[4] The settlement lies close to the northern edge of the Whanganui National Park in a rugged and largely inaccessible part of the country, connected to the national road network only via Oio Road, which links it to SH 4 via the townships of Retaruke and Kaitieke.

[8] Wade's Landing has made itself into various modern hand-held GPS databases, probably due to its historical nautical significance.

[10] Historically, Whakahoro's Wade's Landing was a stopover point for riverboats steaming up and down the Whanganui River.

It was here that wool from the Retaruke valley's sheep farms was originally freighted to Wanganui for eventual export.

It had its own separate landing, tennis courts, and in the 1920s locals would meet for a friendly game of Rugby union in their hobnail boots.

[23] The 1946 Whakahoro School building,[24] still stands, and has been converted into a stop over hostel for down-river canoeists.