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How Green Prescription helpedJoanne Paul

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Spring 9 Te Araroa Trail: New Mt Richmond Forest Park on

Te Araroa Trail10 High achiever: How Green Prescription helped

Joanne Paul11 Digital Photo contest winners12 Te Araroa Trail: Sir Stephen Tindall backs the trail13 Motivation: Get accountable with numbers14 New Zealand walk: Hooked on the Hooker16 High achiever: Aiming to reach 100 marathons17 New Zealand walk: Wilkies Pools Loop Track18 New Zealand walk: Easy and challenging walks in

Otari- Wilton’s Bush22 Little Barrier - Island of hope and glory26 Overseas walks: On foot in Slovenia’s Julian Alps31 Sealink announces Barrier breakaway fares32 Books: Great Kiwi outdoor camping guide32 Health: Downsides of anti-inflammatory drugs34 Window on Waitakere: Curiouser and curiouser34 Long walk: Walking the World36 Important to register you PLB36 Walk2Work day a success38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for May40 New Zealand coming events44 Overseas coming events46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 SBS Christchurch Marathon56 Pak - A - Roo

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Cover photo: Susan Swann on last year’s Cape BrettChallenge at Rawhiti, Bay of Islands. This year’s event washeld on April 17.


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Follow in the footsteps of the Ngaro people, the traditionalowners of the Whitsunday area, and discover breathtakingnatural beauty and rich cultural history on the Ngaro Sea Trail.The Ngaro Sea Trail is a unique and spectacular series of walksand sea excursions linking three Whitsunday islands - South Molle,Hook and Whitsunday in Queensland, Australia. The island-hopping experience involves boat transfers between the islandsand walking experiences on the islands.The trail can be enjoyed by people of all fitness levels andhighlights many iconic features that have made the areafamous including ancient rock art and rugged headlands. Walksrange from 170 metres to challenging excursions as long as11km. Enjoy strolls on pure white sands, climbs through dryrainforests and rolling grasslands and breathtaking views of theGreat Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea from the summits of theislands.The Sea Trail was developed as part of the Queensland StateGovernment’s $16.5 million investment in 10 Great Walks inQueensland.

Walk the Whitsundays

Capital conservation attraction voted one of75 worldwide on UK Green Travel List

Wellington's award-winning Zealandia eco-sanctuary has been selected by UK broadsheet TheGuardian as one of the top 75 green tourism companies in the world.The Guardian Green Travel List 2010 is the inaugural list of 75 companies worldwide that haveshown evidence of commitment to community, place and the environment, and published inassociation with greentraveller.co.uk and supported by Forum for the Future. Zealandia was oneof only two companies in New Zealand to be listed (the other was Wilderness Lodges, luxury eco-lodge accommodation in the South Island)."It's a great recognition of Zealandia's international reputation as a model eco-tourism attraction,and the groundbreaking work we have done to bring many of New Zealand's rarest speciesback to the mainland. Being not-for-profit, every single visitor we get makes a real, tangiblecontribution to New Zealand's natural heritage. Hopefully they also take away a deeperappreciation of our impact on the natural environment," said Zealandia CEO Nancy McIntosh-Ward.This ethos is what Zealandia is all about. It's much more than a showcase of a few iconic wildlife,it's an experience, an involvement in the natural world. And what's great is that it's just minutesfrom downtown Wellington, it shows what you can do to create a green space in the heart of anurban jungle if you put your mind to it."The 15 year-old conservation attraction, which is just five minutes from the centre of New Zealand'scapital city, has now opened a major new permanent exhibition showcasing New Zealand'sunique natural history and the story of of our world-renowned conservation movement.

Earn money while youbike burning calories

Digngo, a company specializing in luxury bike tours in Franceand Italy, announces a new calorie burn incentive for theirclients. Digngo is offering payment for the daily calories burnedwhile on their bike tours. Each bike is equipped with a system tocalculate calories burned each day. Digngo is paying $.035for each calorie burned. On average the cyclist can earn $50per day. Of course, Digngo still offers their comfortable minivansfor those needing a break from cycling or too tired to completethe daily ride.Digngo bicycle tours are designed for those who enjoy learningand experiencing as they travel. On each bike tour, travellersget to meet and discover incredible sites and locals (fromhistorians to wine connoisseurs and chefs) that can’t be foundusing a guidebook.They offer unrivaled specialty tours ranging from tours of aprivate chateau in the Loire valley to wine tastings in an exclusivewine society in Alsace to an evening dinner at the home ofone of their local friends. The stories, experiences and characterhelp the travellers to truly engage with the local culture andconnect with the soul of the region.Digngo bike tours are small by design with a maximum of 14guests per tour. This allows for ultimate care and devotion totheir clients.The Digngo guides cater to the desires of travellers who wantthe very best and discreetly work behind the scenes takingcare of the smallest details ensuring a relaxing, carefreevacation.Based in the heart of Europe, Digngo is an active travelcompany that specializes in incredible cycling adventures inthe most beautiful areas of France and Italy. Their bike toursand custom vacations combine active adventure withunrivaled cultural immersion. Digngo is well-known for theiroutstanding service and flexibility. They take care of every detailand customized itinerary. Digngo even specializes in tours tomeet the needs of families with children, even small children.

Vitamin D canreduce falls

Giving people living in nursingfacilities vitamin D canreduce the rate of falls,according to a newCochrane Review.This finding comes from astudy of many differentinterventions used in differentsituations. In hospitals,multifactorial interventionsand supervised exerciseprogrammes also showedbenefit.Older people living in nursingfacilities or who have beenadmitted to hospital aremuch more likely to suffer afall than those living in thecommunity. In these settings,falls fairly often result in headinjuries and fractures, withrates of hip fracture morethan ten times higher innursing facilities than in thecommunity. It is important totry to prevent falls to avoidunnecessary stress for olderpeople and their families,and to reduce pressure onstaff and resources.

Walking NZ prize winnersThe winners of the this month’sWalking New Zealand promotionare: Card Pedometer - KimbleyRaudon, Whakatane, and a sixmonth subscription extension toWalking New Zealand magazine- Diane Holbrook, Aria.


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Walking New Zealandprize winners

The winners of the thismonth’s Walking NewZealand promotion are:Scott and Carol MassieAlbany - a CardPedometer; andMargaret Shepherd - a sixmonth subscription exten-sion to Walking New Zea-land magazine.

Prince William visited Kapiti Island Nature Reserve as part of hisfirst official visit to New Zealand in January. After an opportunityto meet a little spotted kiwi up close, he walked acrossRangatira Point and up the Wilkinson Track, before meetingstudents from three Kapiti Coast colleges.

Above: Prince William and official group arrives on Kapiti Islandwith the Kapiti Coast in the background. Photo Department of Conservation

Above: John Barrett who runs a homestay on Kapiti Islandaddresses the visitors. Photo Department of Conservation

Prince William visits Kapiti Island

Wellness and relaxation builtinto Escape The City tours

A new tour company has launched in Melbourne offering tourscombining group cycling, fine food, meeting friends andexploring nature - with a focus on wellness and relaxation.Escape the city Melbourne was set up last year by David Hall –physiotherapist, corporate wellness trainer and group facilitator.They are offering 11 weekend escapes for 2010, which includewellness workshops in massage, stretching and mindfulnessmeditation.Each trip is designed to reach a balance between structureand freedom, wellness and indulgence, with emphasis givenon escaping the noise and pollution of the city.The trips are designed to suit every taste and budget, and takein destinations including rail trail cycling tours along theWarburton trail, the historical towns of Beechworth and Bright,and an indulgent minibus tour of the Mornington Peninsulataking in the areas wineries, fine food and hot springs.All cycling is done on rail trails instead of roads andaccommodation has been selected for its peace and serenity.Participants can indulge in the fine food and wine, focus onthe wellness components, or enjoy a bit of both with trips aimingto strike the right balance and ensure guests have the escapethey seek.

Christchurch girl saves endangered Hector’s dolphinsBlack Cat was proud to support 15 year old Aescleah Hawkins on her inspiring 42km walk fromChristchurch to Akaroa from 4th to 6th of March, to raise funds and awareness of the rare andbeautiful Hector’s dolphins.Aescleah decided that more people should know the story about Hector’s dolphins and theirfight for survival. Fewer than 7000 of New Zealand’s only native dolphins exist, making them anendangered species.Although there is a marine mammal sanctuary around Banks Peninsula, the population of dolphinsis reducing by about 1% per year.With adequate steps we can not only arrest this decline but see the dolphins come back to theirhistoric high numbers. It's estimated there used to be 30,000 Hectors around New Zealand.By far the greatest risk to the dolphins is being accidentally caught by set nets and we believethe dolphins need greater protection by extending the current set net restrictions.All money raised goes to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) who have a stop their extinctionprogramme.

The Happy Wanderers WalkingGroup established in the 1980's,now attracts mostly retiredmembers. The group meetweekly on Wednesdays at8.30am for two and a half hoursto three hours walks. They walkthrough the Waitakere Rangesand visit beaches, rivers andwaterfalls. The group is based inTitirangi and its 20-plus memberscome from various areas acrossAuckland.For details call Brian on 09 8174562 or 027 471 3038.

Auckland groupover 20 years old

Leave No Trace aims to educateAs you head out for your Sunday walk in the nearby naturereserve, do you ever stop to ask yourself, where will I dispose ofmy rubbish?Leave No Trace New Zealand is a new national non-profit

organisation which aims is to promoteand inspire responsible outdoorrecreation through education,research and partnerships and is partof a global movement said MarkRussell, chair of Leave No Trace NewZealand.

Leave No Trace is working with organisations such as theDepartment of Conservation, the Mountain Safety Council , andoffers a tiered education programme that promotes skills andethics or people who recreate in the outdoors. Their coursesrun from a few moments to the five-day Master EducatorCourse.So many New Zealanders regularly make use of our world classnetwork of tramping tracks, but many do so unaware of simplebehaviours they can use to help minimise their impact on theenvironment. We believe that knowledge is power and onceeducated, people will have a greater respect and appreciationfor our natural environment, said Mr Russell..For more information visit their website on www.leavenotrace.org.nz.


My favourite walkA favourite walk

By Barb Lowther

A large car park and picnic tables, an-

nounce the start of the walk. Here,

the poplars were shedding their seeds,

which are surrounded by soft white hairs, so

the ground was smothered in a thick white

carpet, looking like snow.

A few metres along the path, local kiddies

were enjoying leaping over a small waterfall,

and riding with the current.

The walk along beside the river, is well

marked and extremely beautiful. The river is

crystal clear. We could see the bottom clearly,

and counted 12 trout on the way in.

Colours were vibrant - bright green water

weed, bright pink algae, yellow and white dai-

sies on the banks, and lime green cabbage trees.

There are boardwalks and bridges to lead

you on a loop path, past plantations of all sorts.

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Te WaihouWalkway

and Spring


Bright green water weed, and brightpink algae on the river bank.

The river flows through bright greenwater weed on the river bank.

The track was covered by softwhite hairs, smothered in a thickwhite carpet, looking like snow.


Above: The track follows the crystal clearwaters of the river.

Right: Time to pose for the camera.

Around every corner was another Wow ! - even

a little old water wheel.

When we reached the Blue Spring, it really

was amazing. - a deep blue spot, caused be-

cause pure natural light lacks light absorbing

constituents; only red light is absorbed, so the

water appears blue to blue/green — a major

contrast to the rest of the river.

After enjoying the views from a lookout

above, we returned to our cars, in less than

two hours.

It was a lovely walk, and I would recom-

mend you write it on your summer ‘To Do’

list. This is a good walk to do in conjunction

with the Rapurapu stream walk, which you pass

on the way, if you are travelling from Tauranga.

The Te Waihou Walkway is found off

Whites Rd (Highway 28) near Putaruru and is

well sign-posted. We travelled over the kaimais

from Tauranga, turning left down Rapurapu

Road, and continuing on SH28 until we

reached Highway 5. There we turned right

and in a short time, turned left onto Whites

Road following signs to Te Waihou.

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Above: A little old water wheel.

The Waihou Stream is totally spring

fed. Water from the Mamaku Pla-

teau takes anywhere between 50-100

years to reach the Blue Spring.

Water flows from the Blue Spring at a rate

of 42 cubic metres per minute (9240 gallons

per minute). The water temperature of the

Blue Spring is a constant 11 degrees celsius,

come winter or summer.

The reason for the blue colour (and high

visual clarity) of the Waihou River and its

spring source is the high optical purity of the

water. Pure water is intrinsically blue in hue

because it absorbs red light leaving only blue

and (some) green light to be transmitted to

the observer’s eye.

Pure natural waters are blue to blue-green

in colour because they lack light absorbing con-

stituents. They also tend to be very clear be-

cause they lack light absorbing particles. Both

particles and light-absorbing matter are effi-

ciently removed during the long residence time

of spring water while in aquifers.

HistoryTe Waihou means “The New Water.” The

history of the Waihou River, as a multi pur-

pose focus for the people of the region, dates

back to the time of the first human visitors.

The river comes from as far up as the Ngatira

Marae, which significantly marks the eastern

boundary of “Raukawa Ki Te Kaokaoroa o

Patetere” and therefore the northern bound-

ary of the Ngati Raukawa.

It was a journeying place of King Te

Wherowhero Tawhiao, the second Maori King

of New Zealand, as it provided him with his

main travelling route. The river gave him food

and the flax was used for many purposes. Also,

A favourite walk

Fact fileHow to get there: Linking State High-

ways 1 and 5 in the South Waikato District

is Whites Road. Te Waihou Walkway is situ-

ated off Whites Road with upstream ac-

cess from Leslie Road, Putaruru.

Distance: The walkway is a distance of

4.7 kilometres, with an average walking time

of 1½ hours (3 hours return).

Terrain: The terrain varies from easy

walking to backcountry trekking with stile

crossing. In some areas the track has been

benched and steps constructed through the

gorge area. Hazards such as waterfalls, elec-

tric fences and livestock may be encoun-

tered on this walkway.

Te Waihou Blue Spring

Photos by Barb Lowther

Kahupeka, a Tainui tupuna, set off with her

son shortly after her husband’s death to wan-

der around the Central North Island.

On her travels, the Upper Waihou River

was one of the main rivers that her and her

son crossed while travelling from Pirongia to

Te Aroha, and again from Te Aroha to

Whakamaru.

Moving on to later years, the Edmeades

family settled and began to farm the land along

the Upper Waihou River in 1938. At this stage

the river area was heavily covered with fern

and titree, which was eventually cleared. Dur-

ing these early days, war trenches were dug

along the Upper Waihou River as a result of

the war scare but, however, were covered in

without ever being used.

The Blue Spring.

A boardwalk on a loop path.

Local children enjoying leapingover a small waterfall.


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Above: The new Red Hills Hut on MtRichmond. Photo Department of Conservation

An official opening has been held to

celebrate a new Red Hills Hut in Mt

Richmond Forest Park that is on the

national Te Araroa tramping trail.

Red Hills Hut is the southernmost hut on

the Mt Richmond Forest Park section of Te

Araroa (the Long Pathway), a 3000-kilometre

tramping route from Cape Reinga to Bluff that

will fully open within a year. Te Araroa Trust

Chief Executive Geoff Chapple attended the

opening on Friday 5 March, of the new hut.

Department of Conservation Nelson

Lakes Area Manager Alison Rothschild said

the new Red Hills Hut replaced an older hut,

built around 60 years ago, which had been in

very poor condition.

“This new Red Hills Hut was built espe-

cially with its use as overnight accommoda-

tion on Te Araroa in mind. It was important

to provide for an overnight stopover in this

locality given the length of time it would take

to walk between the nearest accommodation

to the north and south on the trail.

“The hut is named for the nearby red hills

which are part of the Richmond Range’s min-

eral belt. The hut provides a good base for

exploring the remarkable ultramafic geology

and studying its distinctive plant life.”

Geoff Chapple said the Te Araroa Trust

was thrilled to have the new hut and it would

encourage New Zealand trampers into one of

the strangest landscapes in New Zealand - the

New Mt Richmond Forest Parkhut on Te Araroa Trail

fabulous Red Hills.

“I’ve tramped this area, and I love it. It’s

seabed rock that’s become embedded in the

continental crust. World-wide that’s rare, and

the red hills baffled geologists from Dr

Ferdinand Hochstetter in the 1860s on for 100

years, until tectonic plate theory provided

an explanation. The new hut is a wonder-

ful stopping point from which to explore

this bare and beautiful landscape.”

The new hut is clad externally in

coloursteel with a plywood interior. The

walls, floor and roof are well insulated with

foam and fibreglass batts, while the win-

dows are double glazed. This ensures that

the hut remains warm given its location

at 910m.

The hut is the last of the 16 huts

on Te Araroa’s 110-kilometre

north-south traverse across

the Richmond Range, the

trail’s longest and most

demanding section with

summits consistently

above 1500 metres.

It’s the southern-

most hut in Te Araroa’s

seven or eight day tramp across the Richmond

Range, and is named for the red hills that lie

immediately north of the hut - bare hills,

strange hills and – wait for it – hills that are

red.

They’re part of a ophiolitic belt – a rare

example of heavy seabed plate rich in magne-

sium, iron, gabbro, serpentine, and copper,

that’s popped to the surface.

Seabed rock is usually subject to finger-nail-

slow spreading from mid-ocean ridges to

equally slow subduction at the edge of the

continental plates. This seabed not only es-

caped subduction and buried itself

into the kilometres-thick continen-

tal crust, but it was then uplifted

further and unroofed into the

rain and sunlight by the

twisting of the alpine

fault. Thus what was

apparently submarine,

becomes in the blink of

an eye – and here that

greatest of magicians, na-

ture, takes a sweeping bow –

subaerial.

We should further define

“blink of an eye” as something over

80 million years.

The Richmond Range’s dominant

beech forest can’t grow on hills that are – to

a tree at least – like trying to colonise Mars.

The result is hills that are strangely bare. Hills

that are red from oxidation. Hills that shed

from their slopes a tannin-free, but mineral-

rich and strangely bitter water.

Track connects Red Hills Hut with State

Highway 63. Trampers going south from the

road end take roadway to St Arnaud Village

where the trail then follows the Travers/Sabine

Circuit through Nelson Lakes National Park

and then on into the St James Conservation

Area.

Above: DOC Nelson/Marlborough,Conservator Neil Clifton, shaking handswith Te Araroa Trust, Chief Executive GeoffChapple. Photo Department of Conservation

Te Araroa Trail


High achiever

How Green Prescriptionhelped Joanne Paul

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For Joanne Paul, 48, the days of being

slim skidded to a halt after the birth of

her first two children.

