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Lightpath - Auckland’s newest shared pathway opened

High Achiver:“It’s not as

hard as you think”

New Zealand Walk:Eastwoodhill - walking

in our National Arboretum

New Zealand Walk:

Along the mighty Waikato - “my river”

New Zealand Great Walk:

Walking the Rakiura Track in one day

Overseas Walks:GrandCanyonTrail

FEBRUARY 2016ISSUE NO 217

RECREATION WALKING and CYCLING TRAILS

Training:So you have

been thinking of walking a

marathon

New Zealand Great Walk:A new GreatWalk in Paparoa National Park

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4 Walk Talk 6 Event: Lightpath - Auckland’s newest shared pathway opened8 Auckland Short Walk: Bayview Giant Kauri Walk, Glenfield,NorthShore10 Training: So you have been thinking of Walking a Marathon12 New Zealand Walks: Short walks on a road trip from Picton to Christchurch13 Event: Take a walk Round the Vines14 New Zealand Great Walk: A new Great Walk in Papa roa National Park16 New Zealand Great Walk: Walking the Rakiura Track in one day18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest20 News: Six NZ projects awarded Walking Access funding21 Books: Te Araroa: Walking NZ’s 3000 kilometre trail22 New Zealand Walk: Along the mighty Waikato - “my river”26 New Zealand Walk: Eastwoodhill - walking in our National Arboretum30 Overseas Walks: Grand Canyon Trail38 Around the Clubs: Te Maire Track and Ripiro Beach walk40 Overseas Walks and Tours42 Event: Move to encourage more entrants in Triple Peaks44 Coming Events: New Zealand48 Coming Events: Overseas50 Index of 14 previous issues51 High Achiever: ‘It’s not as hard as you think’52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks59 The Great NZ Trek 2016

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Himalayan Trust launches Charity Trek to Everest

Six months on from the devastating earthquakes in Nepal, the Himalayan Trust would like to thank all the generous New Zealanders who helped to raise more than $1 million for its Earthquake Rebuild Appeal.The earthquake on April 25, followed by a second quake in May killed close to 8,900 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, schools, health facilities and temples across the country.“This was one of the worst natural disasters in Nepal’s history and we want to thank all the New Zealanders who have shown immense generosity to help the people of Nepal at their time of need,” says Prue Smith, General Manager of the Himalayan Trust.Next year, the Himalayan Trust i s of fe r ing an opportunity for New Zealanders to visit the Trust’s w o r k i n t h e Everest region one year af ter the earthquake, to help with the rebuild of a local school. The Trust has been working in Nepal since 1960, when Sir Edmund Hillary built thefirstschool in theKhumburegion.TheHimalayanTrust Nepal Rebuild Challenge is a 17-day trek through the stunning mountainous region which will include visits to village schoolsandthefamousKhundehospitalallbuiltbySirEdandthe Himalayan Trust.“WeareexcitedtobeabletoofferkiwisthechancetocontinueSir Ed’s legacy in the mountains, getting to know and working alongside the local people as they rebuild their schools,” says Ms Smith. Now the monsoon has ended, the Trust’s long-term response is underway. Of the 63 schools supported by the Trust, many sustained serious damage. The Trust will be rebuilding classrooms, teachers’ quarters, student hostels and toilet blocks in at least 22 schools.“Weareestimatingitmaytakefiveyearstorepairandrebuildall the damaged buildings in the isolated Everest region where we work, particularly as we want to make sure the new classrooms meet seismic-resilient building codes to better ensure the safety of children and teachers in case of a similar disaster,” Ms Smith adds. Thanks to the support of New Zealanders, the Himalayan Trust was able to distribute tarpaulins, tents, bedding and essential items immediately following the disaster; build emergency houses for families who had lost everything; and provide temporary classrooms that meant 6000 school children were back in class just three weeks after the second quake.Spaces for the Rebuild Challenge are limited to 16 trekkers, for more information or to book, please visit: www.himalayantrust.org/trek.

Winter walking in the Austrian AlpsIn an idyllic location at the head of its eponymous lake, the charming village of Fuschl am See in Austria exudes an air of tranquillity and calm – an ideal base for a true get-away-from-it-all holiday amid the ethereal beauty of Salzkammergut’s lakes and mountains. Here, you could be tempted to simply sit back and soak up your surroundings, butwith suchmagnificent scenery onyour doorstep, it would be remiss not to head out on foot into the snow. Yo u d o n ’ t n e e d specialist equipment to enjoy winter walking, and snowshoes are easy to master, whether you set out around the lake from your hotel; fo l low a tra i l f rom Strobl to picturesque St Wolfgang before catching the boat back, or explore myriad beautiful trails that criss-cross the meadows and woodland surrounding Fuschl itself.Inntravelofferaweekatthesuperb3-starHotelSeeroseinFuschl am See, from where you can follow up to 50km of prepared and waymarked trails. For sightseeing, the imperial town of Bad Ischl, and the city of Salzburg are both just a short bus ride away.

Wellington is best ex-plored on foot and has numerous walkways run-ning through and around the city through Positively Wellington Tourism’s welly walks.The free Welly Walks App will help you discover all the best tourist spots and hidden gems in Wel-lington; nature reserves, forests, farmlands and the rugged South Coast; landmarks and historic sites; public art and pic-turesque views. The application features seven walks including: City to Sea Walkway East-ern Walkway Explore Par-liament and Thorndon Explore the Waterfront Northern Walkway Sky-line Walkway Southern Walkway Foodie Secrets Walkway. All the walks also have images, maps and in-structions on how to get around.

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Health and wellbeing retreat in the South West Australia

Anewfive-dayhealth andwellbeing retreat is available inWestern Australia’s South West from February 21 to 25, 2016. Revive Weight Loss Retreat aims to bring balance and nourishment to female participants through a range of activitiesincludingcoastalhikes,yoga,surfinglessons,pilates,meditation, seminars and cooking lessons. Run by locals to the region, Katie Carmichael and SarahBreheny, the cost of the retreat covers all food and activities, and accommodation at the luxurious Smiths Beach Resort in Yallingup. Photo above: Canal Rocks, Yallingup.

A London Marathon in SpaceGet ready, set, go! As the thousands of runners start the London Marathon in April, ESA astronaut Tim Peake will run the full 42 km distance on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station.As on Earth, exercise is very important for astronauts – they need to exercise up to two hours every day to counteract the effectsoflivinginweightlessness.Tim will strap himself to the treadmill in the Tranquility node andstartrunningatthesametimeasmorethan30000setoffat 10:00 GMT on 24 April in London.As the Space Station circles Earth at 28 800 km/h, Tim will be offtoaflyingstart,butrunningafullmarathoninspaceisnoeasy task.TimrantheLondonMarathonin1999,finishingin3:18.50.Hewill not try to beat that time as his medical team at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, will be monitoring the run to ensure he is perfectly healthy for his return to Earth.

Family bike tour around the Angkor Temples in CambodiaSpiceRoads Cycle Tours introduces Angkor Family Explorer, a 5-day cycling adventure around the Angkor temples of Bayon and Ta Prohm along with plenty of fun activities to strengthen the family bond. Activities include pottery, watching the local acrobats perform and kayaking to explore a localfloatingvillage.“This tour was developed to cater for the growing demand for active holidays for families. Our Thailand family tours have been very popular, but we wanted to provide more choice. Angkor was chosen as it is a great place to take children: the area is flatandthereislotstosee,plentytodoandmassestolearn,”says Struan Robertson, CEO SpiceRoads Cycle Tours.Tour highlights include: visiting the one and only Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, learning a smatteringoftheKhmerlanguageandtastingvariousKhmerfoods in the markets, getting a little bit muddy crafting pottery and exploring the jungle by foot and kayaking on Tonle Sap LakeThis 5-day tour includes three and a half days of cycling from 12 km to 27 km per day. The tour is suitable for families of any age and with minimal biking experience. The cycling is on a variety of roads, mostly of good condition ranging from tarmac, scenic country back roads to hard packed dirt trails.


Phase One of the new cycleway from Upper Queen Street to Victoria Street, weaves its way above Auckland’s central motorway junction. It was opened by Transport Minister Simon Bridges. Representatives from the NZ Transport Agency, Auck-land Council, Auckland Transport and Bike Auckland attended the opening.

Following the formal opening a group of students from Free-man’s Bay School along with Hon Simon Bridges rode their bikes across the newly opened section.

Phase One includes the architecturally designed Canada Street Bridge which stretches over State Highway 1 as well as the newly revamped and magenta-coloured Nelson Street off-ramp, which includes a string of interactive lights along one side.

The project team worked with Maori artist Katz Maihi and Iwi throughout the urban design stages to include Maori designs and ensure the path has a distinctly New Zealand identity. The design includes a large koru pattern. Following a recommendation from iwi the section of the cycleway which incorporates the Canada Street Bridge as well as the old Nelson Street motorway off-ramp will be called “Te Ara I Whiti”, which translates as the Lightpath.

The $18m overall project (phase one: $15.4 million, phase two: $2.6 million) which is a key part of the Government’s Urban Cycleways Programme has been jointly delivered by the NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport. It is part of $200m of cycle improvements in Auckland over the next three years.”

Auckland’s newest and highly anticipated piece of cycling infrastructure, the Nelson Street Cycleway, was open to the public for the first time after a ribbon cutting ceremony in December.

Lightpath - Aucklands’ newest shared pathway opened

Officialsandchildrenattheribboncutting ceremony.

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The Nelson Street Cycleway which stretches from Upper Queens Street to Victoria Street connects directly to the existing North western and Grafton Gully cycleways.

“The NZ Transport Agency is proud to have worked with our partners to combine the new architectural excellence of the Canada Street Bridge alongside the innovative use of the exist-ing off-ramp to provide such an exciting new cycling connection for Auckland,” says Mieszko Iwaskow, the Agency’s Project Delivery Manager.

The opening of phase one means people can now cycle and walk in both directions from Upper Queen St to Victoria St com-pletely separated from traffic says Auckland Transport’s Walking and Cycling Manager, Kathryn King.

“Next year, the Nelson St Cycleway will be completed to Quay St where it will connect with other cycleways allowing people to move more freely throughout the downtown area. It’s part of a rapidly expanding network of inner city cycle improvements that will provide more travel choice for people travelling into and around the city centre.”

Auckland Council Urban Design Champion Ludo Campbell-Reid says the re-use of the old off-ramp as a walkway and cycle-way was a very popular proposal in the City Centre Masterplan.

“It has been fantastic to see the partnership approach making it happen, with input from iwi and stakeholders. Aucklanders told us they wanted this to be modern and distinctly New Zealand. The result is not only stunning; it will be an icon for cycling in Auckland and will grab attention around the world.”

Aucklanders and visitors to the city are now able to enjoy the new connection whether it’s on a bike or walking.

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Short Walks in Auckland have documented over 100 short walk mini adventures which are guaranteed to get you out amongst nature and discover places in Auckland that even the locals don’t know about. Visit the website to sign up for 10 free walks and a free eGuide to get you started. www.walksinauckland.co.nz

The route joins up with the Glenfield Coastal Walkway and heads around to the boat ramp and Manuka Reserve at the bottom of Manuka Road. Hearing the song

the Upper Harbour coastline is not only beautiful, it provides a great workout if you are into fitness. It is also a fun family walk that includes two children’s play-grounds, plus off leash dog exercise areas.

The new playground at Lynn Re-serve looks great, and there is also a new children’s ‘learn to cycle track’.

The Glenfield area was once a large fertile area beside Hellyers Creek. It provided Maori settlers with plenty of food from the land and sea. Then the Europeans arrived, and converted the area from forestry to farming. It has now become an Auckland suburb. More information is available from Glenfield Library and the Glenfield Historical Society.

Nearby Walks: Northcote Point, Chel-sea Bush, Bayview Bush and Coast.

Description: Bush track, steps, inclines and board walks. Muddy in places when wet. Suitable for users of average fitness and mobility.

To see: Native bush, including Gi-ant Kauri, small waterfalls, views across Auckland Harbour to Hobsonville Point, native birds.

Auckland Short Walk

Bayview Giant Kauri WalkGlenfield, North Shore

The Bayview Giant Kauri Walk starts off in Lynn Reserve, and heads up a bush filled gully with a small stream, to a giant kauri tree (over two metres in diameter and is said to be about 800 years old) among a grove of smaller kauri trees which are growing in Leigh Scenic Reserve. It is awesome!

of the tui birds as we slowly walked up the incline of Manuka Road gave us great encouragement.

This walk through the bush and along


Auckland Short Walk

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Time: approx. 75 minutes. (about 5.8 kms)

Cafés: NonePublic toilets: Manuka Reserve, Lynn

ReserveChildren’s playgrounds: Lynn Reserve

and Manuka Reserve, Spinella Reserve.Dogs: Off leash areas.Picnic sites: Lynn Reserve and Manuka

Reserve.

Directions:Start from Lynn Reserve, Bayview, near

Glenfield.1. Enter Lynn Reserve along right-hand

side, go past playground and continue straight ahead to enter Leigh Scenic Re-serve. Ignore very first path to the right.

2. Turn left < at the junction sign-posted to Morriggia Place. Go past the Giant Kauri.

3. Turn right > into Morriggia Place.4. Turn left < into Bay View Road.5. Turn right > into Cantina Avenue.6. Turn right > into Bonito Place.7. Turn left < track through Bonito Sce-

nic Reserve and Spinella Reserve.8. Cross over Spinella Drive and turn

left < along Spinella Drive.9. Turn right > along track in between

#6 and #8 Spinella Drive that leads to Glastron Place.

10. Turn right > into Bay View Road.11. Turn left < into Glendhu Road.12. Enter the Glenfield Coastal Walkway

and follow the track alongside the inlet (exit left < at Lynn Reserve for a shorter walk).

13. Note: There is a slightly tricky bit where a bridge crosses the stream – fol-low the path to the right > after crossing the bridge.

14. At the wide open green field follow

the direction of the arrow on the post, heading for the far left-hand corner to pick up the walkway to Manuka Reserve (which has a lookout, picnic site, toilets and playground).

15. Turn left < into Manuka Reserve.16. Cross over Lynn Road and turn

left <.17. Turn right > after #21 into Lynn

Reserve.18. Follow the track through the gully,

up the steps to turn left < alongside the end of Anne Maclean Drive, stay on the path.

19. Turn left < at the T-junction, rejoin the main path and return to the start.

Opposite page top: The bridge across the stream.Above left: The giant kauri.Above right: A circular walk!


