"This is really exciting and has been a really long process to get to this point."
Mrs Walsh expected the walk to be officially open to the public soon.
"It has been three years of patience to see this come together.
"We have a planting plan to rejuvenate the area to its natural environment, allowing a bush walk through the native planting."
The proposed walkway has been a combined effort by Horizons Regional Council, Department of Conservation, Kikopiri Marae, Ohau School, Ohau Playcentre and the community.
Horizons Regional Council biodiversity co-ordinator Aaron Madden, who helped with the planting plan, said the area was home to two species of plants, the coprosma and NZ sand daphne (pictured).
Mr Madden said there weren't many NZ sand daphne (pimelea villosa) and sand coprosma (coprosma acerosa) left on the coast.
"Protecting them from being smothered by weeds or trampled by people is important," he said.
"The form of pimelea villosa that occurs in our region is more rare and threatened than the form found in most other parts of the country and has a distinctly different appearance."
Mrs Walsh thanked New World Levin, Annie Wild from Tall Poppy Real Estate, councillor Victoria Kaye-Simmons, Johnathan Bell from Horowhenua Hire, Grant and Tina from The Greenery and Horizons Regional Council for their support in making the planting day possible.