“I packed on the weight, eating for me and

the kids” she says. I finally decided enough

was enough and my doctor suggested I go on

a Green Prescription.

My patient support lady helped me to make

a decision on the type of activity I wanted to

do and made an appointment for me with the

dietitian and I learned to change the way I ate

and started at the gym.”

But Joanne fell pregnant again and after

having her youngest child Joanne stacked on

the weight again. “I couldn’t believe how big I

allowed myself to become” she say. I put on

14 kilos and could only see myself getting big-

ger.”

Joanne admits she was an emotional eater

back then — she’d regularly sneak out for a

few potato fritters to escape her stressful, busy

family schedule.

“Although I walked along the beach at Piha

for half an hour every day, I put on weight.

That’s because I ate garbage when I wasn’t

feeling great. You name it, I ate it: chips, bis-

cuits and lots of cake!”

Keen to return to her Green Prescription,

Joanne went back to her GP and really took it

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etitian who helped her to address her emo-

tional eating and her patient support person

got her exercising in times of stress instead

of eating.

However, Joanne’s journey took a turn she

never imagined: she was diagnosed with breast

cancer.

The following week, Joanne had a small

lump removed and began a course of six

chemotherapy treatments and one month of

radiotherapy to kill the cancer cells.

“There were times when I thought I was

going to die,” Joanne says. “you start thinking

‘They said I was fine, but maybe they weren’t

telling the truth’. But you’ve got to get be-

yond that and think ‘No, I am fine’ and force

yourself to move on.’

Exercise became an increasingly important

part of Joanne’s health regime. I walked every

day and went to the gym every second day —

even on the days I had chemotherapy and felt

terribly sick,” she says.

“Some of the treatment was dreadful, so

exercising was a reward — a way of getting

outdoors or meeting up with people at the

gym.”

Joanne kept going even when her hair fell

out as a result of the chemotherapy, and even

more so when her hair began to grow back.

“Then some members at the gym asked

me if my hair looked so bad because of

chemotherapy. I explained that I’d had breast

cancer, and then to my surprise, about 10

members revealed they had also had breast

cancer. It was amazing! I was surrounded by

women who had been through what I had.”

Joanne now advises women who have

breast cancer to exercise and tells them about

the Green Prescription discounts at the gyms

and pools. She wouldn’t give us a photo, she

says she’s not quite ready for that yet. Maybe

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On a recent flying business trip to the

South Island philanthropist and en

trepreneur Sir Stephen Tindall took

time out doing something he loves – getting

away from it all in the wild.

While in Central Otago, he spent a night

on the 34-km Motatapu Track, the Te Araroa

link between Wanaka and Arrowtown. Te

Araroa Trust played a pivotal role in obtain-

ing this alpine track and its three classic huts

over Canadian singer Shania Twain’s high

country properties, and Sir Stephen was

pleased to see Te Araroa’s route acknowledged

within the hut.

Pleased, because money from his founda-

tion was critical in giving Te Araroa Trust its

early momentum. Sir Stephen’s philanthropic

work in giving New Zealanders in need a

“hand up” through his Tindall Foundation

family trust, founded in 1995, is well known.

What is perhaps as not as well known is

the Kiwi businessman’s stalwart support over

more than a decade for building Te Araroa,

the 3000km walking trail from Cape Reinga

to Bluff to be officially opened in No-

vember 2010.

Te Araroa CEO Geoff

Chapple recalls in 1997 the trust

was operating as a “ginger group”,

trying to get councils and other

authorities interested in the idea

of a New Zealand-long walking

track.

DOC and other agencies, with a big thank you:

“The research and publication of

this report was financed by a

grant from the Tindall Foun-

dation.” For the first time,

supporters of Te Araroa had

a definite through-trail route

they could refer to for their

planning.

Over the years, Tindall

Foundation seed money

given through the

“Mayoral Task Force

For Jobs” kept the Te

Araroa dream alive,

says Geoff. “It was the main trail budget

money for a number of years. And the best

thing about it was it was reliable, year upon

year.”

The 58km track between Tekapo and

Twizel was built entirely with Tindall Foun-

dation funds, and many other tracks through-

out the country benefitted from Sir Stephen’s

generosity.

His recent visit to the Motatapu Track is

just one of many Sir Stephen has made to dif-

ferent sections of Te Araroa over the years.

Sir Stephen regularly walks parts of the

North shore section of Te Araroa – Long Bay

to Devonport - and has also done Dome Val-

ley to Matakana.

Says Sir Stephen; “The vision of Te Araroa

is something we saw from the outset, and were

delighted to support. We have watched the

growth of the Trail over the years and have

been very pleased with the progress.”

Sir Stephen Tindall backsthe trail “Councils responded to the idea, but no-

one did anything. I realised it was because

the councils had no route, and no agency

was going to set time aside to try to co-

ordinate a route through the many ju-

risdictions. Our job was suddenly

clear.”

A Tindall Foundation grant al-

lowed him to travel the North

Island for several months on

an intensive scoping exercise.

“The grant allowed me to

go around all the North Is-

land Department of Conser-

vation conservancies, all of

the 20 local authorities talking mainly with

planners, asking them for assistance in putting

together an intelligible trail. I re-

member in particular a planner

I met in Te Awamutu.

“When I explained

what we were trying to

do he stared out the

window and said –

more to himself than

me – ‘Imagine just being

able to put a pack on and

go’ His eyes lifted, it was one

of those moments when some-

one “got” the vision – and it was

great for me to see someone cap-

tured by the idea.”

The exercise resulted in the first Te

Araroa Trust’s first publication – Te Araroa

– North Island Foot Trail. It was published in

1997, and distributed to many councils, to


By MeganBlatchford-Peck

If transforming your eating and exercise

habits is a high priority, one of the keys

to your success will be having a high level

of motivation.

When many people set goals in this area,

they are motivated by feelings of dislike for

their current body image. This unlikely to pro-

vide sustainable mental, physical, and emo-

tional energy to achieve success.

Goal success requires a strong positive mo-

tivating factor and of equal importance, em-

powering ‘motivators’; milestones that chal-

lenge and excite you to keep taking action.

One of the most powerful motivators is

‘Results’. This is illustrated by the principle:

Nothing inspires success, like success.

Five tangible and fun weight loss success

strategies are described below which use ‘num-

bers’ to motivate.

Digital scales. Scales that measure in

0.1kg increments can measure the results of

small effortless changes that otherwise may

be unrecognised.

For example, you may decide to eat fruit

whenever you are hungry between meals (in-

stead of chocolate!) and this change results in

an effortless first week loss of 0.2kg.

You then decide to go for three walks dur-

ing your second week and to your surprise,

you lose another 0.3kg.

Jumping on the scales each Monday morn-

ing becomes an exciting event.

Measurements. A simple tape measure

can prove to be an excellent motivational tool.

Increasing exercise and becoming more active,

may develop muscle tissue which will gener-

ally weigh more than fat tissue.

However, this is good news, as muscle tis-

sue 'burns' more fat, has less mass, and boosts

your metabolic rate, which in turn, speeds up

weight loss. Recording your measurements

once a month to track progress is recom-

mended.

Exercise times and targets. There are

many options to motivate in this area includ-

ing:

· Improving your times for a morning walk

or workout;

· Increasing the distance or workout time;

· Increasing the number of workouts you

do over a period of one week;

· Using a heart rate monitor to work out in

your fat burning zone; and

· Use equipment or on-line tools to calcu-

late the number of kilojoules burned.

Kilojoule counting. By purchasing a

kilojoule (or calorie) counter book you can

calculate the energy required to maintain or

to achieve your ideal weight. This offers flex-

ibility to design your own daily menus to suit

your lifestyle and food preferences.

I highly recommend the “Calorie Counter”

(Penguin Books (NZ)) $10.

Charts. Visual charts are a great motiva-

Get accountable withnumbers

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a habit. Write a new supportive habit that you

would like to have on a sheet of paper, create

21 spaces, shade or tick off one each time you

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New Zealand walk

By Sarah Mankelow

Hot sun and iceberg-studded glacial

lakes, thrilling swing bridges over

roaring rivers, and a kinda scary bluff

scramble—the Hooker Valley has everything

for a fantastic family adventure.

The day promised to be a hot one, so we

started our walk at 9am to try and make the

most of it. The walk can either start at the

village or the White Horse Hill camping area -

a short drive up Hooker Valley Road. Starting

from the camping area reduces the times by

45 minutes, which to our family with small

children was more appealing.

The first section of the track is to wheel-

chair and pushchair standard, past the Alpine

Memorial to a great viewpoint over Mueller

glacial lake (30 - 40 min return 900 m). This is

a good option for very young families or those

not prepared for the mission of the full day

walk. Our family was on a mission, however,

so we crossed the first swing bridge to head

further up the valley.

The track travelled through old moraines

and was rocky underfoot, before reaching the

very narrow track through the bluff area—

which my son, William, found very exciting!

Signs warned us not to linger here due to

the danger of rockfall. A second swing bridge

took us across the river and then the track fol-

lowed it upstream before reaching Stocking

Stream Shelter and a compulsory water and

toilet stop.

Boardwalks led us across alpine grasslands,

before finally reaching the Hooker glacier lake,

our destination. It was surreal to sit in the

scorching sun and yet see icebergs sailing past

on the lake. There was plenty of ammunition

for a spot of stone-skimming before retreat-

ing into the shade of a larger rock for some

lunch.

The Hooker is the most popular walk in

Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park—enjoyed by

up to 80,000 people a year. Yes it was busy

but the track didn’t feel crowded, as the sheer

scale of the landscape swallowed us all up.

Lording over all was our country’s highest

mountain — Aoraki/Mt Cook — Supreme

Being and sacred ancestor of Nghi Tahu.

This walk through an open alpine environ-

ment is very exposed with little shelter so is

not suitable for windy or wet days. On hot

days, sunscreen and plenty of water is a must,

as we found out.

Plans to upgrade this fantastic track and

make it even better, but mostly safer, are

underway. The Department of Conservation

has recently been given approval, in principle,

to start the planning work for two new swing

bridges, a new 400 metre section of track and

Hooked onthe Hooker


An easy walking track. Photo by Stuart Webb

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New Zealand walk

a new viewing point across the Hooker Lake.

The risks of rock fall in the bluff area and

avalanches at the lake end will be avoided by

re-directing walkers away from these danger-

ous areas. The upgrade will take at least three

years to complete.

The boardwalk up the Hooker Valley. Photo by Sarah Mankelow

Hooker Lake. Photo by Sarah Mankelow

A view looking up the Hooker Valley.Photo by Sarah Mankelow

Fact fileAoraki/Mt Cook National ParkTime: From the village: First swing bridge:one hour 30 minutes return, second swingbridge: two hours return, Hooker Lake:four hours return.Grade: walking track



New Zealand walk

By Blair Stewart

Only two New Zealand women have managed to crack the

elusive 100-marathon mark, but Belmont’s Chris Leahy is

on 94 and has her next six all mapped out.

If everything goes to plan, Leahy will reach the milestone when

she finishes the local Aurora marathon in Upper Hutt at Queen’s Birth-

day weekend.

“I can remember after I finished my first marathon, 1 was feeling

good but then I cramped up about 10 minutes later and thought, ‘that’s

it, I’m never running one again’,” says Leahy.

“But, it’s a bit like childbirth. Once the pain goes, you forget about

it and you’re onto the next one.”

The last woman to reach 100 was Bernie Portenski, who achieved

the feat last year.

A marathon is 42.195km.

Leahy got bitten by the running bug in 1983, several years after

having her two children, as a means to keep fit.

Her first marathon was in what was then her hometown of Ham-

ilton the following year.

Last year she competed in 13 marathons and she has never not

finished a race she has started.

“There have been times where I’ve thought, ‘what the hell am I

doing out here’, but you just get out there, and you do it.”

As well as the Honolulu Marathon, Leahy has run several on the

Gold Coast and Melbourne in 2008.

Returning to her homeland for the London Marathon has been on

her mind, but the cost of travel and finding time to go has so far

prevented her from doing so.

A back injury a few years ago meant Leahy no longer does a mara-

thon at a run, opting instead for a brisk walking pace.

By the time I have completed my 100th marathon I will have rum

55 and walked 45.”

She says as bodies grow weary and injury sets in, many runners

resort to walking, or give up completely.

Leahy’s husband Mike, also a marathon veteran, says achieving 100

marathons will be a marvellous achievement.

“When you consider it has taken 25-odd years to do, that’s a fair

time to be involved in a sport or activity.”

Though both are closing in on the century mark, there is no com-

petition between the two to reach the milestone first.

“Once I get the 100, I’ll still keep going. Mike is a little way behind

me on 84,” says Leahy.

Marathons are a great way of meeting people and making friends,

and travelling the country, she says.

“The smaller ones seem to be friendlier, even though you’re out

there on your own because the fields are quite small.”

Competing as an individual also appeals to her.

“You’re not a member of a team. It’s an individual challenge. We

always strive to do better than before, but it doesn’t always happen.

“In a marathon I can just get out there and get rid of stress and

frustration.”

Over the years she has had a number of wins. She won the Feilding

Marathon four years in a row when she was still running, the first

woman to do so. Her fastest time over the distance is three hours 20

minutes.

Completing her six planned competitions will mean that she can

add oldest women to reach 100 to the list of her achievements.

“Plenty of friends think I’m absolutely crazy, but we all have our

funny ways, I suppose.

‘While you’re fit and healthy, why not do it.”

Left Chris Leahy finishing one of her 97 marathons.

Aiming to reach 100marathons

Story courtesy of Hutt News

High achiever


The Wilkies Pools Loop Track in

Taranaki is a loop track that will prob

ably take you longer if you stop to

enjoy the water or views.

You begin and end on the same track above

the Dawson Falls Visitor Centre. It is possible

to avoid the loop and return the same way,

but not as interesting.

It takes you to a series of pools formed by

the scouring action of water-borne sand and

gravel on 20,000 year old lava. They are well

worth the walk.

The 2.3km track begins from the car park

l00m above the Dawson Falls Visitor Centre

and takes from one hour to one andf a half

hours. Walk through the “goblin forest” of

twisted kamahi trunks hanging with ferns and

mosses.

Walk straight ahead and past two seats stra-

tegically located for visitors to sit and absorb

the surrounding forest.

Cross the Kapuni Stream. Take care here

as the river bank may be eroded, making ac-

cess difficult. There is no bridge across this

stream.

Continue to walk through the sub alpine

scrub to Wilkies Pools where the Kapuni

Stream water carves and sculptures natural

channels and plunge pools in the old lava flow.

Some wooden steps encourage you to go a

little further to where the track ends in a wide

river valley. Return to the base of the pools to

continue the walk.

The rest of the loop leads through sub al-

pine scrub, montane forest past Twin Falls and

Bubbling Springs.

Walk past the road end water intake weir,

cross the Kapuni Stream and turn left at the

seat to return to the parking area.

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The Kapuni Stream.

New Zealand walk


New Zealand walks

Step back in time to an ancient world in

Wellington. Enter the tranquil Fernery,

tiptoe through the treetops on the

Canopy Walkway, hike the trails to find the

800-year-old rimu.

Otari-Wilton’s Bush is the only botanic gar-

den in New Zealand solely dedicated to na-

tive plants, as well as being the country’s fore-

most native plant collection.

In this unique plant sanctuary there are five

hectares of plant collections and 1000 hec-

tares of mature and regenerating native bush.

The mature podocarp-northern rata forest

is the only remnant of this once common for-

est type in the Wellington peninsula.

Otari has 14kms of excellent walking tracks,

a treetop canopy walkway soaring 18 metres

above the forest floor, large alpine garden, pic-

nic areas and a modern visitor centre.

It is also home to some of Wellington’s

oldest trees, including an 800-year old rimu!

Otari Wilton’s Bush is the only public garden

in New Zealand dedicated soley to native

plants.

The 14 kilometres of walking tracks at

Otari-Wilton’s Bush, range from smooth paths

and boardwalks designed to accommodate

wheelchairs, to rough tramping tracks travers-

ing steep forested slopes.

The major tracks are described below and

are shown on the map on Page 20.

Easy and in Otari-W


Above: A waterfall on the Circular Walk.Below left: Hikers pass throgh the garden area on their way for a more challenging hike.


Above:The large forest reserve area looking north.Below middle: The track is well formed on this part of the Nature Trail. Below right: The Troup Picnic area is an idyllic spot alongsidethe Kaiwharawhara Stream on the Circular Walk with barbecues and a shelter..

challenging walksWilton’s Bush

New Zealand walks


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Some steps. The track is steep in places. Fea-

tures an 800-year-old rimu.

Yellow Trail - 40 minutes.Forest walk through Bledisloe Gorge. Chal-

lenging with some steps.

Red Trail - 40 minutes.Some steps, and steep in places.

Circular Walk - 30 minutes.Some steps, and steep in places.

The following walking times are approxi-

mate and depend on fitness.

Nature Trail: 20 - 40 minutesSome steps, and steep in places. Brochures

are available at the Information Centre end

of the Canopy Walkway.

Kaiwharawhara Track - 30 minutes.A gentle walk along the stream.

Blue Trail - One hour.Mainly through dense kohekohe forest.

Wilton Walkway - 5 minutes.A gentle walk to the viewing platform.

Wheelchair friendly.

Canopy WalkwayA 75 metre canopy walkway - 18 metres

above the forest floor – links the two main

garden areas. Good footwear is required.

The nature of Wellington’s geography dic-

tates that any track leading down hill will de-

mand an equally steep uphill return.

Otari-Wilton’s Bush is a haven for native

birds including tui, kereru, silver eye, king-

fisher, grey warbler, bell birds and morepork.

Scientists and volunteers counted 1,367

different living species - animals, plants, fungi,

protists, bacteria - in the bush and reserve ar-

eas during a 24-hour bioblitz in 2007. Their

finds included a new species of cave weta and

an Amanita fungus.

New Zealand walks

Easy and challenging walks in Otari -

Fact fileOtari-Wilton’s Bush is 10 minutes from

the Wellington CBD, with car parkingfacilities on Wilton Road and ChurchillDrive. There is a frequent public busservice (No 14 Wilton). Open every daysunrise to sunset with the informationcentre open from 9.00am - 4.00pm daily.Entry is free.

A walker on one of the many wellmaintained tracks.

Walking tracks

About 11 kilometres of walkingtracks weave through forest andopen grass areas.

