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SEPTEMBER weather forecast

walks worth doing

Overseas Walk:

Revamped Goldfields Track relaunched

New Zealand walk:

Mayor Island New Zealand walks:

Waterfall walks Overseas Walks:

Four days exploring Yosemite National Park

New Zealand walk:

Akitio-Glenora walk New Zealand’s newest private walk New Zealand walk:

New Zealand walk:

Coromandel coast walking tour www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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CONTENTS Issue No 164 - 2011

4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mayor Island 9 Readers views: Signs and the visually impaired pedestrian 10 Event: Where the field meets the forest 11 New Zealand walk; Deans Bank Track 12 New Zealand walks; Coromandel coastal walking tour 16 New Zealand walks: Waterfall walks 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Akitio-Glenora Walk - New Zealand’s newest private walk 28 Overseas walks: Revamped Goldfields Track relaunched 30 Overseas walk: Four days exploring Yosemite National Park 34 New Zealand walks: Warkwoth walks - more walks worth doing 36 High achiever: Mobile scooter to walking around town 37 Podiatry: Haglunds deformity 38 Long walk: Walking the World 39 Window on Waitakere: Better biodiversity 40 Health: High doses of Ergocalciferol a concern 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for September 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 48 Nordic Walking Calendars 49 Event: Birds a plenty at Bay 50 New Zealand walk: Dome Forest and Totara Scenic Reserve walks 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 GPx Need help to get active 60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half Marathon

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Walking Flemington The recently opened Flemington Heritage Centre and Guided Walking Tours at Flemington Racecourse in Melbour ne, Australia, allow visitors the opportunity to experience the heritage, the heroes and the events that have made the Melbourne Cup the ‘race that stops a nation’.

Admission includes a guided walking tour around Flemington Racecourse and entry into the Racecourse of Dreams exhibition where the Emirates Melbourne Cup trophy and artefacts from the Victoria Racing Club’s archives are on display.

For more info email: tourism@vrc.net.au.

High numbers visit UK countryside Natural England, with support from the Forestry Commission and Defra, has published its second year of findings in the definitive survey of the way people in the UK visit and use the outdoors.

The Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment (MENE) survey has been carried out in weekly “waves” over the last two years and its unprecedented scope is reflected in the number of people interviewed – in 2010/2011 over 46,000 people were sampled.

The results show that in 2010/11 alone, nearly 2.5 billion visits were made to England’s countryside and open spaces, during the course of which visitors generated over £17 billion in expenditure. Over half those surveyed responded that they visit the natural environment at least once a week.

Environment Minister Richard Benyon said: “Nature is a perfect antidote to the stress of our busy lives and this survey shows the extent of people’s passion for the world beyond their front door.“ Natural England’s Chair, Poul Christensen said “This is a groundbreaking study in England. It reaches a huge number of people and that lets us build a really good picture of how people are using the outdoors.”

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Walk talk

Charity walks in the United Kingdom St Richard’s Hospice's 2nd Waterways Walk takes place on Sunday 14th August. The 21 mile walk is one of their most popular events and helped to raise over £35,000 for the hospice last year.

The route starts at Droitwich Rugby Club and takes walkers through the beautiful scenery and open countryside of Worcestershire in the UK, passing 41 locks.

The walk meanders along the recently renovated Droitwich canal to the River Severn and back along the WorcesterBirmingham Canal.

Walk Ten 2011 runs to 9th September. A series of evening walks this summer are being organised to help raise money for local Marie Curie Nurses.

The 10km ‘Walk Ten’ events are being held at 20 venues across the country. The walks start at 6pm and at the end of the walk, there will be fun activities such as fireworks, live music, and picnics.

Emirates to Baghdad Emirates will commence passenger flights to Baghdad from November 13, 2011, marking the airline’s second destination in Iraq.

Operating from Dubai four times per week, Baghdad will be Emirates’ fifth new international destination in 2011 with Basra and Geneva already operational and Copenhagen and St Petersburg to follow on August 1 and November 1 respectively.

All new flights, including Baghdad, offer connections at Dubai with Emirates’ four daily services from New Zealand.

Dublin now a city of a thousand welcomes Dublin has now become the only city in the world where the locals literally queue up to welcome visitors. A new project called City of a Thousand Welcomes harnesses the Irish capital’s reputation for offering a warm welcome with a format that makes sharing a pint or a cuppa with a Dubliner a certainty rather than a hope for thousands of visitors.

“Over three million people visit Dublin each year,” says Trevor White, director of the project,“and the reason why many of them come here is to meet friendly locals. City of a Thousand Welcomes brings visitors and Dubliners together in a fun, structured, safe way, at no cost to either party.”

From June 1, people from all over the world can sign up at www.cityofathousandwelcomes.com to meet with our Dublin Ambassadors over a free drink or cup of tea in three great Dublin institutions: the Merrion Hotel, Bewley’s Café and the Porterhouse.

When the call for Ambassadors was issued in March, the organisers wanted to recruit 1,000 volunteers to sign up as Ambassadors.

Over 2,500 people have since applied, proving that Dublin really is one of the friendliest cities in the world. Among the volunteers are well-known Dubliners such as Victoria Smurfit, David McWilliams, Bill Cullen, Graham Knuttel, former Miss World Rosanna Davison and Presidential candidate Senator David Norris.

The sponsors of the service include Fáilte Ireland, Dublin City Council and Dublin Regional Authority.

The service is completely free for visitors and Dubliners. The cost of hosting each meeting is borne by our sponsors and hospitality partners.

Visitors can sign up at cityofathousandwelcomes.com, by completing a short questionnaire.

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Is it safe? How do visitors know that they won’t be welcomed by a lunatic?

All Ambassadors are subject to police vetting in line with insurance requirements so you won’t be welcomed by a lunatic.

Trevor White explains: “We’re celebrating Dublin as a place where visitors receive a warm welcome, and where culture extends to good conversation. We are doing this for the benefit of visitors, of course, but also to re-invigorate Irish hospitality and encourage civic pride at a time when Irish identity has taken a bit of a bashing.” www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Increase in walking and cycling Irish people are beginning to catch the walking and cycling bug! That’s the findings from the third annual Irish Sports Monitor report published last month by the Irish Sports Council.

The report shows an increase in the levels of physical activity in 2009 with the proportion of adults who actively participated in sport rising significantly between 2008 and 2009, from 30.8% to 33.5%. This welcome development is driven by a combination of increases in partici-pation in sport, recreational walking and walking / cycling for transport.

Findings from the recent report show the proportion who are now walking regularly rising over the period 2008/09 from 57.5% to 60.5%, meaning that over 1.8 million Irish adults are getting into walking.

Walking and cycling as a mode of transport is also contributing substantially to physical activity, with 45.7% and 11.2% of adults doing each regularly. Students, city dwellers, single people and younger people are particularly likely to walk and cycle for transport.

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DOC comcerned at theft and vandalism in Waioeka Gorge Over the last year, the Department of Conservation (DOC) has experienced an increase in theft and vandalism to structures in the Waioeka Gorge at campsites and on ‘The Waioeka Journey – Te Awa a Tamatea’.

“Deliberate vandalism and outright theft have included the stealing of table tops, seats and campsite fee boxes.” says Programme Manager Visitor Assets, John Ballantyne.

The Waioeka Journey; a multi-agency project led by the NZ Transport Agency and DOC, was opened two years ago where a representative of local iwi Ngati Ira o Waioweka and Te Aitanga a Mahaki said the Journey was a great community effort and they hoped people would take care of the project.

“The displays tell our stories and it belongs to all of us” said Kaumatua Charlie Pera.

DOC wants to ensure these aspirations for the Journey are realised so it continues to be a valuable visitor opportunity.

Travellers will be able to enjoy their long drive through the gorge taking rest breaks which will, in turn help reduce fatal motor vehicle accidents.

The public are asked to report suspicious behaviour to the DOC office at Gisborne ph (06) 869 0460 or Opotiki ph (07) 315 1001; DOC Hotline (0800 362 468) or local Police.

A motor vehicle registration number and a description of the person(s) involved would be helpful.

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New Zealand walk

Tuhua Mayor Islan

By Frances Harrison ying out in the blue waters of the East ern Bay of Plenty. a visit to Mayor Is land this somber looking island has long been on my bucket list.

So when a space was offered to me with the Tauranga Tramping Club to join them on

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Below: A well defined trail goes around the island.

a trip to Mayor Island, I jumped at the chance.

With food and clothes for three days, sleeping bag, anti wasp stuff and the all necessary sea-sick stuff, it was an early start leaving the Port of Tauranga. We crept past the enormous cruise ship and rode the bouncing waves to Tuhua.

Now managed jointly by the Tuhua Trust Board and The Department of Conservation, two caretakers rotate living on the island, ad-

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vising visitors and working on general maintenance. After quarantine inspections, they handed us the visitor information pamphlet containing the all-important map and pointed the way to our bunkrooms.

Tuhua has always been considered special

by Maori because of its black obsidian.

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Above: Looking over the bush covered island.

Right:The charter boat that took the group to and from the island.

This shiny volcanic glass was prized as a cutting tool. It still lies everywhere, from enormous shiny boulders to fine slithers threatening to slice fingers when picked up.

The island is now rodent free. Bird life abounds filling the air with song; Tui, Bellbird, Kaka, Robin and Fantail. Pohutukawa grow thick, tall and straight, foresting the island. And the prized Nautilus shell often washes up in the little bays and beaches.

A small network of well-defined tracks, wander about the island. They are clearly signposted, but some not for the faint-hearted.

Steel ladders and cables help with negotiating the Devil’s Staircase and Ruru Pass.

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Above left: It’s washing day.

Above right: On the rocky beach.

Island track.

Wasps are a real menace and DOC is working to manage this problem. Adequate drinking water must always be carried as there is none available outside Opo or South East Bay, the main accommodation area.

Accommodation is basic but the bunkroom mattresses are comfy. A log fired system provides hot showers and the toilets flush. The view from my top bunk out to the sheltered bay that night where at least twenty boats anchored was magical. Tuhua is indeed a very special place in more ways than I expected.

The website www.destiationoutdoors.co.nz will help you plan a trip to this stunning spot in the Bay of Plenty, or contact DOC, Tauranga.

Tuhua Mayor Island Tuhua (Mayor Island) Marine Reserve, north of Tauranga, was established in January 1993 to protect marine organisms and their habitats for present and future generations.

It covers about three square nautical miles at the northern end of the Tuhua (Mayor Island) and extends from mean high water springs mark to one nautical mile offshore.

The reserve includes about five kilometres of coastline from Tumutu Point east to Turanganui Point.

Places to stay Basic cabins and tent sites are found at Opo/South East Bay. These must be booked

in advance.

Landing on the island itself is by permission of the Tuhua Trust Board, and is permissible only when a caretaker is present over the Summer months. All visitors must follow the quarantine protocols.

Several charter companies run trips to the island.

Bookings Acommodation bookings are provided by DOC's Tauranga Area Office.

Phone: 07 578 7677 Email: taurangainfo@doc.govt.nz Web: Destination Outdoors: Tuhua (Mayor Island) Below: Descending a steep section.

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New Zealand walks

Deans Bank Track now open he Deans Bank Track in Wanaka is a directional 11.5 km loop track designed

by Bike Wanaka and formed by local volunteers.

Walkers are welcome on the track and will enjoy the upper level views of the Clutha River, and panoramic shots of the surrounding peaks.

Allow from one and a half hours to three hours to walk the track.

The track weaves its way through typical Otago landscape featuring matagouri and tussock. There is a small section of shade on the track as it passes through the edge of a pine plantation.

A selection of berms and tight corners appeal to intermediate mountain bikers, with easier riding options around rocks and other technical obstacles.

Cycling a directional track lowers the risk of collisions as everyone travels in the same direction.

Getting there: The track starts across the stile from the northern end of the Albert Town camp grounds on SH6, 5km from Wanaka. The track is situated on public conservation land between Albert town and Dublin Bay. â– Cyclists please stick to the formed one way track and travel at safe speeds as you are sharing this track with walkers. All users must show care and consideration for others on this track.

