Explore the Underworld

Bunker Highlight Tour

For visitors with limited time, The Bunker Highlight tour visits Magazines, Gun Turrets, Passages and Art Galleries adventuring 200m into the landform. This tour is mobility-friendly
30 Minutes
Underworld Tour

History, Heritage and Art
Gun store, magazine chamber, engine room and command bunker 30 Minutes
Full Heritage Tour

The Full Heritage Tour begins with the Bunker tour, then descends seven stories underground to the #3 Passage, which is 500m long. Along the way, you'll explore the Massive Engine Room and Command and Control Bunker, learning about target acquisition, communications, and WWII threats to New Zealand. The tour concludes with a walk through first-growth forests back to the Visitors Centre.
50mins

Prices

Bookings are not necessary
Tours every 1/2hr
2 Adults and several Children
<12yrs

Explore the Tunnels

Open Wednesday- Sunday
11.00am - 3.00pm

Visitors will embark on an Underworld adventure accompanied by a guide, exploring tunnels and chambers while discovering the site’s construction and purpose. The tour features visits to expansive Magazine chambers and Gun Turrets, a descent down the Grand Staircase, and a 400-meter exploration of tunnels that leads to the Engine Room and Operations Rooms, concluding with an exit into a historic forest
From Matiatia Ferry Terminal to Stony Batter Tunnels allow 35 minutes drive time.
Follow Ocean View Rd, thru Ostend Rd, Onetangi Rd and Right into Waiheke Rd then Left to Man O War Rd in Waiheke Island

Waiheke Eastern Explorer Hop-On Hop-Off b us
- Book your Eastern Explorer Hop-On Hop-Off bus online as seating is limited. Buses run hourly, the first bus meets the 9am ferry from downtown Auckland.
Rental Car Companies. Pick up and drop off your car at Matiatia Ferry Terminal. From Stony Batter car park it is a 1km walk.

Go Rentals
Waiheke Car Rentals
Wheels on Waiheke

Tickets can be purchased from the Fort Stony Batter Visitors Centre on site (Credit Card/Cash)
Large Group, Special and VIP Group Bookings by arrangement

We promote a Green Footprint- Please assist us in preservation of the site. Rubbish is your responsibility - Rubbish in Rubbish out. Respect all Flora and Fauna- We have a variety of Native birds, Geckos and Insects within the Forested areas, plus a resident Weka population that will make themselves known, and of course grazing sheep from our neighbouring “Man o War” station. Please do not feed or disturb.

Enjoy the adventure of Fort Stony Batter Tunnels, a uniquely special experience you will remember into the future.

After 60 years of neglect, Fort Stony Batter Tunnels have undergone significant restoration work. Tim Moon and his team of guides offer insights into how the complex was built, it’s role during WWII and explain in detail how the Fortress was Operated. They describe the uses Magazine chambers, Gun turrets, Engine room, Operations room, the Plotting room and Command bunker.

Fort Stony Batter now offers Art Exhibitions and a concert chamber and performance spaces.
We encourage visitors to hike the Reserve’s marked trails to the coast and picnic at leisure. Do not climb the Heritage Boulders.

Private tours and Corporate Group packages available.

Stony Batter is a HERITAGE 1 LISTED WWII Coastal Defence Fortress at the Eastern end of Waiheke Island. Chosen for its strategic advantage and uninterrupted views of the Hauraki Gulf and the shipping approaches to Auckland city., the fortress was designed to take direct enemy bombardment and is in a very high state of preservation.

The complex comprises 1.2km’s of subterranean passages, chambers and stairwells all tunnelled by hand. This is an Architectural, Engineering and Construction marvel.

Exhibitions & Performances

Magazine Chamber

Intelligence of Water
Veda Austin
16 backlit film works Art meets Science
A Conscious State in Water
Astrophotography- Notions of Infinity

This ground breaking exhibition features 18 works on backlit film and large scale 2 meter prints from NZ Dark Sky Sanctuaries, Waiheke Island and Deep Space James Webb Space Telescope.
We explore the Universe, peer millions of light years back in time and ask What does Infinity mean to you?

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