See KEY for further information.

Dogs are welcome. Keepdogs on a lead at alltimes and remove faeces.

Keep to the formedtracks.

Place all rubbish in thebins provided.

No open fires.

Do not pick, damage orremove plant material.

No camping allowed.

Do not ride bicycles.

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MAIN ENTRANCEAND CAR PARK

Natural forest

Wilton’s Bush

Lawn areas

Garden areas

Kaiwharawhara Track – 30 minutes, gentle walk

Skyline Track

Blue Trail – 1 hour, mainly through dense kohekohe forest,steps, steep in places

Yellow Trail – 40 minutes, through original forest, relativelyeasy, some steps

Red Trail – 40 minutes, steps, steep in some places

Circular Walk – 30 minutes, steep in some places, no steps

Nature Trail – 20–40 minutes, steep in some places, steps

Secondary paths

Stream

Otari-Wilton’s BushNative Botanic Garden and Forest Reserve

Natural forest areas and walking tracks

Information

The Troup Picnic Area is an idyllic spot

alongside the Kaiwharawhara Stream on the

Circular Walk. It has coin-operated gas

barbecues, cost $1 coin.

The reserve lies between 70–280 metres above sea level

Average daily temperature 8–20C: (46–68F)

Average rainy days 125 per year

Rainfall 1240mm per year

Frost 10 ground frosts pear year

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By Marian O’Brien

In February, I joined nine members of the

Little Barrier Island Supporters Trust to

participate in a wonderful working week-

end at Little Barrier.

Little Barrier Island (Hauturu), in Maori

means ‘resting place of the winds’ as Little

Barrier often wears a cloak of clouds.

The island is a nature reserve in the outer

Hauraki Gulf.

Visitors need to obtain a permit from the

Department of Conservation and to under-

take quarantine before and on arrival at the

island. Everything is packed and sealed in plas-

tic bins. Velcro, boots, socks and raincoats

are all checked for seeds and mammalian

predators.

We were an eclectic mix of people – mas-

ter chef participant, lawyer, property devel-

oper, customer service representative, art stu-

dent, orthodontist, GP, marine biologist, pi-

anist and logistics assistant. We are all conser-

vationists who share a love for the land and a

pressure to preserve it.

We boarded a small-chartered boat to Lit-

tle Barrier from Sandspit. Just as I thought, I

would have to swim for it; a ranger came in

his boat to take us to the island. Out of the

grey and up the slipway without getting wet.

The birds of Little Barrier sang a welcom-

ing waiata as we stepped onto the island.

We stayed at the bunkhouse near the boul-

der-covered beach. The water was clear, the

air was still and the mesmerizing music of the

birds heard from every corner.

It was some of the most enjoyable work I

had ever done, weeding in a tuatarium (tuatara

enclosure) surrounded by little tuatara huts the

size of shoeboxes with tunnels connected to

them.

Wetapunga, the giant weta also shared the

enclosure, hiding in the kawakawa tree. The

Wetapunga can weigh up to 71 grams and is

the size of a mouse. The gentle giant cannot

fly, jump, kick or bite so it should be revered,

not feared.

After weeding and mulching the tuatarium,

we went exploring and swimming. The water

was clear with smooth boulders in different

shades of grey like the cloud that often iso-

lates the island.

The Little Barrier bush beckoned and on

entering I could see the branches of manuka

and kauri embracing the sky.

Other plants we saw were Mingimingi,

Mamangi, Flax, Nikau, Silver Fern, Mamukau,

Alseuosmia, Pseudopanax, Puriri, Mahoe,

Pittosporum Umbellatum, Pohutukawa,

North Island Broom, Cabbage Tree, Rangiora,

Lancewood and Rimu.

The forest sparkled with summer and ech-

oed with birdsong. Tomtits in their suits tip-

toed along the trail. Robin tapped his foot to

the beat of the bush, enticing worms to wrig-

gle out of the dirt to become Robin dinner.

Kokakos had flute lessons high up in the trees,

dashing around like feathered monkeys.

Kereru sat stately cooing and shooing away

the insects. Tui held his head up high and

cheered for all he was worth, dressed up like

an All Black wearing the silver fern close to

Little Barrier - Island

Bird watching on Little Barrier.

View of Little Barrier Island from the boat.


Above: Volunteers walking through bush on Little Barrier Island.

his heart. The kaka parrot played high up in

the sky. Kakariki were very sneaky dashes of

green often unseen. Whitehead whistled

amongst the whispering leaves. Long-tailed

cuckoo were often heard but never seen. Sad-

dleback sounded like its Maori name tieke.

Fantail flickered in and out of the ferns.

One particularly fascinating tree had Kaka

bite marks in a zebra pattern all down the bark.

Dracophyllum was present on the island and

nicknamed Dr Seuss as it looked like one of

his illustrations. I also thought the Kawakawa

with its twisting trunk looked like a tree from

Dr Seuss’ storybooks.

Manuka and kanuka (Teatree) are great

natural environmentally friendly cleaners, just

heat up the object and rub a branch of manuka

or kanuka over it and the natural oil from it

will work immediately.

Kawakawa (Pepper Tree) leaves make great

peppery tasting tea, which soothes nerves and

headaches or can be chewed to soothe tooth-

ache.

After a shared dinner of master chef de-

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lights, port and blue cheese, we set off to find

the brown kiwi. We walked and talked in the

bright starry darkness for nearly an hour, paus-

ing patiently to admire the wetapunga as we

went. Wetapunga still in our observation, cray-

fish like creatures with long legs a supermodel

would be envious of.

Like cars on a busy highway, the stars

whizzed across the sky. Glitter above, dark-

ness below. I could see the torch flickering in

front of me as I walked through the quiet dark-

ness listening for the shriek call of the kiwi or

the smooth call of the morepork (ruru). I

heard some rustling in the bush, but could not

locate its maker.

We were wondering, whispering, waiting,

watching, walking, and wishing wow, a kiwi!

We looked at a kiwi probing the darkness with

its beak oblivious to the extreme excitement it

was causing.

The moon skipped across the ocean, a fish-

ing boat to the right made a little box of light.

Leigh lay like a string of pearls across the ho-

rizon.

I returned to the bunkhouse. The air was

so still, I felt like I was in a cave, listening to

the echo of kiwi and seabird.

My alarm went off at 5.50am like a rocket

scaring the daylight out of the dawn. I hap-

hazardly got up and apologized then went

outside to see the kiwi that was chanting kiwi

kiwi like a chirpy cheerleader.

The kiwi was right outside my bunkroom

window. I tapped on the window and said

kiwi kiwi, and my sleepy roommates said where

where?! In my excitement, I forgot to turn

my torch on and the kiwi was gone like the

stars in the night.

I could hear the dawn chorus, as the ruru

and kiwi diminished and the darkness deserted

the day, the tui, robin, whitehead and kaka

came out to play.

We moved slowly through the day willing

time to stand still, the ranger showed us the

tuatara one last time, and I lay on the forest

floor listening to the native orchestra of

Aotearoa starring Tui, Robin, Hihi, Saddle-

back, Whitehead, Waxeye, Cuckoo, Kokako,

Bellbird, Tomtit, Fantail, Kaka and Kereru.

Before I knew it, we were homeward bound

to the city where the birds inhabit a tough lit-

tle world full of predators and where the

wetapunga is nothing but a distant memory

on the landscape.

The foresight and passion of environmen-

talists in 1895 ensured Hautaru was made into

a sanctuary for future generations of New

Zealanders – tomtit, robin, kokako, kauri and

human alike.

We are not only what we do, we are also

A well worn track.

Three happy volunteers on the return boat to Auckland.

The bush where native specieslive protected from preditors.

Listening and looking for native birds.

Little BarrierIsland of hope and glory


what we leave behind. Wildlife should be wit-

nessed as it is, not only in a zoo or in a docu-

mentary. Prepare to preserve tomorrow to-

day. Kia kaha Hautaru.

The Little Barrier Island (Hautaru) Sup-

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and publishes an informative newsletter

Hauturu. Financial supporters also have four

chances a year to go on a working weekend,

to experience the magic of Little Barrier.

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Access to Little Barrier IslandAccess to Little Barrier/Hauturu Island is limited, and necessarily so. The island is a naturaltreasure house, a nature reserve of exceptional conservation value. It is extremelyrugged and relatively remote, but it is vulnerable to human impact. Visitor numbersand movements are therefore strictly regulated.Landing on Hauturu is by pre-arranged Department of Conservation permit only.Overnight visits are permitted for conservation management and scientific purposes.The Trust’s working weekends offer Hauturu Supporters (10 per group) a rare opportunityto work and stay overnight on the island.Day visits are permitted for groups of up to 20. If you are keen to arrange a visit,contact DOC’s Warkworth Area Office for information about permit conditions andapplications. Email: Michelle Jenkinson [email protected], ph: (09) 425-7812.


Top right: An alpine village in the JulianAlps.Below right: Lake Bohinj in the TriglavNational Park.Below left: The town of Maribor.

Overseas walks

The tiny country of Slovenia is a special

gem: richly endowed with mountains,

lakes plateaus and rivers; wonderfully

preserved historical monuments; a wine cul-

ture that boasts the oldest pro-

ducing vine in the world; plus

47 kilometres of sparkling

Adriatic coastline.

It’s just 2,000 square kilome-

tres wedged between Croatia in

the south and Austria in the

north and a short coastal border with Italy at

Trieste.

The whole country can be traversed by car

in just three hours so you can walk the moun-

tains in the morning and bike a seaside prom-

enade in the afternoon.

In just over an hour from arriving in the

capital city of Ljubljana, you can begin a walk-

ing holiday at breathtaking Lake Bled, a beau-

tiful glacial lake and spectacular setting of

1,000 year old Bled Castle that rises vertically

above the lake.

On foot in SloveniaJulian Alps

The lure of the castle takes you up the zig

zag cobbled lane to the castle courtyard for

the most unforgettable views of mountains

and the picturesque island in the middle of

the lake with it’s tiny church.

Bled has long been a centre

of wellness and healing and is

the gateway to the Triglav Na-

tional Park which covers prac-

tically the entire Julian Alps, one

of Slovenia’s most popular trek-

king areas.

Mountain plateaux have plenty of scenic

hiking trails such as the Pokjuka Plateau where

you walk on undulating terrain across moun-

tain meadows and past old farmhouses to

reach Lake Bohinj, the centrepiece at the heart

of the Triglav National Park.

Bohinj is sheer tranquility set in the shad-

ows of the immense mountains of the Julian

Alps, the highest of which is Mt Triglav at

2864m. From Bohinj a cable car ascends over

1500m to a vantage point to view the lake be-

low and Mt Triglav.

A two-day climbing excursion will get you

to the top of Mt Triglav for those who want a

challenging hike.

The Vintgar Gorge is the starting point for

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another stunning walk in the area. The 1.6km

gorge is carved 150m deep into the moun-

tains by the Radovna River.

Walkers follow a wooden walkway through

the gorge then onwards through forest and

via the lovely hilltop chapel of St Katarina back

to Bled.

The region of Maribor lies at the eastern

end of the Julian Alps. It is in the town of

Maribor, that the oldest producing grape vine

in the world, at over 400 years, exists winding

its gnarled trellis of branches around the

equally antiquated, medieval Old Vine House.

This is an icon of the town’s wine culture

which is age old and a proud tradition.

An extensive underground cellar exists be-

neath the entire city square and further. The

Vinag Wine Cellar covers 2,000 sq m and has

2.5 km of tunnels crammed with wooden bar-

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On foot in Slovenia’s Julian Alps


Above: The Vinag Wine Cellar lies belowthe town square of Maribor and holdsvintage bottles of wine dating from the1920’s.

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be punctuated at great wine shops and farms

where you can sit and enjoy a glass of vino

while admiring the pretty countryside.

In winter Maribor is a popular ski resort,

being the largest in Slovenia. It becomes a

network of walking and biking trails in the

summertime through primeval forest, green

pastures to lakes and waterfalls. A cable car

operates from the town to transport walkers

up to the alpine village of Pohorje, a lovely

getaway and so quick and easy to reach.

From the mountains to the coast takes just

over two hours by road. Although it’s only a

47 km stretch of coastline the locals say it’s

more than Germany, Austria and Hungary

have!

A flat shoreline walkway and cycle path

connect the more modern up-market Portoroz

with the delightful medieval coastal towns of

Piran, Izola and Kuper. These towns have

some surprising features: Piran has protected

monument status with its charming medieval

streets, squares and salt making tradition; and

Koper has the Venetian Paetorian Palace set

in a beautiful town square

The main international airport is in the capi-

tal city of Ljubljana, situated in the centre of

the country so within easy reach of all Slovenia.

Most of Ljubljana’s pre war monuments are

still in tact and it has a wealth of museums

and buildings, most notably the castle that

overlooks the city, the cathedral of St Nicholas,

the Baroque Old Town and more recently Art

Nouveau mansions. It’s mostly a pedestrian

zone so easy to get to know. It’s a university

town so there are lots of young people, lively

bars and cafes along the banks of the river

that runs through it.

Slovenia is the epitomy of “small is beauti-

ful”. There is no mass tourism, the country-

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“The Barrier” as it is fondly referred to,

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by Gary MollerDip Ph Ed PG Dip Rehab PG Dip Sport Med (Otago) FCECertified

It is very popular nowadays is to pop anti-

inflammatory drugs like lollies for just

about any kind of sprain, strain or

bruise. Despite their popularity, there is usu-

ally no need at all to take these drugs Few

people are aware of the downsides that may

negate any supposed benefits.

Inflammation signals that the body is re-

sponding, as it should, to an injury or infec-

tion. Inflammation is necessary to stem the

damage, stabilise and repair. When allowed

to run its natural course, the usual end re-

sult is a timely return to full health and fit-

ness.

Anti-inflammatory drugs interfere with

this natural healing processes, giving the user

a false recovery that is premature. In the

case of injury, there are few cases where I

feel these drugs are beneficial.

Inflammation is the body’s natural re-

sponse to stress from infection or injury. To

think we can do better by the way of a crude

drug is arrogance.

According to Wikipedia:

“There are three stages of inflammation:

1. Vasodilation and increased perme-

ability of vessels

Caused by histamines from mast

cells, kinins from precursors in the

blood, prostoglandins from damaged cells

and leukotrienes from basophils and mast

cells.

Blood flow increases, extra clotting fac-

tors, antibodies localize.

2. Phagocyte Emigration

Occurs within one hour, neutrophils and

then monocytes arrive and leave the blood

stream(emigration) as a result of chemotaxis.

3. Tissue Repair

Neutrophils and macrophages (short life

span) die and form pus (in the case of in-

fection). This begins the tissue repair proc-

ess. Pus eventually drains. ”

You will feel this process as localised heat

and swelling. This is caused by the increased

blood flow and immigration of fluid and

cells into the damaged area. This is a good

sign that your body is doing what it is sup-

posed to in such circumstances.

Dowdrugs

Health

If ’ ‘you’re planning a camping trip, prepar

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Every possible site in New Zealand is listed

from free camping sites and DOC camp

grounds through to branded holiday parks.

Completely updated the motorhome and

camping guide is the only book of its kind in

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Each entry gives details of the campsite’s

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At a glance it is easy to see which sites have

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Tissue repair, in the case of a sprain or tear, involves the laying

down of strong cross-linked collagen fibres that bind the damaged

tissue creating a repair job that may actually be stronger than the origi-

nal structure. This process is usually complete within a week or so for

most sprains and strains.

The problem with anti-inflammatory drugs is this natural and es-

sential process of repair is interrupted by the drug action.

While you may be able to get back into action quicker, this may be

at the risk of being left with a weak and incomplete repair job. This

may set you up for a chronic niggling injury or even a catastrophic

failure later on, such as a complete rupture!

If there is an excessive inflammatory response, it is mostly because

of the modern Western diet being excessive in processed sugars and

Omega6 oils, including the supposedly “healthy” margarines. These

foods are pro-inflammatory when in excess.

You can support a healthy inflammatory response to injury by hav-

ing a diet that is low in highly processed oils and refined grains. Em-

phasise a diet that is high in unprocessed foods, including fish, flax

and olive oils that are rich in Omega3 oil (A better balance between

Omega3 and Omega6 oils encourages a healthy inflammation re-

sponse).

Brightly coloured fruit and vegetables are rich in plant anti-oxi-

dants that help the inflammation response by mopping up damaging

free radicals.

Why is there so much enthusiasm to prescribe anti-inflammatory

drugs and so little said against their use? I think there are three driv-

ers behind them:

1. Pain Relief - We are conditioned from birth to be fearful of

pain and that any level of pain must be treated by means of a medica-

tion. In defence of pain: Pain is natural. Pain tells us when and how

much a damaged part may be used.

Using pain relief before and during physical activity places a per-

son at risk of further injury - if it hurts so much that pain relief is

required, the message is to stop and rest up!

2. Convenience and the course of least resistance - Your doc-

tor usually has about 10 minutes to assess the injury, decide on a course

of action, prescribe and explain what to do. Usually the most con-

venient is to prescribe a Pharmac subsidised drug and refer you to a

physiotherapist who is subsidised by ACC. It’s a familiar and well-

trodden path.

3. Highly profitable - Anti-inflammatory drugs generate millions

of dollars for their producers and sellers. Millions are spent

on advertising and promotions to promote the virtues of these popu-

lar medicines. On the other hand; the case against their use is muted

and without funding. The battle is extremely uneven. Healthy alter-

natives to managing pain and inflammation barely get a look in.

While I am not entirely against the use of anti-inflammatory medi-

cations, I cannot tell you the last time I took any myself, or when I last

recommended them to another person. They are largely unnecessary.

If you feel compelled to take one, take the least you can and for the

shortest time. Good nutrition, rest, elevation, gentle exercise, heat and

even gentle massage are much more effective measures over the long

term.

Have confidence that Mother Nature will do a much better job.

nsides of anti-inflammatorys


WalkinSan Diego to Barstow,

California 259 miles, 21,195 total world walk miles

Nice walking up the coast of the Pacific

Ocean where there were a couple of small

towns with lots of surfers, seabirds, and sight-

seers. Still cold nights (30 to 50F), and warm

sunny days (60 to 75F).

At Oceanside I had to detour east around

Camp Pendleton. Marine guards would not let

me through the base on the bicycle route up

the coast.