Dogs are allowed off leash, no permit is required. DOC may impose conditions, including conditions on access during vulnerable conservation periods such as bird nesting seasons. Find out more about dog access on conservation land.

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Event

Where the field meets the forest iving Legends is a community conser vation project that is coordinating 17 native tree planting projects throughout New Zealand during Rugby World Cup 2011.

Each planting is being run in conjunction with provincial rugby unions and is dedicated to a regional ‘Rugby Legend’ who has been selected by the union. These Rugby Legends are people who have made a significant contribution to rugby in New Zealand.

Living Legends will plant 85,000 native trees nationwide in 2011, and is making a five year investment to plant a total of 170,000 trees by the end of the project in 2015. The plantings all take place on public conservation land, and will encourage New Zealanders and overseas visitors to participate in the events – these plantings are a unique opportunity to make a positive difference to the New Zealand landscape.

Plantings will be held in Northland, North Harbour, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Wellington, Tasman, Buller/West Coast, Mid Canterbury, Christchurch, Otago and Southland.

The planting sites are diverse, ranging from farmland, reserves, lakes, to coastal walkways and wetlands. The Department of Conservation will be at each event, showing volunteers how to plant the native trees, and explaining why the site and plants were selected.

Each event will be a fun day, a variety of work digging holes, planting and fertilizing the trees, and on some sites mulching and setting up tree shelters, you may even get to meet a Rugby Legend. Go to our website and select the planting you would like to volunteer for.

Register at www.livinglegends.co.nz Living Legends is a joint venture of Project Crimson, an environmental charity with 20 year’s experience in community-based native restoration projects and The Tindall Founda-

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tion. Major sponsors are the Department of Conservation and Meridian Energy.

Living Legends is part of the REAL New Zealand Festival - a nationwide celebration of New Zealand arts, food and wine, heritage, culture, entertainment, business and lifestyle taking place during Rugby World Cup 2011.

At the time of going to press the following dates, areas, rugby legends and venues have been decided: 3 September - Canterbury, Tane Norton, Otukaikino Reserve, Canterbury 4 September - Mid and South Canterbury, Jock Ross, Harris Reserve, Ashburton 4 September - Horowhenua/Kapiti, Christian Cullen, Whareroa Farm, Paekakariki 10 September - Auckland, Bryan Williams, Motuihe Island, Hauraki Gulf 11 September - North Harbour, Wayne (Buck) Shelford, Long Bay, Auckland 11 September - Bay of Plenty, Hika Reid,

Kaituna Wetland, Tauranga 11 September - Southland, Kevin Laidlaw, Bushy Point, Invercargill 17 September - Waikato, Duane Monkey, Lake Areare, Hamilton 17 September - Taranaki/Wanganui, Ian Eliason, Coastal Walkway, New Plymouth 18 September - King Country, Sir Colin Meads, Whakaipo Bay, Taupo 18 September - Northland, Richie Guy, Uretiti, Whangarei 24 September -Tasman, Todd Blackadder, Wakapuaka, Nelson 24 September - Hawke’s Bay, Ian MacRae, Ahuriri, Napier 25 September - Wellington/Wairarapa, Sir Brian Lochore, Wellington Town Belt 25 September - Otago/North Otago, Kees Meeuws, Orokonui Reserve, Dunedin 1 October - Buller/West Coast, John Sturgeon, Punakaiki, West Coast 1 October - Manawatu, Sam Strahan, Manawatu Gorge

Kaituna Wetland - Planting Site The Tauranga planting will take place at the Kaituna Wetland near Te Puke and Maketu on Sunday 2nd October. This wetland is a major legacy for future generations.

Only 3% of the Bay of Plenty's original wetlands remain, so protecting and restoring what remains is priority work for the Department of Conservation, other environmental agencies and community conservation groups.

This wetland was home to early Maori who built coastal pa- along the Kaituna River.

Food and other resources were richly available. Flax was milled here in the early 1900s, and then vast areas of the wetland were drained and burnt-off for farmland. The Tauranga Acclimatisation Society bought some land to retain wildlife habitat and this land purchase resulted in the wetland we have today.

Hamurana Springs - Planting Site The Rotorua planting will take place at Hamurana Springs on the northern shores of Lake Rotorua on Sunday 11th September. The springs area is famous for its beautiful crystal clear fresh water springs, that emanate from the ground and flows downstream into Lake Rotorua.

The springs at Hamurana are the largest fresh water spring in the North Island and the surrounding wildlife sanctuary plays host to many species of birds including black teal, scaup, herons and the endangered dabchick. The reserve is enjoyed by thousands per year.

Part of the Hamurana Recreation Reserve was once a Pa site and home to Ngati Rangiwewehi who still live in the area and are a partner in management of the reserve. The springs are a major source of water supply for the Hamurana and Ngongotaha areas. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Readers views

Signs and the visually impaired pedestrian

A In view of the way the Auckland City has gone out of their way to riddle the footpaths with “footpath cancer” (Photo A) to help the Visually Impaired Pedestrian(VIP), and everybody else to slip on them in the wet with wet shoes.

I think the placement of signs (height) is literally a slap in the face for VIP’s as at 6:35 pm last Tuesday night I was just moments away from getting whacked in the face by the (other side) of the sign in the photo (Photo B).

(I was looking at the footpath to make sure

TE ARAROA TRUST Te Araroa Trust is a charitable trust dedicated to developing, promoting and administering a national walking trail from North Cape to the Bluff. The Trust is looking to appoint new Board members, based in Auckland or nearby, who can help bring to fruition the organisation’s primary objective – creating a walking trail from Cape Reinga to the Bluff. The Trail is substantially complete, but there are still challenges ahead with the last few segments to be constructed. The completion of the Trail is only the first stage, however, as the principal focus will switch to how it is promoted and marketed.The Trust is a voluntary organisation and its Board works actively with the Chief Executive, Geoff Chapple, to move forward initiatives to meet these challenges. You can check our web site at www.teararoa.org.nz.

It is particularly important for the Board to have a broad skill-set, we are also keen to broaden the age, gender and ethnic balance of our Board.We could benefit particularly from expertise in: Social Media Marketing, fundraising and promotion.

The commitment required is attendance at monthly meetings and participation on subcommittees to suit candidate’s skill sets.

It would suit an Auckland of near Auckland based person.

Applications are now open and will remain open until a suitable candidate is appointed.

If you think that you may have skills that the Trust might benefit from, please call Geoff Chapple or Roger Wilson to discuss things further.

Geoff Chapple (CEO Te Araroa Trust) Phone: 09 445 0524 Roger Wilson (Chairman Te Araroa Trust) Phone: 021 379 135 Email: info@teararoa.org.nz Te Araroa Trust PO Box 5106 Wellesley Street Auckland 1141. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

B I did not trip on anything) and if I had been a VIP I am sure I would of got whacked in the face.

I really think Auckland Super City can make a bit of money from “Sign Erection Infringement Fines”. There are a lot of signs that come down in strong winds, for which I must add there are no New Zealand national standards for erecting signs maybe the problem is last time I walked that route (in the dark) at night the sign was not there.

Maybe this one could have of been mounted higher (so you did not get whacked in the head) or maybe had cones put around it to direct pedestrians away from the sign, and they would think “what are these cones for

C and why do we have to walk over here” and rubber neck to see there is a sign “Trucks Crossing” NOTE: This photo was taken on Park Road across the road from Glasgow Terrace, in the (Photo B) you can see a telephone booth, with the Auckland Hospital glowing in the dark almost hidden by the sign and the pole.

In the (Photo C) is the back side of the sign, notice how it is not so easy to see when approaching from the back side.

I am sure if there were national standards for erecting signs walkers would be the first to benefit.

They would not get whacked in the face or head and would not get hit by flying signs with strong winds.

Eric Richards

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n April this year Barbara Peddie took over ‘Coromandel Discovery’, a business based in Coromandel town, and which is now specialising in the Coromandel Coastal Walkway Tour – and doing charters around the northern Coromandel.

The Walkway follows an 8km bridle path on the tip of the Peninsula between Fletchers Bay and Stony Bay. The tour was started by Rod and Bridget Carter, old friends of Barbara’s, who some 15 years ago realized a need for a tour to drop walkers off at one end and pick them up at the other.

Otherwise they had to walk the track both ways. Also, rental car companies forbid driving their vehicles north of Colville.

The tour was then bought by Nigel and Jocelyn Strongman of Coromandel, who ran it alongside other tours until this year when they retired.

With increased publicity the tour is becoming very popular, and is introducing the ruggedly beautiful and remote northern Coromandel Peninsula to New Zealanders and tourists from overseas – many of whom thought the Coromandel was just Cathedral Cove and Hot Water Beach!

Barbara has lived in the area since 1987, when she came to Coromandel town as the public health and district nurse for the north-

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ern peninsula, so she knows the area very well, and is passionate about it. She also drove for the Strongmans for nearly three years, prior to buying the business.

Transport for the tour is in a Toyota Hiace AWD 11-seater jumbo minibus, the best and safest vehicle to handle the northern roads on a regular basis!

The full day tour starts with pick-up from accommodation in Coromandel town (or nearby) from 8.30am. Walkers will need to bring their lunch.

The tour then follows the winding western coastal road to the top ■ of the Peninsula, stopping in Colville for a coffee if travellers wish, or else a picnic on the beach at Port Jackson.

Sometimes pods of dolphin or orca follow us up the coast, just a few metres from the road! We take time out to view the majestic 1,000 year old Pohutukawa fringing the road.

A full commentary is given, covering the Maori and early European settler history of the area, Maori legends, geology and ecology, with an emphasis on our very successful conservation efforts which have seen our native forests and Kiwi thriving. You may also hear some local gossip!

The three to four hour self-guided walk starts at Fletchers Bay, where walkers are each given a route-map of the walk, and cold bottled water and walking poles if they wish.

Walking mostly at 150m above sea level the views are brilliant.

The 8km walk follows the coastline, starting at sea-level through farmland, and finishing in native bush.

The majority of the walk is about 150m above sea-level, with an initial gradual hill climb, then a steep descent to Poley Bay and a further steep hill climb out of the bay in the

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first half, followed by easy undulating territory leading to the descent to Stony Bay. Of course, travellers who do not want to walk may just stay on the bus for the scenic drive.

At Stony Bay the walkers are met with a welcome afternoon tea (and a few surprises!), and are transported back to Coromandel town via Port Charles, arriving about 5pm.

We encourage walkers to donate a Kauri tree, as part of Kauri 2000’s forest restoration project.

Reviewers of this tour have used phrases such as ‘breathtaking scenery’, ‘magnificent views’, amazing experience’, ‘stunning’, ‘a day with a golden edge’.

Winter can be the best time to do this tour, as on a sparkling winter day there is no heat haze so views over the island-studded Hauraki Gulf and Pacific Ocean are pristine. The hillclimbs are easier when it is not so hot, and you will avoid the crowds.

Barbara looks forward to introducing you to this remote part of New Zealand, and sharing her knowledge and passion for the area.

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Waterfall walks

By Keith and Judith Hitchcock t turned out that, quite without intent, Keith and I have visited a number of fas cinating waterfalls in recent walks.

From Hawkes Bay (Shine), East Cape (Te Reinga Motu and Rere), Taranaki (Mt Damper) to King Country (Omaru), the range of falls is diverse; from the spectacular (Shine and Omaru) to the different (Rere) we have thoroughly enjoyed the diversity offered.

None of these walks took more than two hours; some were right on the road side.

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Not as spectacular as their southern counterpart, the Te Reinga Falls are easily accessible from a car park about 400 metres along Ruakituri Road, off SH36 (Tiniroto Road), about 35 km north of Wairoa.

Around 35 metres high, the Wairoa River flows over a large flat area of calcerous limestone before plunging over the wide falls.

Shine Falls There is an interesting signboard at the start of the five minute walk explaining the Maori Situated in northern Hawkes Bay as part story of these falls. of Boundary Stream, an inland island conservaMotu Falls tion project, the Shine The Motu Falls are found by following the Falls are the highest in ■ original Motu coach road, itself a fascinating the Hawkes Bay, falling drive extending from Matawai (on SH2 mid58 metres to a wonderway between Opotiki and Gisborne - the ful bathing pool.

