looking for some info on the area please, would like to get out to the point,I see there is a hut/house correct(google earth), would it be easy to walk to boat,can you camp out ??? any info would be great guys either post here or send pm please

Not a lot of easy walk in spots mate... mostly private access or if u have a kayak a whole world of oppprtunity awaits!

I know a couple of average walk in spots if u dont have a kayak send me a pm

PS mate if you are looking at the white building at the very end of the penninsula on google maps, that's the light house 

were the light house is I was told there is a doc hut as well, if not thats not a problem happy to sleep under the stars, 

You haven't been able to get up that road past Matai towards the cape for ages Deacs, not since I've ever been up there, admittedly that's only going back 6 or 7 years though. Always gate across and private property signs etc.

Yep best way to do it scuzzy if you are in the know with the locals you will have no problems.

trust me boz it wasn't just a gate that they were only letting locals through, i am pretty sure i could see what was going on.If there is a lighthouse that works and a doc hut wouldn't it mean its DOC land? Then again that doc hut may be the one that the "extremeist" who threatens to shoot people has claimed for himself

Scuzzy if you get stuck you can lend my LBG yak on the way up to access spots I will also give you a spot or two to try.  Been up there a few times never had any issues touch wood apart from my mate having a stone thrown at his car. If it gets bad just fish off the yak

No worries.

Keep up with those stories, they are great, they keep a lot of people away. The limited authority access is great, it keeps it a special place. Each time I have been up there I go to a local's house. The people that live there are part of the local hapu and act as part of the collective kaitiakitanga for the rohe. They have always appreciated the fact that I come to them firstly, introduce myself, have a korero and ask permission. A bit of koha always goes along way.

I find it hard case that each time Karikari comes up in discussion here there is misconceived undercurrents that run with it. I find it even more bizarre that predominantly the people who know and understand about issues the least, whatever it is,  have the most hardened opinions on such. DOC is commonly known as Depatment of Confiscation in the North. The local hapu and DOC works in partnership and yet some issues and land claims/ confiscations still go unjustly unresolved. I believe that there is more than the odd 'pakeha' land 'owners' who do not like people traipsing across their land without permission. I know I'd be piassed if people walked across my back yard, doing whatever and going wherever they choose, unannounced. Imagine a good fraction of Auckland holiday makers ignorantly doing so in your backyard over the summer.

Do as you do, but just remember the far north have a healthy appetite for certain life forms. I guess it depends what window you look out of, and guess I'm just lucky as my shades are rose tinted.

some good comments there fish i,I agree with alot of what you say,I have gained private access to alot of areas in NZ by doing so, also find honesty is the best policy when it comes to land owners as well, also  not to abuse the access,