I called the provost Marshall's office, but

was denied there also. Something about hav-

ing camping gear and what not and leaving

the path and hiding on base. I told them they

let bicycle tourists through with camping gear,

but no luck. So I headed east on route 76 for

old route 395, that follows I-15 north. Turned

out to be a better route to get through LA

anyway. A lot quieter and not as much traffic

as I skirted the east side of LA through Riv-

erside and San Bernardino.

In a small town called Rainbow, another

fellow walker stopped his car and invited me

to stay at his place and have a hot meal, shower,

and use his laundry.

Larry Amkraut (larryamkraut.com) had

walked across USA back in the 70’s with his

dog. Had a nice stay with Larry and his family.

Some of his cats played with my tent as I

was setting it up. One was jumping on the rain

fly outside and another was pawing at him

from inside. So I opened the doors and let

them inside to keep them from ripping the

tent with their claws. They were quite curious

and checked out every part of my tent. I woke

up about midnight and found three cats all

curled together sleeping by my head.

In the morning I shared my breakfast of

cookies, oats and eggs, and yogurt with them.

Nice hot shower, another breakfast, and clean

laundry in the morning. Larry showed me a

book he had written with his dog about his

USA walk.

He had slept outside also testing some light-

weight sleeping bags and pads for his job of

writing reviews of camping equipment for

various magazines. So he gets lots of free

equipment from different companies. He of-

fered to get me some free gear, but I have all

new stuff and am pretty well set up. Always

nice to meet a fellow walker and stay with a

Long walk

Curiouser andcuriouser

From Kay Lindley

Window on Waitakere

It’s not only Cheshire cats in Wonderland

that are curious animals; the Ark in the

Park Hihi are providing many fascinat-

ing glimpses of a socially complex bird.

It is known from previous studies on the

island sites where Hihi breed that up to 40%

of the eggs in a clutch may have been ferti-

lized by one of more males other than the

putative partner.

But does a non-dominant male have a fur-

ther role in this nest? Arks Andy Warneford,

monitoring contractor, reported a male feed-

ing a chick that seemed to have its siblings

being fed a short distance away by a domi-

nant male associated with an observed nest.

Was this a non-dominant male easing his

conscience? An alterna-

tive hypothesis though of-

fered by another student

of Hihi is that the single

chick had in fact origi-

nated for an unobserved

nearby nest and its feeder

was in fact its father.

Feeding of chicks has

many permutations and

combinations with the female usually doing

most of the feeding assisted by the male.

Once chicks are fledged they may con-

tinue on their own, the female possibly stak-

ing out a new nest site and visiting occasion-

ally to ensure feeding standards are being

maintained!

Both may feed fledglings or sometimes

the male may decide that he no longer needs

to bring up this rowdy brood and flies off

leaving his mate to continue on her own. The

fledglings leave the nest gliding in hope till

they encounter a branch they can cling to.

When all the chicks have landed they are

shepherded into a suitable shrubby area for

a while by the parent[s] and fed until they

develop their flying skills and can follow.

Recently four successful groups of

fledged chicks were seen (although the sin-

gle chick being fed raises the possibility of a

5th successful nest).

To photograph the first set of chicks when

it was realised they must have flown from

their nest, volunteer Laurence Bechet set off

with her largest telephoto lenses. While get-

ting ready, she placed her equipment on the

ground but her plaintive radio call to Andy

that she was unable to photograph the chicks

as they were climbing over the lenses says a

lot about their naivete!

Chicks from more than one nest have been

observed at ground level and then later have

been seen up shrubs and trees being fed.

This is a pretty good indicator that the Ark

predator control is still effective as days

grounded is not recommended when cats,

stoats or rats are about.

Nine nests have so far been found with

some being vacated after competition from

starlings, but later re-established by one of the

original birds with a new partner: mate fidel-

ity doesn’t even have to last a season with Hihi!

Here though is perhaps the

most bizarre observation. Sev-

eral people have been very im-

pressed with the sound inten-

sity from a pumped up male

Hihi.

Frequent Hihi observer

Grant Capill describes how if a

Hihi within 1 metre sounds off

with its call, it is like a boom box

with percussion waves palpable across his

chest.

What to make then of an occasion when

Grant and Hayden Reynolds were out moni-

toring hihi and saw a blackbird that came close

to the Hihi chicks that dominant male HM/

GH had been feeding.

HM/GH flew onto the branch confront-

ing the blackbird and gave forth the loud, high

intensity “face blast.”

Appearing as though stunned, the black-

bird plummeted to the ground meters below,

landing almost at Hayden’s feet with a thud

then flying off at speed!

Will Hihi be listed with pistol shrimps, el-

ephants, whales, fart beetles, and the myriad

other species known to use sound as a defen-

sive mechanism?

And for a chance to hear or see Hihi don’t

forget HealthWEST PHO’s series of Wednes-

day Walks. Be in quick as these walks fill very

quickly and people miss out.

For brochures and registration forms for

these wonderful walks contact Kay Lindley,

phone 09 837 8820 or 027 274 2280, or email:

[email protected].


g the worldLong walk

local.

Lots of bicyclists out on old route 385. The

road zigs and zags and goes up and down all

around I-15.

I passed through Murrieta where Floyd

Landis lives and trains for his bicycle racing. I

just finished reading his book "Positively False"

about his training, winning the Tour de France,

and fighting the false accusations of drug dop-

ing. It gives good insight into bike racing and

the drug testing system and also the media’s

unfair treatment of him.

Picked up historic Route 66 leaving LA

around the San Bernardino area. Called the

mother road of America by John Steinbeck.

It goes from Chicago to LA all the way across

the west.

I walked up El Cajun Pass, on Route 66,

which is the old road that parallels the new I-

15. Heavy headwind and long slow uphill grade

all day gave me a sore back and tired legs. Only

made it about halfway up, but a good night’s

sleep and a hot breakfast got me over the next

day. Short two mile section where the road

ends and I had to walk on I-15 for 30 min-

utes.

Went past two cop cars parked at a truck

weigh station , but they either did not see me

or did not mind.

Back on the local road and up and over the

summit where a guy gave me a water bottle

and a bag of chips. Big stone monument in

Little Horse Thief Canyon, where horse

thieves drove their stolen cattle and horses

northeast to Utah using parts of the Mojave,

Santa Fe, and Mormon trails.

In Barstow they had lots of murals painted

on the sides of buildings depicting all the old

travellers passing through the area over the

years. Ten thousand years Native Americans

have used the Mojave trail between the Colo-

rado river and the Pacific coast to trade with

various tribes.

In the 1700,s the Spanish priests used the

Santa Fe trail to travel between California and

New Mexico missions. Then the Mormons

started expanding outwards from Salt Lake

City, Utah in the 1850’s all over the west. Back

then horse and wagons could walk about 10

miles a day, so if you look at a map, you can

see how they established towns about every

10 miles.

Outside of a Starbucks I was using wifi at

I talked to one old guy. He looked like a home-

less man, and said he sometimes came here

for a free cup of coffee. He was quite im-

pressed with my walk and pulled out a couple

bucks to give to me. It felt kind of weird to

take it, but it seemed to make him feel good

to help me out. I do not really need the money,

but people seem to enjoy helping me on my

walk, so I like to let them have the joy of giv-

ing.

I usually prefer to give bananas, apples, or

cookies to homeless men when they ask me

for change. I dislike giving them money that

they would most likely spend on alcohol, drugs,

or smokes.

One man came over to chat with me while

I was sitting on a bench. He showed me his I-

phone, and asked me if this was my website,

sure enough he had my walkingman.org

website on. Another man googled me direc-

tions on his phone when I asked him where a

place was.

Pretty soon everybody will just have one

device to listen to music, get directions, com-

pute, vote, bank, work, chat, and maybe even

think for us if they can figure out how to di-

rectly connect it to our brain.

I was planning on heading north up the

coast to San Fransisco, but with this detour

east of LA, I am changing my route. It is also

getting busy earlier this spring up at Lake

Powell, so I am going to start work in mid

February instead of mid March. So I am

headed east to Needles, California, north to

Las Vegas, and east to Page, Arizona.

So far Gary Hause (walkingman) has walked over 20,000 miles acrossthe USA, Europe, UK, Mexico, Central America, South America, Australia,and New Zealand. He has about 18,000 more miles to walk across Asia,Africa, and South America to break the Guinness Book World Recordof 38,000 miles for walking around the world, set by Arthur Blessit(www.blessitt.com). Gary is now walking in the USA from Page in Ari-zona to Les Vegas and return - a distance of 2200 miles. Here areweeks 7 and 8.


News

False PLB activations toler-

ated to save lives but education

must improve

McMurdo Ltd, a company of

the Orolia Group is emphasising

the importance of registering a

PLB (Personal Locator Beacon)

as soon as it is purchased.

Recently a PLB in Colorado

in the USA, had transmitted no

less than nine false alarms, be-

fore the owner, who was un-

known and unregistered, was fi-

nally apprehended.

The case, in which the owner

had unwittingly ‘turned on’ his

PLB, which actually sent out the

emergency signal, was now

closed. Because PLBs like the

McMurdo Fast Find 210 are po-

tential life savers, the case high-

lighted the importance of carry-

ing one on a remote expedition.

However, it was also

pointed out that activat-

ing a PLB will spark a

major search and rescue

operation involving

ground teams and air-

craft, putting others’

lives at risk too.

It seems that a

wider debate has been

resolved too, that of

whether climbers should

be encouraged to carry

PLBs whilst climbing, after

three tragic deaths on Mount

Hood, Oregon earlier this year.

When the incident first came to

light Jeremy Harrison, CEO of

McMurdo Ltd had earlier com-

mented “People are dying because

they don’t use PLBs, while others

are abusing the system, or at least,

Important to register your PLB Walk2Work 2010 saw thou-

sands of people across New Zea-

land take to the streets, leave their

cars at home and Walk2Work with

friends, family and colleagues.

Each event had its own local flair,

with local sponsors supplying a

complimentary breakfast snack or

free coffee, as well as speakers and

spot prizes. Walk2Work Day is

part of a Living Streets campaign

to get people walking more in their

daily lives.

Living Streets Aotearoa coor-

dinated over 20 events across the

country in Auckland City, North

Shore, Botany, Orewa,

Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson,

Queenstown Lakes district,

Taupo, Waitakere, Wellington,

Whakatane, Tasman district (Rich-

mond) and the West Coast

(Greymouth). Walkers were en-

couraged to share their walking

stories and complete a survey on

their walking habits.

People of all ages and stages

took part in the event, including

local businesses and even parents

walking their kids to school.

In Dunedin a special com-

muter train brought people from

coastal suburbs part of the way.

The event received an amazing

response with many people trying

a combination of public transport

and walking to work for the first

time.

Nelson Malbourgh District

Health Board Nutrition and Physi-

cal Activity programme director

Helen Steenbergen said walking,

as part of a balanced lifestyle,

could help people enjoy a long and

healthy life. “Research shows us

that fit employees are more pro-

ductive and happier employees,”

Mrs Steenbergen also said.

West Coast workplaces geared

up for Walk2Work day with

Walk2work Wednesdays over the

month of March. “A number of

West Coast businesses took up the

challenge and encouraged staff to

walk each Wednesday over the

month of March” says Kim

are ig-

norant of it.

The increas-

ing use of

PLBs by out-

door adventurers

is inevitably threatening to cause

a greater number of false

activations, yet saving lives is of

paramount importance, and we

have to consider how many of

these false activations search and

rescue agencies can be prepared

to handle. As sales increase, edu-

cating buyers to responsibly use a

PLB only in life threatening situa-

tions becomes a top priority.”

Agencies are still agreed that

they are committed to rapidly re-

sponding to every call out re-

ceived, treating it as a high level

emergency.

The signal from a PLB is first

received by the international gov-

ernment run search and rescue

satellite system Pospas Sarsat,

which relays it to ground stations

that interpret the coded signal re-

vealing the owner’s details and lo-

cation, hence the all important

need for registration.

The strongest message about

the importance of carrying a PLB

and registering it properly, comes

from the rescue personnel them-

selves.

Walk2Event


Hakes, West Coast Healthy Eat-

ing Healthy Action co-coordina-

tor.

In Richmond, Walk2Work day

organiser Judene Edgar said walk-

ing could improve our whole com-

munity. “Society has moved away

from our roots – we were made

to walk. We need to recognise that

walking is a valid form of trans-

port,” she said. “It’s fun, it’s free

and it’s easy.

In Christchurch, walkers

donned their walking shoes to cel-

ebrate a renewed commitment by

the council to walking.

“Christchurch is a great city for

walking to work, being mostly flat

terrain, having a refreshing vari-

ety of weathers to suit all walkers,

and with an abundance of pleas-

urable walkways, parks, rivers and

streams” says Fiona Whero, Liv-

ing Streets Networker for the

South Island. “A new

Christchurch City Council report

by world-renowned urban de-

signer Jan Gehl recommends in-

creasing walkability in the city to

make the inner city even more vi-

brant, so walking to work looks set

to become even more exciting in

Christchurch” says Fiona.

In Queenstown, the

Walk2Work event is part of a

larger Car Free Campaign where

residents are encouraged to pledge

a commitment to walk, cycle or

use the bus for one day or more.

In Rotorua, council staff pro-

moted a Walk for change cam-

paign to encourage workmates to

Walk2work and in Taupo, district

council staff explored five differ-

ent routes on their to Walk2work.

In Auckland, walking human

advertising saw over 200 walkers

complete a walking survey in Pi-

cal mayor Kerry Prendergast,

councillors Celia Wade-Brown

and Ian

MacKinnon,

Green Party

MP Gareth

Hughes and

Associate Transport Minister

Nathan Guy. Entertainment was

supplied with music from Tessa

Rain, health and fitness support

from Mish McCormack, a team

from City Fitness, and walkers

even had a chance to Zumba!

They participated in signing a gi-

ant foot and the signatures were

presented at parliament steps to

Associate Transport Minister

Nathan Guy.

Walking to work is a great rea-

son for people to get outside and

enjoy their journey, realizing the

benefits of fresh air and gentle

exercise.

Event

2work day a successgeon Park. In North Shore, over

800 walkers supported an event in

Takapuna. The

City’s Mayor,

A n d r e w

Williams, was

impressed by

the commitment of some resi-

dents who walked over an hour

and a half to join the event. In

Orewa, walkers met on the beach

to support Walk2work day. Many

Auckland employers also sup-

ported Walk2work Day with

workplace events being held at

ACC, Barnardos, Botany Mall,

Eco Matters, Lynn Mall, Massey

Leisure centre and Waitakere

council.

In Wellington, the fabulous

weather gathered walkers from

various locations around the city

at Frank Kitts Park. Guest speak-

ers in Wellington included the lo-


CONTENTS for previous 14 issuesAPRIL 2010 147

4 Walk talk 6 Coromandel walking festival 8 NZ walk: Westmere Walkway10 High achiever: Merita Orgias just

loves to walk11 Digital Photo contest winners12 New Zealand walk: Hillsborough

Bay circuit13 Motivation: Get competitive14 NZ walk: A right royal walk17 NZ walk: Taieri Gorge Rail Walk18 New Zealand walk: Waihi Beach

to Houmunga Bay20 Reader’s views: Best way to see

a place is on foot21 Window on Waitakere: Roving

robins22 New Zealand walk: Fantastic

ferns of Peel Forest23 New Rotorua walking trail24 New Striders course popular26 Books: Which native fern?,

Which native tree? Majestic New Zealand27 Famous wall illuminated28 Overseas walk: One Track For All31 Explore Lake Tekapo High

Country on snow shoes32 Health: How to get fit for a

challenging multi-day walk34 Event: New walking festival has

walks for everyone35 Long walk: Walking the World36 Te Araroa Trail: Cool, clear, water

now at 90 Mile Beach36 Podiatry: Painful toes - shoes?38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for April40 New Zealand coming events46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 Huntly Half Marathon56 SBS Christchurch Marathon

MARCH 2010 146 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Waikato River walk 8 New Zealand walk: Tama Lakes

Walk - something for everyone11 Digital Photo contest winners12 Te Araroa Trail: Prime Minister

open Pirongia13 Motivation: Just do it!14 New Zealand walk: The Hidden

Treasures Trail - a 40km journeyto remember through Rodney

16 New Zealand walk: Seeing in thenew year at Sign of thePackhorse

18 News: Governor General opensHilliary Trail

20 Road through Molesworth opentill Easter

21 Window on Waitakere: Hihihappenings

22 New Zealand walks: The Catlins:an area of walks of greatcontrast and natural beauty

27 New Zealand walk: WaipohatuTrack receives a make-over

28 Overseas walks: Hiking along theWorld Heritage Hinterland trails

32 Event: Event for walkers in CapeBrett Challenge

32 Health: How to reduce fluidretention

34 Event: Walking in the RotoruaMarathon

35 Long walk: Walking the World36 Event: New walking festival set

for launch36 Podiatry: Spots can kill you -

Melanoma it’s not what youthink

39 Weather forecast for March40 New Zealand coming events46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 Shoe Clinic Harbour Capital

MarathonFEBRUARY 2010 145 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Getting into

hot water on The Barrier 8 New Zealand walk: Meandering

around Moeraki11 Photo contest winners12 High achiever: Raelene reaches

for the Summit13 Motivation: Annual lifestyle

check-up14 New Zealand walk: Hiking Te

Araroa tracks in the KingCountry

16 New Zealand walk: ManawatuGorge tracks

19 News: The Central Gold Rush20 Overseas walks: Experience

Nepal and help a charity21 Event: NZ’s longest running and

walking relay22 New Zealand walks: Mangawhai

Walking Festival24 Overseas walks: Mt Tamborine

National Park walks28 Overseas walks: Menorcan

adventure31 Window on Waitakere: Geckos

and skinks in park32 Event: 27th Half Marathon aims

to be a fun event32 Health: How to treat grazing and

bruising naturally34 Why Gary loves to walk35 Walking the World36 New Zealand walk: Onetangi

meanderings38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for February40 New Zealand coming events44 Overseas coming events46 Nordic Walking: Events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 ACC NZ Masters Games Dunedin56 Great New Zealand Trek