Waioeka Gorge Road).

This walk is reached The falls are five km after a drive inland from along a side road about near Lake Tutira, 45km north of Napier. The ■ 14km from Matawai. walk itself is pleasant, beginning under towerOnly 9km high, the ing cliffs until the reserve area is reached. The falls do have a certain track follows the river until the sound of the savage power, like a falls is heard after around 45 minutes. Even smaller version of the though you are enticed by their sound, the falls Huka Falls, and are quite themselves appear suddenly and are a quite impressive. That they are at the start (or finspectacular sight.

A pleasant picnic spot makes this an ideal Below left: On the way to the Shine Falls. Below right: Inspecting a Weta hotel.

Opposite page: The 58m high Shine Falls.

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ish) of the beautiful Whinray Bush walk (one and a half hours one way) is an added attraction.

Rere Falls and Rere Waterslide The Rere Falls and Rere Waterslide are situated about 50km from Gisborne, access is along SH2 where you follow the signs to the ■ Eastwoodhill Arboretum. The falls are fifteen km past the Arboretum and have a lovely picnic spot adjacent (and a productive walnut tree if your timing is right.) Not particularly high, they are wide with a good flow of water.

It is possible to walk behind the cascade and slide into the pool below.

However, the real attraction is a further two km up the gravel road with the Rere waterslide.

The river flows along a downward sloping rock face for about sixty metres.

The water level is low and some form of “transport” is required, such as a tube, inflated mattress or boogy board, but the smooth rock makes for a wild ride.

Take care not to confuse the water slide with the falls and take your movie camera!

Mt Damper Falls Some brochures will have the Mt Damper Falls, at 74 metres, as the highest falls in the North Island, yet they are less than half the height of the Wairere Falls near Matamata,

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Waterfall walks which drop in two falls a total of 153 metres.

The falls are at the â– end of a twenty to thirty minute walk, but the drive in makes them rather remote.

Access is from either SH3 to the east or the Forgotten Highway (SH43) to the west. From SH3 about 59km north of New Plymouth or 21km south of Mokai but north of Mt Messenger, the narrow winding road travels a further 27km, the last 11 over unsealed Okau Road to the car park.

The track starts over farm land for five minutes before crossing a small bridge and enterAbove: The Rere rock slide.

Below left: The Motu Falls in shade.

Below right: The Te Reinga Falls.

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ing another delightful stretch of bush. A further ten to fifteen minutes takes you to the first lookout with a second, more impressive, view obtained from the lower lookout. On the way down, keep an eye out for a second fall in the distance.

They certainly rate as one of the highest falls in the North Island and are a majestic site. In a strong wind they are blown sideways for an interesting variation.

Omaru Falls

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Possibly among the least viewed falls, the Omaru Falls would rank right up there as among the most spectacular, especially after heavy rain. They are very poorly sign posted from the main highway and so

easily missed unless you are watching out for them.

The Omaru Falls Road runs west off SH4, about 30km south of Te Kuiti. Access to the falls is from small car park 500 metres along the road.

The track begins over farm land until it enters a delightful area of mature podocarp bush. Fifteen minutes later, the bush opens up after crossing a swing bridge and continues to follow the Omaru Stream for a further

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Above: The Te Reinga Falls.

Top right: The majestic Mt Dampier Falls.

Below right: On the track to the Mt Dampier Falls.

ten minutes.

The top of the 35 metre high falls is seen, and heard, but the track sidles around the curve in the river without, frustratingly, allowing any view of the falls. However, the walker is well rewarded with a great view from a lookout.

An utterly delightful walk and picnic spot although there is no access to the base of the falls.

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Monthly Photo Competition Right: This picture was taken on a day walk up the Ben Lomand Summit track behind the gondola over looking Queenstown.The picture was taken on my camera by another walker. The front person is Kay Loader and behind Pauline Cargill both from Westport. Photo by Pauline Cargill, Westport.

Above: Taken on the track around 'The Mount', Mt Maunganui. Photo by Lyn Meredith, Morrinsville.

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Akitio-Glenora walk - N ew Zealand’s newest private walk ‘Akitio Glen Ora Walk’ is offering the opportunity to venture into two of the oldest stations in the Northern Wairarapa.

Glen Ora and Akitio are neighbouring properties on the road between Weber and Akitio, about an hours drive east of Dannevirke.

Arriving on a Thursday evening, we were greeted by our hosts and their delightful dog.

After settling into our accommodation in a lovely Lockwood, we joined the owners in the station homestead for a delicious meal.

Breakfasts and dinners each day, are included in this walk.

The next morning, we had a leisurely start

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Left:The trail here winds through a grove of tall trees.

Below: The building overlooking a lake for the second night’s accommodation.

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Left: A view of the rolling famland in the northern Wairarapa.

Above right: Walking along the rocky and sandy Akitio Beach.

Below: It’s onwards and upwards past a storage shed.

ew Zealand’s newest private walk to the day, because the walk was less than four hours. After a cooked breakfast we set off over farmland following white markers, which led us past several dams, then steeply up the fence line to a Trig.

Here we had gorgeous 360 deg views of rolling hills, from the Ruahines to the East Coast. We continued on downhill to the road.

Across here and through a farm gate, a marked trail leads along a bush track beside the creek.

We continued along undulating farmland, past stands of Kanuka and Manuka. There were some lovely Totara and Rata trees, and stands of Cabbage trees on the hillsides.

The track led uphill to an old hut, where we stopped for a while to enjoy the solitude.

From here, we crossed a stream, and walked across river flats, past huge old Macrocarpas, to the remains of an old steam engine - a relic of days gone bye.

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Akitio-Glenora walk New Zealand’s newest private walk

We then retraced our steps to the hut, and it was another 15 minutes uphill to our destination for the night, which we named ‘The Hideout’.

This delightful hut, “The Maimai”, with its deck over the water, was built on the edge of Franklin Lake. Two bunkrooms and a toilet block were set further back. A gas heater provided instant hot water for showers, and lights, heater, kettle and toaster were powered by generator.

Although there were two loop walks marked from here, this little spot was too pretty to leave, so we sat for a couple of hours enjoying the total tranquillity, before venturing along the one hour loop, hoping to spot a deer.

We did see signs, but I think our excited chatter would have alerted deer for miles.

After a barbeque at sunset, we watched the Above: Akitio Station - days three and four of the walk.

Below left: Sunrise from the cliff top before going down to the reef.

Second from left: An old steam engine - a relic from the past.

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sun’s rays painting the hilltops gold; the glow reflected in the dam. The evening was spent playing cards, and when the lights were turned off, we were able to see a black velvet sky with millions of stars something not often seen in the city. In the morning we were up early to catch the sunrise - this time the sky was bathed in pink. By 8.00 am grey drizzle had moved in, so again, it was a late start while we waited for the day to clear.

Leaving our cozy home at Franklin Lake, we wandered over the tops for a while, enjoying beautiful views of rolling farmland forever.

The trail soon dropped down into a valley and followed the river for about two hours.

We passed through grassy flats full of Peppermint, Catnip, bushes loaded with orange berries, yellow and white daisies, and lichen drooping from the trees like an Old Man’s

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Beard. We walked through stands of tall natives, crossing the stream a couple of times, to end in river paddocks, full of wild flowers and lovely big Miro trees laden with berries.

The last loop was around ‘The Swamp’ where several mai mais have been constructed.

In one of these, we were spoilt with hot coffee and muffins.

From here a five minute walk took us back to the Lockwood and our cars.

We then drove 10 minutes towards the

coast to the neighbouring Akitio Station, to another adventure.

Our accommodation at Akitio was in a gracious farmhouse - ‘Akitio Retreat’. After unloading gear, we drove five minutes to Akitio Beach - wild blustery and beautiful! It was full of all sorts of treasures - coloured stones, shells, driftwood, bits of Kina and crayfish, and lots of gulls standing in line as if waiting for something.

Back at the Retreat another delicious two course meal had been left for us.

On our third day, we set off for the Bush walk at 8.30 am. After walking 10 minutes up the road, we reached a lovely old wool shed, built in the late 1800’s. When Ora and Akitio were one station, all the shearing was done in this shed. It now has Historic Places registration.

From there markers lead up the station road beside a stand of native bush. As we reached open farmland with lovely ocean views, the track became steeper, then levelled out to follow the boundary fence. Red markers indicate where to climb over the boundary into ‘Double Bridges.

An easy track leads downhill through native trees, following and crisscrossing the stream all the way. There are lots of pretty places to sit under Totara, Rimu or Beech trees to listen to the birds. At one spot we surprised a deer.

Above: An old historic woolshed.

After about an hour and a half, we reached a cottage in the middle of a clearing. From here the trail leads through a gate, and follows the stream to a stand of pines, stockyards and a red shed.

Here is the front boundary of Double Bridges, and a gate to the main road. It was useful having different walks colour coded, and clearly marked on a map. From the Red Shed Akitio Retreat is five kms away, and you can either amble back beside the river, or arrange to leave a car here before you start. We were lucky to be offered a ride back, and spent the afternoon on Akitio beach - a beautiful walk in itself!

Our last day was a choice of a coastal jaunt or a longer walk to the Trig - the highest place on the station. Because we had a long drive

Below left and right: Brilliant groups of flowers on the station.

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Above: Looking out over the coast from the farm track.

Left: The reef with its ‘Dinosaur’ spine.

Below: A Kina.

home we opted for the shorter option.

After passing the wool shed, we meandered up the stock lane along the ridge to enjoy awesome views from Cape Turnagain in the north to Castlepoint in the south; and the sun rising out of the sea - golden and glowing.

A half hour track led down to the beach with it’s enormous reef. This was fascinating layers of rock with long outcrops like a Dinosaur’s spine.

We meandered along the coast, gathering bright Paua shells, Kina, patterned stones, and seaweed of all shapes and sizes.

We saw cray pots, old anchors, and best of all - no rubbish at all! After two and a half hours walking over reef, boulders and bits of

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sandy beach, we reached the Akitio River mouth. A short walk along the river, and past the bridge, took us back to the Retreat, the end of four very different days. .

This new walk promises to be quite a varied adventure, offering walks for all levels of fitness and arrangements that can be very flexible. Because you can drive to the accommodation, it lends itself to groups of both walkers and non walkers enjoying the facility together. The Retreat is a great place to linger and just read a book, and there’s good fishing for Kahawai at the river mouth.

All the accommodation was first class, a treat in itself, and it was quite a privilege to have an inside look at these two big stations and their interesting and closely associated history.

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Above left: Cattle on the farm.

Above right: The group at the trig station.

Below left: Jan cooking breakfast.

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Revamped Goldfields Track relaunched T

Originally walked by gold seekers in the 1850s and formally established by the Great Dividing Trail Association in 1992, this natural bush track was officially launched by Senahe revamped, point-to-point 210km tain bikers stretching from Ballarat through to tor Nick Sherry on May 17.

The track allows reasonably skilled riders Goldfields Track – a spectacular Bendigo, in Victoria, Australia has been and walkers to make their own way through shared trail for bushwalkers and moun- launched. central Victoria and some of the region’s most historic towns including Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and Castlemaine, all of which make perfect overnight stops with great cafés, restaurants, wineries, shopping, day spas and galleries.

Running across dramatically-changing landscape, the Goldfields Track is broken down into three smaller tracks, each with its own charm and features.

Wallaby Track (Mt Buninyong to Daylesford, 90km), Dry Diggings Track (Daylesford to Castlemaine, 61 km) and Leanganook Track (Castlemaine to Bendigo, 58km).

Gold-topped posts and directional signage Above: Walkers stop to enjoy the views from Mt Alex.

Left: Bikers stop for a rest on Mt Alex.

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line the track to keep riders and walkers on course. Detailed maps for each track are available from www.gdt.org.au or at local visitor information centres.

The Goldfields Track is well-serviced by public transport with regular V/Line train services to key stops of Ballarat, Castlemaine and Bendigo and VLine buses to other key villages.

Riders can leave the car at home with bikes carried free of charge on V/Line trains dependent on space available.

It’s difficult to identify a shared walking and mountain biking experience in Australia – or anywhere else in the world, for that matter – that matches the quality of the Goldfields Track.

