Opanuku Stream Cycle And Walkway is a streamside park at 72 Border Road in Henderson, west Auckland, rated 4.5 on Google by the walkers and cyclists who use it.
Streamside shared paths are the quiet workhorses of west Auckland's park network: flat routes under native planting that suit pushchairs, learner cyclists and runners alike. Walkers and bikes share the same corridor, so keep left, ring a bell before overtaking, and expect company at weekends. Paths that hug a stream sit on floodplains, and sections can close or turn boggy after heavy rain — worth remembering in winter. Early mornings bring the best light and the most birdlife, with tūī and kererū regulars along planted gullies.
From Border Road, it gives Henderson a bush-edged green corridor just minutes from the town centre.