This statement is usually voiced by an individual who has probably never walked more than a mile or two.

Almost anyone can complete a mara-thon, but it takes some hard work to get there. So, completing the event is a big deal. Those of us who’ve walked or run marathons have a great deal of respect for those who completed a marathon and for the marathon distance.

Having both walked and run marathons and trained thousands of runners and hun-dreds of walkers, I know that completion is the most important goal and that walking a marathon is both easier and harder than running a marathon.

The amount of distance training per week is somewhat less than for running and the intensity level is quite a bit less. But, as a marathon walker, you will be on your feet and moving for a much longer time than the typical marathon runner. The bottom line is that training is necessary and needs to fulfill the basic and specific needs for the marathon distance.

Who can be a marathoner?Marathoners come in all shapes and

sizes. Some marathoners are stick people, but most are just folks and some are decid-edly overweight.

Some people lose lots of weight while training, some lose a little, some gain

weight by gaining muscle mass, some make changes in their shapes; all make major changes in their ability to complete a goal and feel good about themselves.

Marathoners come in all ages. I’ve trained marathoners from their late teens through late 60’s. No one is too old to start a fitness program and from fitness to mara-thoning just takes some common sense.

I’ve trained asthmatics and athletes with both type I and type II diabetes to successfully complete the marathon. If you have the will and your physician’s approval, you can do it!

Who should NOT be a marathoner?

I actively discourage children from par-ticipating in marathon events. The train-ing and the distance is too much for the growing body and mind. Participation in a severe calorie restricted diet program is another contraindication to marathoning.

The demands of the training and the event could lead to major health and nu-tritional risks. Pregnant women should check with their doctors before consider-ing the level of training necessary for the marathon.

How do I get there?The training program for a marathon

needs to focus on three major factors: en-

durance, rest and pace or skill train-ing. If you are go-ing to walk 42 kilo-meters, you will be on your feet some-where between 5 1/2 hours to over eight hours. That’s a long time to be up and moving.

Training should emphasize some long walks that approximate the time you plan to be out there on marathon day. You increase endurance by increasing kilometers. As the distance increases, the pace should decrease. A decrease of 5% in intensity doubles the distance you’re able to cover.

I have found that the most comfort-able marathon walkers have completed from one to four 20 mile walks at a pace 1 - 2 minutes per mile slower than their marathon pace.

The major adaptation made by this kind of training is utilization of all of the energy systems. During the marathon, the body uses carbohydrates and fats for fuel to cover the distance.

The expression “hitting the wall” comes from the body’s inability to utilize its vast reserves of stored fat because of exhaustion of the available carbos. This happens for several reasons such as incorrect training

So you have been thinking of . . . Walking a Marathon

By Patti FinkeTeam Oregon

“So, you want to walk a marathon” Ever hear “any-body could walk a marathon, what’s the big deal”?.

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2 Tell someone

3 Be aware of the weather

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5 Take sufficient supplies

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So you have been thinking of . . . Walking a Marathon

practices and starting out too fast. Long slow distance training helps the

body make the physiologic changes nec-essary to utilize the fat burning system for energy.

Rest or recovery is an important part of training. A part of increasing endurance is to arrange your training schedule to allow you to recover from and adapt to these 20 mile walks.

A good training schedule alternates hard days with easy days and hard weeks with easy weeks to allow recovery from and adaptation to the longer walks. Many athletes seem to feel if a little is good, more is better. More may not be better, if the body is tired, sick or injured or the psyche is burned out from too much.

The marathon training schedules I suggest alternate shorter and longer days during the week and alternate 16 and 20 mile long walks.

The third key to a successful marathon is some work at the walking pace you want to maintain for the 26 miles.

Walking is a motor skill, especially as the pace increases. Motor skills need practice to develop and maintain. I have walkers do pace walks for the last 6 to 10 weeks before the marathon of two to six miles at their projected marathon pace.

There are other factors involved in training including injury prevention tech-niques, how to pick the proper footware, adequate and healthy nutrition, fueling during the event, stretching and strength-ening and, the all important, psychological

preparation. This article is too short to cover all these,

but these will be covered in the meeting sessions.

When do you need to start?There’s no time like the present. The

average fitness walker who walks 30 - 60 minutes several times per week and does an occasional volksmarch could complete a marathon with 3 - 4 months of training.

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New Zealand Walks

DOC employee Anita Tibbertsma shares her ‘tips for the trails’ after recently em-barking on short walks between Picton and Christchurch.Snout Track

Many ‘trail blazers’ head to Picton to explore the Queen Charlotte Track, but with a short amount of time before the Ferry arrived, I took off to explore the nearby Snout Track. It’s loosely over an hour’s run return if running, or longer if you are walking.

There are plenty of small adjoining tracks to explore to reach Snout Track, through Lower Bob’s Bay Track, Upper Bob’s Bay Track and Picton-Waikawa Track.

Trip tip – The track has some really nice picnic spots. If you’re catching a ferry, keep an eye on the time, and don’t be tempted

to go further than you’ve allocated time for.Getting there – Cross the tall curved bridge at Picton Marina.

Ohau Stream Walk, Okiwi BayThat famous waterfall baby seal walk

This walk was amazing. It is now one of my favourite places I have ever visited. It’s also super short which is great for those that have trouble walking, but really want to see the beauty of New Zealand.

There were quite a few people there who had difficulty walking, but were still able to do the 10 minute walk to the seal ‘crèche’. Note that there are stairs. The stairs are easy for the av-erage person, but a bit tricky for those with walking difficulties.

Getting there – If driving towards Kaikoura on SH1, lookout for the big car park area on the left side of the road, right on the corner. If you are driving from Kaikoura towards Blenheim, lookout for the train tunnel on your left. As you round the bend, you’ll see the car park area for Ohau Stream Walk on your right.

Trip tip – If you are there in the summer, drop by the lavender farm nearby!

Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway

I didn’t walk this track. I ran it in light rain – a choice which ruined most of my happy snaps but it is beautiful. A baby seal was sitting on the path, and I think I saw my first albatross. The footage above is of baby seals playing near the car park when I arrived.

Getting there is super easy. Follow the road through Kaikoura town centre to Point Kean Car park and follow the signs. If there are seals in the car park area please drive slowly and give them space.

Trip tip – This was way quicker than I thought it would be (I

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Short walks on a road trip from Picton to Christchurchran it in 40 mins return). It’s a good one to break up a long drive but of course it takes longer walking than running. DOC signs suggest three hours.

Hanmer Forest Park

The trails around Hanmer Springs are amazing. The light filters through the trees like you’re in a fairy tale with nice soft turf covered in forest leaves to help cushion the running impact. That said, I spent so long running enjoying the trails, that I didn’t realise how badly I’d injured my ankle. That’s why you see people with day packs – so they can bring a few first aid supplies with them.

Getting there – Just follow the road to Han-mer Springs. Once in town, there are many entry/exit points to the park. I walked straight up the main drag and followed the signs.

Trip tip – Take a track map. There are so many tempting intersecting tracks to explore - I can see how easy it may be to get lost.

Find a short walk near you. Head to doc.govt.nz/shortwalks, take your pick and get outdoors this summer!

Take a walk Round the Vines

Whether you’re in it for the “fun” or the “run”, Martinbor-ough’s iconic Round the Vines fund Walk/Run is not to be missed.

Giving participants the opportunity to complete either a 10km or 21 km course along quiet country roads and through normally inaccessible vineyards the event is a true commu-nity one, with all funds raised going towards Martinborough School’s new adventure course and playground.

Entrants from around the country take part with the emphasis on having a great time and hopefully taking home one of our amazing spot prizes, mostly donated by local businesses… Yum!

Strategically placed and very entertaining drink stations throughout the course provide water for serious competitors as well as delicious fresh fruit and samples of local wines for those participants focussing on the “fun” side of the event. Live music en route and at the finish line complete the festival atmosphere. We encourage you to don your best fancy dress costumes, with prizes for best dressed competitors and teams.

With a range of gorgeous accommodation options and great dining out, this is a perfect opportunity for a magic weekend in Martinborough Wine Village, while supporting a great cause and focussing on fitness. Enter online at our website www.roundthevines.org.nz, contact us for special rates for teams of 10 or more.

Opposite page left: Queen Charlotte view from Snout Track in Picton.top: Ohau Stream Walk seal cresche. Bottom; Seals playing near KaikouraPeninsulaWalkway.Above:HamnerforestphotobyBr3nda(flickr).


nīkau palms.The track will traverse areas inhabited

by remnant populations of threatened species including roroa/great spotted kiwi, kea, kākā, whio/blue duck, mātā/fernbird and koekoeā/long-tailed cuckoo. The park is also home to the Paparoa Range alpine snail (Powelliphanta gagei).

It is aimed for this new Great Walk to open at the end of 2018. Provision is first required for it in a review of the Paparoa National Park Management Plan. The new track and huts in the park would then be constructed.

A new Great Walk through the spectacular limestone land-scapes and luxuriant forests of Paparoa National Park will

be a memorial to the 29 men who died as a result of the Pike River Mine disaster on 19 November 2010.

The Pike29 Memorial Track is to be New Zealand’s 10th Great Walk. It was chosen by the families of the Pike River men as a memorial that will bring lasting benefit to the West Coast region.

The Government has approved the new Great Walk and information centre put forward by the families.

It will provide breathtaking views to the Southern Alps /Kā Tiritiri o te Moana and over the Tasman Sea and passes towering escarpments alongside the Pike basin before descending to the west off the Paparoa Range.

Nearing Punakaiki, the track passes through beech forest interspersed with northern rātā, dramatic limestone ter-rain including the striking Pororari River Gorge, and coastal forest with glades of

A new Great Walk in Paparoa National Park

A new West Coast tourism opportunity

New Zealand’s Great Walks are premier tracks that draw thousands of international and New Zealand visitors.

The Pike29 Memorial Track provides a new recreation and economic opportunity for the West Coast. The Great Walk will attract international and domestic tour-ists wanting to experience the stunning and unique landscapes accessed by the track.

As a new mountain bike track it adds to a growing number of outstanding West

Above left: Garden Gully Battery. Photo Bap-tiste Maryns. Aboveright:Limestonecliffsandnīkaupalmsin the Pororari River Gorge. Photo: Baptiste Maryns

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Above left: Walkers on the Pororari River Track. Photo Baptiste Maryns. A Above right: Open ridgeline of the Paparoa Range. Photo Zac Shaw.

A new Great Walk in Paparoa National Park

A journey through amazing

landscapesThe new 45 km Pike29 Memorial

Track will be an amazing journey by foot or mountain bike through diverse awe-inspiring environments.

The dual-use track will cross the Paparoa Range between Blackball and Punakaiki and will link with the Pike River Mine site by an 8 km side track.

It will be a 2–3 day walk or an advanced-level 1–2 day mountain bike ride. The track will be open all year for mountain biking. Two new high stan-dard huts will be built on the Moonlight tops and above the junction with Tindale Creek.

The new Great Walk begins at its Blackball end on the existing Croesus Track, an old miners’ track with rem-nants of the area’s gold mining history. A short way off the main track at Garden Gully, an old quartz crushing battery can be seen and a miners’ hut reveals what life was like for the miners.

The track route goes through rich beech and podocarp forest and over open tops of alpine scrub and tussock.

Coast cycle trails that increasingly make the region a must-do mountain biking destination.

Fact fileDuration: 2 – 3 days Duration: 1– 2

daysDistance: 45 km (one way) Difficulty:

Advanced/Grade 4


By Jennifer Ross Community Ranger on Stewart Island/Rakiura

“Why would you do that?” is one reaction I got when I told people I had walked the Rakiura Track in

one day. Others were more positive and said “well done” or some other verbal equivalent of a high five.

Why would I do that? Because my friend Claire Simpkin asked me to, it sounded like heaps fun and it was for a good cause.

Claire came up with the Rakiura Track Challenge as part of Orphans Aid International’s Challenge for Change Week. She had done quite a bit of planning including looking over the maps in detail and doing training walks in Invercargill. I had been driving a car around Oban for three weeks and doing very little walking

– everyone trains differently.We decided to start very early and stuck

to that plan. I picked Claire up at 6 am. It was still dark out. Claire had unfortunately left all of her amazing, pre-planned food on the ferry the night before and we were leaving to start the track too early to be able to get it. She made do with food from her host’s pantry which seemed to fuel her just fine.

We started the track at Lee Bay at 6:30 am and as we began our walk, the sun rose above the horizon and light crept over the land and sea. The birdsong was beautiful and we were the only ones on the track.

When we hit Little River the tide was so low we could easily walk the beach route. After leaving the beach and climbing the stairs we heard something in the bush on the right side of the track. We stopped, listened and looked. A flash of brown

feathers appeared and Claire asked me if it was a weka. We didn’t have to wait long before a large female kiwi poked her beak out from behind a crown fern and walked toward us on the path.

This was the first time Claire had seen a kiwi in the wild and what a treat to see in daylight and right on one of our Great Walk tracks. The kiwi walked toward us before skirting around us through the bush and continuing along the path.

This is the second time I’ve seen a kiwi walk along the Rakiura Track and it still cracks me up.

We were buzzing with energy after that encounter! What a fantastic start to our day. Walking along Maori Beach we saw kiwi and deer prints in the sand.

Shortly after the Maori Beach swing bridge we reached the turnoff to North Arm Hut.

Walking the Rakiura Track in one day.

Above left: The entrance to Rakiura National Park. Above right: Rest stop at North Arm Hut. Below left: A Bridge crossing. Below right: Claire on the track.

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I pulled out a thermos of chai hot chocolate and Claire ate one of her salmon sandwiches. We sat and talked about the next stage of our walk as it was one we were both unsure about.

I walked it two years ago and remembered it being hard. We packed up and got going.

We started calling the sections day one, two and three since most people take three days to walk the track.

This got progressively more hilarious as the day continued. “Day two” had us roaming through beautiful forest filled to the brim with moss and ferns.

We climbed our first real hills and walked across many helpful bridges over picturesque rivers. With good conversation and company, before we

knew it we were jumping for joy at the half way buoy. This section took much less time than we had expected.

Seeing the sign to North Arm Hut stating it was five minutes away was another highlight.

We stopped there for lunch and while we did try to eat outside at the picnic table built for giants, the sandflies were relentless and we decided inside would be best. We were right.