It really is the next “must–do” nature– based tourism experience in Australia. Visitors can feel quite remote while combining accessibility to the towns and villages of the region within a pristine nature-based experience.

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Dorine Meertens with her husband Jan spent eight weeks travelling t National Parks in California, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada an many hours in the most amazing places. Dorine here relates their exp

Four days exploring Yos

By Dorine Meertens an and I have just finished four days in Yosemite National Park. This was the na tional park that was top of Jan’s “To Do List” and it has been one of the best - but again, how can you compare these places?

We had a wonderful day in the King Canyon National Park which joins up with the Sequoia National Park.

We came in on a different route and had another day of wonder. The mountains were majestic and the rivers and waterfalls are full to bursting. There has been a lot of snow up in these mountains (Sierra Nevadas) until only a few weeks ago and the water rushing all around makes me grab for my camera every five seconds. The scenes are out of this world.

On Saturday we set off from Visalia for Yosemite National Park. This is a huge park. I think I read 3,000,000 square acres. It is at least 50 miles from east to west and probably more than 70 miles north to south - so huge.

We arrived at the park entrance late morning and first we drove to Wawona, where we parked the car and took the shuttle into the Grant Grove - where we were greeted by

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Right : Just one of the many magnificent scenes in Yosemite National Park.

Below: Dorine at Hetch Hetchy.

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the South West of the USA. They went to 18 nd drove well over 11,000 km and tramped perience of . . .

semite National Park

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Above: The Olmsted Point boulders.

more super sized sequoias.

We had a good walk around and by 4pm we were back at the car. Then we drove a good 50 miles up to Glacier Point, where the panorama was almost unreal. It was so perfect. It was like a huge photograph from the National Geographic, with immaculate blue skies, huge granite mountains, with Half Dome in the centre.

Our friend Margaret who had joined us for three days, told us how she and a group of friends climbed this Half Dome, a 10 - 12 hour hike there and back, and the last 900 feet up steel cables!! We saw the pictures and we were impressed!

Late, probably close to 8 pm we arrived in Below: Dorine and Margaret saturated at the Wawona Falls - Hetch Hetchy.

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the hotel, had a nice dinner and another early night (Jan and I are exhausted every night we are in bed by 10pm and fall asleep until 7pm in the morning.)

We had decided to start the Sunday early as it was Father’s Day here and obviously a lot of families would be visiting the park.

We drove in again aiming for the Tunnel View where we enjoyed another superb overlook of Half Dome, El Capitan and the Yosemite and Bridal Veil waterfalls.

We were also lucky enough to see the Horse Tail Falls as they can only be seen in this time of the year. We got saturated at the Bridal Veil Falls and the list of photos taken of something “ water” lengthened again.

We took another shuttle and ended up in the Yosemite Valley - the floor of the canyon.

We walked most of the day, various shorter hikes to Mirror Lake and the upper and lower

Yosemite Falls.

The weather was as gorgeous as it has been all along. Later in the day we went back to the overlook for sundown photos of the Half Dome and El Capitan.

We stayed the night in Mariposa and yesterday morning we left for yet another entrance into the park.

This time we were heading for Hetch Hetchy a much “forgotten” and very much quieter part of Yosemite National Park. Hetch Hetchy Reservoir has an interesting history.

In the beginning of the previous century when people started to really see the beauty of certain areas some of the national parks were created for the good of all. Apparently Hetch Hetchy was as impressive as the Yosemite Valley. There was a very lengthy debate on the need of more water for far away places such as San Francisco or the need to preserve the natural beauty of this area. In the end the need for water won out and the canyon was flooded.

Jan was of course on the look out for bears and believe it or not - he did spot a cub, playing in the bush. He managed to get a photo from about 50 metres away. Margaret and I stayed close to the car as we were expecting Mother Bear any minute - ready for a quick get away.

When we arrived at the dam we had a terrific surprise waiting for us. The dam at Hetch Hetchy was spilling - and that had not happened in years - as there was so much melt water coming down the power plant could not cope with so much water. The views were stunning.

We walked across the dam, through a tunnel and did a lovely tramp to the Wapama Falls, where another water ballet took place. We were saturated once again, but it was worth it. It was mid afternoon so within half an hour we had dried up again. (Hoorah for the Icebreaker merinos!!)

On the way back Jan (again - if it moves he spots it!) saw a rattle snake - so we managed a few pics of his tail end disappearing into a rock cave.

It was another great day.

This morning we decided to go for our final trip into Yosemite National Park for the last route we had not been on - the west to east Tioga Pass Road. Open only in the summer and only just!!

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exploring Yosemite National Park

Above: The El Capitan the world famous granite rock climbing paradise, with the Half Dome in the far distance and the bridal Veil Falls.

high up as 10,000 ft and there was a lot of snow still on the ground. The granite cliffs were sparkling in the morning sun. We saw the glacial eratic boulders at Olmsted Point, huge rocks randomly fallen when the glaciers melted long time ago. The mountains were stunning and we enjoyed a coffee stop at the last lake on the east, Tioga Lake, which still

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had quite a lot of ice on it.

When we came out we decided to carry on to Carson City in Nevada and work our way up north to Lassen Volcanic National Park from here. We shall have to get away from the smallest roads otherwise we’ll never get there - however we do regret that as there still is so much yet to see.

Below left: Dorine, Jan and Margaret at the dam at Hetch Hetchy.

Below right: Making their way along a rocky track.

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Warkworth walk - more walks worth doing T he Warkworth Walks are back again in 2011 with four new walks, some old favourites and a brand new website (www.warkworth walks.co.nz). The walks are over the weekend of October 29 and 30.

They had more walkers than ever in 2010 and this year they are looking to build on the special character that has developed around Warkworth Walks – special trails on normally inaccessible land, combined with local hospi-

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Above: Looking over Big Bay where this year is the Big Bay Oyster Surprize walk.

New walks this year include Pukapuka Revealed, Big Bay Oyster Surprise and Secret Kawau, all of which feature trails across private land that are normally closed to the pubtality. lic. All three are approximately 10All the walks are guided and all 12km in distance and offer gloribut one of last year’s walks sold out ous views and tranquillity, and in ■ so it is vital to book early for your the case of the Big Bay walk, an favourites. oyster lunch as a reward!

Trampers who like a good The other new ‘trail’ is Artists workout will be pleased to see the in Residence. It’s actually a bus trip return of the Te Araroa Trail (seven that will offer unprecedented achours) this year venturing across the cess to the studios of six resouthern section of the Warkworth nowned artists, including Terry area (Dunn’s Bush and the Old North Stringer, Robin and Valerie Road).

Pendred, Mark Wooller, Mike Petre and Vicki Mount Tamahunga is also on the menu Fanning. Peaple can meet the artists, and view again this year, and these trails will be unforthe beautiful environments that inspire them. gettable experiences for the stronger walkers.

If you like to mix business with pleasure, three of last year’s sold-out attractions return Left: Two walkers on the Te Araroa Trail – the Vineyard Trail, Cape Rodney to Leigh, section. and Mahurangi Heads and Vineyard. The vineBelow: Time for luch at the Sawmill Cafe.

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Above:A group on one of last year’s bush walks.

Below: Time to sample the local cuisine.

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yard walk features plenty of private property to meander through and pleasurable wine tasting stops along the way at three of Matakana’s boutique vineyards.

Mahurangi Heads and Vineyard, and the Cape Rodney to Leigh Sawmill Café walk, offer beautiful vistas over the gulf and Kawau Bay, native forest trails, and a bit of exotic sustenance at the end – the best of both worlds.

For the family-minded, the TOSSI-sponsored Tawharanui Walk features spectacular views, diverse coastlines, wetlands and forest inhabitants.

This wonderful day out includes lunch and a guided trail through the bush to observe rare native flora and fauna – you may even get time for a swim.

Families might also enjoy the Sandspit to

Above: A happy group after one of last year’s walk.

Brick Bay walk. They go via the beautiful coastline to Brick Bay Vineyard and the popular Sculpture Trail before returning via private farmland, Brick Bay and a bush walk with fantastic views. This is also a unique opportunity to see the Koru earth sculpture by Virginia King.

So, make a weekend of it and take in a couple of the great walks on offer, and perhaps include their soirée at the Bridge House from 4pm on Saturday afternoon where you can mingle with fellow walking enthusiasts.

Check the website for all the information you need and book early to avoid disappointment. They are looking forward to seeing you for Warkworth Walks 2011 (www.warkworth walks.co.nz).

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High achiever

From mobility scooter to walking around town eilding’s Green Prescription class over the last few years has had the strong presence of Peter Signal. Peter’s laughter sure lights up the class and it has been wonderful to see the amazing progress that Peter has made.

Peter first came to the program after being referred by his GP Dr Darr.

On a routine check up at the doctor, Peter was told “to be honest with you, the way you are going you have about 10 years to live”.

Being told this was the real wake up call that Peter needed to gain better control of his life and especially his health.

Before entering onto the program Peter was very inactive. He found himself “sitting down in front of the TV all day” and basically doing nothing to better himself. Peter admits that he also had plenty of negative people in his life before meeting the Green Prescription team.

Peter is now surrounded by a new positive network. These new associations alone, has given back the confidence Peter has needed to get back into the community and has got him more physically active!

Peter recalls his first few visits to the GRx class; “when I first came to class I could barely walk there”.

But now carrying about 30kg less, you see Peter walking the streets of Feilding regularly, choosing to leave his mobility scooter at home. He also enjoys going to the gym and aqua aerobics and he even brought himself a stationary bike that he uses at home.

When asked what he has learnt through being on the program he replied “how to keep fit and learning about all the support links out there in the community”.

Peter is truly a different man to who he was before entering in the Green Prescription Program. He’s smiling and laughing a lot more and his general health has improved and stabilized. Peter has done extremely well and he must be applauded for his personal effort. Keep smiling Peter and keep up the great work!

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Above: Peter Signal can now walk around the streets of Feilding.

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Podiatry

By Rachel Deegan

Haglunds deformity

aglunds deformity is a boney enlargement which occurs at the back of the heel (calcaneal) bone.

It occurs secondary to excessive pull upon the achilles tendon which attaches at this point.

It is often coupled with swelling and occasionally bursitis, which is where the bursa (fluid filled sac under the skin) which naturally forms in the area, becomes inflamed, enlarged and painful.

The symptoms of a haglunds deformity are a hard, boney nodule at the back of the heel bone, which may be red and swollen.

The excessive pull upon the achilles tendon which causes the swelling and boney enlargement can be secondary to a highly arched foot type, excessively tight calf muscles and a tendency to walk on the outside of the heel.

It can often go unnoticed until shoes with a rigid heel counter are worn, and irritates and inflames the area.

An x-ray is often indicated to determine the extent of the boney abnormality and ultrasound will show the size of any associated bursitis.

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Treatment It is best if Haglunds deformity can be treated without surgery.

Nonsurgical treatment is designed to reduce the inflammation and pain associated with the boney enlargement.

Medication: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory dr ugs (eg ibruprofen) can help to reduce the swelling, and pain killers can help also Ice: once a day, on and off for 30 minutes can help to numb the pain and reduce the swelling.

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pled with massage can help to reduce the pull of the achilles tendon on the area.

Heel lifts: can reduce the pull of the achilles on the area Heel pads: placed around where the enlargement is can reduce friction on the area. Moleskin or fleecy web second skin coverings can also help.

Ultrasound: therapeutic ultrasound treatment, which can be given by a physiotherapist, can help to reduced pain and swelling.

Orthotics: Can help to correct abnormal gait patterns and reduce the amount and abnormal pull upon the area.

Immobilisation: in severe cases immobilising the foot in a cast or moon-boot can help.

Shoe modification: avoiding footwear which rubs excessively and reducing the amount of time in high heel shoes can help.

Surgery: should only be done if it is particulaly debilitating and

painful, or if it severely limiting footwear options, or if it has not responded to the above treatment options.

Haglunds deformity can recur if the cause is not eliminated, hence surgical reduction of the growth of bone may be combined with an achilles lengthening procedure if needed, and orthoses are often indicated afterwards.

Prevention 1) Avoid shoes with a rigid heel back, especially if you are prone to blistering in the area, or if you can feel any prominence upon the bone in that area.

