Ranui on Hokianga

07/03/2025

Sunset tour Saturday 22 March 2025

$70 per person
Depart Rawene at 5:30pm
3hr sunset tour
BYO refreshments

There are five people booked already!

🥰Catch the last of the long daylight hours before daylight savings starts on the 6 April.

Contact us at:
[email protected]
ranuionhokianga.com
022 644 3599
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https://www.waitangi.org.nz/waitangi-blog/whats-in-a-flag-the-story-of-new-zealands-many-flags #:~:text=It%20all%20started%20in%20the,Union%20flag

In the 1830 a trading ship built in Hokianga was seized in Sydney because it didn’t have a flag.

Flags were essential for ships during this time; under British laws, every ship was required to bear a flag from its nation in order to sail and trade.

New Zealand’s first flag was chosen on the 20th March in 1834 when British resident James Busby offered three flag designs for the Māori leaders to choose from.

The most popular flag, Te Kara o Te Whakaminenga o Ngā Hapū o Niu Tireni (the flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand) became our country’s first flag.

03/03/2025

A huge thank you to all those who supported Ranui on her 80th birthday!

She celebrated by taking two trips up the Mangumuka River and into the Mangataipa Gorge.

The uncommon 3.62m high tide and amazing weather made these trips truely memorable.

Thank you to Brian, Craig and crew for their efforts in this celebration.

18/02/2025

⭐️🌟🌟Ranuis 80th Birthday🌟🌟⭐️

-- Sunday 2 March 2025 - SOLD OUT --

-- Saturday 1 March 2025 - SOLD OUT--

Ranui is turning 80 years old

We are taking Rauni up the Mangamuka River and into the Mangataipa Gorge.

Dont miss out!
The tides rarely get high enough for us to access this waterway!

Please note the slight change in departure time to accomodate the change in tide.

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-- Saturday 1 March 2025 - SOLD OUT--

- Saturday 1 March 2025!
- Depart Kohukohu at 10am
- 3hr
- $30 per person
- Disembark in Kohukohu at 1pm

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-- Sunday 1 March 2025 -- SOLD OUT --

- Saturday 1 March 2025!
- Depart Kohukohu at 11am - Note the change in time!
- 3hr
- $30 per person
- Disembark in Kohukohu at 2pm

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🌟Ranui has done a lot in 80 years🌟

Ranui was built by Mac McGeady of Supreme Craft and funded by the Patriotic Fund of the Joint Council of the Red Cross and St John. She was launched on 29 January 1945 and originally named El Alamein. She ferried returned World War II servicemen over Lake Rotorua to Lake Rotoiti and then onto the Rotorua Convalescent Hospital.

On the 15 June, 2018 Rānui was welcomed by pōwhiri and launched into the waters of the Hokianga harbour. She has since given hundreds of people the opportunity to travel the waterways of Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe.

12/02/2025

Some of the highlights from Māngungu Day February 2025

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12/02/2025

Māngungu Day 2025

12/02/2025

This Friday the 14 of February we are holding an evening sunset cruise.

This trip is going ahead!

Departing Rawene
Departs at 6pm
3hrs
Returns to Rawene at 9pm
Please BYO refreshments

$70

Please book ahead and contact us at [email protected]

Ps - Do you want to come but you are by yourself?
No need to be whakamā! The best memories you can make are when you break out of your comfort zone and try something new!

Northland NZ

09/02/2025

Now departing 9:30am not 10:30am 12 Feb

✨Māngūngū day 12 Feb✨

Celebrate the rangatira who signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Māngungu Mission 185 years ago

🎊For our locals on the north side of the Hokianga we are running discounted crossings from Kohukohu over to Māngungu.

Wed 12 February
Depart Kohukohu 9:30am
Enjoy the celebrations and waka on the harbour
Depart Māngungu at 3pm.

✨$20 per person to cross there and back with us

🌟Ngā Uri Whakatupu O are organising and hosting with free kai

Its going to be a great day out!

Email [email protected] for bookings

06/02/2025

This coming Wednesday 12 Feb is Māngungu Day!

➡️ Letting everyone know that our Skipper is away this Waitangi weekend.
Sorry, we are not taking cycle crossings or tours this weekend.

✨Māngungu day 12 Feb✨

🎊For our locals on the north side of the Hokianga we are running discounted crossings over to Māngungu.

Wed 12 February
Depart Kohukohu 10:30am
Enjoy the celebrations and waka on the harbour
Depart Māngungu between 2:30 and 3pm.

✨$20 per person to cross there and back with us

🌟Ngā Uri Whakatupu O are organising and hosting with free kai

Its going to be a great day out!



➡️For more info on Māngungu day and how why it is connected to Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi ⬇️
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/treaty/location/mangungu/12-february-1840

Credit - Villamedia

30/01/2025

Valentines Day is fast approaching!
Book a scenic or sunset cruise on the 14 of Feb 🥰

Ranui on Hokianga also transfers cyclists from the Māngungu Mission wharf to Kohukohu.
Then its a short 3.9 km cycle to the car ferry over to Rawene.

Bookings are essential!

https://www.ranuionhokianga.com/
[email protected]
022 644 3599

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Video of Ranui entering the mouth of the Oriria River.

09/01/2025

Join the Ranui on Sunday the 12 of January and pay respects from the water near the Commerative Monument to Bishop Pompallier's First Catholic Mass in NZ.

We will depart from Kohukohu at 1pm and sail up the Mangamuka River to Totara Point.

Follow in Pīhopa Pomepariea Jean-Baptiste François Pompalliers footsteps and pay respects to an ordained priest who made an important contribution to the society of New Zealand.