After half an hour of eating, relaxing and being slightly amazed at ourselves for making it that far we set a departure time of 12:15pm and stuck to it.

Then there was “day three”. We had lost a lot of our initial enthusiasm and our legs were getting tired. We started walking in a purposeful, head down marching style and planned one small break in two hours. We took our break on a bridge over a wide

stream and sat down slowly and tenderly, groaning about our knees and hips. We ate snacks, got up and walked on. And on and on and on.

I knew it wasn’t far when we reached Kaipipi but it seemed to take forever. We finally reached the Ryan’s Creek turnoff and were ten minutes away from completing our goal.

Claire and I reached Fern Gully, took a watch photo with the track sign as proof of our arrival time and collapsed. Our 30 kilometre adventure took a total of 8 hours and 45 glorious minutes.

Walking the Rakiura Track in one day is long but doable and mostly enjoyable. We felt like we’d accomplished so much and ended up raising $1,050 for Orphan’s Aid International.

Thank you to everyone who supported us, whether it be through kind words of encouragement leading up to the event, hugs of congratulations after we finished, cold hard cash donations or a pickup from the end of the track.

Walking the Rakiura Track in one dayAbove: Walking along the beach.


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CorrectionAbove: “Racing the waves” – walking along Ocean Beach, Bream Head, Whangarei – imagine what happened next! Photo by John Roke, Remeura, Auckland. This photo had the wrong caption in issue 213. We apologize to Merly Finalayson, who we credited it to.

Left: In October our family did a walk around Edmonton Canada’s ‘River Valley Riverside Trail Walk’ and it is considered one of the jewels of the River Valley with gorgeous views of the city, bridges, wildlife. The colours on the trees were beautiful. Photo by Lynette Patrick, Chartwell, Hamilton.


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Above: At Castlepoint, walking the Deliver-ance Cove track on the way up to the top of Castle Rock in the distance. A fantastic early November morning, the sea was dead calm and we also spotted two seals at Christmas Bay. Photo by Diane John, Masterton.Above right: This is a photo of my mum walk-ing along the beach as part of the Whareama CoastalWalkintheWairarapa,asprofiledinone of your recent issues. She is a keen walker and is part of the WOPs walking group in Auckland. Photo by Sally Whineray, St Heliers, Auckland.Right middle: A beautiful day walking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing Photo by Jason Neilson Te Awamutu.Below: The Waikanae Riverbank Walkway is a perfect walk for all ages, you can make it as long or as short as you like. Ellie and Mia brought treasure buckets to see what they could find along theway. Photo by KateMullooly, Tauranga.

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NEWS

The projects approved in the first fund-ing round of 2015-2016 include a walkway from Cargill’s Castle to Tunnel Beach in Dunedin proposed by Cargill’s Castle Trust, sections of the national Te Araroa Trail, and a Rural Women New Zealand project to establish access to Castledowns Wetlands in Southland.

The majority of the funding for these projects will go to-wards legal costs of formalising public access routes and surveying costs.

Other projects to receive funding in-clude the Waikara-ka Walkway near Whangarei, Te Ara Ramaroa track on Whareroa Farm Reserve in Kāpiti and the Westmere Walkway in Whanganui, which will receive funding for signage and infor-mation boards.

New Zealand Walking Access Commis-sion chief executive Mark Neeson said it was essential projects of this sort received support to ensure access was legally se-cured and would stand the test of time.

“Projects of this nature are often the result of many hours’ work from people who are passionate about experiencing the areas they live in. But there are times when the hard work of trail developers is undone, sometimes years later, because the route the trail passes over has not been

made legally enduring.“The Commission is pleased to be able

to support projects such as these for the benefit of current and future generations. The projects funded through our first funding round of the year provide access to some fascinating sites, not least a route from New Zealand’s only ruined castle to the remarkable Tunnel Beach.”

The Commission’s next funding round is now open, with applica-tions invited up until 31 March 2016. There are two rounds of funding being run in the 2015-2016 year, with a total of $63,300 available.

Funding is prioritised towards projects designed to obtain certain and enduring access, such as negotiations to secure access agreements, legal or survey costs of obtaining access, or the cost of obtain-ing Resource Management Act consents. Initiatives such as signage, installation of stiles and other activities that improve existing public access are also eligible.

Enhanced Access Fund grants have been awarded to 79 projects in the five years the fund has been available. Guide-lines and further details about the 2015-2016 application process are available in the Enhanced Access Fund section of the Commission’s website.

Enhanced Access Fund 2015-2016 round 1 funding recipients in detail are:

National Te Araroa Trust was awarded $8,500 in funding assistance for five locations on the national Te Araroa Trail, with $6,500 going toward legal costs and signage for the Mt Tamahunga section near Matakana and the remainder going towards signage costs at Helena Ridge, Warkworth, Waitomo and Southland.

Te Araroa Trail runs the length of New Zealand from Cape Reinga in Northland

Six NZ projects awarded Walking Access funding

to Bluff in Southland – around 3,000 kilo-metres in total.

Whangarei The Waikaraka Walkway Support Group has been awarded $1,100 to assist with signage and information boards for the scenic and previously popular Waikaraka Walkway, which leads from the coast near Onerahi to the outskirts of Whangarei.

This previously formed trail has fallen into disrepair, but is now being restored thanks to hardworking community volun-teers. It provides spectacular coastal and forest views.

WhanganuiThe Rotary Club of Wanganui was

awarded $380 from the New Zealand Walking Access Commission’s Enhanced Access Fund to develop signage for the Westmere Walkway.

Westmere Walkway traverses rolling countryside and provides magnificent views over Whanganui city and the river.

Kāpiti The Whareroa Guardians Community Trust has been awarded $1,380 to assist with signage for the new tramping track ‘Te Ara Ramaroa’, at the 450 hectare Whar-eroa Farm Reserve near Paraparaumu.

Dunedin Cargill’s Castle Trust has been awarded $5,000 to assist with legal fees and survey costs associated with the creation of a two kilometre publically accessible walkway leading from Dunedin’s iconic Tunnel Beach to New Zealand’s only ruined castle.

Southland Rural Women New Zealand has been awarded $5,300 to assist with legal fees, survey costs, and signage for a project to formalise public access to one of South-land’s few remaining flax wetlands near Castledowns.

The proposed trail passes through a Rural Women New Zealand’s forestry block in Dipton and links with an existing walkway featuring nearby limestone cliffs.

Six projects across New Zealand have been awarded a total of $21,660 from the New Zealand Walking Access Commission’s Enhanced Access Fund, which supports projects designed to enhance access to the outdoors.

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By Mark Watson

While more than 150 trampers attempt to walk New Zealand’s long trail — Te Araroa — in its

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That is precisely what photographer and adventurer Mark Watson did at the start of this year, determined not only to experience the 3,000km trail for himself as a ‘through-tramp’, but also to capture the amazing diversity of scen-ery that the route encounters, along beaches, through forested wilderness, rural and urban landscapes.

And to inspire others to get out and appreciate the fulfilment that comes from crossing the land on foot.

It’s a journey that would take him nearly six months to com-plete, and see him experience the full gamut of weather conditions: intense summer heat, heavy rain, flooded rivers and snowy alpine passes.

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Along the mighty Waikato — “my river” Of all the wonderful walks that Taupo offers, I couldn’t

resist the one along the Waikato River — from Spa Ther-mal Park to Huka Falls.

I was born and raised in a house on the banks of the Waikato. We swam in it; we canoed on it; we swung from a tree rope and jumped into it.

This was our adventure playground. It’s more than half a century since I lived by the river; but it’s still “my river”.

T h e S pa T h e r m a l Pa r k start/finish of the walk .

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Along the mighty Waikato — “my river”

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The Spa Park to Huka Falls walk-

way runs along the true right of the river.

It starts at the green rolling grasslands of the thermal park, near the Taupo Bungy site

and not far from where the river leaves Lake Taupo to make its lengthy way to the sea — the longest (425kms) journey of any river in New Zealand.

At Spa Park, the hot Otumuheke Ther-mal Stream runs into the cold waters of the Waikato in a cloud of steam. I watch several people who have walked the

track (it’s two hours return) rejuvenating their muscles in the pleasantest possible way — by reclining in the warm water. As always with the Waikato River, its power impresses. Notices here warn of dangerous currents — this is underlined by the strong swirls in the water.

On this sunny November day, the wa-ter is shining blue on these open reaches. Further along, shaded by large trees, it’s deepest green, almost shading into black. The walkway is pleasantly overhung with trees and bushes. Occasional streams run into the river. It’s a modified environment, though.

Pongas, kowhai and cabbage trees are mixed with willows, broom and pines. Blossom petals on the path even announce a few fruit trees.

Some stretches are open country, others are deeply shaded and much of the walk is that lovely dappled inbetween stage with sunlight flickering through light foliage.

Along the mighty Waikato — “my river”

By Judith Doyle

Above: Bushy little islands, mid-channel.Left: Huka Falls thunders down into the mael-strom below.

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. Above left: Otumuheke Thermal Stream runs into the river at the Spa Thermal Park.Above right: Stretches of sun and shade on this varied walkway.Below left: A good relaxing soak at the end of the 2-hour walk.

I walk past high cliffs occasionally and a few times the track rises well above the river. From these heights I look down on bushy islands in the river.

Later a large untidy motorcamp sprawls out on the oppos i te bank. Further o n , i n t o t a l contras t , are the sleek mani-cured lawns and elegant build-ings of Huka Lodge — one of the world’s t o p l o d g e s .

Soon I hear a distant roaring and the river becomes white and frothy as it squeezes into a deep rock-walled ravine — from about 100 metres wide the river suddenly narrows to 15 metres. Tourists stand on the series of viewing platforms beside the rapids, snapping away.

An increasing roar and I’m at the Huka Falls where the water explodes out into space and thunders down into the pool below. It’s said that 220,000 litres of water bursts over here every second — though

how that’s measured I can’t imagine. After a while I leave the noise and people behind and walk back along the in-creasingly quiet river pathway towards Spa Park where I give my feet a relax-ing soak in the warm thermal stream. The joy of walks in the Taupo region is the extremely wide variety — from very easy like the Great Lake Walkway (10 minutes to three hours) to easy as in Spa Park/Huka Falls (two hours

return) right through the spectrum to the one-day challenging Tongariro Al-pine Crossing (seven hours minimum). “10 Great Lake Walks” brochure from iSite in the centre of Taupo or www.GreatLakeTaupo.com.

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Over 100 years ago, a man with a farm in the hill country of Ngatapa 35 km north-west of Gisborne, started plant-

ing what is now the largest collection of northern hemisphere trees south of the equator, and is New Zealand’s National Arboretum.

By the time Douglas Cook died in 1967 he had spent all his money buying thou-sands of different species, selling much of his original property to create many kilometers of trails and numerous ponds, all to satisfy his passion for collecting trees and forming special landscapes.

Today, Eastwoodhill Arboretum is a 131 hectare Mecca for botanists and garden lovers world-wide, but it is also ideal for walkers.

From the visitor centre there are short strolls around the Homestead Garden, a hectare of colour and texture year round and maintained since 1984 by dedicated volunteers.

Close by are a series of “parks” where paths wind among massive trunks of red-wood and eucalyptus, or skirt ponds and lawns bordered with flowering shrubs. The paths are colour coded, so one can ei-ther follow a route or just wander. Gener-ally, heading downhill will bring one back to the visitor centre. Any feeling of being lost in a wilderness is only temporary.

Eastwoodhill - walking in our National Arboretum

Right: About 34 km of paths explore parts ofthehugecollectionofdifferenttrees,allthe more interesting because of the New Zealand setting.


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Below left: During our springtime visit the air was filledwiththecallsof theshiningcuckooandtheswoosh of the wings of kereru.

Below right: To see some views, you must stop walking and lie on your back. In plant-ingthisarrangementoftrees,didDouglasCookactuallyenvisagethisstrikingeffect?

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Above: Distinctive markers show the way to the highest point of the trails, and the view over East Coast farmland. These bare hills are what Douglas Cook set about to transform.Below: The Fibonacci Spiral was created in 2009 as a memorial to H.B. (Bill) Williams who preserved the arboretum for us by purchasing it in 1965. Perhaps a subtle reminder of spirals in plant structure, it is the shortest of the walks possible at Eastwoodhill.


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At the back of the arboretum, sheep graze under more recent plantings, and towards the highest point there are small forests of conifers. A plane table lookout explains the sweeping view to the north over typical East Coast farmland.

The contrast of this open country with the patchwork of colour, light and shade that we have just climbed through is striking.

This place is not to be missed by anyone coming to Gisborne and the East Coast to stay and walk. Each season is dramati-cally different.

The autumn colours are the most famous, but at any time of the year there is plenty to do and see.

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Above: In the East Coast climate, introduced trees soon tower over the paths beneath.Below: The sheep that graze beneath trees in the more recently planted parts of the arboretum reduce weed growth and create a park-like atmosphere.


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Family were not going to miss the opportunity to hike the . . . Grand Canyon Trail30 Walking New Zealand, issue no 217 - 2016


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Our day job in New Zealand is running “Walking Legends Guided Walks” so we had a name to live up to. And we weren’t going to miss the opportunity to hike one of the world’s most iconic trails.

These were the circumstances that we applied for our permits for two backcoun-try campgrounds in the Grand Canyon in September 2014, having this as the big-gest and final adventure of our American road trip.

The intervening months would give us plenty of time to prepare and get the kids used to long walks and adventures.

From Whakatane we flew to Auckland, then L.A., and finally arrived in Houston Texas thirty hours later.

A fast talking salesman sold us the cheapest (and also one of the largest) motor homes on his sales yard, and we were off heading east through the southern swamps and theme parks, then turned north up the Appalachian mountains, dropping down to the east coast to check out the fuss in Washington and New York.

We then hauled across the endless corn fields to Colorado and the nearby moun-tainous states that collectively make up an outdoor mecca with endless opportuni-ties for climbing, riding, canoeing and of course hiking!

The National Parks Board confirmed our permit by an email that we received when we were sheltering in a truck stop from 45 degree Nevada heat, and at that point the prospect of the 20 mile hike down and

up with two kids seemed very unlikely! The kids up until this point had been thriv-ing on new experiences and challenges. In-terspersed with Walmart parking lots, and many hours parked outside Starbucks and McDonalds to use free wifi for keeping up with our Walking Legends work, we rock climbed, slithered through slot canyons, saw wild animals up close, loaded up the canoe for camping expeditions, and all with hardly a grizzle except when it came to hiking!