2) stretch tight calf muscles 3) avoid running uphill or on very hard surfaces, this will increase the stress upon the insertion of the achilles

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Long walk This is the last USA leg this year for Gary Hause of the USA, who has walks over 23,000 miles walking in USA, Europe, UK, Central America, South America, Australia and New Zealand. His aim is to break the Guinness Book World Record of 38,00 miles walking around the World, already set by Arthur Blessit.

Walking the world Baton Rouge Louisiana to Pensacola Florida 283 miles, 23,797 total world walk miles his walk is almost over and the weather is getting hotter, muggier, and the insects are out attacking me.

Woke one morning to a horde of ants walking around my tent searching for food. So I got up , took down my tent and turned it inside out to shake them all out.

You have to watch out for fire ants, as they really sting when they bite you. I stepped in one fire ant hill in sandals and got quite a few bites before I could take off my sandals and kill them all.

One night as I was setting up my tent near the beach I was attacked by a horde of sand flies or no-seeums. Luckily I was able to grab my mesh insect jacket with hood and run away as I put it on. After I set up my tent they followed me inside and kept annoying me. Hard to kill them all, so I left my mesh jacket on, got inside my sleep sack and sleeping bag and tried to get to sleep without dinner.

Killed some more in the morning and cooked my breakfast without too much trouble. Glad to get out of there and back on the road with a nice headwind that blew them all away. The headwind picked up to 20 to 30 mph with blowing sand from the beach. So that got pretty annoying too. You just have to take lots of breaks and pace yourself so as not to tire yourself out too much. Eventually the wind died down and I was able to make better time.

A bicycle tourist I met stopped to chat and told me about a nice route to avoid going through Mobile Alabama. Lots of big oak trees that crack and uplift the sidewalks and make it terrible to walk through with my stroller. So I headed southeast to Dauphin Island to take the ferry over to Fort Morgan. Neat old Civil War Fort with info on some important battles. Passed through Bayou La Batre where they filmed some of the shrimp fishing scenes for the movie "Forrest Gump".

Madi Gras starts in New Orleans next week, so lots of floats have been passing me by headed for parades in some of the outlying towns. A couple even threw plastic beads and candy at me. Lots of broken beads and candy on the roadside. I never have been into large drunken crowds partying and celebrat-

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ing. I heard on the radio that they have Family Gras planned also for kids and family's to enjoy without any drinking.

Pulled over by the cops to check me out.

Officer said they got a call about somebody urinating on the sidewalk. I was actually doing it on the beach below the sidewalk kind of hidden behind a wooden stairway down to the beach. Officer ran my ID for any wants and warrants. All clean, so the officer just told me to go down by the ocean and get farther away from the road.

Thought I might have to spend 30 days on a Alabama chain gang singing the blues, picking up trash, and eating lots of hard boiled eggs (50 eggs by Cool Hand Luke is the record). I should have told the cop I had uramysatosis (disease Jerry and George told the mall cop they had when he arrested them for urinating in the mall garage on the sit-com "Seinfeld".

I was looking for a local library when I was surrounded by a campus cop in a car and one in a golf cart on a local community college campus. They said only students were allowed on campus and pointed out the local library one block away. Somebody probably thought I looked strange and called in a crazy person report to the campus cops. Security is tighter since they had all these school shootings.

As I was passing through Orange Beach, Alabama a man came out and invited me into his cafe for a free breakfast. Joey Ward of the North Shore Grill (www.facebook.com/ northshoregrill) treated me to a huge tropical fruit plate with yogurt and two huge glasses of orange juice.

Nice break from a cold windy day with blowing sand from the beach. One motorcyclist stopped to chat while I was taking a break at a picnic area. He wanted to check to make sure I was okay and see if I needed anything.

He offered me a beer, I said no thanks, I do not drink. Then he asked if I needed any food or money, I said no, I have plenty of food and I work hard every summer to save up plenty of money.

He seemed a little pissed that I did not need any help, but I think he was just kidding. I have always thought that honesty is the best

policy, and do not tell people I need anything unless it is really true. People still want to help me anyway, so I usually accept anything they want to give me just because I know it makes them feel good to help me.

Its amazing how little you need to survive.

Food (I get by on about $5 a day), water ( mostly free), shelter (tent and sleeping bag $200 bucks for a good set, or a lot less at a thrift store if you keep looking and are persistent), warm clothes (I get all my clothes at thrift stores for about $2 or $3 bucks each).

You can usually find a cheap backpack, stroller or bicycle at the thrift store if you can't buy one new.

Amazing how simple and cheap it is to walk or bicycle around the world.

Into Pensacola, Florida, after walking 2108 miles in 106 days from Page Arizona.

About 20 miles per day. Not a single blister thanks to "Udderly Smooth Udder Cream" that I slather on my feet every morning.

Of course thanks to Roger Berg of www.bergdesign.net for the free "Runabout Stroller" he gave me last year. Strongest and best built baby stroller on the market. Rain off and on most of the last day, only the second day of rain I have had in the last four months. Glad to pull into the Greyhound bus station and pick up my bus ticket. Took me about two hours to take apart my stroller and pack everything up to take on the bus. Taking the bus up to Virginia to visit my brother.

Buying a car there and driving up to Newfane, NY, to visit family and friends, then out west to work at Lake Powell Resort, Page Arizona for the summer. Already have one talk on my world walk set up at a school in the Denver Colorado area.

I hope I have inspired lots of people to get out and walk, bicycle, have an adventure, read more books, just do it. Life is amazing, lots of nice people out there. The human body is amazing, use it or lose it. Not sure of my next walk, will do some research over the summer. Thinking about North Africa, if democracy rules and all the fighting settles down it might be possible to walk across Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Israel. Or maybe go back to South America and continue walking through Ecuador and Peru. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Window on Waitakere

Better biodiversity From Kay Lindley he years of managing pests is undoubt edly paying off, being noted not only

by Ark in the Park volunteers, but also by visitors in the Ark portion of the Waitakere Ranges.

Many new seedlings and saplings of Kohekohe and Mangeao are springing up now that their seed-eating rat predators have declined in numbers.

Exotic Kahili Ginger in the previously heavily infested northern part of the Ark has been decimated by the efforts of volunteers using mechanical and chemical control measures, and new seedlings of a wide range of native species are replacing them.

Although rat numbers continue to remain at low, low levels, mice numbers are much lower than might be anticipated. With rats being the prime predator of mice, restoration projects often show an inverse correlation – that is, as rat numbers go down, mouse numbers go up.

So far, this is not happening at the Ark in the Park. Mice also are significant eaters of seeds, so reducing both of these introduced pests, which include seeds in their diets, allows a flourishing understorey including broadleaf and conifer species.

Vegetation plots have been established, which Ark members anticipate will show the effects of increased seed and seedling survival, but with surveys done at intervals of five or

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10 years, they will have to wait awhile to prove this. Bird numbers, however, might be expected to show changes in a quicker time frame.

Ark member John Staniland has been monitoring bird counts for some years in the Ark area and also along the nearby Fairy Falls Track, which does not have predator management. Recent surveys have tended to show better numbers at the Ark and certainly more species, though not always.

This could be due to more successful breeding at the Ark, with subsequent dispersal of the young. Dispersal will always be an issue, but with many people some distance away attributing the increased bird numbers they enjoy seeing around their properties to the Ark efforts, that is not necessarily a bad thing.

One bird species fulfilling an anticipated “public relations” role in this betterment of the native biodiversity is toutouwai, the Robin.

This year with several pairs setting up along the Auckland City Walk, which incidentally is the most walked track in the Waitakere Ranges, many visitors have been able to see and hear these confiding birds.

Ten chicks were fledged in these territories, with seven being banded. Another hot spot of Robin breeding this season was the Robinson Ridge Track area. Being one to two hours walk away though, rather than the 15 –

30 minutes of the Auckland City Walk, no chicks were banded as it was difficult to arrange for an experienced bander to accompany one of the Ark Robin-watching volunteers at the right time after the chicks fledged.

With several pairs of Robins and probably some of our Hihi predated by feral cats last year, the steady addition of Belisle traps has seen a surprising number of feral cats (as well as three possums) caught in the past nine months.

Once again the usual eruption of stoats in early summer was met with a determined effort to contain this threat and over 50 were trapped in December and January.

Tomtits are just everywhere, tui sing all day every day, Whiteheads are noted sporadically and kaka are still mystifying us by their presence. Why haven’t they all flown to Great Barrier or Little Barrier islands for breeding as they are supposed to at this time of year?

Incidentally, in a previous column in this magazine on the sighting of dabchick on the Waitakere Reservoir some months after a fernbird was also sighted there, I asked what rare bird might next appear at the Ark. Perhaps the probable sighting by two Ark volunteers of a Flacon in late December answers that question so again, what next?

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by Gary Moller Dip Ph Ed PG Dip Rehab PG Dip Sport Med (Otago) FCE Certified

am starting to see an interesting trend in people seeking my assistance: Diffuse muscle and joint pain and excessive fatigue that appears to be connected with pharmaceutical doses of Vitamin D, exclusively delivered in the form of Ergocalciferol. So, what’s going on here?

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First, a little background About 70% of fair skinned people and 90% of dark skinned people in the Developed World are Vitamin D deficient. This is the consequence of entire populations being terrorised of the sun which is our main source of this essential nutrient. The backup used to be via our diets but this vitamin is barely present any more. Remove the natural fats (and replace them with processed ones) and with these healthy fats goes the fat soluble vitamins (A,D,E & K).

Low vitamin D is a leading factor in winter flu and infections, depression, fatigue, obesity, heart disease, several neurological diseases, autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis and hormonal imbalances. Vitamin D may prevent anywhere from 50% to nearly 80% of all cancers - at least 30 different kinds of cancer to date and the list is growing.

Natural vitamin D is dirt cheap and can not be patented. It costs about $14 per month to supply an adult with a healthy intake of natural vitamin D. It works out to be even cheaper for children.

Until very recently, there has been no interest at all by medical practitioners and drugs companies in encouraging Vitamin D deficient people to prevent or remedy this deficiency.

Why? Because there is no money at all to be made via encouraging sunbathing, or taking a cheapas Vitamin D supplement.

However: things are quickly changing. The prescription-only Vitamin D medications are now coming onto the market. Doctors are now prescribing massive doses of Vitamin D left, right and centre. In New Zealand, it is Ergocalciferol. So, what’s brought this about?

jection. These are doses that are so high no other health professional would ever be able to get away with.

Capturing the market by prescribing at potencies no other health professional can get away with Normal doses of Vitamin D are from 14,000 iu per day. What doctors are taking upon themselves to prescribe ranges from 50,000 to 3000,000 iu, either monthly or once or twice a year. These are truly astonishing doses of a single vitamin.

One group of Australian researchers have even experimented with giving elderly women 500,000 iu in a single dose! Astonishing! (Incidentally, these unfortunate women ended up suffering 27% more fractures - not less). I wonder how many died.

Would you ever consider taking your entire month’s worth of Vitamin C in a single dose, let alone a year’s worth?

Think about it for a moment: Isn’t there a kind of madness about giving a person a tsunami’s worth of a single nutrient? Is this healthy? I think not. But things are going to get a lot, lot worse.

The Gold Rush is on within the pharmaceutical industries to develop patented analogues of natural Vitamin D. Patented Vitamin D - The next Great Pharmaceutical Gold Rush As the patented drugs industry versions of Vitamin D come rolling off the production lines, over the few years, we will see the marketing machines winding up big time, similar to what we see for seasonal flu vaccines and cholesterol medicines.

Patented Vitamin D is about to become a huge gold mine for drugs companies and doctors - After all, what other drug is there that 70-90% of the population desperately need?

So long as we are kept in the dark and the vitamin is kept out of our food As an aside: If Vitamin D is so critical for health (Of that I am in agreement), then why does it appear that it is only adults who are getting the prescribing attentions of doctors? Is it because a patented form of Vitamin D suitable for children has yet to be developed?

