Occupying the northern tip of Mahia Peninsula, in the 1950’s Onenui Station was only accessible every 12 hours with the tide.  The 3,300 hectare (approx.) station is situated on a triangular plateau, well above sea level, with the moana on either side and to the south end, was once an inhabited ngāhere, cut off by a deep unroaded gully. 

Today, your leisurely drive to Onenui Station from Mahia, takes approx. 45mins, is mostly a tar sealed road, with loose gravel to the gate at the top of the farm, with idyllic views, the rolling hills to your right and the vast moana to your left, you do get a great sense of the remoteness and connection our tipuna must have had, to such still and peaceful taonga.

The farm on Tawapata South has day to day business run by our farm manager, Logan McClelland, with sheep and cattle on this vast whenua, approx. 1,700ha of the overall whenua is effective farming land, a lucrative founding business on Tawapata, one business the proprietors of Tawapata seek to ensure they are farming sustainably and innovatively.