Pou Herenga Tai – Twin Coast Cycle Trail is one of 23 Great Rides in New Zealand.

[1] It is an 87 km (54 mi) cycleway (also used by walkers) in Northland, North Island, fully opened at the end of 2016.

[2][3] At the eastern end, part of the main route involves travelling on the Bay of Islands Vintage Railway (BoIVR), rather than cycling, or walking.

[6] Long Bridge-Te Akeake closed to cyclists after BoIVR used $5.59m, provided in 2020 by the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, to reinstate rail lines buried beneath the trail.

[11] In 2022 Far North District Council (FNDC) decided to develop a temporary Opua-Taumarere on-road cycle trail to supplement the railway corridor, which will revert to rail as BoIVR is extended from Taumarere to Opua.

[13] FNDC temporarily withdrew from NAX and arranged for bikes to go on trains from Kawakawa to Opua when BoIVR is complete.

Leaving Kawakawa from just behind the railway station, the trail passes the back of Moerewa, where there is a disused wood mill, industrial areas, a public toilet, bakery, small supermarket, butchery and takeaway.

[18] On the Settlers Way/Horeke Road section there are views of Puketi Forest through the valley of the Utakura River, a picnic spot (with toilet, tables, old tractors, roosters and chickens), Lily Pond beside the trail, churches, bush and war memorial gates.

[19] A passenger and cycle ferry runs across Hokianga Harbour, between Horeke, Kohukohu (4km) and Rawene around midday on Tuesdays.

[21] The Great Rides were proposed by Prime Minister, John Key, after a 2009 jobs summit, but this one was a surprise 21st item.

Taumarere-Kawakawa was built beside the railway, but re-piling of the Long Bridge took longer,[24] than the originally expected completion in June 2014.

[26] Otago Rail Trail was said to be a river of gold, especially needed for, "the poorer west where few visitors venture and where jobs are scarce".

It may be the least popular section for cycling, though cyclists using the quiet country road alongside aren't counted.