Or walking, or even a stroll - the drudg-ery would soon overwhelm our daughter’s fragile emotional state and it was a shoul-der ride or a tantrum - we choose.

As the months wore by we tried every trick to fortify her stamina: treats, bribes, positive reinforcement and sergeant major type dress downs, all to no avail. Often she wouldn’t even wait to leave the car park to collapse in a puddle of pathetic, yet seem-ingly genuine, emotion.

The only thing in our favour was they both seemed psyched about the idea of walking the Grand Canyon, and it had achieved an almost mythical status for the kids due to the way we had built it up over the course of our six month journey!

We finally arrived sun bleached and acclimatised at the car park for our first view of the “Grand Canyon”.

Unfortunately we had given up hope of walking to its depth due to a spectacular tantrum only the day before that suggested child abuse to passer-by’s. In a way this moment was more significant now due to the fact that our experience of the place was going to be more limited.

By Rob Franklin & Hilary Sheaff

When brain storming a six month trip around America, it’s natural to throw “The Grand Canyon” on the list, and from the comfort of

home with plenty of time to shield you from the reality it seems reasonable that you should walk to the bottom and back out again with your two kids aged 5 and 7!

Family were not going to miss the opportunity to hike the . . . Grand Canyon Trail

Above right: Hilary, Leila and Phoenix on the rim.


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We parked our house alongside the tour buses, held hands over the car park, by-passed the gift shop, muscled our way through the crowds of selfie sticks to the thick hand rail to gaze upon the biggest hole on the face of our planet. And felt utterly underwhelmed.

Six months on the road, thousands of road-side lookouts and attractions, dozens of national parks, had taught us one thing again and again: The spirit of a place is not in the carpark lookout. Bugger it, let’s give it a go!

The next afternoon as the heat of the day was wearing off we started down and we instantly felt the good vibrations from the anticipation of another adventure.

We would descend this evening all the way to the Colorado River on the South Kaibab Trail, and spend two days coming back up on the Bright Angel Trail. The elevation change was about 4860 ft (1480 m), and from the rim to the river the trail was around 8 miles (13km) each way.

The kids were carrying a Camelbak each with their own water, a large bag of candy, and they both had their most trea-sured comforter - a blanky or teddy stuffed in as well. We had the rest of the gear.

An unseasonal rain shower the day before had convinced us we needed our tent despite the season, so the packs were pretty heavy.

Within a couple of hours the crowds had thinned to nothing and we were alone at sunset on a thin rock spur, dwarfed by the immense rock walls that towered above yet at the same time gaped below us.

This perspective enabled us all to fully appreciate the grandeur and wonder of

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the place, and also to grasp the extent of the task we had set for ourselves with this hike. Excitement and nervous anticipation were keenly felt, but so far so good.

We tiptoed around our princess careful not to hurry her or give her any excuse, but she was loving the place as much as the rest of us and must have known that Dad with a big pack on was not in any position

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Left: Into the abyss. About three hours into day one. Above: Hundres of visitors go close to the hand rail to get the closest views of the Grand Canyon.

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to give free rides. We ate our dinner on dusk overlooking

the Colorado River that surged far below us. Then we donned our headlamps for the rest of the walk. The kids minds went into a kind of crazy imaginative overdrive spinning fantastic tales of their exploits that could in no way be accounted for in their short lives.

For another two hours they stumbled and tripped down the path trusting fully that the hand on Mum or Dad would keep them upright.

We arrived at our campsite before midnight, set up camp amongst creeping pole cats and scuttling scorpions (nice to have the tent after all) and crashed. We woke in the morning with much less spring in our step.

It would have been asking for trouble to get the kids up early to beat the heat so we had a casual breakfast and slung on the backpacks.

By nine o’clock the sun had burned its way to the middle of the canyon, and half way across the swing bridge that spans the Colorado Rover we stepped into its energy sapping power.

On both sides the canyon walls crowd-ed the sky, but what we could see star-ing up from the bottom accounted for only half of our day’s climb and only quarter of the entire distance back to the rim. It was going to be a long day. We sweated and plodded and coaxed the kids gently along waiting and watching with trepidation for someone to go on

strike. It got steeper and hotter (around 38 deg

c) and we were down to negotiating lots of two minutes more and then we will have a rest/lolly.

All was going well until perched on a classic Grand Canyon type goat track carved on the side of the sheer cliff without a shred of shade and our 5 year old’s nose starts to gush blood.

Not an unusual occurrence in super dry heat, but highly alarming to a kid who isn’t familiar with epistaxis and who is barely able to keep her ship together as it is. So there was noise and tears, but I’m a proud parent to say she drew deep and despite having a good reason to lapse into full tantrum she pulled her sobbing self together and kept going without the usual fuss.

Why? We can only surmise that the weight of remote adventure brings out the strength of even the very young. The track broadened as we ascended to the next plateau and we were rewarded with a completely unexpected swimming hole. So welcome and perfect was its situation that we hesitated for half a second wonder-ing why other hikers weren’t splashing about in this archetypal oasis. It’s still a mystery.

We stripped off, jumped in, hopped out, re-dressed and then jumped back in again fully clothed to start the walk dripping wet and cool. We were dry a few minutes later. We arrived at the Indian Garden Camp-ground at about 2pm and spent the af-

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ternoon lying around trying to drain the lactic acid from our legs, while munching uncooked tortillas, baby carrots and cherry tomatoes.

To keep the weight down we opted not to take a cooker, so Hilary was hanging out for a cup of tea, but found that an earl grey tea bag in tepid spring water was surprisingly tasty. The Indian Garden had lots of trees and fresh running water, but was still hot and dusty – a vast cry from the lushness of NZ bush.

The next day back up to the rim was another huge climb. We set off at 4am, rousing confused sleepy kids and packing up camp as quietly as possible so as not to wake the other campers, an uncooked Pop Tart for breakfast.

A few minutes into the walk we realised we could kill the head lamps and enjoy the monochrome light of the moon as we picked our way towards an impossibly tall horizon.

We covered some good ground in the pre-dawn coolness, and it wasn’t until about half way up that the little feet started to drag and the relentless negotiation be-gan. “20 more steps and we will have a two minute rest,” for one kid, while trying to keep the other kid on the precarious trail and within a sensible range as he raced ahead to find hiding places or rocks to climb.

Far below a trail of headlamps was leaving camp and as the sun swept across the walls of the canyon we started to meet the day trippers. As we got higher the day

trippers got more numerous and less... well... athletic.

Taking a look at our big packs and be-ing unabashed Americans they greeted us with surprise and respect, gushing over the kids... “Did y’all walk all the way to the bottom even you little one’s? Well I could never do such a thing!” The kids puffed their little chests out and happily slapped all the high fives on offer, and in this fashion we made it back to the hand rail.

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About the authors: Rob Franklin & Hilary Sheaff, own Walking Legends Guided Walks, specialising in multi-day hiking tours of New Zealand’s great walks. See: www.WalkingLegends.co.nz.

Above: Hilary and Leila about two hours into day one.Below: Leila and Phoenix on day one.Opposite page: Our big RV.

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Around the Clubs

The first Sunday of the month is unusual for members of the Dar-gaville Tramping Group to have a tramp as mainly have group

tramps on the last Sunday of the month.Never mind, here is how my day started.I got up early to watch New Zealand

verses Australia in the World Cup Rugby Final at 5am. What a good game, good results and a good start to my day.

After the game finished followed by breakfast and organizing my back pack as you do when going tramping I headed off into town to meet up with the others.

You never know who is going to turn up on the day, but with good weather forecasted and my email to everyone sug-gesting that this tramp would be defined

as easy, many turned up. What a surprise to see so many.

After a quick sort out of who’s going with who we were on our way. Our des-tination was a 25 minutes drive heading south of Dargaville to Te Maire.

The weather was brilliant for our tramp out to the west coast and with a head count our group number was 35.

Ted and Pam Rope were our organiz-ers and leaders for the day and as soon as everyone was ready we headed off down Te Maire Track onto Ripiro Beach.

We headed south and the group was given the option of walking along the fore shore of Ripiro Beach into a fresh southerly breeze or walking along a track behind the sand dunes sheltered from the wind.

Whatever you decided we all eventu-ally meet up again as a group when we

come to Second Stream which is a place the locals refer to.

Time for morning tea, group photo on a washed up log and plenty of socializing.

I notice some starting to put their back packs on, an indication to “rally the troops” and march on.

We all walked along the back of the sand dunes, still heading south until we came to another area the locals call Crowe’s Track. Through a gate we are now on private property and tackle our only steep climb for the day taking us from the beach to the cliff tops.

This climb was in soft sand, quite steep and hard going. We took our time and regrouped when at the top for a well deserved rest.

Our tramp continued over rolling farm land, with lovely lush green grass as far as the eye could see. Ted and Pam picked a lovely spot for our lunch over looking the

Te Maire Track and Ripiro Beach walk By Maxine Stringer

Above: A group picture on the beach.Below left: A great view form the coastal track.Below right: A farm lake.


Northern Wairoa River. We could easily pick out all our local land marks right up to Tutamoe in the north and Ruawai in the south.

After lunch and feeling very relaxed and tired, I could have easily nodded

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once more over rolling pasture and cattle races. We were pleasantly surprised to be shown what was once a Maori Pa site, food storage pit indentations and the clear view looking west and east from the site and a lake on the north side.

Heading along the lake and past a small block of pine trees we head towards a metal road.

A short walk along this road until we come to another farm where we pass through a cowshed, cattle race and more rolling hills until eventually ending back to where we started from.

Four hours later and covering 11 kms, all enjoyed their day.

Thank you very much to Ted and Pam Rope for allowing us to tramp over their property and making the day so successful. Also to Simon and Pauline Gough who’s property we also tramped over.

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Top right: Time to stop and have a chat.

Middle: Walking down a road towards the sea.

Below left: Time for lunch and enjoy the view.

Below right: The group strewn out across a farm track.


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JANUARY 216 2016 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Sustainability

and Sea Sky Bush8 New wine bottles easy to carry8 More funding for Alps 2 Ocean

Cycle Trail9 New Zealand Walk: Commonwealth

Walkway an as set for the Capital10 Top tips for better landscape

photos13 High Achiever: Walking Access

Award for Waitomo’s “unassum-ing champion”

14 New Zealand Walk: Rotorua’s TaraweraTrail

18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest

20 25 years walking in paradise22 New Zealand Walk: Tussock Tra-

verse 2016 - traversing history, culture and stunning landscapes

24 Seatrek takes you to Tuhua/Mayor Island

25 NZ Masters Games 201626 Great New Zealand Walks on

Google maps28 Overseas Walks: West Highland

Way - a walk that is hard to beat34 New Zealand Walk: Aucklanders

now reconnected to Onehunga foreshore

35 Event: Wellington Marathon ramps up

36 New Zealand Walks: Trillium Lodge a base for Great Barrier Island walks

38 My Favourite Walk: Walking along Dracophyllum Flat Track

41 Overseas Walks and Tours42 New Zealand Masters Games -

much more than sport44 Coming Events: New Zealand50 Index of 14 previous issues51 Weather forecast for December 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks59 The Great NZ Trek 201660 New Zealand Walk: Green Pre-

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DECEMBER 215 2015 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Otatara Pa

Loop Walk10 New Zealand Walk: New Plymouth

Coastal Walkway a top Taranaki attraction

13NewZealandWalks:KaitokeRe-gional Park with beautiful bush clad tracks

18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest

20 Auckland Short Walks: Take the markets on the Parnell Walk

22 New Zealand Walks: Sam Summers - Reach for the sky

25 NZ Masters Games 201626 New Zealand Walk: Walk among

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38 High Achiever: Cycling helped 63 year old back to health

39 Te Araroa Trail: Route change takes 20kmoftrailoffmainroad

40 Overseas Walks: Activities for the whole family on Norfolk Island

41 Overseas Walks and Tours42 Around the Clubs: Group tackles

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NOVEMBER 214 2015 2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: New Zealand

Walks: A festival of activity this November on Waiheke Island

9 New Zealand Walk: New track alongside Tatare Stream

10 New Zealand Guided Walk: Choose worthies or murder/mayhem

12 New Zealand Adventure: A senior

moment 15 Overseas Walk: Sky walk to explore

rain forests16 Auckland Short Walk: New Lynn

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Photo Contest20 New Zealand Walks: Papatowai -

Heart of the Catlins23 New Zealand Walks: New Zealand

communcation revolution started at Whites Bay

24NewZealandWalks:KickingbackinKaramea

28 New Zealand Walks: A hike with a surprise

30 Book: Terrain - Travels through a deep NZ landscape

32 New Zealand Walks: Whangarei offerslotsofwalk ing opportunies in cooler months

33 Overseas Walk: Oxfams Peru Trek34 Overseas Walks: A new frontier in

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Auckland, Coastlines New Zealand 44 Coming Events: New Zealand50 Index of 14 previous issues51 Weather forescast for November 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks60 New Zealand Walk: Tussock Traverse

OCTOBER 213 2015 2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Warkworth

Walks seven years and still walking10 New Zealand Walks: Ruahines - a

winter wonderland14 Overseas Walks: Madagascar an

incredible journey18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 New Zealand Walks: Discover

Taranaki White Cliffs and East Egmont

22MyFavouriteWalks:KowhaiHuttoMt Torlesse

25 Event: Whakatane - the new venue for Oxfam 2016 Trailwalker

26 New Zealand Cycling Tours: Cycle guides on tour: Around the Moun-tains Trail

29 Overseas Walk: Escape to the wil-derness of Lough Boora

30 New Zealand Walks: The Queen Charlotte Track great in every way

37 Overseas Walks and Tours38 Event: Walkers invited to a new

marathon and 50km41 Walking Access Commission:

Rakaia Gorge southern section now a walkway

44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for October52 Directory: New Zealand Walking

Groups56 Country Breaks59 Pak A Roo Jackets60 Waiheke Island Walking Festival

SEPTEMBER 212 2015 2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Slipper Island a

working farm 8 New Zealand Walks: Paihia to Russell

-Full Circle Walk10 Te Araroa Trail: Sponsors help to

promote Te Araroa11 New Zealand Walk: New shared

pathway opened12NewZealandWalk:AsliceofKiwi-

The Paradise Trail17 Waiheke Walking Festival18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 New Zealand Walks: Puketoki

