About the Tangihua Lions Lodge

The lodge is run by the Tangihua Lions Lodge Trust, a non profit organisation

Our goal: – To provide the opportunity for students and anyone else to learn to respect, enjoy and protect our environment.

How we have been achieving this for over 30 years

The lodge is designed as a school camp. There are a wide range of bush type activities provided for no additional cost. The activities are not only available for school camps but those also using it for recreation, weddings, reunions, family celebrations or groups.

It is very important to minimise students’ school camp costs so all students can use the facilities. We do this by hiring the lodge to other groups and reinvest all the money back into the lodge.

Most of the maintenance and conservation pest control is done by volunteers.

Who uses the lions lodge? – anybody and everybody can

Schools, private groups, tramping clubs, sports clubs. You.

Primarily the Tangihua Lions Lodge is an outdoor education facility for schools in Northland which stands on its own financially but is subsidised by others who use the lodge.

We keep all fees to a minimum but have fixed costs. The more who use the lodge the lower the fixed costs are for schools. Any other group using the lodge is contributing to its upkeep, allowing the Tanghua Lions Lodge to be available to many schools and children who may otherwise struggle to go there.

Conservation and education project

Overall goal

The Tangihua lions lodge trust is creating quality, accessible educational centre surrounded by a fully restored Ecosystem. We believe the following issues need to be addressed

loss of habitat
Predation
Education and understanding.

We already have a very good facilities. We have 1500ha with pest control set up plus trap lines etc for students.

Information on amenities for school camps, weddings and other venues.

: The Tangihua ranges is 3600 ha of DOC land in the centre of Northland, 40 minutes from Whangarei

: Nestled in the heart of the Tangihua ranges is the Lions lodge

: Built by the Mid Western Lions and other lions clubs as a school camp but also used by the general public

: The Tanghua ranges (3) are located in the centre of Northland 40 minutes from Whangarei(1) or 50 minutes from Dargaville (2)

: location GPS 1096 Omana road Omana – note GPS does not always work when driving

: Secure gate entrance. The lodge is 3km from the road through native bush

: School camps – Great place for lads to do stuff in the bush

: School camps – Students in the bush learning about conservation

: School camps – Students in the bush learning about conservation

: School camps – hanging out

: School camps – lunch

: School camps – Confidence course

: School camps – Confidence course

: Paparoa Primary school trapping possums using NRC traps. There are safe trap lines set up for schools to use and learn about trapping and conservation

: Other teaching and training – A Group doing conservation training in the bush with DOC

: Facilities – Main lodge sleeps 50

: Facilities – Small lodge

: Facilities – Bunks. There are four bunk rooms. A Boys 20 bed bunk-room and beside it 5 bed room for adults and across the main room a similar layout for the girls

: Facilities – Main room seats 80 – 100

: Facilities – A big roofed over deck area, a large chiller unit, separate ablution blocks for boys and girls, a large drying room for gear and a disabled toilet and shower.

: Facilities – Kitchen – A well provided for, commercial kitchen. all cooking and eating utensils supplied

: Facilities – 50 seater outdoor table

: Tramping

: There are a wide range of tramps from 20 minute wanders to all day trips. For more information see our tramps page above.

: Tramps – Great views over Northland

: Tramps

: tramping

: Range of tracks – Kauri grove

: Nature trail with trees identified

: Dam site

: lovely creeks

: A variety of flora and fauna

: Conservation – The lodge trust runs the Community Pest Control Area (CPCA )providing pest control programme on 400-500 ha DOC land and 1100ha local farm land