west coast.
The track's name comes from the spectacular kowhai that make gold splashes among the green foliage of the forest at this time of year.