Reserve - caters for all walkers20 Flood swamps popular city pathway22 Jim Barnett Reserve walking tracks23 Tarawera Trail Marathon24 Great Walks: A great walk with a

difference-explor ing the Whanganui Journey

38

27 How physical activity helped Lynda Mcdermott

28 New Zealand Walk: Central Hawkes Bay Rotary River Trail

30 Overseas Walks: Nepal needs tour-ists now after April 25 earthquake

34 New Zealand Walk: A taste of the Barrier

37 Overseas Walks and Tours38 Overseas Walks: Salzburg: The

Sound of Music’s 50th anniversary44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for September52 Directory: New Zealand Walking

Groups56 Country Breaks60 Pak A Roo Jackets

AUGUST 211 2015 2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Great Walk: Walking

amoung the giants of Waipoua Forest

8 Overseas Walks; Walking Melbourne by foot

10 Auckland Short Walk: Botany to Cascades a walk with surprises

12 Event: Half Marathon show cases Auckland’s vibrant nightlife

14 My Favourite Walk: Hiking on the Otago Peninsula

16 New Zealand Walk: Hiking to Sunrise Hut

18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 New Zealand Walks: Waiheke

Walking Festival a great Spring walking event

23 Te Araroa Trail: Botanic Gardens to Island Bay via the Southern Walkway.

23 Wairoa Stream Waterfall Track to have new

`signage24 My Favourite Walk: Jubilee Hut

walk - tough, long, but well worth it28 Overseas Walks: Discovering Pulau

Ubin - Singapore the way it was30 New Zealand Walks: Bay of Islands

Walking Festival returns for 201537 Overseas Walks and Tours38 Overseas Walks: Spectacular Swit-

zerland 42 Creating new walking access op-

portunies43 Waikato Walk: Te Tapui Track44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for August52 Directory: New Zealand Walking

Groups56 Country Breaks60 Pak A Roo Jackets

JULY 210 2015 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Great Walk:10 things

to know before Walking the Mil-ford Sound

11 Robin charms Prince Harry on Ulva Island

12 New Zealand Walks: Sea, Sky and Bush - another great walking weekend in Central Hawkes Bay

16 Books: Wildboy - an epic trek around the coast of New Zealand

17 Event: 10k for 10k a colourful event18 Monthly Photo Contest winners17 New Zealand Walk: One Tree Point

Walkway, Ruakaka, Whangarei22 Overseas Walks: Queensland Na-

tional Parks with great walks26 Auckland Short Walk: Wattle Down

- South Auckland30 Overseas Walks: Hikes and sights

of Argentina - from south to north30 New Zealand Walk: Ten minutes

walk to a seal creche33 Event: The Great New Zealand Trek

Stage 10 - Hanmer Springs to Hawarden

37 Overseas Walks and Tours38 New Zealand Walk: Bay of Islands

Walking Weekend returns for 201540 My Favourite Walk: Tongariro Alpine

Crossingtickedoff!43 Waikato Walk: Omaru Falls Scenic

Reserve44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for July52 Directory: New Zealand Walking

Groups56 Country Breaks

60 Walking with the Stars

JUNE 209 2015 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Nga Tapuwae o

Toi The footsteps of Toi10 New Zealand Walk: Mt Peel an an-

nual event for Christchurch group12 Overseas Trails: 10 world’s most

amazing long dis tance trails

14 New Zealand Walk: Heading out to Roaring Stag

16 Books: Lydia Bradley: Going up is easy

16 Auckland Short Walk: Greenhithe, North Shore Auckland

18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 Overseas Walks: Walking the

Cares Gorge26 New Zealand Walk: The Cape Brett

walk, Bay of Islands

30 New Zealand Walks: Eastern Taranaki Experience - from con-vent to pub

34WaikatoWalk:KakepukuHistoricReserve

36 New Zealand Walk: A big day in the Matukituki Valley

37 Overseas Walks and Tours38 New Zealand Walk: Wairarapa

coastal walk now has more options

40 Overseas Walks: 24 hours in Graz40 Health: Are you getting too much

calcium?42 Overseas Walks: Restored medieval

hamlet close to walking and hik-ing tracks

42 Event: Great Forest Events at-trached entrants from throughout New Zealand

44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for June52 Directory: New Zealand Walk-

ing Groups56 Country Breaks60 Green Prescription

MAY 208 2015 4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite Walk: Te Ara Tahuna

Estuary Cycleway and Walkway 8 Event: Unique opportunity to walk

Taieri Gorge 9 Readers View: Auckland scenic walk10 New Zealand Walk: Onepoto Walk

- full of interesting coastal views14 New Zealand Walk: Restoring the

Sign of the Packhorse Hut15 New Zealand Walk: Visiting the

Franz Josef Glacier16 New Zealand Walk: Whangarei’s

new loop walkway18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 Overseas Walks: Australia’s top

walking and hiking hotspots22My FavouriteWalk: Kauri Coast

walks - with great coastal views25 Auckland Short Walk: Blockhouse

Bay Tiriwa Walk26 My Favourite Walk: Town and

country walk with no hills!28 New Zealand Walk: Moutohora -

an island sanctuary30 Overseas Walks: Walks in Towns-

ville - a beach, a mountain and a river within a city

36 New Zealand Walk: Heritage zone handed into public hands

37 Overseas Walks and Tours38 New Zealand Walk: Camping

and tramping - 5 top South Island spots

40 Event: Marathon returning to central city

42 Te Araroa Trail: New Zealand trail selected as one of the world’s best

43 Event: Take on the Lake in Rotorua44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for April52 Directory: New Zealand Walk-

ing Groups56 Country Breaks60 Green Prescription

APRIL 207 2015 4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite Walk: Te Ara Tahuna

Estuary Cycleway and Walkway 8 Event: Unique opportunity to walk

Taieri Gorge 9 Readers View: Auckland scenic walk10 New Zealand Walk: Onepoto Walk

- full of interesting coastal views

14 New Zealand Walk: Restoring the Sign of the Packhorse Hut

15 New Zealand Walk: Visiting the Franz Josef Glacier

16 New Zealand Walk: Whangarei’s new loop walkway

18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 Overseas Walks: Australia’s top

walking and hiking hotspots22My FavouriteWalk: Kauri Coast

walks - with great coastal views25 Auckland Short Walk: Blockhouse

Bay Tiriwa Walk26 My Favourite Walk: Town and

country walk with no hills!28 New Zealand Walk: Moutohora - an

island sanctuary30 Overseas Walks: Walks in Townsville

- a beach, a mountain and a river within a city

36 New Zealand Walk: Heritage zone handed into public hands

37 Overseas Walks and Tours38 New Zealand Walk: Camping and

tramping - 5 top South Island spots40 Event: Marathon returning to

central city42 Te Araroa Trail: New Zealand trail

selected as one of the world’s best43 Event: Take on the Lake in Rotorua44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events51 Weather Forecast for April52 Directory: New Zealand Walking

Groups56 Country Breaks60 Green Prescription

MARCH 206 2015 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: A circumnaviga-

tion by foot steps 7 New Zealand Walk: Enjoyable day

walk at Limestone Roadend14 Event: Beers Farm - Te Anau16 New Zealand Fam Walks: Lynton

Downs Farm Stay walks18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 My Favourite Walk: Omaha Beach

has walks for everyone26 Health: Overdosing with vitamin D

continues to be widespread20 Overseas Walks: Discovering An-

dalucia - the walks, the culture, the food

28 New Zealand Walks: Top ten heri-tage places to visit this summer

33 Event: On track in the Manawatu Gorge

36 New Zealand Walk: Ruakuri Walking Track - Ruakuri Scenic Reserve

37 Overseas Walks and Tours38 Overseas Walks: Discover Portugal’s

walking trails44 New Zealand Coming Events45 Christchurch Marathon48 Overseas Coming Events51 Weather Forecast for March52 Directory: New Zealand Walking

Groups56 Country Breaks60 Wellington Marathon

FEBRUARY 205 2015 4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite Walk: Moke Lake circuit

walk - Queenstown 7 Books: Revelling in our sub-antarctic

islands 8 Auckland Short Walk: Onehunga to

Pah Homestead10 Event: Mangawhai Walking Week-

end on track10 Books: Walking the Waitakere

Ranges12 New Zealand Walk: Headland

Sculpture on the Gulf12 A Walk and cycle on the Waikato

River Trail15 Safety: Ensure your gear is now in

‘Peak’ condition16 New Zealand Walk: Tirohanga Track

to Ruapane Pirongia Forest Park18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 Overseas Walks: Walking in the

Picos de Europa25 New Zealand Walk: Matekai Park

- Oakura26 Overseas Walks: Torres del Paine - a

very special park29 Event: Manawatu Walking Festival30 Overseas Walks: The Larapinta Trail

offersamyriadofstunningviews36 Overseas Walks and Tours38 New Zealand Walks: Echo Walk-

ing Festival 41 International Marching League

encourages “May walking bring us together”

42 Window on Waitakere: Navigating dangerousflora

CONTENTS for previous 14 issues42 Health: Compression clothing

can they improve recovery and performance?

44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for February52 Directory: New Zealand Walk-

ing Groups56 Country Breaks60 The Great New Zealand Trek

JANUARY 204 2015 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Tanekaha

Falls Walk - a tribute to a group of retirees

10 Securing outdoor access for the next generation

12 New Zealand Walk: From hut to hut on the Matemateaonga

14 Rare penguins highlight of Hol-lyford Track early walkers

16 New Zealand Walk: Pukemoke-moke Reserve offers several walk options

18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 Auckland Short Walks: Le Roys

Bush Northcote North Shire walks22 New Zealand Walks: Mahi Aroha

- explore the environment like never before

26 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa Trail to be in TV series

26 Te Araroa Trail: New 5km walk-ing track

26 Te Araroa Trail: City to Sea via Southern Walkway change in 2015

28 Overseas Walk: In the steps of the ancients - a walk in Athens

33 New Zealand Walk: Weather no problem for Dargaville group

36 Overseas Walks and Tours38 New Zealand Walk: Linklater

Reserve39 Around the Clubs: Striding out fun

with a popular club40 High Achiever: 65 year old walked

150 marathons41 Event: Waiheke Island Wharf

2 Wharf42 Window on Waitakere: Batwalks

planned in Auckland42 Window on Waitakere: Mapau tree

fruit popular with birds43 Training: Low carb diet: not the best

for everyone44 Coming events: Stirling Sports

events: are something unique44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for January52 Directory: New Zealand Walk-


DECEMBER 203 2014 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Pukawa to

Omori Track6TeAraroaTrail:CapeReingatoBluff 8 New Zealand Walks: Outdoor

couple make footprint on NZ walking scene

12 New Zealand Walks: Hiking New Zealand’s Hump Ridge Track more wilderness, less people

18 Monthly Photo Contest winners20 Overseas Walks: Inspiring walks

in Spain24 Ballard of St James26NewZealandCyclingTours:Kiwi

women take to the cycling trails28 Overseas Walks: San Francisco’s

ways: Umbria ‘s pilgrim routes36NewZealandWalk:TeKauriPark

Scenic Reserve37 Overseas Walks and Tours38 Event: Tussock Traverse walking

through a natural and cultural wonderland

40 Event: Cadbury Dunedin Mara-thon events

42 Window on Waitakere: Possum trapping

43 Training: Exercise programme tips44 New Zealand Coming Events48 Overseas Coming Events50 Index for previous fourteen issues51 Weather Forecast for December52 Directory: New Zealand Walk-



NORTH ISLANDNORTHLANDBAY OF ISLANDSBAY OF ISLANDS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Saturday (AM), Bert Vanasche 09-404-0147, or Gea Hadderingh 09- 405-7773DARGAVILLEDARGAVILLE TRAMPING GROUP: Last Sunday of month (AM), Maxine Stringer 09-439-7815, 09-439-6029,[email protected] SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Lee Taylor 09-430-3470CARDIAC CARE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM or PM), Jo or Hugh Knight 09-438-7976KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Kensington Recep-tion, 09-437-4404GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUPS: 0800-228-483HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Thursday (AM), Val Babe 09-437-1657HIKURANGI WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM)KAMO 60’s UP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Yvonne 09-435-1101KENSINGTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Thursday (PM), Sport Northland 09-437-4404TIKIPUNGA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Barbara Derrick 09-435-0746WAIPU WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM)WHANGAREI ATHLETICS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Tuesday Thursday (AM), Saturday (PM) Morris or Shirley Gray 09-436-1524WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB: Sue Guyatt 09-436-1441GREAT BARRIER ISLANDBARRIER TRAMPING& BEER LOVERS CLUB: Sunday, John Brock 09-429-0211

AUCKLANDOUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB: midweek, weekends (BIA), walks, tramps, Val Todd 09-579-8250, www.oacnz.orgAUCKLAND NATURAL HISTORY CLUB: Every second Sunday, (AM), (IA),Praemi Perera 09-836-9161, www.aucklandnaturalhistoryclub.orgALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Tramps, walks, cycling, Sunday, Saturday, Marianne Rienhard 09-575-2429ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Sunday, Saturday & weekdays, tramps, walks , Beryl Borthwick 09-444-9667 or Sue Fitzpatrick 09-576-1069THUMBS UP ADVENTURE GROUP (TUAC): Alan Grigg 027-493-6850, Libby 021-137-1488, Leonie 021-222-8982, www.tuac.co.nzAUCKLAND CENTRALAUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday (AM), Helen Meyer 09-815-1444AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: Sarah Hart 09-625-7891, [email protected] WALKERS & JOGGERS CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Bev Horton 09-625-5329AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Ray Vickers 09-576-6906AUCKLAND BAPTIST TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday Monthly (PM), (BIA), John McCarthy 09-630-4073AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER CLUB: John Yolland 09-576-9807RACEWALKING AUCKLAND: Sunday (AM), Grant 09-299-5634, www.sportsground.co.nz/racewalkingauckland/AUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Tony Walton 09-630-2591 www.aucktramping.org.nzAUCKLAND UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Michelle Lee 09-358-1296BLOCKHOUSE BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE: Len Govind 09-627-9911ELLERSLIE Y’S WALKING CLUB: Olive Andrews 09-634-4148EAST AND BAYS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Glendowie, Saturday, Sally 09-522-5321EPSOM Y’s COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Tuesday/Thursday (AM), Don Hay 09-636-9730LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-9993MT ALBERT Y’s WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Friday, (AM), 09-846-0788MT ROSKILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: Theresa McDonald, 09-624-3281OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Marshall Piecy 09-445-3808, www.oacnz.orgST HELIERS HIKERS: First/Third Wednesdays (all day), Glenn 09-528-9726WALKING CLUB: Graeme Easte, 09-376-5901LES MILLS GYM: Seven days, (AM) (PM), (BIA), Powerwalking, Dave