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The human body likes a steady dribble of ALL nutrients, in natural balance and from a Medicine is big business wide variety of natural sources. Vitamin D is Money: There’s a lot of money to be made no exception and needs many co-factors such from now on by prescribing pharmaceutical as protein, cholesterol and magnesium to be doses of Vitamin D by way of tablets or inwww.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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f Ergocalciferol a concern properly absorbed and put to good use. The healthiest way to supply any nutrient is with small doses, often and with plenty of everything else. This gives each cell the ability to pick and choose the nutrients it needs, at that moment, as they circulate.

Healthy Nutrition: Small Amounts often!

Cellular nutrient needs change constantly from one moment to the next. If a megadose of a nutrient, such as 50,000iu or more of Vitamin D is forced into the circulation this will cause massive nutrient imbalances and enormous stress on the body’s physiology as it struggles to deal with this unwanted influx.

What we are describing is getting very close to over dosage of Vitamin D. Here is an official description of what too much Vitamin D can do....

Over dosage http://www.drugs.com/pro/vitamin-dergocalciferol.html The effects of administered vitamin D can persist for two or more months after cessation of treatment.

Hypervitaminosis D is characterized by: 1. Hypercalcemia with anorexia, nausea, weakness, weight loss, vague aches and stiffness, constipation, mental retardation, anemia, and mild acidosis.

2. Impairment of kidney function with polyuria, nocturia, polydipsia, hypercalciuria, reversible azotemia, hypertension, nephrocalcinosis, generalized vascular calcification, or irreversible renal insufficiency which may result in death.

3. Widespread calcification of the soft tissues, including the heart, blood vessels, renal tubules, and lungs. Bone demineralization (osteoporosis) in adults occurs concomitantly.

4. Decline in the average rate of linear growth and increased mineralization of bones in infants and children (dwarfism).

This is not good, if you ask me, especially when over 80% of the people I do a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis on already have evidence

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of excessive circulating calcium. Repeated, huge doses of Vitamin D risks pushing these people who are already in a rather fragile state over the brink and into poor health.

These horrific ailments, including death, that are associated with excessive Vitamin D, are at the end of a long continuum from being healthy to being dead. What we have, long before being dead, is heightened fatigue, aches and pains - excess calcium depositing in the soft tissues, including the arteries, kidneys, muscles and joints.

This seems very much like the complaints that people are coming in to see me following their visit to the doctor and the subsequent mega-shots of vitamin D.

My Advice: · If your doctor advises you to take supplementary Vitamin D, insist on a prescription of natural Vitamin D that has you ingesting 2-4,000 iu per day during winter and no more than 2,000 iu per day during summer and none on the days that get sun on your bare body. · Do not take mega doses of any nutrient, including Vitamin D, unless there is a strong case with urgency and this is monitored by regular testing. · If your doctor is unable to give you a suitable prescription of low dose natural Vitamin D, then get some natural Vitamin D from me - its cheap and there’s even some that is suitable for infants!

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CONTENTS for previous 14 issues AUGUST 2011 163 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mangawhai Heads Lookout 8 New Zealand walk: Clevedon Scenic Reserve has significant heritage value 10 Te Araroa Trail: Ocean to Ocean leg soon to go 10 Te Araro Trail: Levin to Wellington link now open 12 Overseas walks: Innsbruck hiking boots or high heels?

13 Canterbury walks: New walkway in Canterbury 14 New Zealand walk: Te Anau - a place in paradise 16 New Zealand walk: Walks around Lake Mangamahoe 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Waiheke plans second walking festival 22 News: New bridges improve the Pouakai Circuit 23 Event: Coundown is on for the Taupo Half Marathon 24 Overseas walks: Walking on the unique island of Guernsey and Sark 29 High achiever: Motivated man in walking back to happiness 30 Overseas walk: Two weeks in Annapurna 36 Window on Waitakere: Further expansion 36 Books: Walking the Waitakere Ranges 37 Podiatry: Diabetes and feet what’s the connection?

38 Long walk: Walking the World 40 Health: The controllable factors in aging 43 Weather forecast for August 44 New Zealand coming events 47 Overseas coming events 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 GPx Need help to get active 60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half Marathon JULY 2011 162 4 Walk talk 6 My favourite walk: Manawatu Gorge Track 8 New Zealand walk: Walk among the native plants 9 Event: New trail event in Nelson sanctuary 10 New Zealand walks: Four short Bay of Islands walks 12 Canterbury walks: Top places to propose to your princess 13 Canterbury walks: Canterbury ready, willing and able to show visitors a great time 13 News: Tawa shared pathway starts to take shape 14 New Zealand walk: Parry Kauri Park 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: The Great New Zealand Trek - Stage six 26 New Zealand walk: Walk the capital’s Sculpture Trail 28 Overseas walks: The Dreampath - a walk from Munich to Venice 34 New Zealand walk: A few surprises for BNZ Active Walkers at Green Lake 37 Window on Waitakere: The high ground 37 News: New cycle trail will benefit walkers 38 Long walk: Walking the World 39 Event: Feilding to Palmerston North event 40 Event: Taupo half marathons back for 2011 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for July 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 51 My favourite walk: Wellington’s Eastern Walkway 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 GPx Need help to get active 60 Wellington Marathon JUNE 2011 161 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Much to explore on Great Barrier Island 12 Canterbury walks: Tuatara Tours

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has eight tours operating 13 Canterbury walks: Christchurch’s Marathon helping Cantabrians get back on their feet 14 New Zealand walks: Wharariki Beach Hilltop walk 19 Event: Whenuapai Half Marathon events 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: A volcanic experience 24 New Zealand walks: Mavora - an area of peaceful tranquillity 25 New Zealand walks: Mavora Lakes Park tracks 26 NZ walk: Beating the bounds 27 Event: Challenge yourself 28 Event Great Forest events 30 Overseas walks: La Dolce Vita! cooking and walking in Italy 36 Window on Waitakere: The Hillary Trail 37 Podiatry: Blisters - a common complaint 38 Long walk: Walking the World 40 High achiever: Maisie Brown’s journey to better health 40 Event: Huntly Half course on a variety of terrain 41 Health: Result of getting rid of toxic elements 43 Weather forecast for June 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking burns more kilojoules 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 GPx Need help to get active 60 Huntly Half Marathon MAY 2011 160 4 Walk talk 6 My favourite walk: Headland, sculpture on the Gulf 9 Canterbury walks: Bank Peninsula Track escapes big quake 10 Canterbury walks: Many short walks just north of Christchurch 11 Canterbury walks: Fabulous walks in Rangiora and Oxford foothills 12 Canterbury walks: Kaikoura Wilderness Walk 13 Canterbury walks: Business as usual at Christchurch active travel company 14 New Zealand walk: Rocky Marlborough high - The Awatere Tussock Track 18 Te Araroa Trail: Trail now goes under State Highway 1 18 Books: Natural New Zealand 19 Motivation: Pathway visualisation 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Arataki Nature Trail 26 Overseas walks: On foot in Slovenia’s Julian Alps 30 Overseas walks: The Emerald Isle - made for walking 36 Window on Waitakere: Kokako capers 37 Podiatry: Plantar Fascitis 38 Event: Wellington Round the Bays 41 Health: Ongoing neck and shoulder pains 43 Weather forecast for May 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Aorangi Mountains 52 Long walk: Walking the World 54 New Zealand walk: Warkworth River Walkway 59 GPx Need help to get active APRIL 2011 159 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: New track opens at Mangawhai Heads 10 New Zealand walks: Walking festival ready for greater numbers 12 Overseas walks: Walking tour feature historic USA sites 13 High achiever: John’s remarkable recovery to now having climbed the Mount 14 New Zealand walk: Kauri Glen Reserve 16 New Zealand walks: Rainbow Mountain-CraterLake walks 18 Te Araroa Trail: Clearwater residents helped mark new South Island trail 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Craters of the Moon - a geothermal walk

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25 Motivation: Believe and win 26 New Zealand walks: New walkway links two parks 28 Event: Manawatu Super Seven grows in strength 30 Overseas walks: Hiking and cruising around coastal Italy 40 Book: Walks in nature Melbourne 40 Reader’s views: Says advise not “best practice” 41 Health: How to walk away from fluid retention 43 Weather forecast for April 44 New Zealand coming events 48 Overseas coming events 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Long walk: Walking the World 54 Window on Waitakere: Waitakere Reservoir is outward bound 55 Event: Huntly half ready to roll 55 Nordic Walking Calendars 59 Pak-A-Roo Walking Jackets 60 Wellington Marathon MARCH 2011 158 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: New vineyard to yineyard track on island 8 New Zealand walks: South Island trip full of challenges 12 Rotorua events 14 Overseas walks: Top nature parks on the Gold Coast 15 New land gateway to Hakatere Conservation Park 16 New Zealand walk: Okere Falls: An oasis off the highway 20 Motivation: Shift to a better life 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: The Pakuranga Rotary Walkway 24 The Chathams Islands - a place like no other 26 New Zealand walks: Kawau Island Historic Reserve 30 Overseas walks: Guatemala land of the Mayans 38 New Zealand walk: Taieri Gorge Rail Trail 40 Book: Over 400 walks in new book 40 Quake-damaged track reopens 41 Health: Why I can exerecise like I do now 43 Weather forecast for February 44 New Zealand coming events 48 Overseas coming events 50 Overseas walks and tours 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Walking for adventure, fun and exercise 52 Long walk: Walking the World 54 Window on Waitakere: Breeding Kaka 54 Walking to raise awareness of Scouts 49 Overseas walks and tours 55 Nordic Walking Calendars 59 Pak-A-Roo Walking Jackets 60 The Great New Zealand Trek FEBRUARY 2011 157 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Gibbston River Trail now open 11 Rotorua events 12 New Zealand walks: Crosshills a walkers little paradise 15 Event: Leading IT executives take on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing 16 Motivation: Resolutions revisited 16 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa Trail featured in Warkworth walks 18 Event: Walking into the light 20 Event: Cathay Pacific Half Marathon & 11km Fun Run Walk 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Foulwind maybe, but a splendid walk 25 Books: New Zealand - Eye on the Landscape 25 Window on Waitakere: Waitakere Wednesday Walks 2011 26 New Zealand walks: Great views from new Crosbies Hut 29 High achiever: A clever way to get active!

30 Overseas walks: Walking in Champagne 36 Overseas walks: Mt Gambier Blue Lake walk 38 Overseas walks: Mt Gambier lake walks 40 Health: How to walk and eat you way to a great body 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for February 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Overseas walks and tours

50 New Zealand walks: Skippers Canyon steeped in history 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking intensify your aerobic training 52 Ten-day Walking Festival in Rotorua 54 Nordic Walking: Walking and Nordic Walking - train the right way 56 Great Country Breaks 59 Xterra Rotorua Festival 60 The Great New Zealand Trek JANUARY 2011 156 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Papaitonga Scenic Reserve 8 New Zealand walks: Experience Ahuriri 11 Motivation: Embrace the new 12 New Zealand walks: Ambling to The Anchorage 16 Books: Dreamers of the Day history of Auckland’s Regional Parks 16 Books:The New Zealand Adventure Guide 15 Motivation: The festive season bulge 17 Te Araroa Trail: 18 New Zealand walks: Unveiling the mystery 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Summerhill Farm - a BOP secret 26 New Zealand walks: North Shore Coastal Walk 30 Overseas walks: Glaciers, fjords, waterfalls and railways 35 Event: Rotary Sunset Coast Walk at Waiuku 36 Overseas walks: Working and trekking in Nepal - Trekking the Ghandruk - Ghorepani Circuit 38 High achiever: From family “fat” kid to working on her six pack 38 Readers views: Now free of diseases side effects 39 Health: Easing sore shoulders while walking 40 Event: Kaweka Challenge - an iconic event 41 Window on Waitakere: The year of the robin 43 Weather forecast for January 44 New Zealand coming events 47 Overseas coming events 48 Overseas walks and tours 50 Nordic Walking: Events 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking intensify your aerobic training 52 There’s a walking group near you 56 Great Country Breaks 59 The Great New Zealand Trek 60 Xterra Rotorua Festival DECEMBER 2010 155 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Lake Wanaka’s new tracks ready for summer 8 New Zealand walks: Lake Wanaka’s walking tracks 11 Hi achievers: Raewyn and Geraldine love five year challenges 12 New Zealand walks: Sea, Sky & Bush walk 14 High achiever: Susan’s a half marathon stunner 15 Motivation: The festive season bulge 16 New Zealand walk: Waiheke Island summer works of art 18 New Zealand walk: A weekend of hiking in Opotiki 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walk: Wairere Falls Track 26 Overseas walks: Five days on the Pacific Crest Trail 32 Overseas walks: Walking in an ancient land - Ethiopia 38 Books: Wild New Zealand from the Road 38 Health: Is walking a pain in the butt?

