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.
Keep walking past this area until you reach a set of stairs further up the path. At the top of these stairs are two short routes, as pictured right. Straight off the scoop keep left of the arete and jam the crack with carefully placed feet. Chisel fingers help. Up thin moves past the second bolt to rap off the DBC on thesmall ledge. The rock quality in this area is not great!