Buchan, 09-379-9590STEP OUT WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), 09-379-2095 x 9704WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nzWEST AUCKLANDBLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Terry Wilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071, [email protected], www.bluetopwalkers.weebly.comFIA OLA WOMEN’S DEVELOPMEMT WALK GROUP: Monday to Saturday, Anne, 09-813-0021FIT4LIFE: Glenfield, Monday (PM), Friday (AM), Sarah 021 534 649FOOTSTEPS: Saturday (AM), John 09-410-2995GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), Ethel Denscombe 09-818-3561GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM) and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230 GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne 09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM), Alene Couchman 09-818-2580KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin 09-838-6553KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin 09-818-6084KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-412-8914LYNNMALL CITY MALL WALKING: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA), 09-826-2333LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-993LYNNDALE AMATEUR ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Wednesday and Sunday (AM), Mic Baker 09-626-3232MASSEY ATHLETIC CLUB: Sunday (AM), Shena McGregor 09-412-8076MASSEY JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Kerry Watt 09-838-6665 or 021-517-049NEW LYNN ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: New Lynn, Wednesday, Lorraine, 09-827-8663RANUI MORNING WALK GROUP: Monday to Friday (AM), Judith 09-832-5692RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09-832-4069RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 09-412-9952SUMMERLAND WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Lyn Mountier 09-838-1599TE ATAU PENINSULA WALKERS: Monday, Friday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Mary Jones 09-834-6989TE ATATU JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Te Atatu Peninsula, Sunday (AM), Malcolm 09-834-4101 or Diane or Graham 09-834-4423TE ATATU SOUTH ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: Te Atatu South, Wednesday, Edna, 09-834-1401THE HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Brian Ashmore 09-817-4562 or 027-471-3038TITIRANGI TWILIGHT STROLLERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), Miranda 09-817-9677TITIRANGI WALKERS: Sundays (AM), John Harris 09-817-7212,www.titirangiwalkers.comWEST HARBOUR ACTIVE 35+WALKING GROUP: West Harbour, Friday (AM), Lorna Lyon, 09-416-7871Y’s WALKING HENDERSON: Tuesdays, Thursday, Sarah, 09-836-8031Y’s Walkers, Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Dan Gofin 09-627-9993WAIATARUA WALKERS:Oratia, Saturday (AM), 09-814-9945WANDERWOMEN ADVENTURES: 09-360-7330WALKING WAITAKERE WEDNESDAY WALKS: Wednesday, (AM), May to October, Kay Lindley 09-837-8820WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nzWEST AUCKLAND DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), www.trampwest.co.nzNORTH SHORE10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-461060’s UP TORBAY/BROWNS BAY: Wed (AM), Heather Jean Adams 09-478-2462ABERDEEN ROAD WALKERS: Campbells Bay, Saturday (PM), Patsy Hulse 09-410-9353BUSH WALK & TALK: Margi Keys, 09-443-6919 or 0274-481-581NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Lynda Langridge 09-482-1320,www.nstc.org.nzBIRKENHEAD PROBUS CLUB: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Tracy Watson 09-414-5351BROWNS BAY/TORBAY 60’s UP MOVEMENT: Wednesday (AM), Roy Urlic 09-473-8777CALLIOPE ATHLETICS WALKERS & HARRIERS: Northcote, Wednesday

(PM), Dave Pampitt 09-410-5287DEVONPORT WALKERS: Bayswater, Tuesday Thursday Sunday (AM), Pat & Jim McKay 09-445-2743DEVONPORT FRIDAY WALKING GROUP: Devonport, Friday (AM), Naomi Gardyne 09-445-4303EAST COAST BAYS WALKERS: Browns Bay, Tuesday, Friday (AM), Pam Mattson 09-302-4882 or 021-268-4154, [email protected] WALKING GROUP: Greenhithe, Tuesday (AM), Marjorie Andrew 09-413-9065HIGHBURY COMMUNITY HOUSE: Highbury, Thursday, Friday (AM), Judy Mayn 09-480-5279MAIRANGI WALKING NETWORK: Mairangi Bay, Everyday (AM), Paula Cole 09-444-6435MEADOWOOD WALKING & TALKERS: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Carol Buckner 09-479-7804MILFORD MALL WALKERS: Greenhithe, Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Carol Mosedale 09-443-2054MILFORD MENS PROBUS: Ian Hall 09-479-4259NORTH SHORE DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Every second Sunday (AM), Sue Pearson 09-449-2221NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: www.nstc.org.nzNORTHCOTE WALKING GROUP: Northcote. Tuesday, Bernie Pringle 09-410-5700 [email protected], or Mavis Martin 09-486-2574 [email protected] WALKERS: Torbay, Wednesday (AM), Jill Devonshire 09-473-1931WALKERS & TALKERS: Campbells Bay, Wednesday (AM), Brenda Gray 09-410-4019, Dorothy Ensor 09-478-6702WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Anne Lindsay 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nzY’s WALKING SUNDAY GROUP: Northcote, Sunday (AM), Malcolm Curtis 09-444-3823NORDIC WALKING GROUPSAcacia Cove Nordic Walking Group: Sunday (AM) Jenny Wills 09-267-5416Bridge the Gap Nordic Walkers: Sunday (AM ), Sheila Milbourn/Margaretha Sehnert 027-456-2233/021-141-3801Cornwall Park Nordic Walking Group: Saturday (AM), June Stevenson 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923Cornwall Park Nordic Gold (Senior Group) Monday (AM), June Steven-son 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923North Shore Nordic Walkers Sunday (AM), Kay Livingstone 09-473-4489Pakuranga Nordic Walkers: Thursday (AM) Deidre Nielsen 09-271-3324YMCA Nordic Walkers Thursday (AM) June Stevenson 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923 RODNEY10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Ivan Melville 09-425-4999HEALTH IN ACTION: (BIA), Susie George 09-426-1269HELENSVILLE WALKERS: Helensville, Tuesday (AM), Malcolm Keane 09-420-8739HIBISCUS COAST Y’S WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Wednesday (AM,PM), Kevin Tiller, 09-426-6461LEISURE WALKERS: Whangaparaoa, Thursday (AM), Pam Jordan 021-136-6129, [email protected] NIGHTA, Orewa, Monday (PM), Laraine Chase 09-427-9321SCOTTS LANDING WALKING GROUP: RD2, Warkworth, Sunday (AM), Angela McIntyre 09-425-5854SNELLS BEACH WALKING GROUP: Warkworth, Wednesay (AM), Jenny Burton 09-425-5583WELLSFORD ROAD RUNNERS & JOGGERS: Second Sunday (AM), Thurs-day (AM), Robert Scott 09-425-8089 or Heather Rankin 09-431-4692WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nzWAIHEKE ISLANDWAIHEKE ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Shaona Maddle, 09-372-6645COUNTIES/MANUKAUHOWICK TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Gayle Sephton 027-635-4063PUKEKOHE JOGGERS & WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday, Sunday (AM), 09-238-9820WAIUKU WALKING GROUP: Information Centre, Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), ONEWHERO KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Merlene, Walker, 09-232-8844PAKURANGA ATHLETIC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday 9am (BIA), Linda Mitchell, 09-532-8442PAKURANGA KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), 09-576-9739MANUKAU TRAMPING CLUB: Judith Walker, 09-296-6977MANUREWA Y’S WALKERS: Recreation Centre, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY (AM), 09-267-4646MANUREWA Y’S WALKING GROUP: Clendon Recreation Centre, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-266-1100MANUREWA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB WALKERS: Sunday (AM)

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HOWICK UXBRIDGE WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 09-535-6467HOWICK Y’S WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-5153PUKEKOHE TRAMPING CLUB: Mark Leys 09-294-8927TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Noel Newsome 09-278-4962

WAIKATOHAMILTONFRANKTON ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Wednesday, Saturday, (PM), (BIA), Heather Purdie-Raill, 07-847-5639NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Rene Smyth, 07846-3245CENTRAL LAKE WALKING GROUP: Monday, WEdnesday Friday (AM), Nella Barron 07-846-3103CHARTWELL WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Carrie Haak 07-855-4281DINSDALE WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Val Russell 07-847-6539ENDERLEY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Leonie Smith 07-855-2224HAMILTON EAST WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848HAMILTON TRAMPING CLUB: Alan Bigham 07-856-4646HILLCREST WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Nell Bradburn 07-856-3787MEMORIAL PARK WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Maureen Doms 07-855-2497NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Monday Tuesday (AM), Roslynn Billman 07-847-4873SILVERDALE WALKING GROUP: Sister Anne Marie Jones 07-856-8980CLAUDELAND WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848FLAGSTAFF WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Gillian Bartram 07-854-0069WESTFIELD MALL WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM) Westfield Mall ChartwellHAMILTON MARATHON CLINIC:Tuesday (PM), Sunday (AM), Sharon 07-854-9214TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM)MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Diana Ammann 07-823-6147WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07-827-3097WANDERERS TRAMPING CLUB: Colin 07-855-1335CAMBRIDGECAMBRIDGE WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), Sharon Woodings, 07-827-6033LEAMINGTON WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Sharon Woodings, 07-827-6033KAIHERE/PATETONGAKAIHERE/PATETONGA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011MATAMATAMATAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088MATAMATA TRAMPING & WALKING GROUP: Shirley Hickson 07-888-6054MORRINSVILLEMORRINSVILLE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088OTOROHANGAOTOROHANGA WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM)PAEROAPAEROA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), Elaine Lally 07-862-8409PAEROA LUNCH WALKERS: Monday Wednesday Friday, Julie Stephen-son 07-867-7011PUTARURUPUTARURU WALKING GROUP:(BIA) Hazel Murphy, 07-883-7927PIOPIOSILVERADOS EXERCISE GROUP: Wednesday (PM), June O’Donoghue, 07-877-8492TAIRUATAIRUA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Mike Lord, 07-868-6025THAMESTHAMES WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday (AM), Mike Lord, 07-868-6025TAUPOTAUPO HARRIER CLUB WALKING SECTION: Saturday (PM), Wednesday (AM), Bernie Rolls 07-378-9229TAUPO TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Weekends (AM or PM), Isabel Hutcheon 07-376-9319MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (BIA), Betty Stockman 07-378-4992

WAIORA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Kaye Beatson 07-378-6957WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (PM), (I), 06-378-9229TE AROHATE AROHA WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088TE AROHA TRAMPING CLUB: Every second Sunday, Judy Forsman 07-884-8841TE AROHA TREKKERS: Wednesday (AM), Frances Harrison 07-862-8184TE AWAMUTUTE AWAMUTU TUESDAY TRAMPERS: Tuesday, Lesley 07-870-1973 or Kathy 07-870-2006TE AWAMUTU WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), Jan Jefferies 07-889-7032TE AWAMUTU MARATHON CLINIC: Wednesday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Ross Thomas 07-871-5022TE KUITITWILIGHT WALKING GROUP: Monday, (PM), (BIA), Dede Downs, 07-878-7867TOKOROATOKOROA ALPINE CLUB:Midweek, Christine 07-886-7294

BAY OF PLENTYCOROMANDELCOROMANDEL TOWN WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM) 07-866-7101or 07-866-8560KATIKATIKATIKATI TRAMPING CLUB: fortnightly weekends (AM), Maddy Pyle 07-552-0215KAWERAUKAWERAU WALKERS: Kawerau, Thursday (AM), (B), Sport Bay of Plenty, 07-308-8304HARRIERS WALKERS: Kawerau Thursday (PM), (A), Sport Bay of Plenty, 07-308-8304ROTORUACROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07 348-2538LAKE CITY ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS GROUP: Tueday, Thursday (PM), Sunday (AM), Rob Colledge 07-348-7768, [email protected], www.lakecity.co.nzGREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUP: TMonday and Thursday (AM), (B), Melissa Gordon 07-348-4125HEART SUPPORT WALK GROUP: Tueday (AM), Wally Walford 07-347-6173MOKOIA COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), Melissa Gordon 07 348 4125SPRINGFIELD STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Glenys Searancke 07-348-4243ROTORUA TRAMPING & SKI CLUB: Sundays (AM), Trevor Cochrane 07-345-6362ROTORUA SOCIAL NORDIC WALKING GROUP: Fridays (AM), Audrey 07-348-1471ST BARNABAS WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (BIA), Joy Gordon 07-357-5744THE THURSDAY STROLLERS: Thursday (AM), (B), Myrtle Raxworthy 07-346-3772WALKING WITH JOY: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Joy Gordon 07-357-5744 TAURANGA/MT MAUNGANUIAGE CONCERN: Tauranga, Wednesday (AM), 07-578-2631CITY ON ITS FEET: (COIF) (BIA) For days and time phone Sport Bay of Plenty 07-578-0016STEPPING OUT JOGGING CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, (AM), (IA), 07-544-0316FOREST & BIRD SOCIETY: Secretary, Tauranga. branch @forestandbird.org.nz, TaurangaHEALTHY HEART CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (B), YMCA, 07-578-5891KAIMAI RAMBLERS TRAMPING GROUP: Wednesday, Roger 07-544-1622Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), YMCA, 07-578-5891MOUNT JOGGERS & WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, [email protected] , www.mtjoggersandwalkers.co.nz ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: MONDAY (AM) 07-576-2469NORDIC WALKING AT THE MOUNT: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Steffi 07-574-7527NORDIC WALKING IN TAURANGA: Monday, Wednesday, Mary 07-577-0711MT MAUNGANUI RSA WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Sundays (AM), (BIA), Kieran Jensen 07-572-062650 FORWARD WALKING GROUPS: Sport Bay of Plenty 07-578-0016TAURANGA MID-WEEK TRAMPING GROUP: Lynda 07-552-5359TAURANGA ROAD RUNNERS: Sunday (AM), Ross 07-576-4852TAURANGA RAMBLERS: Malcolm 07-544-2369 or Rod Taylor 07-576-4207TAURANGA TRAMPERS NETWORK: Natalie Bird 07-576-0016TAURANGA TRAMPING CLUB: Christine Rawnsley 07-578-9984PAK N BOOTS: Eveie 027-434-7877 and Julie Fox , 021-215-8516TE PUKETE PUKE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-573-8306