JANUARY 2010 144 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Thames

Coastal Walkway10 Photo contest winners11 New Zealand walk: Auckland’s

Kauri Point CentennialParkNews: Guidelines foroutdoor access drafted

12 New Zealand walk: Awardwinning Coastal Walkway

15 Walker loves Waiheke’sWharf2Wharf

15 Fourteen members over 80 yearsof age

16 New Zealand walk: Exploring thehuge expanse of MesopotamiaStation

19 New Zealand walk: Lake ElleryTrack reopens

20 Overseas walks: Patagonia -walking in the land of giants

25 Books: Let’s go Camping25 Books: A Wee Walk in the

Wilderness26 High achiever: Dropped from size

22 to 1427 Overseas walk: Whitsunday Peak

- walk28 Overseas walks: Mont Blanc one

of the world’s classic mountainwalks

34 Health: Think before you get abike

35 Window on Waitakere: Trackimprovements

36 Nordic Walking:Jan Petrie - Fromwheelchair to golfer

36 Nordic Walking: Events39 Weather forecast for January40 New Zealand coming events45 Event: Sunset Coast Walk

planned for February46 Event: Great Barrier Marathon a

“must do”47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 ACC NZ Masters Games Dunedin56 Great New Zealand TrekDECEMBER 2009 143 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Ara Harakeke

- a brisk walk in the footsteps ofTe Rauparaha

10 Photo contest winners11 News: Guidelines for outdoor

access drafted12 New Zealand walk: New trail to

honour Sir Ed14 New Zealand walk: Short and

long walks in the Haast16 Achiever: How walking improved

mum’s career prospects17 News: New Zealand moves to

new official maps18 New products: Personal locator

beacon tested for extremeheights Drink bottle made fromvegetable starch

18 New Zealand walks: Landscapesfeature of Central Hawkes Baywalks

20 Training: Time to get out andenjoy the scenery

20 Podiatry: Fitness walking: notjust one foot in front of the other

22 Overseas walks: Walk the Westof Ireland

26 Overseas walks: Burleigh HeadNational Park

29 Te Araroa Trail: New link track30 Window on Waitakere:

Translocation of birds in Arc inthe Park project

31 Books: Galapalos - preservingDarwin’s legacy: 101 Must-DoWeekends

32 Event: Exciting changes toWharf2Wharf event

34 Health: Pros and cons ofCortisone

35 Nordic Walking: From stove topto mountain top

36 Nordic Walking in rehabilitation38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for December40 New Zealand coming events45 Event: Great Forest Levin events46 Event: Moro Marathon events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 Land Information New Zealand

NOVEMBER 2009 142 4 Walk talk 6 Event: Buggy walks - a social

outing for parents 8 New Zealand walk: Branch Road

walkway reopens 9 Motivation: Keeping a Training

Journal10 New Zealand walk: Blue and

Green Lake walks13 Photo contest winners14 New Zealand walk: Richmond

Trail - another Tekapo attraction16 New Zealand walk: A taste of

the Tararuas19 Window on Waitakere: A great

breeding season for Robins20 New Zealand walk: See Abel

Tasman National Park with thelocals

22 High achiever: Ali Davis is achampion

22 Podiatry: Wart’s n all24 Overseas walks: Walking Spain’s

Camino de Santiago Pilgrim Trail30 New Zealand walk: Haurata -

discover the pleasures of livingin the remote hills of Gisborne

34 Reader’s views - Likes back tobasics articles

35 Health: Knee pain more commonin women

36 Nordic Walking events36 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking

and why it could interest you38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for November40 New Zealand coming events44 Overseas coming events45 Event: Round the Bridges

reaches new milestone46 Event: Both Taupo events popular

with walkers47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 Southland Marathon56 Land Information New Zealand

OCTOBER 2009 141 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Hamilton

Gardens - Paradise Collection10 Readers views: Spelling of

Raglan mountain name; Readerin Niger

11 My favourite walk: Uplifting walkin Papamoa

12 New Zealand walk: Waikanae toOtaihanga Reserve

14 New Zealand walk: Bluff HillWalkway

16 High achiever: Know someonewho deserves a medal?

17 Te Araroa Trail: Track runsthrough Conservation Park

18 Photo contest winners19 High achiever: Young boy’s

inspiration19 News: Fiordland no exception to

avalanche activity20 Overseas walks: Auswalk

expands its unique experience20 Podiatry: Are you prepared to

complete your event intact?22 New Zealand walk: Dawson Falls

walk in winter24 Event: Record fields and fast

racing in SBS Marathon26 Overseas walks: Lago del Garda -

Rambling Italy’s largest lake32 Living Streets Aoteroa: Quiet

revolution on Otara streets32 Event: The Great Barrier Island

secret is out34 Health: Joint care supplements-

which is best?35 Nordic Walking: Festival of

Walking in Move It Month36 Nordic Walking events36 Nordic Walking: Nordic Nannas:

nail half marathon

39 Weather forecast for October40 New Zealand coming events43 Overseas coming events46 Event: Record walking in the

Capital47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 Southland MarathonSEPTEMBER 2009 140 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Coast to

Coast10 New Zealand walk: Sharplin Falls

Track12 New Zealand walk: Sledge Track

- a walkway adventure15 Training: Ready to walk16 My favourite walk: Clevedon

Scenic Reserve17 High achiever: Man with donated

heart walks half marathons18 Photo contest winners19 Motivation - Beat exercise

boredom20 Reader views: Rapaki Hillside

walks - Bibbulmun Track20 Podiatry: Can you balance on one

foot?22 News: What is Geocaching?22 Window on Waitakere: Hihi

success rewarded23 Event; A century of marathons24 New Zealand walk: Wetland area

opened up for walkers26 Subscription prizes27 New Zealand walk: Botanic

Garden has new Braille trail28 Overseas walks: Stride into the

Sunshine Coast’s first Festival ofWalks

30 Overseas walks: Sunshine Coastshort walks

32 Overseas walks: Hinterland GreatWalk

34 Te Araroa Trail: TheWhangamarino Track

35 Health: Benefits of regular use ofa sauna

36 Nordic Walking: Calendar36 Nordic Walking: International

recognition for local coach39 Weather forecast for September40 New Zealand coming events42 Overseas coming events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 Taupo Half Marathon

AUGUST 2009 139 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: The

Mangawhai Connector 8 High Achiever: Sweet 16 even

sweeter for Taupo organiser 9 High achiever: 67 year old walks

first marathon10 New Zealand walk: Bream Coast

- Paradise revisited15 A beginners guide to starting a

walking group16 New Zealand walk: Okarito -

entering the realm of the world’srarest kiwi

18 Photo contest winners19 Motivation - The pressure to

perform20 New products: New socks with

foot protection without theweight

20 Waikaremoana Unveiled21 Podiatry: Ankle strength22 Event: The Great NZ Trek - a

sense of adventure26 Subscription prizes27 Books: Days Walk in New

Zealand; Off the Beaten Track;Live, Work and Play in Australia

28 Overseas walk: An Iran walk- butfirst find your river

32 Event: Curves to Curves34 Health: What is the cause of

most ailments?36 Keeping the ‘Winter blues’ at bay36 Nordic Walking:Walking calendar37 Nordic Walking: Do it yourself

Nordic walking programme39 Weather forecast for August40 High achiever: Walking the

World42 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country BreaksC56 Taupo Half Marathon

JULY 2009 138 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk:

Hapuawhenua viaduct walk 8 New Zealand walk: Rapaki

Hillside walk11 New Zealand walk: Another bite

of ‘the Mate’14 My favourite walk: Milford

Foreshore Walk15 New Zealand walk: Major

upgrade for gorge track

16 Photo contest winners17 Motivation: Exercise - get in the

habit18 High achiever: How 30 minute

walks helped this 40-year-old19 Podiatry: Walking prevents

diabetes complications20 New Zealand walk: Kelceys Bush

Conservation area21 Overseas walk: Queensland

luxury outdoors adventure24 Subscription prizes25 Event: Whenuapai Half Marathon26 Te Araroa Trail: Waitomo to Te

Kuiti walkway open28 Overseas walk: The Bibbulmun

Track - a monumental walk32 Training: Top five training tips for

walking a half marathon33 Training: 16 week training

programme for a 21km walk34 Books: Walk Sydney Streets:

Ramblers CountrysideCompanion

34 Health: How you can avoid thedementia crisis

36 Nordic Walking events37 Nordic Walking: Do it yourself

Nordic walking programme Pt 438 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for June40 High achiever: Walking the

World - 20th and 21st weeks42 New Zealand coming events43 International events46 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 Taupo Half Marathon

MAY 2009 137 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk:

Hapuawhenua viaduct walk 8 New Zealand walk: Rapaki

Hillside walk11 New Zealand walk: Another bite

of ‘the Mate’14 My favourite walk: Milford

Foreshore Walk15 New Zealand walk: Major

upgrade for gorge track16 Photo contest winners17 Motivation: Exercise - get in the

habit18 High achiever: How 30 minute

walks helped this 40-year-old19 Podiatry: Walking prevents

diabetes complications20 New Zealand walk: Kelceys Bush

Conservation area21 Overseas walk: Queensland

luxury outdoors adventure24 Subscription prizes25 Event: Whenuapai Half Marathon26 Te Araroa Trail: Waitomo to Te

Kuiti walkway open28 Overseas walk: The Bibbulmun

Track - a monumental walk32 Training: Top five training tips for

walking a half marathon33 Training: 16 week training

programme for a 21km walk34 Books: Walk Sydney Streets:

Ramblers CountrysideCompanion

34 Health: How you can avoid thedementia crisis

36 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walkingevents

37 Nordic Walking: Do it yourselfNordic walking programme pt 4

38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for June40 High achiever: Walking the

World - 20th and 21st weeks42 New Zealand coming events43 International events46 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 Taupo Half Marathon

APRIL 2009 136 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Sweeping

views from Mt Kariora 8 New Zealand walks: Picton

Harbourside walks10 Event: A great day out11 SBS Marathon12 New Zealand walk: New walk

opens up magnificent Wairarapabush

14 New Zealand walk: Oneroa walk- over rocky and sandy beachesand a bush reserve

16 Photo contest winners17 Motivation: It’s not about the

chocolate18 High achiever: From couch

potato to finishing a relay event19 Podiatry: Sesamoids - cushions

of the big toe20 New Zealand walk: High walking

- Khandallah to Karori withoutthe traffic

24 Subscription prizes

25 Window on Waitakere: No leakysyndrome here

26 High achievers: Achieving theNew York Marathon - yes youcan

28 Overseas walk: The Path toRome - a walk through history

33 Capital Marathon34 Book: Walking the Waitakere

Ranges34 Health: What couple needs to do

to get back to walking36 Nordic Walking: Bush walk36 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking

events37 Nordic Walking: Do it yourself

Nordic walking programme Pt 339 Weather forecast for May40 High achiever: Walking the

World42 New Zealand coming events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 SPARC

MARCH 2009 135 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Keirunga

Gardens has shaded walks 8 New Zealand walk: Kitcherner

Park Reserve has interestinghistory

10 New Zealand Walk: St Heliers toChurchill Park

12 Journey to Remember: Unusualoverland trail opens again

15 Event: Taieri Gorge first rail walk17 Motivation: Creating your best

life18 Window on Waitakere: Rest

easy, Alfred19 Podiatry: School tramp - are you

prepared?20 New Zealand walk: Toro revisited25 Books: New guide showcases

region’s walks. Know your NewZealand Native Plants

26 New Zealand walks: Little RiverTrail to Kaituna Quarry

28 Overseas walks: Traversing theGrampians National Park

33 Capital Marathon34 Te Araroa : New exit opened34 New Product: World famous

socks now in New Zealand34 Health: A long and healthy life

has a lot to do with balance36 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking

events37 Nordic Walking: Do it yourself

Nordic walking programme pt 238 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for April40 High achiever: Walking the

World41 Event: Super Seven Series42 New Zealand coming events44 International events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 SBS Marathon

FEBRUARY 2009 134 6 Road through Molesworth Station

open with walking tracks 7 Elderly can benefit from a little

walking and other exercises 8 My favourite walk: The Te Henui

Walkway10 New Zealand Walks: Twenty

walks in Echo Walking Festival13 Importance of good shoes for

walking14 Walking the motorway16 Digital Photo Competition17 Treetops Lodge selected in

World’s best 2518 Window on Waitakere: Robins18 Book: Fiordland19 New Zealand walks: Oxford

Forest Conservation Area walks20 New Zealand walk: Hinehopu/

Hongi’s Track22 High achiever: Retiree walks her

way back to health23 New Zealand walks: Rangitoto

Island - with walks so close toAuckland

27 Overseas walks: ExploreNicaragua - nature’s playground

32 Event: Idealic walk throughWaiheke vineyards

34 Health: How natural therapieshelped legs back to health

36 Nordic Walking events37 Nordic Walking: Do it yourself

Nordic walking programme38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for March40 High achiever: Walking the

World42 New Zealand coming events44 International events47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks56 The Great New Zealand Trek


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Daily Summary1st-4th MayAn anticyclone covers the South Islandspreading to the North Island by the 4th,bringing cold frosty conditions and record lowtemperatures to many central North Islandareas. Records may be broken at Waiouru(observations began 1962), Taupo (observationsbegan 1949) and Masterton (observations began1906). A disturbed west to southwest airstreammay begin affecting the South Island from the4th.4th MayMore near record low April temperatures formany North Island regions.5th-11th May Anticyclonic conditions until the 8th thensouthwesterly. An isolated severe ground frostmay affect West Auckland around the 10th,possibly burning kiwifruit vines.10th MayThe start of a week that brings chance ofunseasonal frost to Auckland region, withkiwifruit farmers facing fruit loss.Highlights over the next four weeks may be lowrainfall over much of New Zealand and unusualcold.Because the MacKenzie Basin may be sparsealso the West Coast, Nelson and inland Bay ofPlenty, which include the catchment areas ofthe South Island hydrolakes, a temporary powercrisis may be looming although southerlies(associated with El Nino) may be morefrequent than usual, this time they bring littlerain because of interruptions by ridges of highpressure with cold dry and often frosty weather.However lake levels should restore in August.Areas with less than average rainfall may beWest Coast, MacKenzie Basin and CentralOtago, also inland Bay of Plenty and much ofthe North Island including areas south ofWaikato and west of the main ranges.In Nelson, frequent southerlies continue tokeep rainfall below average. Hail and snow mayalso be a feature of this outlook period withmuch damage to kiwifruit orchards but shouldplease ski operators.12th-17th MayA ridge of high pressure on the 12th may bereplaced by a shallow depression and moistnortherlies on the 13th.From the 16th another ridge covers NewZealand.18th-27th MayA period of cold southerlies. Unsettledconditions with a depression around the 23rd.A hail storm may strike the Auckland regionabout the 19th affecting orchards. Between the20th-22nd a cold southerly outbreak may bringblizzards to ski fields making the Desert Roadimpassable because of snow and ice. Snow mayfall to low levels in Central Otago and in theCanterbury foothills.22nd MayCold and dry April/May brings to a virtual haltmuch autumn growth in Hawkes Bay.More southerlies around the 26th. These mayaffect kiwifruit orchards, e.g. in Waikato andBOP.28th-31st MaySouthwesterlies prevail. Light rain, wind andsnow at Mt Ruapehu, followed by heavy rainand snow to 1300m which may close facilities.Allow 24-hour error to all forecasts. Skewingmay occur around 7th(apogee), 14th(newmoon), 20th(perigee) and 28th(full moon).


Coming events

NEW ZEALANDEVENTS

APRIL 20101 10km in the Auckland Domain, 10km,6km,

& 3km, Auckland2-4 Hibiscus Hospice Riverhead to Puhoi 3

Day Walk, 40km, Rodney3 Riverhead Adventures, 30km, Coastville4 Fitness Fusion Ohope Half Marathon,, 10km

& 5km, Ohope Beach6 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland10 Xterra Rotorua Festival Half Marathon &

11km, Rotorua10 Great Forest Marathon, Half Marathon,

10km & 5km Run/Walk, Waiterere, Levin11 Club Physical Whenuapai Half Marathon,

10km & 6km, Whenuapai11 Moonshine 21km Run/Walk, Trentham, Up-

per Hutt, [email protected] Orewa Beach Half Marathon, & 10.5km

Orewa12 Pakuranga 5km Run Run, Auckland13 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland14 The Rat Race 5km, Milford17 Cape Brett Challenge, 10km, Rawhiti, Bay

of Islands18 30th Anniversary Specsavers Hastings

Half Marathon & 10km, Hastings18 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Te

Atatu Peninsula19 Pakuranga 5km Run Run, Auckland20 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland21 The Rat Race 5km, Milford24 Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake, Nelson Lakes24 42 Traverse, National Park25 Anzac Day Road Races, 2km, 5km & 10km,

Carterton26 Pakuranga 5km Run Run, Auckland27 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland28 The Rat Race 5km, Milford

MAY 20101 Hanmer Four Square Half Marathon & 10km,

Hanmer Springs1 46th Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon,

10km & 5km, Rotorua1 T42 Trail Runs, 24km & 6.5km, 42 Traverse2 Taieri Gorge Rail Walk, 8km, Dunedin2 Nelson Shoe Clinic Half Marathon, Nelson2 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,

20km, 10km, & 5km, Auckland4 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland5 The Rat Race 5km, Milford8 Saint Clair Vineyard Half Marathon,

Blenheim9 Run 4 Mums, Auckland9 Baylys Dargarville Run/Walk 12km & 6.8km,

Dargarville9 Pencarrow Lighthouse Fun Run/Walk, Hald

Marathon, 10km & 5km, Eastbourne11 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland12 The Rat Race 5km, Milford16 Curves to Curves, 21km & 13km, Feilding

CŀǇŜ .ǊŜǧChallenge

2010 · 37km Helly Hansen Solo Run · 37km Explore NZ Relay Run · 17km Outdoor Action Run · 10km Cape Brett Walkways Kauri Ridge Trek

“The Kauri Ridge trek is a newly formed walking track that offers steep and challenging terrain traversing along the ridge line passing through a mass of 400 year old Kauri trees.”

www.capebrettchallenge.co.nz

Date: 17th April 2010Location: Rawhiti, Bay of IslandsRegister by visiting:

to Palmerston North18 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland19 The Rat Race 5km, Milford23 Solid Energy 30th Huntly Half Marathon &

10km, Huntly23 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk Series, 10km, &

2.5km, Christchurch25 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland26 The Rat Race 5km, Milford30 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Milford

JUNE 20102 The Rat Race 5km, Milford6 SBS Christchurch Marathon & Half Mara-

thon, Christchurch6 Orewa Beach Dash for Cash 5km, Orewa6 Brookfield Bog Challenge, 3km 6km & 9km,

Wainuiomata6 Auroa Handicap 2 x Half Marathon Relay,

Upper Hutt9 The Rat Race 5km, Milford13 Sri Chinmoy Cross Country 7km & 2.5km,

Christchurch16 The Rat Race 5km, Milford20 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, West-

ern Springs23 The Rat Race 5km, Milford27 Shoe Clinic Harbour Capital Marathon, Half

Marathon & 10km, Wellington2 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,

20km, 10km, & 5km, Auckland30 The Rat Race 5km, Milford

JULY 20104 Great Mid Winter Half Marathon & 11km,

Kawerau4 Mangawhai Heads to Harbour 8km & 6km,

Mangawhai4 Waikato Drought Tough Guy & Gal Chal-

lenge, 6km & 12km, Manukau7 The Rat Race 5km, Milford11 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km,

Takapuna14 The Rat Race 5km, Milford17 Captain Cook’s Landing 25km, Queen Char-

lotte Track, Picton18 Petone Working Mens Club 5 Bridges Mara-

thon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Petone18 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,

20km, 10km, & 5km, Auckland21 The Rat Race 5km, Milford28 The Rat Race 5km, Milford

AUGUST 20101 Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon, Taupo7 Waikato Drought Tough Guy & Gal Chal-

lenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua8 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,

20km, 10km, & 5km, Auckland

COMING EVENTSWe obtain information for this column from a large

number of sources up to two years in advance and some-times there are date changes etc that occur. If there areany changes in dates etc, we ask clubs to advise us direct.


