Moa Mountain Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
By kiwicouple on 03-Jan-11. Waypoint GC2MJT2

Archiving to make way for a . . .

Oooooohhhhhh
WHAT !

Will replace this week

We have checked out a new hide here and will get it in place when we return home next week.

Would be amazing to have this one back again pls Kiwicouple.
I could help mind it for you!

Couldn't find it anywhere

Checked this evening and it is unfortunately missing again.

Pretty sure I was looking at the right hint....maybe not. Cant think were else it could be. Maybe another day.

In metal

TFTC long nose pliers would be great

Very cool. Nice spot. TFTC

May require a tool or small fingers to get out

Found it, pretty hard to find

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This was our first nano cache, and we really enjoyed it! TFTC!

Easy find even though the compass was off. The Muggles nearby didn't even notice

In the area with my daughter to catch a movie and we had a few minutes to spare so I decided to grab a couple quick ones. This was our second and last stop. I gave her the hint and pointed in the right direction and she made the quick find. TFTC! #904

The Moa is really clever. Love the individual feathers! Took a tool and a while to extract the cache. Great cache, thank you

Very cool moa. Cache extremely hard to get out had to use a few different tools. On a 3 day road trip from Hawkes Bay to Auckland and back. Grabbing as many caches as we can. Tftc

Decided to give this a go with kiwiscot19 (hope that's right) after doing a CITO nearby. It was raining and we were already soaked! Used the hint and thought we knew where it was but couldn't see it so decided to PAF. They confirmed that we were in the right place and then I spotted it! Needed to get a few tools to help us retrieve - that took a couple of minutes. Then we needed another tool to get the log out. Got there in the end! Signed as GA due to small space TFTC

Found with team gernita after a wet CITO event. Even though we had followed the hint and looked where it suggested we could not see the cache in the dull light. PAF confirmed where the cache was and once the cell phone torch app was put into use the tricky little hide was finally spotted. Certainly a big head scratcher. Took a few minutes using tools to remove and then tweezers were required to extract the log. Signed KS19. Not sure we would have got the find without the help of friends. TFTC

Managed to find this cache great hide.

No pen to sign the log.

Our first small cache.

What an incredibly awesome caching effort, so obvious where it was hidden but so well hidden at the same time (: well done to everyone who has retrieved this one, it's a big task :p thank you

we couldn't find it anywhere...

Had to give up on this, we couldn't figure out exactly where to look.

Found with tommygun9 while heading out to collect some dinner.
Nice quick straight forward find.
Thanks for the cache

We were heading out to grab dinner and today's cache and AtomsNZ picked this one.
Pulling up there was only one person but she was reading in her car and didn't seem to care too much about us.
AtomsNZ quickly identified where it would be and I went fire the quick find.
Interesting spot and a good cache - nice to see one this size that the log still fits in properly.
T F T C kiwicouple.

Nice hide. TFTC

Quick, easy find. Love the ones where I don't have to stick my hand in a dark hole! Thanks .

Second visit back. Didn't know one could be that small!!!

Finally on my 5th attempt I could put my initials on the log! The first time, I didn't have the appropriate tool to extract the cache, the next 3 times there were cars with people in parked right on GZ. Today there were a couple of cars nearby but the teenagers sitting in them were so preoccupied with their music and themselves they didn't notice me quickly sneak in and extract the cache and get the log signed.

Had to come back with instruments for this one. Glenn, Matthew, Riley

we need to go back and bring twiersiers

Found a few days ago. Forgot tweezers and had to go back to sign. Great hide

After being denied access to the "new town rising cache" by the construction crew - honest I only want to take a photo! I came to the next closest hide

It took to visits, the first time a car pulled up and only one person got out. So off to the library we went. Then on our exit, another car turned into the same parking spot grrrr Thankfully they took off inside, I spotted the cache, and with my trusty tool had the cache in a matter of seconds! yeah... log signed and we were on our way. Little rebel got to climb over the Moa, a bit squishy the grass underfoot, but a smiley face was found.

My 2nd visit here and today I found it, unfortunately though it was very stuck in. I tried my trusty tool upon it for a few minutes until muggles started popping up but ended up just taking a foto. You're welcome to see it kiwicouple.

Found it

32nd and final cache of the day. Proved most challenging too as it was a long way in. Thank goodness for my trusty Swiss Army Knife and it's attractiveness to the little nano! TFTC.

Man! Great find but you need tweezers

What an awesome spot took a while to fish it out but we'll worth it

Met up with jard1037 at the cache, lovely to meet you. After much prodding and coaxing finally cache was in hand. Tricky little hide that did make me think of more vandalistic methods of retrieval, but not required, glad to finally put a smiley face on this one.

tftc! found first place I looked.

Lucky to meet UrbanGypsy and after much much effort, the cache was retrieved. TFTC

No problem finding the cache.
Was a bit harder to get it out.
TFTC

last time I looked could see but had insufficient retrieval tools, came back today couldnot even sight it, gone I think

Have to come back to this one

Tried the obvious place or places, couldn't see it anywhere. Loved the moa though.

Searched & searched in what I thought was the right place but couldn't find it.

Made a return visit after a report that the cache was in too deep and difficult to retrieve. It took a bit of fiddling but got it out and left it easier to get at.
A magnet can be very helpful in this situation.

New nano in place. All good to go again.

The Moa is once again ready for visitors.

This cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give you, the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#cachemaintenance

Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

Found something ressembling what may have been once a cache broken. Will add to watchlist.

Couldn't see it.

Sure to have overlooked hiding place. Adding to watch list:) A nice piece of artwork that we've never paid attention to when we've paid a visit to this library.

I think we're cursed with this one lol, last time we tried we found it smashed to pieces on the ground. I saw that it had been replaced & decided to give it another go. The clue, GPS, & logic were in agreement as to the placement, but.... DNF

On a up and down in a day dash from the Manawatu to the big smoke to pass some important info at a meeting today. Left on the red eye flight out of Palmy at 6 something and braving the associated traffic to make it to the meeting place on time. After lunch a chance of caching came up and I came out for a quick trio of nearby, unfound caches.
Despite the proximity to the nearby building I was able to make a quick grab to carry out the signing duties and return to it's hidey hole. Thanks for bringing me to this interesting piece of art work, this cache was disabled last time I was up here so I've not been to this part before
T F T C

Out and about with the Mini Future Finder for a spot of caching this afternoon. With the rain set in I decided to make a detour out this way and rectify a few DNFs. This was the final find for the day. Nice quick find. Cheers for replacing.

Second attempt found it! I love nanos..thanks for the great write up about moa mountain, and the clever cache. The library is a great place to be, anything that brings you close to that is good

Nice quick find glad I had my tools of trade on me to make for a quick retrevial tftc

Oh my goodness! Took me about 3 mins to locate then about 30 to retrieve! Lucky it was dinner time so everyone was racing home & paying no attention to me.

Good hiding place,some of the black paint is flaking off.

This entry was edited by Kez265 on Sunday, 04 May 2014 at 09:32:12 UTC.

This entry was edited by Kez265 on Tuesday, 06 May 2014 at 09:39:30 UTC.

Didn't find it this time but was fun looking,will try again soon

This entry was edited by lochnessmonsta on Thursday, 24 April 2014 at 09:38:00 UTC.

This entry was edited by lochnessmonsta on Thursday, 24 April 2014 at 10:04:17 UTC.

Nice to come back from holiday and find this up and running again....cheers V.

Off to find some first week finds out west and picked this one up as well. TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 36° 49.456 E 174° 36.507

Coordinates changed to:
S 36° 49.459 E 174° 36.511

Distance from original: 26.7 feet or 8.2 meters.
New cache hidden a short distance from the old hide.

New cache in slightly moved hide.

All good to go again.

I noticed that this cache has been in need of owner attention for a period of time well in excess of the period of "a few weeks" as contemplated by the cache guidelines published on Geocaching.com. While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for you and block other caches from entering the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can't do so forever. Please either repair/replace this cache, or archive it (using the archive listing link in the upper right) so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location.

If you plan on repairing this cache, please log a note to the cache (not email) within the next 30 days so I don't archive the listing for non-communication.

Regards,
Growly Bear
Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewer.

This has been down for too long. Needs fixing or taking down please cheers V.

After performing all manner of maneuvers to park near GZ I checked the logs...oh dear. Kiwicouple it may be time to consider a maintenance run out west...

Can something be done with this, as its been missing for ages.

No luck!

After reading the previous logs we think it's longer there.

should of read the logs first ... no cache, just a cockroach ...yuk!

Pulled up here & cache a no go

Mmmmmm should have read latest log before calling past there. Could have save me a frustrating search.. cheers V.

Found the cache, but didn't *find* it. We discovered the cache container broken to pieces on the ground just nearby So the whole cache will need replacing. Have emailed owner.

We found this one, but could not get it out and sign it. We had to get back to the bus at the shopping centre or miss our ship. Thanks for bringing us for a walk rather than shopping.

Very indeed!
TFTC

Bloody hell, took me ages to remove the cache, ages to remove the log for the cache, then tricky to get the log back in! Satisfying though

I found this with my dad sorry about the very late log we are doing all my late logs today during the school holidays

Foune it ok a bit hard to retrieve but dug it out with pen.

Found it but couldn't retrieve it.

Not happy!

Located the cache in a matter of seconds but, after several minutes of trying in the dark, realised that we didn't have the tools necessary for extraction!

Technically not a DNF, but definitely a DNS! Did not sign!

This entry was edited by KiwifruitsNZ on Saturday, 27 July 2013 at 10:49:56 UTC.

A quick and easy late lazy Sunday afternoon find, and there were empty carparks nearby to boot! The biggest moa I've ever seen! Thanks!

Nice area. Easy find. TFTC

Nice hide, well hidden.
Good to see the sculpture. TFTC.

Bit tricky to retrieve it ! Good hiding place .....Been to library a few times but never noticed Moa before ! Thanks for showing it to me !

It was so well hidden, I had to fashion a device to get it out.

Nice and quick to find thankfully due to the high number of muggles, but getting it out was a different story

Great easy one. TFTC

Nice easy find, like the cache container, tftc

Really cool cache thanks. sorri a tad late logging. just sorting out my filing system and appear to have missed a few in my travels.

Nice quick find. Seemed to spend an age getting the log sheet out. Was rather wedged in there. Folded it differently so the next person should have an easier time getting at it. Nice moa. TFTC.

Great hide had fun pulling this one out in the dark.

found it the kids had fun retrieving it

Had a bit of trouble retrieving the cache but all good. Thanks!