WAIHIWAIHI STRIDERS: Wednesday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011WAIHI STROLLERS: Friday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011WAIHI MONDAY TRAMPING: Monday (AM), Marie 07-863-4633 or Barry 07-863-4597WHAKATANESUNSHINE WALKING GROUP: Whakatane, Tuesday (AM), (I), Graham Thomas, 07-307-9800HARRIERS WALKERS WHAKATANE: Saturday, (PM), (I), Noel Jones, 07-308-7101NGA-TAPUWAE O-TANEATUA TRAMPING CLUB: Whakatane, Ohope, Opitiki, Kawerau; John Keene, [email protected] WALKING GROUP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Mike lord, 07-868-6025WHANGAMATAWHANGAMATA RAMBLERS: Ron Le Noel, 07-865-9475WALK WHANGAMATA: Everyday (AM), from Surf clubWHANGAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-865-8182WHAGAMATA TRAMPING CLUB: 07-865-9110

EAST COASTGISBORNEGISBORNE RUNNERS & WALKERS: Margaret Badger 06-868-4785

HAWKES BAYHASTINGSBRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM), (BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285FLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy 06-879-7077HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Eddy 06-876-3371HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-873-0971HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Jane 06-877-0017HAVELOCK NORTH WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette 06-877-2114HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lyn 06-877-7886KIWI SENIORS: Eana Young 06-845-9333 x 708RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Doug Clark 06-878-2785, www.runwalkhb.org.nzNAPIERAHURIRI WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (I), Beverly Gillies 06-843-6805NAPIER WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), (I), Lyn 06-835-7704NAPIER SOUTH WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (B), Maria Rogers 06-843-1225RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Mike Sheely 06-843-7804, www.runwalkhb.org.nzYs WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, Napier, Kay 06-844-4891 or Dot 06-844-6885TARADALE/GREEN MEADOWSTARADALE/GREEN MEADOWS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (IA), Beverly Gillies 06-843-6805TARADALE/SPORT HAWKES BAY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Nga Gifford-Kara 06-845-9333

TARANAKIINDEPENDENT WALKERS TARANAKI: Saturday (PM). North: Ray/Mary 06-756-7798. Central: Wallace/Nancye 06-762-2861. South: Alan/Jean 06-278-6846NEW PLYMOUTHCARRINGTON WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Catherine McKee 06-753-3254TIME FOR ME WALKS FOR WOMEN: Friday (AM), (I), Glenice 06-758-3974FRONT RUNNER GROUP: Monday (PM), (BIA), Kelvin & Michelle GiddyFITZROY WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (IA), Marlene 06-758-8749 or Marilyn 06-757-2022WESTOWN WALKING GROUP FOR WOMEN: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (IA), Karen 06-751-1361WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Karen 06-751-1361WALKERS IN THE PARK: Monday, (AM), (B), Dawn 06-758-6429 or Dorothy Humphries 06-751-0431SPOTSWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (BI), Allie Fitzgibbon 06-751-2304NEW PLYMOUTH JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), Wednesday (PM), www.npjw.co.nzTARANAKI RACE WALKING CLUB: Trevor Suthon, 06-758-0776EGMONT ATHLETICS: Karen Green, 06-758-1569INGLEWOODINGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Maureen 06-756-7255STRATFORDSTRATFORD RUNNERS & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Jill Gorrie 06-764-5088STRATFORD WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Ivan Coates 06-765-7212 or Wes Robinson 06-765-5242


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INGLEWOODINGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Maureen 06- 756-7255HAWERAHAWERA WALKING GROUPO: Friday (AM), Nancy Riddick 06-278-5784PUSH PLAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Tuesday (PM), (BIA), Moira Koch, 0800-223-228ELTHAMKIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BIA), Maria Erkes 06-764-8984

WANGANUIWANGANUICASTLECLIFF WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Ethel Fackney 06-344-4375RONA & GLAD’S WALK GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Rona Wright 06-344-5434WANGANUI HARRIER CLUB: Wednesdays, Saturday (PM), Secretary, P O Box 702, Wanganui, Perry Newburn 06-343-6484SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Karen Buckholt 06-349-2315WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), Darol Pointon 06-345-3137WAVERLEYSPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: (AM), (BIA), Betty Morrison 06-346-5613OHAKUNESPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young 06-385-4055MARTONSPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD Wednesday (AM), Deane James 06-327-7607

MANAWATUPALMERSTON NORTHHOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), Dorne Jarvis 06-357-2444 KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, 06-354-3342HOT-Whitu CHICKS Saturday, (AM), (BIA), laurenparsons.co.nz/hot-whitu-chicksMANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM), Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), Alister Martin 06-353-7175PALMERSTON NORTH JOGGERS & WALKERS: Esplanade,Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), (BI), Robyn McKey 06-354-9952.CLUB PED: Monday, Wednesday, (PM), (IA), Ongley Park; Saturday, (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, Adrienne Ken-nedy 06-350-8617MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey Recreation Centre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), (IA) Gillian Absolom 06-329-6898METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06-356-4384WOMEN’S AFTER 5.30 WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), (I), Liz MacNeill 06-357-8216FEILDINGSENIOR WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Gail Byrnes 06-323-5470FOXTONFOXPEDS: Monday (PM), Foxton, Foxton Beach, (BIA), Dave Blackett, 06-363-5743, Michelle Duffy, 06-363-7987LEVINLEVIN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Ivan Morgan 06-368-3622WEDNESDAY LEISURE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Lila McCall, 06-367-9070LEVIN JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, (BIA), Colleen Francis 06-368-8624

WAIRARAPAMASTERTONWALKING GROUP RECREATIONAL: Edna Patrick, 06-377-4338ORIENTEERING GROUP: 06-377-7961 or 379-5124CARTERTON 40+ STRIDERS: Ada Lyster, 06-379-8746RUAMAHANGA RAMBLERS: Winter Saturday, Summer Tuesday (PM), (BIA), Ray Wallis 06-377-0703MARTINBOROUGHMARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-306-9226

WELLINGTONWELLINGTONBROOKLYN WALKERS: Edith, 04-384-6799BUGGY WALKING GROUP: First Thursday of month (AM), www.buggywalk.co.nzFOREST & BIRD: 04-567-7271ORIENTAL BAY WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Christine Blakely 04-383-6276MT VICTORIA WALKING GROUP: Euan Harris 04-384-4770WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179ISLAND BAY WALKING GROUP: Community Resource Centre, Island Bay, 04-383-7464WALKING FOR LIFE: Lynne Waring, MiramarKARORI WALKING GROUP: Mavis Shaw, KelburnKARORI ARTS & CRAFT WALKING GROUP: 04-934-8630KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-479-5420MIRAMAR WALKING GROUP: 04-388-1944NEWLANDS COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING: Tuesday (AM), 04-478-8799TARARUA TRAMPING CLUB: www.ttc.org.nzWEA MIDWEEK WALKERS: Hanna HarwoodWELLINGTON WEDNESDAY WALKERS: 04-388-1988WELLINGTON CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: 04-934-4729WELLINGTON HARRIER ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM) mid March to mid October, (BIA), Veronica GouldWELLINGTON MARATHON CLINIC: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Toni 04-478-9201WELLINGTON MID-WEEK WALKERS: Tues, Thursday (PM), Bart Jones 04-477-3746 or David Lonsdale 04-977-8990WELLINGTON NORDIC WALKERS: Rod McColl 04-526-6833LOWER HUTTWALK FOR HEALTH: Tuesday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Jean 04-589-7887 or Dave 04-970-5133, www.walk4health.org.nzPOSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Carol 04-586-7784WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04-567-5727WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednesday (PM), 04-564-6019HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04-970-6901TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04-526-7440LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Mark Potter, [email protected] WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179EASTBOURNE WALK GROUP: Lesley O’Neil, EastbourneALICETOWN WALKING GROUP: 04-589-2646KIWI MASTERS WALKERS: Richard Davies 04-566-1335OLDER ADULTS – LEISURE WALKING GROUP: Judy 04-528-4445PORIRUAFRIDAY WALKERS: Brian Grinstrup or Bruce Sheppard 04-237-6374TAWA LINDEN HIKERS: 04-232-8705WEA RAMBLERS: Muriel Thompson, TawaTAWA/LINDEN WALKERS: Maurice 04-232-4407 or Claire 04-232-8764UPPER HUTTAURORA HARRIER CLUB: Peter Wrigley, [email protected] TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper HuttTRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Jon Roskvist, 021-460-877 or 04-526-6906UPPER HUTT WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Helen 04-970-2046KAPITIKAPITI CARDIAC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Graham Priest 04-293-7872KAPITI WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Robin Leger 04-905-4680 or Muriel Hill 04-293-5121KAPITI SUNDAY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Frank Morris 04-293-2567 or Ethel Symes 04-904-1485KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday, email [email protected],www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitithursdaywalkersKAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-902-1754KAPITI WANDERERS: Tuesday (alt), email: [email protected], www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitiwanderers MONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or Steve Golledge 04-904-5904SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022

SOUTH ISLANDMARLBOROUGHBLENHEIM50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), 03-579-3101PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991

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MOTUEKAMOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Nora Morris 03-528-6290NELSONNELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West, 03-548-3655NELSON KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), 03-548-1126WAKEFIELD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lou Manson, 03-541-8414TAHUNA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), 03-548-1126NELSON 50+ WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Jeff Connell 03-545-9180NELSON 50+ WALKING & TRAMPING GROUP: Noel Brown 03-544-2286WAIMEA HARRIER WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Sunday (AM) (BIA), Heather McNabb, 03-547-8490WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Visitor Information CentreWAIMEA TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM) (PM), [email protected], www.waimeatrampingclub.org.nzTAKAKAGOLDEN BAY ALPINE AND TRAMPING CLUB: Day walk and overnight trips, Paul Kilgour, 03-525-7383

CANTERBURYCHRISTCHURCHACTIVE CHRISTCHURCH SUNDAY WALK: Sunday (AM) (BI), 03-941-8999AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060AVONSIDE KIWI SENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jan 03-389-2755AVONHEAD KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Bess 03-342-7647AFTER WORK WALKING CLUBS: around Christchurch, (BI), for all ages and fitness levels, recreation clerk, CCC 03-371-1778.ARAI-WALKERS: Wednesday, Wainoni/Aranui, Natalie Hoani, 03-388-2593ARTHRITIC AMBLERS: Wednesday, (B) suitable for people with physical disabilities, Trevor Randall 03-385-7446BEXLEY KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Kath 03388-6161BARRINGTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Nita 03-337-1493BECKENHAM WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (PM), Di 03-385-3452BISHOPDALE RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM) (I), Bishopdale, Paul Muir 03-359-7971BISHOPDALE TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM),(IA), www.bishop-daletrampers.org.nzBURNSIDE JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM) Burnside, Anne Uys 03-342-6337BRIGHTON RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), New Brighton (I), Marlene Crocker 03-388-1115CANTERBURY RACE WALKERS ASSOCIATION: Monday, Wednesday, (BIA), coordinates all Canterbury race walkers and friendly race walking, Ann Henderson 03-387-0387CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (PM), Darryn Welham 03-960-3808CARDIAC COMPANIONS: Sunday fortnight, (PM) Neville Wootton 03-942-5453CARDIAC CARE GROUP, Marg Allison 03-366-2112CCC EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), (IA), or Bruce 03-388-7295CCC GARDEN CITY WALKERS: Saturday (AM) (IA), Helen 03-382-2302CCC GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday (PM) (IA), Norm Wells 03-981-5487CCC HALSWELL: Saturday (AM) (PM), (IA), Pauline 03-322-8057: Sunday, Terrence 03-322-8092CCC SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM (IA), Jim 03-389-1982 or Hope 03-389-7997CCC SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), (IA), 03-941-5409CCC SOCKBURN: Tuesday (AM) (IA), Estelle 03-342-7841:Friday (AM) (IA), Jo 03-349-7146CCC WEEKEND WANDERS: Sunday (PM) (IA), Marilyn 03-338-3826CHRISTCHURCH PERSONAL GUIDING SERVICE: Daily (AM) (BIA), Cathedral Square, C Tonge 03-981-6350CHRISTCHURCH MARATHON CLINIC: Saturday (AM), Neil Messenger 03-322-7709CHRISTCHURCH METHODIST HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BIA), Mrs Lindsay Evans 03-355-4356CRUSADERS WALKERS: Tuesday (BI), (50’s and above age group), Pauline 03-385-9947DARLINGTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), Bill 03-385-1925DIAMOND HARBOUR RAMBLERS: Tuesday, Hunters Road, (IA), Noeline Coleman 03-329-4566EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), Bruce 03-981-5329ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Trish Vessey 03-329-18656.5PM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-338-8306


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KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), Don Lyon 03-327-9064KAIAPOI NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburban groups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social group for gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-337-6103LINWOOD AVENUE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Thursday (AM) (B), 03-389-5303LINWOOD KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), Phyl 03-389-6130LYTTELTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Lyttlelton, (BI), Ada Goodwin 03-328-7235MAIREHAU LADIES PROBUS, Tuesday, Leah 03-385-6310MARYVILLE KIWISENIORS:: Monday (AM), Valmai 03-377-8742MERIVALE KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), June 03-355-8703MT PLEASANT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Pauline 03-384-4794NEW BRIGHTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and strollers), Joy 03-383-4494NEW BRIGHTON WORKING MENS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (I), Jenny Wilson 03-332-8818NEW BRIGHTON ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Phil Bastion 03-981-1798NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery 03-388-7335NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-388-3237NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Larry Jones 03-382-0201NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-385-5338NEW BRIGHTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000NZ VIVENDI SOCIETY: Sunday, Janet 03-389-1609PAPANUI WALK ‘n’ TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-6840OXFORD WALKING GROUP: Monday Thursday (AM), Coral Gilbertson 03-312-3155OPAWA KIWISENIORS: Monday, Tuesday (AM), (BI), Carol 03-332-5638PAPANUI KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Elaine 03-352-7519PAPANUI WALK ‘n’TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-8999PARKLANDS KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), (BI), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665PARKLANDS WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), BIA), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665PENINSULA TRAMPING CLUB: (Family Strollers Group), Sunday, Gloucester Street, (BIA), Merv Meredith [email protected], www.peninsulatrampingclub.org.nzPIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-322-7220PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-343-2216PLEASURE WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (AM) (I), Colleen Cook 03-389-8607PORT HILLS NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Chiaki Jagau 03-981-1433PORT HILLS ATHLETIC WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Glen Watts 03-332-1964.Saturday (PM), Peter King 03-341-1154QE11 MINI HIKERS: alternate Wednesday, QE11 Park, (BI), Beverley Church 03-383-5448Q.E. PARK STROLLERS: Tuesday, John Plumridge 03-385-9710RETIREES CLUB KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and stroller groups), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060RETIREES SOCIAL CLUB: Thursday (PM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ira Wil-liams 03-342-8172 or Carol Roscoe 03-337-5901RICCARTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Enid 03-348-9351ROWLEY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Lee Tuki 03-373-8150ROVER HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BI), Steve Mitchell 03-348-8195SALLY STROLLERS: Saturday, fortnight, general Christchurch, (B), leisurely pace, Margaret Bennetts, 03-322-9187SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 03-941-5409“ A SLICE OF HERITAGE WALKS” with Walktologist Graeme Stanley, Tues (PM) Thurs (AM ), Graeme Stanley 03- 980-1553 SOMERFIELD KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Marie 03-337-1436SOUTH CHRISTCHURCH/SYDENHAM WALKERS: Sunday (AM) (IA), Ray 03-332-0555ST PETERS WALKING GROUP: Monday (PM), Thursday (PM) (BIA), Audrey 03-348-9157SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), 03-389-1982SPORTY SINGLES: Saturday, Sunday, (BI), Llolyd 03-323-6232TUESDAY TREKKERS CLUB: Tuesday, (AM), Necia Sullivan 03-338-9035TOWER TRAMPING & WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, (IA), Peter McDonald