Marathon – Half Marathon – 10km – Kids’ Magic Mile

www.harbourcapital.org.nz

www.wmc.org.nz

Harbour Capital MarathonSunday 27 June 2010

25TH ANNIVERSARYMEDAL EVENT!


Coming events

21st Club PhysicalWhenuapai

Half MarathonSunday 6th April 2008

• Great prizes to be won! •

A fun event for individual, group or family participation,something for everyone

around rural Whenuapai & Herald Island

10km FunRun & Walk

6km FunRun & Walk

23rd Club PhysicalWhenuapai

Half MarathonSunday 11th April 2010

To enter www.coolrunning.co.nz todownload entry form

Contact: Shena 09-412-8076

* $2000 Travel to any destination of choice, courtesyof Harvey World Travel, Henderson* Two nights at Whitianga’s five star Admiralty LodgeMotel

11 The Rat Race 5km, Milford14 Waikato Drought Tough Guy & Gal Chal-

lenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua18 Woodbourne Half Marathon, 10km & 5km,

Woodbourne18 The Rat Race 5km, Milford25 The Rat Race 5km, Milford28 Energy Direct NZ Marton Marathon & Half

Marathon, Marton

SEPTEMBER 20101 The Rat Race 5km, Milford4 Energy Direct NZ Marton Marathon, & Half

Marathon, Marton4 Shoe Clinic Hawkes Bay Marathon, Half

Marathon & 10km, Hastings8 The Rat Race 5km, Milford12 Moro Marathon, Half Marathon & 15km,

Dunedin12 Waste Works Whangarei Run/Walk Festi-

val, Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km,Whangarei

12 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,20km, 10km, & 5km, Auckland

15 The Rat Race 5km, Milford18 Abel Tasman Coastal Classic, 36km, Abel

Tasman National Park, Marahau18 Legend & Arthur ’s Half, Marathon,

Waitakere City22 The Rat Race 5km, Milford29 The Rat Race 5km, Milford

OCTOBER 20106 The Rat Race 5km, Milford9 Great Barrier Wharf to Wharf, 38.6km, Great

Barrier Island10 Wairarapa Country Marathon, Half Mara-

thon & 10km, Masterton10 Volcanoes Challenge, Onehunga13 The Rat Race 5km, Milford16 Subway Dun Run, 25km, Nelson20 The Rat Race 5km, Milford23 Lodge to Lodge Half Marathon & 10km,

Mount Lyford, North Canterbury27 The Rat Race 5km, Milford30 Stirling Sports Waimea Half Marathon,

Richmond31 Adidas Auckland Marathon & Half Mara-

thon, 10.5km & 5km, Auckland

NOVEMBER 20103 The Rat Race 5km, Milford6 56th Feilding Marathon, Feilding10 The Rat Race 5km, Milford13 Te Araroa Walk New Zealand in a Day17 The Rat Race 5km, Milford20 Kerikeri Half Marathon, Kerikeri24 The Rat Race 5km, Milford28 West Coaster, Auckland

DECEMBER 20101 The Rat Race 5km, Milford8 The Rat Race 5km, Milford11 3 Bridges Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km

& 5km, Wanganui15 The Rat Race 5km, Milford

JANUARY 201115 Fullers Wharf to Wharf Fun Run/Walk,

25km, 13km, 12km & 7km, Waiheke Island

FEBRUARY 20114-13 NZ Masters Games, Wanganui

5 The Great Cranleigh Kauri Run, 32km &13km, Coroimandel

MARCH 201119-20 IWL International Two Day Walk, 30km,

20km & 10km, Rotorua

FEBRUARY 2012

4-12 NZ Masters Games, Dunedin

OVERSEASEVENTS

APRIL 20102 Aalborg Brutal Marathon, Aalborg, Den-

mark2 Marathon des Sables, Quarazazate, Mo-

rocco3 Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon (56km),

Cape Town, South Africa7 North Pole Marathon, North Pole Camp,

Russian Federation9 Dead Sea Marathon, Dead Sea, Jordan10 Canberra Marathon, Canberra, Act, Aus-

tralia11 Paris International Marathon, Paris, France11 Blackpool Marathon, Blackpool, England11 International Zurich Marathon, Zurick,

Switzerland11 Marathon de Cheverny, Cheverny, France11 Fortis Rotterdam Marathon, Rotterdam,

Netherlands11 10th Madrid Half Marathon, Madrd, Spain

Sunday 16th May 2010Palmerston North

For further information: PhoneAlister 06-353-7175Email: [email protected]

toFeilding to Palmy Fun Run and Walk

Enter on the Day - no preregistration

21km from Feilding13km from Bunnythorpe

Free bus from Curves Hokowhitu to the starts

Heaps of Spot Prizes


Coming events

MOONSHINE 2010Half Marathon & 10km Walk and Run

Sunday 11 AprilTrentham Memorial Park, Barton Road, Upper Hutt

10km walk & run: A flat, off-road course through park, bush and along theHutt River trail, starting and finishing at Trentham Memorial Park. Suitable forwalkers and runners of all ages and fitness levels.

Half Marathon trail walk & run: A very scenic off-road trail with long, flatstretches along the Hutt River Trail at the beginning and end. In the middle, a5km hill section over Cannon Point Walkway provides spectacular views of theHutt Valley and native bush. The hill section is steep and challenging. It ismost suited to experienced, long distance competitors with a high level offitness.

Entry forms via http://www.trenthamunited.co.nzEnquiries: [email protected]

Trentham United Harriers & Walkers Club,PO Box 40 357 Upper Hutt

16th Annual Woodville Lions Club

Manawatu GorgeTrack & Tunnel WalkA Sunday in April/May 2010

See COMING EVENTS page on Walking New Zealand website after March31 to find exact date of event. Website: www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Start times: 9.15am, 10.00am, 10.45amat Ashhurst Domain SH3, Ashhurst

Essential: Moderate fitness • Sturdyfootwear (preferably boots) • Wet weatherclothing and a strong TORCH.

Tickets available from the following I-Sites:Tararua (Woodville), Dannevirke, Pahiatua,Hastings, Masterton, Palmerston North, Feilding, Levin and Paraparaumu

Strickly limited tickets(This popular event has sold out every year) No gate sales. Minimium age 10 years

For further information: Tararua I-Site Phone 06-376-1023 [email protected], or Clive Boyden phone 06-376-4554

Approximately 8kms 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours walking timeFunds raised go to CancerCare and local charities

11 Taunton Marathon, Taunton, United King-dom

11 Milano City Marathon, Milano, Italy11 Whidbey Island Marathon & Half Mara-

thon, Whidbey Island, WA, USA11 22nd annual Geelong Half Marathon,

Gleelong, Vic, Australia11 Ronhill Connemara Marathon, Conne-

mara, Ireland11 Canberra Marathon & 50km, Canberra,

ACT, Australia18 Southern Charity Challenge Half

Marathon,Goolwa, SA, Australia18 Semi-Marathon International de Rabat,

Morocco18 Bungay Black Dog Marathon, Bungay,

United Kingdom18 Marathon Deutesch Weinstrasse,

Bockenheim, Germany18 Marathon du Lac D’Annecy. Annecy,

France18 Naples Marathon, Naples, Italy18 Turin Marathon, Turin, Italy18 Vienna City Marathon, Vienna, Austria18 Werdauer Wald Marathon, Werdau, Ger-

many19 114th B.A.A. Boston Marathon, Boston,

USA21 Eaglehawk Half Marathon, Eaglehawk, Vic,

Australia23-25 IWL Three Day Walk, 21km, 42km &

52km, Vancouver, USA25 Big Sur Marathon, 10.6km & 5km, Big Sur,

CA, USA25 Virgin London Marathon, London, Eng-

land25 Rhein Energie Bonner Stadt Marathon,

Bonn, Germany25 31st BT Halv Marathon, Lyngby, Denmark25 Leipzig Marathon, Leipzig, Germany25 Madrid Marathon, Madrid, Spain25 Mobel Kraft Marathon Hamburg, Ham-

burg, Germany25 Oberelbe Marathon, King Stone, Germany25 Saint Anthony Marathon, Padua, Italy30 Eugene Marathon, Half Marathon & 5km,

Eugene, OR, USA

MAY 20101-2 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km &

42km, Blankenberge, Belgium1-8 Caithness and Sutherland Walking Festi-

val, United Kingdom2 Hamilton Island Hilly Half Marathon, Hamil-

ton Island, Qld, Australia2 Bathhurst Half Marathon, Bathurst, NSW,

Australia2 Vancouver International Marathon & Half

Marathon, Vancouver, BC, Canada7-9 Kyusha International 3 Day Walk,

Yatsushiro City, Japan7-13 Newton Stewart Walking Festival,

Dummmmmfries and Galloway, Ireland

8 Hippie Chick Half Marathon, & QuarterMarathon, Portland, OR, USA

8-9 IWL Waendel Weekend, 15km, 25km &42km, Wellingborough, England

13-16 IWL Four Day Walk, Chantonnay,France

15-16 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Swit-zerland

15-16 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China

15-16 Great Ocean Road International Mara-thon, Lorne, Vic, Australia

15-16 The North Face Ultra Marathon, BlueMountains, NSW, Australia

15 The Great Wall Marathon, Half Marathon,10km & 5km, China

16 Perth Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia16 Great Ocean Road Half Marathon, Kennett

River, Vic, Australia




Sunday, 23 May 2010Solid Energy Half Marathon Walk 10:00amSolid Energy Half Marathon Run 10:00amMizuno 10k 11:10am

Commemorative medals for all half marathon finishers!

Over $20,000 worth of prizes

www.huntlyhalf.co.nz


Coming Events

5 Stockholm Marathon, Stockholm, Sweden6 Mackay Half Marathon, Mackay, Qld, Aus-

tralia6 43rd Traralgon Marathon, Half Marathon

& Quarter Marathon, Gippsland, Vic, Aus-tralia

6 Elleker Half Marathon, Elleker, WA, Aus-tralia

6 Queensland Half Marathon, Doomben,Qld, Australia

12 Traralgon Half Marathon, Traralgon, Vic,Australia

20 Dili ‘City of Peace’ Marathon, Half Mara-thon & 10km, Dili, East Timor

20 Marathon de I’lle de Maurice, Mauritius25-27 Mourne International Walking Festival,

Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ire-land

26 Rock’n’Roll Seattle Marathon & HalfMarathon, Seattle, WA, USA

26-27 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km,40km & 45km, Viborg, Denmark

JULY 20101-4 IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland4 Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon,

10km and 4km, Gold Coast Qld, Australia18 Lawler Partners Winery Marathon,

Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia20-23 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Neth-

erlands25 Park to Park Half Marathon, Qld, Aus-

tralia25 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon, Blacktown,

NSW, Australia

31 Australian Outback Marathon, Ayers Rock,NT, Australia

31 Bush Capital Bush Marathon & Ultra, Can-berra, Act, Australia

AUGUST 20106-8 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km &

42km, Vaasa, Finland8 McDonald’s Townville Marathon, Half Mara-

thon, 10km & 5km, Towsville, Qld, Australia14 Asics Adelaide Marathon, Adelaide, SA

Australia15 Alice Springs Marathon, Alice Springs, NT,

Australia22 Mudgee Marathon Weekend, Mudgee,

NSW, Australia28-29 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km &

35km, Verdal, Norway29 Shepparton Maraton, Shepparton, Vic,

AustraliaBrisbane Marathon Festival, Brisbane, Qld,

Australia

SEPTEMBER 20105 Ross Marathon, Ross, Tas, Australia5 25th Nike Budapest International Half Mara-

thon, Budapest, Hungrary10-12 Wee Binnian Walking Festival, County

Down, Northern Ireland

Lions Club Dunedin South

Taieri Gorge Rail WalkA unique opportunitySpectacular Scenery

SUNDAY 2nd MAY 2010Approximately 9km, and up to 2 hours walking time;

Walk includes three tunnels five bridges /viaducts.

Leave by train from Dunedin railway station 9amWalk from Flat Stream to Machine Stream.

Return to Dunedin by train arriving at Station at 3.00pmBuffet Car operating

BBQ availableEssential: moderate fitness; substantial footwear; all weather

clothing; a good torch; water and snacks

FARE only $59.00 PER PERSONRecommended as not suitable for children but if children doattend they must be closely supervised by an accompanying

adult

TICKETS available at Dunedin Railway StationAny enquiries to 03 453 1212

Project proceeds towards equipment forPresbyterian Support Grow

Sunday 18 April 2010

Hastings Half Marathon

10km fun run/walk

7.30am - Half Marathon walkers

8.30am - Half Marathon runners

9.00am - 10km walkers and runners

Major Spot Prize $1000 Travel Voucher

The Hastings Half Marathon is organised by Run Walk Hawkeôs Bay

ANZ Sanctioned Event #HBG01/10

Closing Date All entries must be postmarked before 4 April 2010

(Late Admin Fee payable with Half Marathon entries received after this date)

www.runwalkhb.org.nz

16 Bunberry Runners Club Half Marathon,Bunbury, WA, Australia

16 Canberra Half Marathon, Canberra, Act,Australia

16 Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon,Sydney, NSW, Australia

22 Mount Beauty Half Marathon, MountBeauty, Vic, Australia

22-23 Warwick Pentath Run, SE Queensland,Australia

23 Barossa Half Marathon, Tanunda, SA,Australia

25 Edinburgh Marathon & Scotland 10km,Edinburgh, Scotland

29 Everest Marathon, Nepal29 Adidas Sundown Marathon 2010, Singa-

pore29-30 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km & 40km,

Diekirch, Luxembourg30 Comrades Marathon, (90km), South Af-

rica30 Plymouth Half Marathon, Plymouth, Eng-

land30 29th Deep River Rock Belfast City Mara-

thon, Belfast, Ireland

JUNE 20105 The Big Five Adventure Marathon, Africa



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Coming events

Walking and Nordic Walking are “Poles” apartWe offer courses in: Otago, Christchurch, Hawkes Bay, Hamilton,Auckland and Northland

For information: 0800-669-269, www.NordicWalkingNZ.co.nz

11-12 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km,Arenzano, Italy

12 Robin Hood Maratrhon, NottinghamshireEngland

17-19 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km &42km, Seefeld, Austria

19 Sydney Marathon, Sydney, NSW, Australia25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km,

& 50km, Brno, Czech Republic26 37th Real Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Ger-

many26 Paris- Versailles, 16km, Paris, France

OCTOBER 20102-3 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda,

Germany3 29th Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon,

Minneapolis, USA10 St George Melbourne Marathon, Mel-

bourne, Vic, Australia10 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chi-

cago, USA16 Toowoomba Road Runners Marathon,

Toowoomba, Qld, Australia16-17 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain17 Amsterdam Marathon, Amersterdam, The

Netherlands23 The Polar Circle Marathon, Denmark23-24 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA24 Rottnest Marathon, Rottnest Island, WA,

Australia30-31 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju,

Korea31 Athens Marathon, Athens, Greece31 Portland 3-Bays Marathon, Portland, Vic,

Australia31 Kaohiung International Marathon, Taipei,

Taiwan

NOVEMBER 20105-7 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km

Higashimatsu-yama, Japan7 ING New York Marathon New York, NY, USA7 Marysvile Marathon Festival, Marysville,

Vic, Australia13-14 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Tai-

wan

DECEMBER 20105 Standard Charters Singapore Marathon,

Singapore12 Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, Hawii, USA26 Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Charlotte Pass

Village, NSW, Australia

JANUARY 2011Tainan Ancient Capital Marathon, Taipei, Tai-

wan

FEBRUARY 201127 Kaohiung International Marathon, Taipei,

Taiwan

APRIL 20118-9 IML Two Day Walk, Gilboa, Israel

MAY 20117-8 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km &

42km, Blankenberge, Belgium14-15 IWL Waendel Weekend, 15km, 25km

& 42km, Wellingborough, England13-15 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China

21-22 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Swit-zerland

JUNE 20112-5 IWL Four Day Walk, Chantonnay, France18-19 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km & 40km,

Diekirch, Luxembourg25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 40km

& 45km, Viborg, Denmark28 1 July IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ire-

land

JULY 201119-22 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Nether-

lands

AUGUST 201112-14 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km &

42km, Vaasa, Finland27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km &

35km, Verdal, Norway

SEPTEMBER 201110-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km,

Arenzano, Italy16-18 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km &

42km, Seefeld, Austria24-25 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km,

& 50km, Brno, Czech Republic

OCTOBER 20111-2 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda,

Germany15-16 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain22-23 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA29-30 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju,