40 Event: Moro Marathon events 41 Window on Waitakere: Class action 43 Weather forecast for December 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Overseas walks and tours 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking some good reasons to walk the talk 52 There’s a walking group near you 56 Great Country Breaks 59 The Great New Zealand Trek 60 Green Prescription: Need help to get active?

NOVEMBER 2010 154 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Akatrack Luxury in the wilderness 8 My favourite walk: Weymounth Walkway 10 News: Earthquake damages DOC walking tracks

12 New Zealand walk: Walking loop track great for walkers and bird watchers 13 Motivation: Simplify your life 14 New Zealand walk: The Kaikoura Coast Track 19 High achiever: Walked to top of world’s steepest street 20 Te Araroa Trail: Signage completes 12km northern section 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Discover the Lindis region 24 Overseas walks: Stepping out in Central Australia 30 Overseas walk: Doing the Cinque Terra independently 36 Books: Inspiring Gippsland Walks 36 Books: Best Short Nature Walks 37 Health: Role of Vitamin C in fighting cancer 38 New Zealand walks: Walk the Redwoods Whakarewarewa Forest 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for November 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 49 Nordic Walking: Events 50 Window on Waitakere: Kokako release 50 New product: Don’t put your back out - pull the handle out!

51 Overseas walks and tours 52 There’s a walking group near you 56 Great Country Breaks 59 Walking New Zealkand Shop 60 Need help to get active?

OCTOBER 2010 153 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: The Abel Tasman Coast Walk 9 New Zealand event: Te Awamutu group celebrates 20 years 9 Readers views: 10 New Zealand walks: Warkworth Walks 2010 - walks worth doing 12 High achiever: I bought great new shoes 13 Motivation: The danger zone 14 Event: A winter wonderland 16 New Zealand walk: From Huntly to Mercer 18 New Zealand walk: K2K - from country to coast 25 Event: Historic tunnel takes trekkers back in time 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 Overseas walk: Railway Reserves Heritage Trail 26 Event: Pegasus group celebrates 30 years 27 Event: Mid distance event welcome in Onehunga Half Marathon 28 Te Araroa Trail: Funds help Southland trail extension 30 Overseas walks: Italy’s Apaune Alps 36 Health: From sweet toothed lump to sword fighter 38 Event: Manawatu Striders events 40 Window on Waitakere: AUTC hut popular with groups 36 Podiatry: Forefoot pain - what’s that?

43 Weather forecast for October 44 New Zealand coming events 50 Event: Coastal challenge 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 There’s a walking group near you 56 Great Country Breaks 59 100th marathon for Hutt Valley woman 60 Need help to get active?

SEPTEMBER 2010 152 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Iconic Te Rewa Rewa Bridge opens 8 NZ event: The other side of Matakana 9 Kiwi programme benefits 10 Guidelines for outdoor access published 12 High achiever: Healthy feels good!

13 Motivation: Life changing habits 14 NZ Walk: Bridal Veil Falls 16 NZ Walk: Howath Memorial Wetlands 18 Overseas walks: Gold Coast Federation walk 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 NZ walk: Enchantment on the Kaituna Walkway 27 NZ walk: Chelsea Park Heritage walk 28 Overseas walk: Tipperary - here we come!

32 Books: Field Guide to Wild New Zealand, Sydney Free & Dirt Cheap 33 Health: Big toe pain a sign 34 Event: Record field and fast

racing in Christchurch 35 Event: Harbour Capital Marathon celebtrates 25 years 36 Window on Waitakere: A day in the life of B94055 36 Podiatry: Tarsal Tunnel syndrome 38 Index over previous 14 issues 39 Weather forecast for September 40 NZ coming events 42 Overseas coming events 44 Nordic Walking: What Nordic Walking and walking does for your body 44 Nordic Walking: Events 46 NZ Walking Shop 47 Overseas walks and tours 48 There’s a walking group near you 52 Great Country Breaks 55 DOC cleans up the Navy in the Bay 56 Off Road Half Marathon - Taupo AUGUST 2010 151 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Onepoto Domain 8 New Zealand walk: Tupare Garden walks 9 Kiwi programme benefits 10 NZ walk: Pauanui Hill - a walk for all seasons 11 Digital Photo Contest winners 12 Event: Fifteen times for Taupo Half Marathon icon 13 Motivation: Success supporters 14 Event: An Autumn Muster walking with the shepherd 18 Event: Seniors three day walking adventure 22 NZ walk: Hiking in the Tararuas 28 Overseas walks: Walking in northern Crete 31 High achievers: How Green Prescription helped these two women 32 Readers views: Walking the Camino de Santiago trial 32 Health: Achilles tendon pain - or is it?

34 NZ walk: Manawatu Estuary:walks in an unique area 36 Window on Waitakere: Worth their weight in gold 36 Podiatry: Wobbling down the hills or stairs 38 Index over previous 14 issues 39 Weather forecast for August 40 New Zealand coming events 42 Overseas coming events 44 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking as a tool after hip replacement 46 Event: Record numbers in Curves to Curves 47 Overseas walks and tours 48 There’s a walking group near you 52 Great Country Breaks 55 K-Swiss Rotorua Ekiden 56 Mizuno Half Marathon - Taupo JULY 2010 150 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mount Maunganui Base Walk 11 Digital Photo Contest winners 12 New Zealand walk: Why was Mission Station in such a remote spot?

13 Motivation: Winning decisions 14 Event: Challenge yourself in New Zealand’s fastest growing marathon 14 Working for you while you walk 16 NZ walk: A glimpse of paradise?

20 New Zealand walk: Improved track opens on Paritutu Rock 20 Overseas walks: Sunken garden a top short walk 22 Walking group celebrates 10 years 23 Event: Great NZ Trek stage 5 ends in a surprize 26 Overseas walks: Walking the new Danube Pathway 31 High achiever: Wake-up call for once active 36 year old 32 Walking groups encouraged to enter event 32 Health: Is hair dye making you sick?

34 Altitude training for the lads at DOC Taranaki 35 Long walk: Walking the World 36 Window on Waitakere: What is P. T. A.?

36 Event: New timing system for Moro 25th event 37 Podiatry: Cramp hurts - why?

39 Weather forecast for July 40 New Zealand coming events 42 Overseas coming events 44 Event: Record entries at new venue 46 Nordic Walking: What is Nordic Walking?

48 There’s a walking group near you 52 Great Country Breaks 55 K-Swiss Rotorua Ekiden 56 Mizuno Half Marathon - Taupo www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

SEPTEMBER WEATHER FORECAST SEPTEMBER 1 to SEPTEMBER 30 2011 Daily Summary 2nd September 2011 Snow and bad weather may close snowfields in the North Island.

3rd September 2011 Cool southwesterly conditions deposits more heavy snow on Desert Road.

7th-11th September 2011 Cold southerlies. A shallow depression develops within a southerly trough as it passes over the North Island about 8th, with easterlies there the next day. Snow may come to the Hawkes Bay ranges and again close the Desert Road.

Anticyclonic conditions prevail from 10th.

12th September 2011 Over the next four weeks colder and wetter than normal conditions may be expected, particularly wet in the east.

More frequent anticyclones in the southwest Tasman Sea and depressions to the east of the North Island and Chatham Islands. These bring more frequent winds from the south and southeast.

Two depressions near the North Island, one from 16th to 18th and the other in the first week of October, bring some significant rainfall to eastern areas.

The more frequent southerlies and southeasterlies contribute to temperatures well below average in central areas of the North Island, near Auckland and Gisborne and Hawkes Bay. Most of the South Island too may have temperatures less than nor mal, except in Fiordland. The same conditions bring rainfall 2 to 3 times average in eastern Canterbury and Banks Peninsula, and about 50% more than average throughout the eastern part of the South Island, near Wellington and the Mahia Peninsula.

In contrast rainfall may be less than 50% of average in parts of Fiordland, South Westland and Bay of Plenty/Rotorua.

Sunshine hours may be above average in northern areas of Northland, as well as the Mount CookMackenzie Basin area in the South Island.

However they may be below average in Horowhenua, Manawatu and Wanganui, also Fiordland, Southland and Otago.

The national average temperature may be below average, however it may be higher than for the same time last year.

12th-23rd September 2011 Anticyclonic at first.

13th: September 2011 Northwesterlies ahead of a trough of low pressure.

15th September 2011 A depression develops with the trough’s passage across central NZ, followed by cold southerlies.

Wind and rain in Wellington.

17th September 2011 Unstable weather closes Whakapapa snowfields.

Rough weather in Cook Strait.

19th September 2011 Settled anticyclonic conditions.

22nd September 2011 A trough and change to northerlies.

24-30 September 2011 Changeable with southwesterlies.

Allow 24-hour error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 12th(full moon), 15th (apogee) 27th(new moon), and 28th(perigee). www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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NEW ZEALAND EVENTS AUGUST 2011 3 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 6 Waikato Draught Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua 7 Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon, Taupo 7 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk Series, 20km, 10km, 5km & 1.5km, Auckland 8 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 10 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 13 Waikato Draught Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua 14 Manawatu Striders Half Marathon & 10km, Palmerston North 14 Inov-8 Hawkes Bay Trail Series, 10km.

15km & 25km, Hamoana

ATHLETICS MASTERTON FAGAN MOTORS 37th Anniversary

WAIRARAPA COUNTRY MARATHON HALF MARATHON 10km Fun Walk or Run SUNDAY 9 October 2011

14 Woodbourne Half Marathon & 10km, Blenheim 14 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km & 14km, Whitford, Auckland 15 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 17 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 21 Petone Workingmen’s Club 5 Bridges, 10km & 5km, Petone 21 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon,15km, 10km & 5km, Narrow Neck Beach, Auckland 22 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 27 Great Nasby Water Race, 100km, 80km, 60km & 50km, Nasby 28 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 28 Jerry Clayton North Shore Half Marathon,Takapuna 28 Southland Regional Walk - Borland Lodge, Invercargill 28 Brooks Rotovegas Half Marathon, Rotorua 28 North Shore Marathon, Half Marathon & 5km, Auckland 31 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

4 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km & 14km Hunua 5 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 10 Wainuiomata Mountain Run & Walk, 12km & 5km, Wainuiomata 11 Moro Marathon & Half Marathon, Dunedin 12 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 17 Abel Tasman Coastal Classic, 36km, Nelson Bays 17 Kaikoura Surburban Half Marathon, 10km & 2km, Kaikoura 17 The Lydiard Legend Marathon & Arthur’s Half Marathon, New Lynn 18 Carters Hatuma Half Marathon, Waipukurau 18 Oxford Country Classic, Oxford, Canterbury 19 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 25 Tauranga City to Surf, 12km Fun Run/Walk, Tauranga

SEPTEMBER 2011

25 Onehunga Half Marathon, Onehunga

3 Shoe Clinic Hawkes Bay Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Havelock North 3 Mizuno Off Road Half Marathon & Quarter Marathon, Taupo 4 Arthritis Marathon, Hamilton

10th Annual Morrinsville College

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COME TO THE WAIRARAPA AND ENJOY

Two lap marathon one lap half marathon Picturesque rural course Excellent spot prizes plus 10km teams prize Entries close Monday 3 October 2011 See our website for information and results www.athleticsmasterton.org.nz

Ring Graeme Butcher 06-377-2356 or Carrol MacDonald 06-377-1174

FUN RUN /WALK 5k, 10k, 1/2 Marathon Sunday 6th November 2011 Phone 07-889-6336 (Evening) Email: joan@farmside.co.nz

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31st HALF MARATHON Organised by New Plymouth Joggers & Walkers Club

