Carey's Creek is a small river in Otago, New Zealand, which flows from the Silverpeaks into Blueskin Bay at Evansdale. Otago (help· info) is one of the regions of New Zealand and lies in the south-east of the South Island. ... The Silverpeaks is an area of rough forest and scrub covered hill country inland and to the northwest of Dunedin, New Zealand. ...

The Māori name for the Creek is Whaitiripaku. Māori or Te Reo Māori, commonly shortened to Te Reo (literally the language) is an official language of New Zealand. ...

The Creek drains the forest plantations and native bush of Silverpeaks Forest and the Careys Creek Conservation Area.

Land tenure and management

The Careys Creek catchment was within the former "Silverpeaks State Forest" created from poor-quality grazing land in the 1960s and 1970s. The native bush was separated from the pine plantation during the Rogernomics privatisation of the New Zealand Forest Service to become the Careys Creek Conservation Area managed by DOC. The pine plantations passed through other owners and are now run by the Dunedin City Council-owned City Forests Ltd and known as Silverpeaks Forest The term Rogernomics, a portmanteau of Roger and economics, was created by analogy with Reaganomics to describe the economic policies followed by New Zealand Finance Minister Roger Douglas from his appointment in 1984. ... The New Zealand Forest Service was abolished in 1987. ... The Department of Conservation (DOC) was established in 1987 following the abolition of the Department of Lands and Survey and the Forest Service. ...

During its tenure as a State Forest the valley floor was grazed, and accessible by farm vehicle for the first few km. Now this area is reverting to native bush through a succession of rank pasture grasses, brooms, willows and manuka.

History

The Seacliff Asylum, during Truby King's period of management, built a water supply pipeline from a dam at the head of the valley, near Semple Road. Rusting bits of pipe are still visible in places. A tireless campaigner, organiser and inspiring public speaker for health, Truby King was a founder of the Plunket Society to help the mothers and save the babies. Together with his wife, he wrote several widely read books on mothercare and is considered New Zealands most inflential health reformer. ...

Recreation

The entrance to the Careys Creek valley system is at a small public picnic area, Evansdale Glen, off State Highway 1 about 200m north of the township of Evansdale. Careys Creek Track follows the old farm track to its end at the foot of Rongomai Ridge and becomes progressively rougher as a narrow foot track to the creek's source, ending at a car park on Semple Road. This section probably dates back to the Asylum pipeline construction. Rongomai Ridge Track has a steep climb, continuing as a forestry road to Mountain Road. Honeycomb Ridge Track branches off further up the valley and heads up steep climbs to emerge at a parking area on Mountain Road. At this point, by heading north along Mountain Road, a sign marking the start Rongomai Track can be found. State Highway 1 State Highway 1 is the most significant single element of the New Zealand roading network State Highway 1 can be considered as a single highway running the length of both main islands, a total of 2027 km. ...

External Links

Careys Creek on Wikimapia: [[1]] // WikiMapia is an online map resource that combines Google Maps with a wiki system, allowing users to add information (in the form of a note) to any location on the globe. ...

Careys Creek Track guide on WikiOutdoors: [[2]]

See also

• List of rivers of New Zealand