Korea

21-Apr NEL-Stoke Isel park, Taster, Jacqui Sinclair 027-445232623-Apr Silverdale/Orewa i-site, NEW Course, Barbara 021-299994023-Apr Warkworth Shoesmith Reserve, New, Lisa 021-61123924-Apr AKL-Manurewa Bot. Gardens, Taster, Chrissie 021-62987824-Apr NEL-Richmond, Taster, Jacqui Sinclair 03-544 164525-Apr AKL-Parnell Domain, Starter, Chrissie Wright 021-62987826-Apr AKL-Greenlane Cornwall, NEW Course, Chrissie 021-62987829-Apr CHC-North New Brighton Broad Pk, Taster, Penny 03-981936030-Apr Warkworth Shoesmith Rrsve,Taster, Lisa Outwin 021-6112391 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 027-24720821 NEL-Richmond , Starter Plus, Jacqui Sinclair 03-544 16451 Mangawhai Domain, Taster, Barbara Faust 021-29999401 Waipu Cove Surf Beach, Taster, Barbara Faust 09-43203862 AKL-Parnell Domain, Taster, Chrissie Wright 021-6298782 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 027-24720822 AKL-Riverhead rugby grounds, Taster, Marilyn Palmer 09-41226542 Palmerston North Ongley Park, Taster, Bev Wickenden 06-32691542 Tauranga Memorial Park, Taster, Leslie Hemmingsen 0275 9472633 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall park, Taster, Chrissie Wright 021-6298783 Napier City Fitness, NEW Course, Cityfitness 06-83512114 Whangarei VIC, Taster , Barbara 09-43203865 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-24718858 Dunedin Botanic Gardens, Taster, Daniel Sela 021-10616628 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 027-24720828 Kaiteriteri, Taster, Michelle Alexander 021-24599558 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-24718858 Orewa VIC, Taster, Barbara Faust 021-29999409 Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 027-247208211 Hamilton Lake Domain, NEW Course, Margaret 027-247188512 Kaiteriteri TBA, Taster, Michelle Alexander 021-245995512 Whangarei i-site, NEW Course, Barbara Faust 09-432038614 Kaiteriteri, Starter PLUS, Michelle Alexander 03-528025215 Dunedin Botanic Gardens, Starter PLUS, Daniel Sela 021-106166215 Hamilton Lake Domain, Starter, Margaret Thomson 027-247188515 Kerikeri Domain, NEW Course, Barbara Faust 021-299994016 Palmerston North Ongley Pk, Starter, Bev Wickenden 06-326915416 AKL-Green Bay Craigavon Pk, Starter, Marilyn Palmer 09-412265417 AKL-Riverhead rugby grounds, Taster, Marilyn Palmer 09-412265417 NEL-Stoke Isel Park, Taster, Jacqui Sinclair 027-445232617 Coromandel Hauraki House, Taster, Jutta Schultheis 021-233386219 AKL-Riverhead rugby grounds, Starter, Marilyn Palmer 09-412265419 CHC-Shirley Burwood Park, Taster, Penny Yeoman 03-981936022 AKL-North Shore, Nordic Walking Leader, Barbara 09-432038624 Thames Information Center, Taster, Jutta Schultheis 021-233386229 Motueka, Taster, Michelle Alexander 03-5280252Nordic WNordic WNordic WNordic WNordic Walking Groups and Fitness Walking Groups and Fitness Walking Groups and Fitness Walking Groups and Fitness Walking Groups and Fitness Walks by dayalks by dayalks by dayalks by dayalks by dayMon AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne Abplanalp 09-478 3339Tue Havelock North River Rd Walkway, River Rd, 06-8782475Wed Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475Wed Whangarei, Kensington Park, Barbara Faust 09-4320386Wed Bream Bay, Waipu Museum Car Park, Barbara Faust 09-4320386Thu Maungaturoto, Otamatea High school, Barbara Faust 09-4320386Fri Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475Fri Silverdale/Orewa, i-Site, Barbara Faust 021-2998840Fri Warkworth Shoesmith Reserve, Lisa Outwin 021-611239Sat AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne Abplanalp 09-478 3339Sat AKL-Titirangi Crum Park, Robyn Woodward 027-4535143

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events



NOVEMBER 20114-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km

Higashimatsu-yama, Japan12-13 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Tai-

wan

International Nordic Walking Assn (INWA)June StevensonPhone 09-416-3917 0274-383-923Email [email protected] www.nordicwalking.net.nz

Contact details for three groups in NewZealand promoting Nordic Walking:

Nordic Academy New ZealandP O Box 6749Marion Square Wellington,Phone 04-389-3655Email [email protected] www.nordicacademy.co.nz

Nordic contacts

Nordic Walking New Zealand (NoWaNZ)Waipu Northland, Phone 0800-669-269Email [email protected] www.nordicwalkinNZ.co.nz


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NORTH ISLANDNORTHLANDKAITAIAFAR NORTH TRAVEL CLUB: Maurice Lowell, 09-408-0732 after3pm.BAY OF ISLANDSBAY OF ISLANDS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Saturday (AM), BertVanasche 09-404-0147, or Gea Hadderingh 09- 405-7773DARGARVILLEDARGARVILLE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (PM), Joan Burnett,09-437-8708WHANGAREIKIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Lee Taylor 09-430-3470CARDIAC CARE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM or PM), Jo orHugh Knight 09-438-7976KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Kensington Re-ception, 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), SportNorthland 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), Beth McLeod 09-437-7763,Saturday (PM) Morris or Shirley Gray 09-436-1524WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB: Sue Guyatt 09-436-1441

AUCKLANDOUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB: midweek, weekends (BIA), walks,tramps, Jan Thompson 09-634-4624,Val Todd 09-579-8250AUCKLAND NATURAL HISTORY CLUB: Every second Sunday, (AM),(IA),Praemi Pera 09-836-9161ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Sunday, Saturday, Marianne Rienhard 09-575-2429PRAM WALKING GROUP: Second Wednesday of month, SportAuckland, Alissa Tosswill 09-623-7925AUCKLAND CENTRALAUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday(AM), Bruce Mattson 09-570-4941AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: Jenny Andrew 09-570-5455AUCKLAND WALKERS & JOGGERS CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday (PM),Sunday (AM), (BIA), Bev Horton 09-625-5329AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: RayVickers 09-576-6906AUCKLAND BAPTIST TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday Monthly (PM),(BIA), John McCarthy 09-630-4073AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER CLUB: John Yolland 09-576-9807AUCKLAND RACE WALKERS ASSN: Sunday (AM),www.racewalkingauckland.orgAUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Doug Astley 09-620-4923AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Michelle Lee 09-358-1296BLOCKHOUSE BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE: Norma Pegg, 09-626-2300ELLERSLIE Y’S WALKING CLUB: Doug MacKay 09-274-7083EAST AND BAYS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Glendowie, Saturday,Denise 09-570-9683EPSOM Y’s COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Tuesday/Thursday(AM), Jan Dwyer 09-636-6294, Sunday (AM), M Armstrong 09-639-1378LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Marlene 09-827-2737MT ALBERT Y’s WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Friday, (AM), 09-846-0788MT ROSKILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: Theresa McDonald, 09-624-3281OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Jan Thompson 09-634-4624WALKING 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 9704WEST AUCKLANDBLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), TerryWilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071LYNNMALL CITY MALL WALKING: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA),09-826-2333NEW LYNN WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Margaret 09-817-6847

TITIRANGI TWILIGHT STROLLERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM),Miranda 09-817-9677WEST END WALKERS: Westmere, Monday, Thursday, Friday, (AM),(BI), Bonnie Stratton, 09-378-7566FIA OLA WOMEN’S DEVELOPMEMT WALK GROUP: Monday toSaturday, Anne, 09-813-0021FOOTSTEPS: Saturday (AM), John 09-410-2995FRIENDS OF THE COMMUNITY HOUSE WALK GROUP: Tuesday(AM), Mary 09-817-6848GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), EthelDenscombe 09-818-3561GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Neil Turner 09-817-6230GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thurs-day (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM),Alene Couchman 09-818-2580KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Mar-tin 09-838-6553KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Mar-tin 09-818-6084KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-412-8914LYNFIELD Y’s WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene09-827-2737LYNNDALE AMATEUR ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Mic Baker 09-626-3232NEW LYNN ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: New Lynn, Wednes-day, Lorraine, 09-827-8663MASSEY ATHLETIC CLUB: Nyree Sherman 09-832-6922MASSEY JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Kerry Watt 09-838-6665RANUI MORNING WALK GROUP: Monday to Friday (AM), Judith09-832-5692RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09-832-4069RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 09-412-9952SUMMERLAND WALKERS: Henderson, Max Eyes 09-837-4787TE ATAU PENINSULA WALKERS: Monday, Friday (AM), Wednes-day (PM), Lorna Trass 09-834-5366TE ATATU JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Te Atatu Peninsula, Sun-day (AM), Malcolm 09-834-4101 or Diane or Graham 09-834-4423TE ATATU SOUTH ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: Te Atatu South,Wednesday, Edna, 09-834-1401TITIRANGI WALKERS & JOGGERS: Sundays (AM), John Harris 09-817-7212WEST HARBOUR ACTIVE 35+WALKING GROUP: West Harbour,Friday, Lorna, 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,Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284WEST AUCKLAND DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Jill 09-626-4325NORTH SHORE10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-461060’s UP TORBAY/BROWNS BAY: Wed (AM), Heather Jean Adams09-478-2462NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Barbara Lobel 09-473-6938BIRKENHEAD PROBUS CLUB: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Tracy Watson09-414-5351BROWNS BAY/TORBAY 60’s UP MOVEMENT: Wednesday (AM),Roy Urlic 09-473-8777CALLIOPE ATHLETICS WALKERS & HARRIERS: Northcote, Wednes-day (PM), Gail Mouldey 09-418-3457DEVONPORT 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: Torbay, Tuesday, Friday (AM),Shelley Sharp 09-473-9021GREENHITHE 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),Jack Rendle 09-478-9115MEADOWOOD WALKING & TALKERS: Albany, Tuesday (AM), CarolBuckner 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 Sun-day (AM), Jan 09-483-5645NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Barbara Lobel 09-473-6938

NORTHCOTE WALKING GROUP: Northcote, every second Tuesday(AM), Peter Cox 09-480-5622TORBAY WALKERS: Torbay, Wednesday (AM), Jill Devonshire 09-473-1931WALKERS & TALKERS: Campbells Bay, Wednesday (AM), BrendaGray 09-410-4019, Dorothy Ensor 09-478-6702WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday,Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284Y’s WALKING SUNDAY GROUP: Northcote, Sunday (AM), MalcolmCurtis 09-444-3823RODNEY10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Edna Prbert 09-425-5928HEALTH IN ACTION: (BIA), Susie George 09-426-1269HELENSVILLE WALKERS: Helensville, Tuesday (AM), MalcolmKeane 09-420-8739HIBISCUS COAST Y’S WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Wednesday(AM,PM), Kevin Tiller, 09-426-6461LEISURE WALKERS: Whangaparaoa, Thursday (AM), Ann Mahon/Margaret Gilbert 09-424-0765MONDAY 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),Thursday (AM), Robert Scott 09-425-8089 or Heather Rankin 09-431-4692WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday,Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284WAIHEKE ISLANDWAIHEKE ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), ShaonaMaddle, 09-372-6645COUNTIES/MANUKAUPUKEKOHE JOGGERS & WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday, Sun-day (AM), 09-238-9820WAIUKU WALKING GROUP: Information Centre, Monday, Wednes-day, Friday (AM),ONEWHERO KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Merlene, Walker, 09-232-8844PAPATOETOE Y’S WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday(AM), Derek McKeen, 09-266-2304PAKURANGA ATHLETIC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday 9am (BIA), LindaMitchell, 09-273-9531PAKURANGA KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednes-day (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)HOWICK UXBRIDGE WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 09-535-6467HOWICK Y’S WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-5153PUKEKOHE TRAMPING CLUB: David Lawrie 09-238-8407TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Colin Johnstone 09-535-6231

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 Millar07-855-6848HILLCREST WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), NellBradburn 07-856-3787MEMORIAL PARK WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Maureen Doms07-855-2497NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Monday Tuesday (AM), Roslynn Billman07-847-4873SILVERDALE 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 MallChartwellHAMILTON 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 07-828-9029


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BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: DianaAmmann 07-823-6147WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07-827-3097CAMBRIDGECAMBRIDGE WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), SharonWoodings, 07-827-6033LEAMINGTON WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), SharonWoodings, 07-827-6033KAIHERE/PATETONGAKAIHERE/PATETONGA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM), JulieStephenson 07-867-7011MATAMATAMATAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088AFTERWORK WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (PM), Janis Jeffers,07-889-7032MATAMATA TRAMPING & WALKING GROUP: F Smeed 07-883-1222MORRINSVILLEMORRINSVILLE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088OTOROHANGAOTOROHANGA WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM)PAEROAPAEROA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), JulieStephenson 07-867-7011PAEROA LUNCH WALKERS: Monday Wednesday Friday, JulieStephenson 07-867-7011PUTARURUPUTARURU WALKING GROUP:(BIA) Hazel Murphy, 07-883-7927PIOPIOSILVERADOS EXERCISE GROUP: Wednesday (PM), JuneO’Donoghue, 07-877-8492PIOPIO CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Mon (AM), (BIA), MauriceKearns, 07-877-8836TAIRUATAIRUA 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 07-378-4992WAIORA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), KayeBeatson 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 Forsman07-884-8841TE AROHA TREKKERS: Wednesday (AM), Pat Skelly 07-8844278TE AWAMUTUTE AWAMUTU WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday(AM), Jan Jefferies 07-889-7032TE AWAMUTU MARATHON CLINIC: Wednesday (PM), Sunday(AM), (BIA), Pip Annan 07-871-2980TE KUITIWAITOMO WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BIA), Ruth Early,07-878-6870TWILIGHT 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), JohnRoberts 07-549-0878KAWERAUKAWERAU WALKERS: Kawerau, Thursday (AM), (B), Sport Bay ofPlenty, 07-308-8304HARRIERS WALKERS: Kawerau Thursday (PM), (A), Sport Bay ofPlenty, 07-308-8304OPOTIKIBUSH WALKERS CLUB: J Hedley, 07-315-7807ROTORUACROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07347-8945

LAKE CITY ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS GROUP: Tueday, Thursday(PM), Sunday (AM), Ted Sheppard 07-348-1205 or Sarah Wiwarena07-348-7874GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUP: Tueday (AM), (B), LisaMansell 07-348-4156HEART SUPPORT WALK GROUP: Tueday (AM), Wally Walford 07-347-6173MOKOIA COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B),Lisa Mansell 07-348-4156SPRINGFIELD STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), GlenysSearancke 07-348-4243ROTORUA TRAMPING & SKI CLUB: Sundays (AM), Trevor Cochrane07-345-6362ST BARNABAS WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (BIA), Joy Gordon07-357-5744THE THURSDAY STROLLERS: Thursday (AM), (B), MyrtleRaxworthy 07-346-3772WALKING WITH JOY: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Joy Gordon 07-357-5744TAURANGA/MT MAUNGANUIAGE CONCERN: Tauranga, Wednesday (AM), 07-578-2631CITY ON ITS FEET: Days and areas, (BIA), Sandy or Sarah 07-578-9610STEPPING OUT JOGGING CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, (AM), (IA),07-544-0316FOREST & BIRD SOCIETY: Secretary, tauranga. [email protected], TaurangaHEALTHY HEART CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (B),YMCA, 07-578-5891Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), YMCA, 07-578-5891MOUNT JOGGERS & WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, (AM),Gaye Westwood 07-574-1075ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: MONDAY (AM) 07-576-2469KATIKATI WALKERS: Barbara Thomas, 07-549-0829NORDIC WALKING AT THE MOUNT: Monday, Wednesday, Satur-day, Steffi 07-574-7527NORDIC WALKING IN TAURANGA: Monday, Wednesday, Mary 07-577-0711MT MAUNGANUI RSA WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Sun-days (AM), (BIA), Kieran Jensen 07-572-062650 FORWARD WALKING GROUPS: Sport Bay of Plenty 07-578-0016TAURANGA MID-WEEK TRAMPING GROUP: Derek 07-572-2512TAURANGA ROAD RUNNERS: Sunday (AM), Nick 07-578-5802TAURANGA RAMBLERS: Malcolm 07-544-2369 or Rod Taylor 07-576-4207TAURANGA TRAMPERS NETWORK: Natalie Bird 07-576-0016TAURANGA TRAMPING CLUB: 07-578-6559PAK N BOOTS: Moya Hewson 07-575-7064TE PUKETE PUKE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-578-0016WAIHIWAIHI STRIDERS: Wednesday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011WAIHI STROLLERS: Friday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011WHAKATANESUNSHINE WALKING GROUP: Whakatane, Tuesday (AM), (I),Graham Thomas, 07-307-9800HARRIERS WALKERS WHAKATANE: Saturday, (PM), (I), NoelJones, 07-308-7101WHITIANGAWHITIANGA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Mike lord,07-868-6025WHANGAMATAWHANGAMATA WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Mike Lord, 07-868-6025WHANGAMATA ROAD RUNNERS & WALKERS: 07-865-6580WHANGAMATA RAMBLERS: Ron Le Noel, 07-865-9475WALK WHANGAMATA: Everyday (AM), from SurfclubWHANGA SENIOR WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-865-7022

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

HAWKES BAYHASTINGSFLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy06-879-7077HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Eddy 06-876-3371HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-873-0971HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Jane06-877-0017HAVELOCK NORTH WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette06-877-2114HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lyn 06-877-7886

BRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM),(BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285KIWI SENIORS: Eana Young 06-845-9333 x 708RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Lynda Anderson, 06-876-6268NAPIERAHURIRI 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 Rogers06-843-1225RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Russell Pattison, 06-844-4435Ys WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, Napier, Barry 06-844-3929 orNola 06-843-7912TARADALE/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 06-753-3254WESTOWN DIABETES WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), PeterBrookes 06-753-4646TIME FOR ME WALKS FOR WOMEN: Friday (AM), (I), Glenice 06-758-3974FRONT RUNNER GROUP: Monday (PM), (BIA), Kelvin & MichelleGiddyFITZROY WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (IA),Elizabeth 06-757-9291WESTOWN WALKING GROUP FOR WOMEN: Monday, Wednes-day, Friday (AM), (IA), Karen 06-751-1361WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Karen 06-751-1361WALKERS IN THE PARK: Monday, (AM), (B), Dawn 06-758-6429or Dorothy Humphries 06-751-0431SPOTSWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday(AM), (BI), Allie Fitzgibbon 06-751-2304NEW PLYMOUTH JOGGERS CLUB: Sunday, (AM), Jan Dempsy,06-758-8373TARANAKI RACE WALKING CLUB: Trevor Suthon, 06-758-0776EGMONT ATHLETICS: Karen Green, 06-758-1569WAITARAWAITARA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (AM), (I), Cleo 06-754-7311INGLEWOODINGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Maureen 06-756-7255STRATFORDSTRATFORD WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), IvanCoates 06-765-7212 or Wes Robinson 06-765-5242INGLEWOODINGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Maureen 06- 756-7255HAWERAHAWERA WALKING GROUPO: Friday (AM), Nancy Riddick 06-278-5784PUSH PLAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Tuesday (PM), (BIA), MoiraKoch, 0800-223-228ELTHAMKIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BIA), Maria Erkes06-764-8984