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03-326-6700, Sunday, Yvonne van Eerden 03-339-0751WAINONI/AVONSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES: Thursday (AM), 03-389-2285WALKIE TALKIES WALKING GROUP: Thursday, (B), members mainly from Burwood United and St Kentigerns Parish, John 03-981-9994WOMEN WALK: Wednesday and weekends, throughout Canterbury not in city area, (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921XY’s WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Maureen Ryder 03-383-1226 or Alison Jarvis 03-338-2678“Y’s WALKERS” (YMCA): Tuesday, Thursday, (BIA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689, Bishopdale Community Centre, 03-359-8330“Y’s TREKKERS”: Monday, Port Hills, (IA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689YMCA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), Jill O’Connor 03-366-0689WAYFARERS WALKING GROUP:Thursday (AM) (BI), 50 + age group, John Williams 03-383-0064, [email protected] WANDERERS: Sunday (PM), Marilyn Dean 03-338-3826WOMEN WALK: Wednesday Weekends (AM), (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-192130 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Greame Stanley30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Tuesday (AM), (B), Risingholme, Christchurch City Council 03-941-899930 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (BIA), Bishopdale, Christchurch City Council 03-941-899930 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (PM), (BIA), 03-9412-8999

RURAL CANTERBURYCHEVIOT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (IA), Trish Vessy 03-329-1865LEESTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060LINCOLN KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060RANGIORA KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060SOUTHBRIDGE KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060ASHBURTONASHBURTON HARRIER CLUB: Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Merv & Jackie Gilbert 03-308-5894KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Wednesday (AM), (BI), two groups, Janice Cochrane, Sport Mid-Canterbury, 03-307-0475ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB: 1st Sunday and 2nd Wednesday of month, (AM), Diane Milne 03- 303-6250METHERN & DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Helen 03-308-7011MT SOMERS TRACKS: Warren Jowett 03-303-0880, www.doc.govt.nzMT SOMERS WALKWAY: Marilyn & Bruce Gray 03-303-0809PACIFIC ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Ashburton Domain, Torika Pat-terson 03-308-5868ST DAVIDS WALKING GROUP: Barbara Lischner 03-308-5174, www.st-davids.org.nzWALKING GROUP: Eileen Ward 03-307-0475WALKING GROUP: Ethel Powell 03-308-9662

STH CANTERBURYPLEASANT POINTPLEASANT POINT WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Esther, 03-614-7524TIMARUTIMARU HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM), March to October, Alister 03-686-1010GLENITI WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Edna 03-688-0779HIGHFIELD WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), (BI), Joy, 03-688-9888KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Verna Parker, Sport Canterbury, 03-686-0751MARCHWIEL WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Colleen, 03-688-6231SOUTHEND WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Bev, 03-688-8381WANDERERS WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), (BI), Brian Illingworth 03-684-9355

WEST COASTGREYMOUTHGREYMOUTH CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE WALKING GROUP: Nora Sheard, 03-768-6479GREYMOUTH OVER 50’S: Graham Schaef, 03-768-7437GREYMOUTH DAUDLERS: Yvonne Davison 03-768-6664KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Don Monk SWC 03-768-0775RUNANGA WALKING GROUP: Pat Butler 03-762-7665BLACKBALL WALKING GROUP: Charlie Quibell 03-732-4887

HOKITIKAHOKITIKA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), Pavel Bare SWC, 03-756-9037HARI HARI KIWISENIORS: Historic walks (BI), Pavel Bare SWC, 03-756-9037

HOKI HIKERS: Tuesday (AM), Margaret Stevens 03-755-6466

OTAGOCLYDECLYDE OFF-ROAD WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Judy Blanch, 03-449-2580, Eleanor Edgar 03-448-6767OAMARUSENIOR CITIZENS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nancy Bell 03-434-5061OAMARU FRIDAY WALKERS: Every 2nd Friday (AM), Barbara McGann 03-434-9178WEDNESDAY WALKERS TRAMPING GROUP: Jane Naish 03-434-6363NORTH OTAGO TRAMPING & MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Margie Car-rington 03-434-8484DUNEDINACTIVE WALKERS: Monday (PM), Bill Brockie 03-467-9114ARIKI WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Saturday (PM), Karen Martin 03-456-4223CIVIL SERVICE: Saturday, (PM), Peter Smith 03-471-7127CAVERSHAM HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Keiran Columb 03-489-4027DUNEDIN CITY RAMBLERS: Wednesday,(AM) Alison St John 03-476-2344GREEN HUT TRACK GROUP DUNEDIN: walking track maintainers, Wednesday (AM), Graeme Elliot 03-454-3350, [email protected] BUSH WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (I), Pat Garth, 03-476-2579HILL CITY WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Alex McEwan 03-455-4851KOPUTAI WALKING GROUP: 2nd Tuesday, (AM), Noeline Forgie, 03-472-8302LEITH WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Janette Anderson 03-476-2830MORNINGTON MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (B), Kieran Hurring 03-453-4423MULTI-PEAK FITNESS WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Marelda Gallaher 03-477-6057 or 027-222-3863MOSGIEL 50’s FORWARD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Roberta Telfer 03-488-3175OTAGO TRAMPING/MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Ian Sime 03-453-6185OVER 30’s TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Janice Hodges 03-489-4071PHOENIX CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nina Davidson 03-471-0114PINEHILL WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Norman Vare 03-473-8683ST KILDA COMMUNITY CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (AM), Ngaire McIndoe 03-456-4478TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Ian Flem-ing 03-489-8964TRIXIE TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM), Alison Jones 03-489-8372WEA OVER 50’s TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (A), Chris James 03-488-2228WAIHOLA WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Elizabeth Jones 03-489-8064XY TRAMPING CLUB: 1st & 3d (& 5th) Tuesday, (AM), Prue Turnbull 03-454-3991Y’S WALKING GROUP: Sunday (AM), Betty Booth 03-456-200060 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Judith Wright 03-456-208060’s PLUS RAMBLERS: 1st & 3rd Tuesday, Vern Gould 03-476-445760’s PLUS TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Thursday, (A), >4 hours, Murray Bolt, 03-454-221160 PLUS HIKERS: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Moreen Hayes 03-476-1545ALEXANDRAALEXANDRA HARRIER & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), April to October, John Thompson 03-448-7244, www.alexharriers.co.nzQUEENSTOWNWAKATIPU WALKERS: Thursday, Patricia Cook 03-442-1525WANAKAWANAKA WALKING Group: Monday (February - Mid-December (AM), (BI), Marion Barnett 03-443-1780

SOUTHLANDINVERCARGILL60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Olive Swain 03-214-4802YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Joan Sutherland, 03-218-8738BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Thursday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, ww-wsportsouthland.co.nzGOREBNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: 3rd Tuesday, Harley Ware 03-208-3846, ww-wsportsouthland.co.nzHOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053NORTHERN SOUTHLANDBNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: 2nd and 4th Thursday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nzTE ANAUBNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Wednesday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, ww-wsportsouthland.co.nz


Two or Three Day Unguided Coast WalkWhangarei Heads, Northland, N.Z.

Private and public tracks, ocean and harbour beaches Return to new, purpose-built accommodation each nightFabulous, fresh foodOnly three hours from Auckland CBDCheck out our specials on-line

Phone: 09 434 0571 www.coastwalks.co.nz

NORTHLAND

BAY OF PLENTY

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Walk the Maungataurari CrossingKayak the Arapuni LakeOR just sample the homemade food and soak up the ambience.

Where: Out in the Styx Cafe at Pukeatua, Waikato(40 mins from Hamilton)

A dropoff, a 4-6 hour Walk, a Hot Shower & Spa, an amazing Din-ner, Bed & breakfast.

Bookings essential: call us for a brochure

Phone 07-872-4505 or freephone 0800-461-559Website: www.styx.co.nz

GISBORNEWAIKATO

GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS

www.mataia.co.nz or ph: 09 420 5312

Discover the southern Kaipara with our unguided multi-day catered walks through a unique private farm and intensive conservation project featuring native bush, salt-marsh wetlands, coastal forest and rolling farmland.

MATAIA WALKS

HAWKES BAY


Come to Tuhua/Mayor island with SEATREKDo the ‘Around Island Walk’ - Climb the ‘Devil’s Staircase’Other shorter walks. Accommodation available. See editorial issue 216 editionPh 027 496 9973 or 0508 GOSEATREKwww.seatrek.co.nz All marine adventuresLike SEATREK on Facebook

TRILLIUM LODGE Bed and Breakfast GREAT BARRIER ISLANDIdeal base for walking and tramping. Individuals or groupsLuxurious & secluded with majestic, elevated panoramic views of Tryphena and beyond to Coromandel.Prices from $115 per person per night (Twin share)Packagesfrom$575perpersonincludesreturnflights,2night’sac-commodation, 3 days car rental, daily continental breakfastCar Ferry Packages from $480 per person. (Terms and conditions ap-ply) Group Packages – enquire for pricing.

Email: [email protected] Phone: +64 9 42490283 or 027 424 1957

www.trilliumlodge.co.nz

NORTHLAND NORTHLAND

BAY OF PLENTY

BAY OF PLENTY

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WAIRARAPAGREAT COUNTRY BREAKS

WANGANUI

06 342 8823 I [email protected]

Your rural escape

www.pakirafarmstayandwalks.co.nz

Enjoy walking on a large NZ sheep and cattle farm with stunning views

of Mt Ruapehu and Mt Taranaki.

harringtonsmotorlodge.co.nzDiscover Manawatu’s Beehive Creek,

Sledge Track, Gorge walks . . .

0800 282 848

TARANAKI

MANAWATU

MARLBOROUGH

Fun Cycling Tours to Beautiful South Island

Locations

Fully supported cycling, great food, comfortable beds and fabulous scenery. Group or individual bookings welcome, bike hire available.

Contact The Molesworth Tour Company today for your next holiday.

[email protected]

www.molesworthtours.co.nz

Ph. 03 5728025

Molesworth Station Cycle Tour - 4 or 5 days Tasman Great Taste Cycle Tour - 5 days

Alps2Ocean Cycle Tour - 5 days

Whareama Coastal Walk

Phone (06) 372 3722 www.whareamawalk.co.nz

Fully catered 2 or 3 Day Walking Adventure over private farmland and isolated Wairarapa coastline.

SOUTH ISLAND

You can now view back issues of Walking New Zealand magazine,

two issues back from the latest, FREE at :http://issuu.com/walkingnewzealand.

As seen on Country Calendar

3 day unguided coast and bush walk

www.kawakawastationwalk.co.nz 06 307-8989

EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE

•2or3nightgetawaysofmoderatetrampinginthe very heart of the Eastern Taranaki back-country. (2 to choose from)

•Inclusivepackageoftransport(fromStratford)accommodation and meals.

•SeptembertoMaybestmonths.•MatemateaongaTrackpackageoftransport,

jetboat, hut passes also arranged.

For further information contact:Carol or Dave Digby

Phone 06-765-7482 (evenings)email: [email protected]

website: www.eastern-taranaki.co.nz

“Bridge to Somewhere”

1 hour from Marlborough’s Queen Charlotte Walkway

0274 483 133

driftwoodecotours.co.nz

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P: 03 573 7110 –F: 03 573 7211- Reservations Freephone: 0800 421 999E: [email protected] – www.jasminecourt.co.nz

Quiet, central location. Close to ferry, waterfront, restaurants, shops and the Queen Charlotte Track departure wharf.

* Mountain bikes, golf clubs & BBQ free to use. King – size beds available * Double spa baths- 32in flat screen TV &DVD players- Free DVD library * Free Wi-Fi * Courtesy Car available * Accessible units * Tariff- $135-$275 (1-2persons)

ASURE Jasmine Court Motel78 Wellington Street, Picton

MARLBOROUGH

Country Breaks the place to promote for more customers

Contact Frank Goldingham [email protected]

Spectacular scenery, gourmet food and warm, rural hospitality that’s second to none.

Just 30 minutes from Martinborough Wine Village.

www.toracoastalwalk.co.nzE: [email protected] T:KiriElworthy063078115


MARLBOROUGH

CANTERBURY

Country Breaks the place to promote for more

customers contactFrank [email protected]

0800-925-546 (walking)

Make this your first multi-day tramp

www.bankstrack.co.nz

BanksPeninsula TrackSelf guided two orfourday walks

* Delightful and well equipped accommodation* Great value tramping - the Kiwi favourite* There is now a full pack cartage option for groups

GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS

CYCLING TOURS

A unique four days walk or mountain bike ride in idyllic South Canterbury

Phone 03-685-4848Email: [email protected]

Walk, play, stay, glamp, tramp Lynton Downs.

CANTERBURY


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THE HEAPHY COBB VALLEY ABEL TASMAN GOLDEN BAY

ph (03) 391 4120

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The Great NZ TrekStage 11—Springfield to Fairlie

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