During the 1840 Waitangi debates, Pompallier obtained from the future Governor Hobson a guarantee of religious freedom for all beliefs in New Zealand; there was to be no established church in New Zealand, as there was in England.

Itinerary
Depart 1pm Kohukohu this Sunday 12 January 2025

Special price of $60 applies for this trip only.

Please confirm your booking
- 022 644 3599
- Send a messenger message on facebook
- Email us at [email protected]

https://www.ranuionhokianga.com

https://hokiangapompallier.org.nz/pompallier-history/

https://tinyurl.com/PompallierFirstCatholicMass

Northland Heritage Group Ministry for Culture and Heritage

03/01/2025

Are you visiting our beautiful west coast towns over summer?

We can take you across the water to this beautiful touhu whenua site.

Departing from either from Rawene or Kohukohu.

*Minimum prices apply.

Did you know that during the summer months you can visit Māngungu Mission on Saturdays and Sundays? This important site overlooking the Hokianga Harbour had the largest signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi on 12 Feb 1840.
Guided, self-guided and group tours are available.

📷: Tohu Whenua
📍: Māngungu Mission

29/12/2024

The team at Ranui on Hokianga would love you to join us on a historic tour of the Hokianga.
In the Hokianga during the 1800s the most common way to travel was by water.
Travel the harbour and be taken back to the 1800s with Skipper Craigs stories.

Departing Rawene wharf at 2.00pm
Disembark in Rawene at 5:00pm

Wednesday 8 January - $70 Ranui ticket + $15 Māngungu ticket

Saturday 11 January - $70 Ranui ticket + $10 Māngungu ticket

Wednesday 15 January - $70 Ranui ticket + $15 Māngungu ticket

Saturday 18 January - $70 Ranui ticket + $10 Māngungu ticket

Wednesday 22 January - $70 Ranui ticket + $15 Māngungu ticket

Saturday 25 January - $70 Ranui ticket + $10 Māngungu ticket

Wednesday 29 January - $70 Ranui ticket + $15 Māngungu ticket

Quick Itinerary
1. Before your trip with us pop into Clendon House and view how the early settlers lived in the late 1860s.
Then pick up some takeaways for your trip.
2. Depart Rawene on our 1945 kauri vessel Ranui
3. Travel up the harbour to Māngungu Mission established in 1828
4. Take a tour of the mission station for $10 and learn of the links between the Hokianga and Pasifika, view the generations of wallpaper and experience the site of the third signing of Te Tiriti - The Treaty of Waitangi
5. Sail past Kohukohu, once one of the most bustling towns north of Auckland in the 1800s
6. Approach and disembark in Rawene at 5pm

BYO drinks and snacks - check out the takeaways in Rawene

*Minimum numbers apply

Contact us @
022 644 3599
Send a messenger message on facebook
[email protected]
https://www.ranuionhokianga.com

28/12/2024

The team at Ranui on Hokianga would love you to join us on a sunset tour of the harbour

Friday 10 January 2025
Saturday 11 January 2025

Friday 17 January 2025
Saturday 18 January 2025

Friday 24 January 2025
Saturday 25 January 2025

Friday 31 January 2025

- Departing Rawene wharf at 6.00pm

- $70 per person

- Tours run for 3hrs

- BYO drinks and snacks - check out the takeaways in Rawene!

*Minimum numbers apply

Contact us @
022 644 3599
Send a messenger message on facebook
[email protected]
https://www.ranuionhokianga.com

21/12/2024

Brian, Craig and crew at Ranui on Hokianga wish you all a very merry Christmas!

Skipper Craig and crew are taking a break from the 25th of December to the 3rd of January.

Catherine will be taking bookings so if you are visiting the Hokianga and would like to book a 3hr tour or a cycle crossing give her a jingle bell 🎄

Visit art galleries and cafes, museums and sand dunes, there is so much to see and do in the Hokianga!

https://www.ranuionhokianga.com/

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Credit Belinda Brown Photography 2023

25/11/2024

"I really appreciated the history talk during the journey offered by the skipper.
Very interesting tidbits."

Fran
(21 Nov 2024, cycling crossing)

We appreciate your feedback (good and not so good) so that we can continually improve our services. Let us know how we are doing so we can keep providing you a top notch service.

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21/11/2024

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Wishing you fair winds and following seas
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17/11/2024

Are you cycling the Pou Herenga Tai Twin Coast Cycle Trail Northland heading west to Opononi?

Take a look at the Great Ride app

https://greatridesapp.stqry.app/tour/9979/item/104343?share=android

Avoid unsealed roads between Hōreke and Opononi by crossing the harbour with us.

We will take you and your bike across the Hokianga harbour.

🛟Quick view itinerary🛟

1. Depart from Māngungu on Ranui, you will arrive in Kohukohu.
2. While you are in Kohukohu visit historic sites by following our new walking tour brochure, visit the Village Arts Gallery and grab a coffee from the local cafe.
3. Then take the car ferry from The Narrows across to Rawene and cycle by road to Opononi.

Bookings are essential as this service is irregular.

Make a booking on our website at ranuionhokianga.com

For enquiries email [email protected]
or call 022 644 3599

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09/02/2024

Plan something special for Valentine's Day.

Take a sunset cruise with us on Ranui on Hokianga.

Wednesday 14th February
- Departing Rawene wharf at 6.30pm

$70 per person.

Tours run for 2.5 to 3hrs.

Book now, don't miss out!

Contact Contact Jackie
022 644 3599
[email protected]

BYO picnic spread, drinks and food

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