WANGANUIWANGANUICASTLECLIFF WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Dorothea Dobbie 06-344-4219RONA & GLAD’S WALK GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Rona Wright 06-344-5434WANGANUI HARRIER CLUB: Wednesdays, Saturday (PM), Secre-tary, P O Box 702, Wanganui, Perry Newburn 06-343-6484SPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM),Robyn Rose 06-348-1440WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), DarolPointon 06-345-3137WAVERLEYSPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: (AM), (BIA), Betty Morrison06-346-5613OHAKUNESPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young06-385-4055MARTONSPORT & RECEATION CLUB GOLD: Wednesday (AM), Deane James06-327-7607

MANAWATUPALMERSTON NORTHHOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), JackCook 06-357-7458 or Dorne Jarvis 06-357-2444


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KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds,06-354-3342MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM),Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), AlisterMartin 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; Satur-day, (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, AdrienneKennedy 06-350-8617MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey RecreationCentre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLYWALKERS: Sunday (AM), (IA) Gillian Absolom 06-329-6898FOREST & BIRD: monthly 2nd Saturday, (AM), Vivienne Nicholls06-353-2305METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM),(B), Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06-356-4384WALKY TALKIE TROOPERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), (I), LizMacNeill 06-357-8216FEILDINGSENIOR WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), GailByrnes 06-323-5470FOXTONFOXPEDS: Monday (PM), Foxton, Foxton Beach, (BIA), DaveBlackett, 06-363-5743, Michelle Duffy, 06-363-7987LEVINLEVIN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), IvanMorgan 06-368-3622WEDNESDAY LEISURE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), LilaMcCall, 06-367-9070LEVIN JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sun-day, (BIA), Anne-Marie Bainbridge 06-368-6608

WAIRARAPAMASTERTONWALKING GROUP RECREATIONAL: Edna Patrick, 06-377-4338ATHLETICS VETERAN WAIRARAPA: J Earles, 06-377-3479ORIENTEERING 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, Is-land 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 Marchto mid October, (BIA), Veronica GouldWELLINGTON MID-WEEK WALKERS: Tues, Thursday (PM), BartJones 04-477-3746 or David Lonsdale 04-977-8990WELLINGTON NORDIC WALKERS: Rod McColl 04-527-0624LOWER HUTTWALK FOR HEALTH: Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), Sunday(AM), (BIA), Esme 04-589-1944 or Dave 04-970-5133POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednes-day (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Pam McArthur 04-586-4088

WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04-567-5727WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednes-day (PM), 04-564-6019HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04-569-6901TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04-526-7440LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Trevor Knowles, 04-565-0294WALK 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: Margaret Hughes, 04-237-8660TAWA LINDEN HIKERS: 04-232-8705WEA RAMBLERS: Muriel Thompson, TawaTAWA/LINDEN WALKERS: Maurice 04-232-4407 or Claire 04-232-8764UPPER HUTTTUESDAY TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper HuttTRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Teresa Tito 04-565-0333UPPER VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Sandy Wilton/Colin Hamlin, 04-527-0107KAPITIKAPITI CARDIAC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Graham Priest 04-293-7872KAPITI WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Robin Leger04-905-4680 or Muriel Hill 04-293-5121KAPITI SUNDAY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Frank Morris 04-293-2567 or Ethel Symes 04-904-1485KAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-902-1754MONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or SteveGolledge 04-904-5904SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022

SOUTH ISLANDMARLBOROUGHBLENHEIM50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Joan 03-578-1922 orColin 03-572-9423PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991SPORT MARLBOROUGH WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), SportMarlborough 03-577-8855

NELSONMOTUEKAMOTUEKA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA),Evelyn Gilbertson, 03-528-8894MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Freda Gerslov03-528-6510NELSONNELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West,03-548-3655NELSON KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), Kay O’Dinot, 03-546-7910WAKEFIELD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lou Manson, 03-541-8414TAHUNA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), Kay O’Dinot, 03-546-7910NELSON 50+ WALKING GROUP: alternative Tuesday, Thursday(AM), Noel Brown 03-544-2286NELSON 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 InformationCentreTAKAKAGOLDEN BAY ALPINE AND TRAMPING CLUB: Day walk and over-night trips, Paul Kilgour, 03-525-7383

CANTERBURYCHRISTCHURCHACTIVE CHRISTCHURCH SUNDAY WALK: Sunday (AM) (BI), 03-941-8999AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canter-bury 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 allages 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 withphysical disabilities, Trevor Randall 03-385-7446BEXLEY KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Kath 03388-6161

BARRINGTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Nita 03-337-1493BECKENHAM WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (PM), Di 03-385-3452BISHOPDALE RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM) (I), Bishopdale, PaulMuir 03-359-7971BISHOPDALE TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM),(IA), Margaret03-351-6681BURNSIDE JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM) Burnside,Anne Uys 03-342-6337BUSHWISE WOMEN: (BIA) Cynthia Roberts or Roz Heinz 03-332-4952BRIGHTON RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), NewBrighton (I), Marlene Crocker 03-388-1115CANTERBURY RACE WALKERS ASSOCIATION: Monday, Wednes-day, (BIA), coordinates all Canterbury race walkers and friendlyrace walking, Ann Henderson 03-387-0387CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (PM),Darryn Welham 03-960-3808CARDIAC COMPANIONS: Sunday fortnight, (PM) Neville Wootton03-942-5453CARDIAC 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 03-389-1982or 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 Mes-senger 03-322-7709CHRISTCHURCH METHODIST HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BIA),Mrs Lindsay Evans 03-355-4356CITY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, 50+age group men& women, Margaret Borrens, 03-354-1534CRUSADERS WALKERS: Tuesday (BI), (50’s and above age group),Des 03-354-2008DARLINGTON 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 03-329-1865FAMILY SOCIAL GROUPS: (B), for parents with young children,recreational clerk, 03-371-1778FASTRACK WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM) (I), Linwood,Dorothy Jones 03-389-5339FENDALTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (AM), 03-941-8999FENDALTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, Yvette So 03-351-6407GARDEN CITY WALKERS: Saturday (AM), Helen 03-382-2302GENTLE EXERCISE: Monday, Friday, (NI), qualified physed instruc-tor leads groups, Russell Graham, 03-388-3196GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday, Saturday, Sun-day, Pauline 03-322-8057HAGLEY PARK NORDIC WALKERS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000HALSWELL WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999HAPPY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (IA), 50+agegroup, Vera 03-337-4094HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (BI), mainly1-2 hour flat walks, John van Herpt, 03-980-5664HEI HEI WALKERS: Thursday, Lee Tuki 03-373-8150HERITAGE WALKS: Tuesday, (PM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-338-8306KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), LyaneGraham 03-327-5679KAIAPOI NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fri-day, Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburbangroups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social groupfor gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-332-8724LINWOOD AVENUE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Thursday (AM)(B), 03-389-5303LINWOOD KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), Phyl 03-389-6130LYTTELTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Lyttlelton, (BI), Ada Good-win 03-328-7235MAIREHAU LADIES PROBUS, Tuesday, Leah 03-385-6310MARYVILLE KIWISENIORS:: Monday (AM), Valmai 03-377-8742MERIVALE KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), June 03-355-8703


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LEGENDFitness levels: “B” beginner, ”I” intermediate, “A” advanced. (AM)denotes morning walk, (PM) denotes an afternoon or evening walk.Group co-ordinators are asked to please advise us of any updates byfax 06-358-6864 or email [email protected]

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MT PLEASANT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Pauline 03-384-4794NEW BRIGHTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (bothwalkers and strollers), Joy 03-383-4494NEW BRIGHTON WORKING MENS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tues-day (I), Jenny Wilson 03-332-8818NEW BRIGHTON ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Phil Bastion 03-981-1798NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery03-388-7335NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-388-3237NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-385-5338NEW BRIGHTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-day, 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), CoralGilbertson 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 Marriott03-383-2665PARKLANDS WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), BIA), BernardMarriott 03-383-2665PENINSULA TRAMPING CLUB: (Family Strollers Group), Sunday,Gloucester Street, (BIA), Rick Bolch 03-338-5156PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-322-7220PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-343-2216PLEASURE WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (AM) (I), Colleen Cook03-389-8607PORT 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), BeverleyChurch 03-388-5736Q.E. PARK STROLLERS: Tuesday, John Plumridge 03-385-9710RETIREES CLUB KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (bothwalkers and stroller groups), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060RETIREES SOCIAL CLUB: Thursday (PM) (BI), 50 + age group, IraWilliams 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- 980-1553SOMERFIELD 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), Dave Bates03-332-6233, Sunday, Yvonne van Eerden 03-339-0751WAINONI/AVONSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES: Thursday (AM), 03-389-2285WALKIE TALKIES WALKING GROUP: Thursday, (B), members mainlyfrom Burwood United and St Kentigerns Parish, John 03-981-9994WOMEN WALK: Wednesday and weekends, throughout Canter-bury not in city area, (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921XY’s WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Mary hamilton 03-384-5690“Y’s WALKERS” (YMCA): Tuesday, Thursday, (BIA), City YMCA,03-366-0689, Bishopdale Community Centre, 03-359-8330Y WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Mary Hamilton 03-384-5690“Y’s TREKKERS”: Monday, Port Hills, (IA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689YMCA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), JillO’Connor 03-366-0689WAYFARERS WALKING GROUP:Thursday (AM) (BI), 50 + agegroup, Ted Hill 03-323-9311WEEKEND WANDERERS: Sunday (PM), Marilyn Dean 03-338-3826

WOMEN WALK: Wednesday Weekends (AM), (BIA), Pauline Cara03-384-192130 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 Vessy03-329-1865LEESTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060LINCOLN KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060RANGIORA KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Sport Canter-bury 03-373-5060SOUTHBRIDGE KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury03-373-5060ASHBURTONASHBURTON 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,03-307-0475

STH CANTERBURYPLEASANT POINTPLEASANT POINT WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Esther,03-614-7524TIMARUTIMARU HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM), March to October, Alister03-686-1010GLENITI 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 Illingworth03-684-9355

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 MonkSWC 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,03-756-9037HOKI 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 Bell03-434-5061OAMARU FRIDAY WALKERS: Every 2nd Friday (AM), BarbaraMcGann 03-434-9178WEDNESDAY WALKERS TRAMPING GROUP: Jane Naish 03-434-6363NORTH OTAGO TRAMPING & MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: MargieCarrington 03-434-8484DUNEDINGREEN HUT TRACK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), George Sutherland03-467-5999MORNINGTON MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (B), 1 hour,Kieran Hurring 03-453-4423MOSGIEL WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), 1-2 Hour, Betty Bryce03-489-7849ACTIVE WALKERS: Monday (PM), Bill Brockie 03-467-911460 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Mondays (AM), (I), 2-4 hours, JudithWright, 03-456-2080TAIERI WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (B), Alison Jones 03-489-837260’s PLUS RAMBLERS: 1st & 3rd Tuesday, Vern Gould 03-476-4457

ST KILDA COMMUNITY CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (I), 2hour, David Horn, 03-455-2223ST PETERS WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Alex Holmes 03-455-5216KOPUTAI WALKING GROUP: 2nd Tuesday, (A), Noeline Forgie, 03-472-8302HALFWAY BUSH WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (I), Pat Garth,03-476-2579BRIGHTON WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Ennis Rutherford,03-481-1093MULTI-PEAK FITNESS WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), MareldaGallaher 03-477-6057ARIKI WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Saturday (PM), Bev Allen03-454-4863DUNEDIN CITY RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM), Muriel Marshall 03-454-5215WAIHOLA WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Yvonne Dobbie 03-417-4447PINEHILL WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Bob Todd 03-467-9497MOSGIEL 50 FORWARD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), MaryYoung, 03-489-5669MAYOR’S WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irenie Edgler 03-487-6703CIVIL SERVICE: Saturday, (PM), Nevan Trotter 03-479-5389LEITH WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Janette Anderson 03-476-2830CAVERSHAM HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), KeiranColumb 03-489-4027HILL CITY WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Helen Morris 03-487-8787TAIERI ATHLETICS CLUB: Saturday (PM), Sandra Cromarty 03-488-1084Y’S WALKING GROUP: Sunday (AM), Jim Paton 03-473-8573WILDERNESS WALKERS: Sunday (AM), (A), Max Wilson 03-454-581560 PLUS HIKERS: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Shirley Collins 03-455-2539XY TRAMPING CLUB: 1st & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Cliff Donaldson03-467-9875WEA OVER 50’s TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (A), JennyGonin 03-467-2711TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), IanFleming 03-489-8964TRIXIE TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM), Alison Jones 03-489-837260’s PLUS TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Thursday, (A), >4 hours,Murray Bolt, 03-454-2211OTAGO TRAMPING/MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Sunday (AM), IanSime 03-453-6185OVER 30’s TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Janice Hodges 03-489-4071PHOENIX CLUB: Sunday (AM), Rex Malthus 03-473-7919ALEXANDRAALEXANDRA WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Ngaire Turnball,03-448-8726QUEENSTOWNWAKATIPU WALKERS: Thursday, Patricia Cook 03-442-1525WANAKAWANAKA WALKING Group: Tuesday (Nov- Apl) (PM), Sunday(AM), (BI), Graham Barnett 03-443-1780

SOUTHLANDINVERCARGILL60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Len Johnston, 03-231-3372,Don Todd, 03-217-5931INVERCARGILL KIWI SENIORS’ WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM),Sport Southland, 03-211-2150YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Joan Suther-land, 03-218-8738GOREEASTERN SOUTHLAND KIWI SENIORS’ WALKING GROUP: Everythird Tuesday of month (AM), (BIA), Richard Pasco, Sport Southland03-208-3846HOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053NORTHERN SOUTHLANDNORTHERN SOUTHLAND KIWI SENIORS’ WALK GROUP: Everysecond and fourth Thursday of the month, (AM), Sport Southland,03-211-2150TE ANAUTE ANAU KIWI SENIORS WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), SportSouthland, 03-211-2150


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Homestyle AccommodationHomestyle AccommodationHomestyle AccommodationHomestyle AccommodationHomestyle AccommodationOcean Beach, Whangarei HeadsOcean Beach, Whangarei HeadsOcean Beach, Whangarei HeadsOcean Beach, Whangarei HeadsOcean Beach, Whangarei Heads

· spectacular views· explore Bream Head Scenic Reserve walking tracks· beautiful beach walks· diverse range of native bird/wildlife· something for everyone· 30 minute drive from Whangarei

Tel 09 434 0655Email [email protected]

Website www.breamheadgetaway.co.nz

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GREAT

COUNTRY

BREAKS

WAIRARAPA

WELLINGTON

WildernessAdventure

Kawakawa Station Walk•2 day 2 night experience• Fantastic accommodation in native bush• All home cooked meals included or s/catered• Luggage transported.• Native bush / Open country / Sea vistas• Breathtaking views across to the Kaikoura ranges• Walk has moderate to challenging options

Cape Palliser – 54kms from MartinboroughSarah & Duncan: 06 307 8989

[email protected]

. . . farm walking at its most scenic

A one, two orthree day walkacross country, upthe beautifulKawhatau Valley,Mangaweka.

Quality accommodation,hearty food.

Phone 06-382-5507Fax 06-382-5504

Ruth & Jin Rainey, RD7,Mangawekaemail:[email protected]:www.kvw.co.nz

HEAPHY TRACKABEL TASMAN

Walk with us on these Top TracksSmall Groups, Great Guides,

Great StoriesOur portering system makes it easy

John Croxford, Dodson Road, RD1,

Takaka Tel/Fax 03-525-7177

www.kahurangiwalks.co.nz

RANGITIKEI

TARANAKI

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ON DEMAND SHUTTLE SERVICETo all tracks in the Nelson, Marlborough & Westcoast regions.The Heaphy, Wangapeka, Abel Tasman, Nelson Lakes Track

Ends are our specialty.

“Run by trampers for trampers.”

Check our website for other destinations

www.nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nzPhone/Fax 03-521-1900 - Email [email protected]

NELSON/TAKAKA/NELSON LAKES

Exciting new guided walks in the Tararuas

Come and stay sometimeand enjoy a tour, only 11/2 hours (or so) from

Palmerston North!

EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE

• 2 or 3 night getaways of moderate tramping inthe very heart of the Eastern Taranakibackcountry. (2 to choose from)

• Inclusive package of transport (from Stratford) ac-commodation and meals.

• September to May best months.• Matemateaonga Track package of transport,

jetboat, hut passes also arranged.For further information contact:

Carol or Dave DigbyPhone 06-765-7482 (evenings)

email: [email protected]: www.eastern-taranaki.co.nz

“Bridge to Somewhere”

WAIRARAPA

BOOKS

“Older &Bolder”by JudithDoylePublished byNew HollandPublishers.Send cheque for$30 (this includesP&P) to:Judith Doyle, #3, 14 Oriental Terrace,Oriental Bay,Wellington.

phone: Jenn at 021- 182-0170

To advertise in CountryBreaks section

or email:[email protected]


CANTERBURY

QUEEN Charlotte Track Service - contact Endeavour Ex-press phone 03-573-5456, email [email protected]

CANTERBURY

LAKE TEKAPOHistoric Mt John Homestead Sleeps 10 - Minimum 2 night stay

Email [email protected]: www.tekapotourism.co.nz/accomm/mt_john homestead.htm

Phone 03-680-6834 or 021-306-446

Enjoy a rest, the environment and the walks

GREAT

COUNTRY

BREAKSMARLBOROUGH

CANTERBURY

Make this your first multi-day tramp

www.bankstrack.co.nz

Banks

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Selfguidedtwo orfourdaywalks

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

MARLBOROUGH


Cnr Clark and Ryley Streets - OWAKA

Come andvisit theamazing

YHA Catlins CoastLodge & Holiday Park

Email: [email protected]: gaanz.co.nz

Phone 03 415 8333 or 03 3799 536

Perfect for groups and located in Owaka, only 150 metresfrom Supermarket and local pub.

* 20 room lodge with lots of options, with linen* Huge kitchen and dining room* Games room with pool table and internet* Heaps of parking* BBQ

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PRODUCTS

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See www.kiwifootpaths.comAvailable on line fromwww.clear watertarn.co.nz orwrite Kiwi Footpaths, P O Box 169,Mangawhai, 0540, New Zealand


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