Kauri Point Chatswood is a hiking area on Onetaunga Road in Chatswood, on Auckland's North Shore, rated 4.7. Walking anywhere near kauri trees in the Auckland region comes with one non-negotiable step: using the cleaning stations at the start and end of the track to scrub and spray your boots, since kauri dieback disease spreads through soil on footwear and has already wiped out large stands of kauri across the region. A good kauri walk rewards a slower pace too, since these forests are as much about looking up at the trees themselves as covering distance, and native birdlife tends to be more active early in the day before the track gets busy. Staying strictly on the formed track, rather than stepping around a muddy patch, is one of the simplest things a walker can do to protect the roots underfoot. On Onetaunga Road in Chatswood, this track sits right in that kauri-dieback-conscious part of Auckland's bush network.