Once we finally made it to the car park, there were some views of the falls overlooking it and the small gorge below. However, we took a steep, slippery path down to the base of the falls. It was this slippery path that kind of caught us off guard because it didn't seem to have rained for a little while, but there were plenty of loose pebbles undermining our traction as we made the descent. Fortunately for us, going up was much easier given the unsure footing.

At the base of the falls, we walked all the way to the cliff wall underlying it. From here, we could appreciate the length of the falls, but we also made a hasty retreat when we started to notice the cliff behind us trickling some pebbles as it was shedding some of its looser layers. So based on that experience, we'd recommend not lingering by the cliffs as they're apparently unstable and prone to landslides. Further reinforcing this position, there were certainly signs at the top emphasizing this danger as they warned us to stay away from the edges.

Directions: The way we made it to the falls was by first leaving from Palmerston North east along Napier Rd. We followed this road as it eventually became SH2. We drove about 53km from Palmerston North CBD towards the town of Dannevirke. Once in town, we turned right onto Miller St, which eventually became Weber Rd, and we followed this road until a turnoff (for Oporae Rd) on our right after about 30km.

We then followed Oporae Rd, which eventually became Waihi Valley Rd (I think the road became unsealed at this point), towards the Waihi Falls Rd (after about 12km). We then followed this unsealed road flanked by paddocks for the last 2km to the car park at its end.