CLOSED: Permanently closed. Please do not climb here.Ngā Poutiriao ō Mauao, the Mauao Joint Administration Board, has decided not to allow climbing on Mauao (Mt Maunganui). The bolts were removed in 2021.
Now remembered. Walking past these shorties keep an eye peeled for the face up to your left. Scramble up the grassy ramp to the ledge and belay on the first bolt of Bacon Butty. Climb up the face to the left past three bolts between the two seams to move right onto slabby rock and DRB belay. Was protected by three rusty pegs and a sandbag at 14. Good climbing.