Pedalling the Waipoua Stop Banks Trail, descending 20km on the lush Pakihi Track, sipping coffee and eating homemade macadamia ice cream on a local farm, rolling past infamous Waihau Bay and tracing the coastline to the Te Araroa East Cape Lighthouse — the first place on Earth to see the sun each day.
Sound like your kind of adventure? We’re giving one lucky rider the chance to experience all this and more with our Ride 35 Tairāwhiti Gisborne Getaway Giveaway!
All-around legend and friend of Flow, Mitch Docker, recently took on this wild ride, loosely tracing New Zealand’s Highway 35. Over five-and-a-half days, this all-terrain gravel epic led him through some of the most remote, raw, and downright spectacular corners of the North Island’s East Coast.
Now, we’ve teamed up with Tairāwhiti Gisborne Tourism to give you the chance to follow in Mitch’s tyre tracks. Fly in, stash your bike bag at the airport, and roll straight into some of the best gravel riding Aotearoa has to offer.
The prize package will include:
- $1,000 travel voucher to put towards flights to Gisborne, NZ
- Accommodation for two following the same itinerary as Mitch
- One night at the Motu Community House
- One night at the Te Kaha Resort Hotel
- One night at the Te Araroa Campground
- One night at the Post Office B&B in Tokomaru Bay
- One night at the Tatapouri Bay Oceanside Accommodation in Gisborne
To enter, just fill out the form below and tick off as many tasks as you like — each one scores you extra entries. The more you do, the better your chances. Good luck!