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2011 Start and finish at Pukekura Raceway, New Plymouth Entry forms available from: New Plymouth Joggers & Walkers Club, P O Box 4221, New Plymouth or phone secretary 06-758-2344 and from the Taranaki Daily News Enter on line: www.enteronline.co.nz - View our website: www.npjw.co.nz Gold sponsors:

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OCTOBER 2011 1 Sri Chinmoy 12 hour 4-Person Teams Relay, Auckland 1 Sri Chinmoy 12 hour 6-12-24 Hour Track Races, Auckland 2 SBS Bank Hamilton Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Hamilton 2 Juken NZ Ltd Kaitaia Run/Walk, 5km & 13km, Kaitaia 2 Radience Devonport Classic, 5km & 10km, Devonport, Auckland 2 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon,32km, 18km & 8km, Manukau, Auckland 3 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 5 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 8 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km & 14km Waihi 9 Wairarapa Country Half Marathon & 10km, Masterton 8 Hitec Rotorua Ekiden 42km Relay, Rotorua 10 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 12 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 15 Subway Dun Run, 22km, Nelson 15 Great Barrier Island Wharf to Wharf, 42.2km, Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island 17 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 19 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 22 Lodge to Lodge Half Marathon & 10km Walk/Run, Mt Lyford, Waiau 29-6 November Waiheke Island Walking Festival, Waiheke Island

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Coming events 30 Adidas Auckland Marathon, Half Marathon, 120.5km & 5km, Auckland 31 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth

NOVEMBER 2011 2 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 5 57th Feilding Marathon, Feilding 6 10th Morrinsville College PTA Half Marathon, Morrinsville 6 Shoe Clinic Half & Quarter Marathon, Tai Tapu, Canterbury 7 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 9 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 11 eVolo Kura 2 Mount (K2K), Tauranga 11 Steelformers Around the Mountain Relay, 150km, New Plymouth 11 Queen Charlotte Ultramarathon, 71km, Blenheim 12 Speights West Coaster 10km & 18km, Bethells Beach 13 Napier Pak ’n Save Half Marathon & 10km, Napier 13 Save the Children Fun Run, 21.1km, 10km & 5km, Thames 13 Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon, Invercargill 14 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 16 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 19 Fullers Great Sights Kerikeri Half Marathon, Kerikeri 20 Winter Brookfield Bog Challenge, 4km, 8km & 12km, Wainuiomata 21 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 23 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 25 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks - Mokoroa Falls, Waitakere, Auckland 26 Mahana Half Marathon, Woollaston Estate Winery, Nelson 27 ADRA Charity Half Marathon, Auckland 30 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

DECEMBER 2011 4 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon, 32km, 18km & 8km, Grenlane, Auckland 5 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 10 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon, Half Marathon, Wanganui 11 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk, 100km, 50km, 25km & 10km, Christchurch 12 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth

Shoe Clinic

Hawke’s Bay Marathon Incorporating 21k & 10k Fun Run/Walk

Saturday, 3 September 2011

Starts at Havelock North Domain For further information Phone: Wendy Foulds 06 844 3165 or email info@runwalkhb.org.nz Enter online: www.runwalkhb.org.nz Entries close: 19 August 2011

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Coming events 14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 19 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

JANUARY 2012 7 Madame-Rouge Charity Cross Country 9km, Onetangi, Waiheke Island 15 NBS Striders Half Marathon, Nelson 21 Ian Priest Memorial River Trail Half Marathon, Hutt Valley

FEBRUARY 2012 4-12 NZ Masters Games, Dunedin 11 Buller Gorge Half Marathon, Westport 5 Pukekohe Half Marathon, Pukekohe 25 The Bedrock 50, Oxford

MARCH 2012 17 Kaiteriteri Gold Half Marathon, Kaiteriteri Beach, Nelson Chilltech Beach 2 Basin Whangarei Run/Walk, 9km, 5.7km, Whangarei

APRIL 2012 14 Great Forest Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Waitakere Beach 15 Moonshine Half Marathon, Trentham 15 Heart 4 Heart Half Marathon, Tauranga 14 Paymark XTERRA Rotorua Festival Half Marathon, Rotorua 28 Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust Half Marathon, Rotorua

MAY 2012 2 Dargarville Run/Walk, 12km,& 6.8km, Dargarville 6 Nelson Shoe Clinic Half Marathon, Nelson 12 Saint Clair Yineyard Half Marathon, Marlborough 20 Huntly Half Marathon, Huntly

JUNE 2012 3 The Edgewater Resort & Spa Handicap 2 x Half Marathon, Upper Hutt 3 SBS Half Marathon, Christchurch 19 Balclutha Half Marathon, Balclutha

OVERSEAS EVENTS AUGUST 2011 5-7 Brisbane Marathon Festival, Half Marathon, 10km, 2km, South Bank Parklands, Qld, Australia 6 Siberian International Marathon, Siberia, Russia 7 Cane to Coral, 15km & 8km, Bundaberg, Qld, Australia 7 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4.7km, Adelaide, SA, Australia 7 Queensland Country Health Half Marathon, Townsville, Qld, Australia 7 Fitzy’s 5 5km, Adelaide, SA, Australia 7 Townsville Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Townsville, Qld, Australia 9 Drumley Walk (Indigenous) Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 12-14 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km &

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42km, Vaasa, Finland 14 The Lakes College Fun Run, 2km, 6km & 10km, North Lakes, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 14 Adelaide Marathon Festival, Adelaide, SA, Australia 14 VRR Princes Park Half Marathon, Princes Park, Vic, Australia 14 Prom Country Challenge, 30km & 6km, Toora, Vic, Australia 14 Devil Bend 12km, 10km & 5km, Moorooduc South, Vic, Australia 20 Helsinki City Marathon, Helsinki, Finland 20 Sutherland Half Marathon, Liverpool City, NSW, Australia 21 Alice Springs Marathon & Half Marathon, Alice Springs, NT, Australia 21 Coburg Harriers Half Marathon, Coburg Track, Vic, Australia 21 Mudgee Marathon Festival Weekend, Mudgee, Australia 21 villa & hut Sandy Point Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Bayside, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km, Verdal, Norway 27-29 Achill Summer Walks Festival, Achill, co Mayo, Ireland 28 Mudgee Running Festival, Mudgee, NSW, Australia 28 PCCCT Ulverstone Half Marathon,Ulverstone, Tas, Australia 28 Victoria Falls Marathon, Zimbabwe 28 Koroit to Warrnambool Half Marathon, Lake Pertobe, Vic, Australia 28 Lake Macquarie Running Festival, Half Marathon, 10.5km & 4km, Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia 28 Salomon Trail Running Series, 6km & 10km, Melbourne 28 Shepparton Runner’s Club Half Marathom, Shepparton, Vic, Australia 28 Galway City Marathon Galway, Ireland 28 Chevron City to Surf for Activ Half Marathon, Esplanade Beach, Vic, Australia 28 Quebec City Marathon, Quebec, Canada 28 Maraton Int’l de la Cuidda de Mexico, Mexico 28 The Athlete’s Foot Marathon Festival, Adelaide, SA, Australia 28 Shepparton Marathon Events, Shepparton, Vic, Australia 28 31st de Castella Run, 5km, 10km & 15km, Kew Boulevard, Vic, Australia 28 Cairns Road Runners Trail Run, 74km, 21.1km, 10km & 5km, Kuranda to Part Douglas, Qld, Australia Sperrins Walking Festival, Co Tyrone, Ireland

SEPTEMBER 2011 3 Dingle Marathon, Dingle, co Kerry, Ireland 3 Fjord Norway Half Marathon, Norway 3 Ruska Marathon, Finland 4 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4.7km, Adelaide, SA, Australia 4 Bankstown Hidden Half Marathon, Lake Gillawarna, NSW, Australia 4 The Ross Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Wrest Point, Tas, Australia 4 Great Scottish Run Half Marathon, Scotland 9 Petra Marathon & Half Marathon, Petra 10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km, Arenzano, Italy 11 Bristol Half Marathon, Bristol, England 11 Sri Chinmoy Half Marathon,Burnley, Vic, Australia 11 Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon, Moscow, Russia

12th – 19th - 8 day Highlights of the Bibbulmun Track, Western Australia 15-29 Simpson Desert Multi Marathon, Simpson Deset, Australia 16-18 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km & 42km, Seefeld, Austria 17 Stockholm Half Marathon, Stockholm, Sweden 18 Geelong Cross Country Club Handicap Half Marathon,Geelong, Vic, Australia 18 Blackmores Sydney Marathon, & Half Marathon Sydney, NSW, Australia 18 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km & 8km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 18 Ridge to Ridge Half Marathon, Middle Ridge Park, Qld, Australia 18 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon, Denmark 23-25 Burren Peaks Walking Festival, Ballyvaughan, co Clare, Ireland 24 Round Rarotonga Road Race, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 24-25 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km, & 50km, Brno, Czech Republic 25 Cape Town Marathon, Cape Town, South Africa 25 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km & 8km, Canberra, ACT, Australia 25 Lake Tahoe Marathon, CA, USA 25 Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany 25 Fremantle Half Marathon, South Fremantle, WA, Australia 25 Turin Half Marathon, Turin, Italy

OCTOBER 2011 1-2 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda, Germany 2 Esperance Half Marathon, Esperance, SA, Australia 2 Budapest Marathon, Budapest 2 Cologne Marathon & Half Marathon, Coologne, Germany 2 Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running, Loch Ness, Scotland 2 Brussels Marathon & Half Marathon, Brussels, Belgium 7-9 Carlow Autumn Walking Festival, Carlow, Ireland 7-9 Nire Valley Walking Festival, Nire Valley, co Waterford, Ireland 8 Fitzroy Falls Fire Trail Marathon, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 9 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago, USA 9 Flight Centre Half Marathon, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 9 McLaren Vale Half Marathon, McLaren Vale, SA, Australia 9 Bank of Melbourne Marathon Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 5.7km & 3km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 9 Portland Marathon, Portland, OR, USA 9 Eindhoven Marathon, Eindhoven, Netherlands 9 St George Melbourne Marathon, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 9 Bucharest International Marathon & Half Marathon, Bucharest, Romania 16 Toowooma Road Runners Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia 15-16 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 16 31st Xcell Roofing Toowoomba Half Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia 16 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon & Half Marathon, Toronto, Canada www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Coming events 16 Amsterdam Marathon, Amsterdam, Netherlands 22-23 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 22 The Polar Circle Marathon, Arctic 22 Hepburn Trail Challenge, 11km & 8km, Hepburn Springs Australia 23 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, Rottnest Island, WA, Australia 23 Venice Marathon, Venice, Italy 23 Maroubra Rotary Fun Run/Walk, 4km & 8km, South Maroubra, NSW, Australia 23 Niagara Falls International Marathon, Niagara Falls, Canada 23 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km & 8km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 28-31 Footfalls Wicklow Walking Festival, Glendalough, co Wicklow, Ireland 29-30 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju, Korea 30 Port of Portlands 3-Bay Marathon, Portland, Vic, Australia 30 Lausanne Marathon, Lausanne, Switzerland 30 BMW Frankfurt Marathon, Frankfurt, Germany 30 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km & 8km, Canberra, ACT, Australia 31 Adidas Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2011 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km Higashimatsu-yama, Japan 6 ING New York City Marathon, New York, USA 6 Maryville Half Marathon, Maryville, Vic, Australia 11-13 Upperchurch Walking Festival Weekend, Thurles, co Tipperary, Ireland 12 The Steve Moneghetti Invitation Half Marathon, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 12 Cairns Road Runners Trail Run, 74km, 21.1km, 10km & 5km, Cairns to Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 12 Marathon Cool Down, Phoenix, co Offaly, Ireland 12 Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 12 Air Pacific International Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Denarau Island, Fiji 13 Athens Classic Marathon, Athens Greece 13 Turin Marathon, Turin, Italy 12-13 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Taiwan 20 Big Sur Marathon on Monterey Bay, Montery, CA, USA 20 Yokohama Women’s Marathon, Yokohama, Japan 20 Standard Charters Bankok Marathon, Bankok, Thailand 26 Kinnity Castle Half Marathon, Kinnity, co Offaly, Ireland 27 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km & 8km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 27 Central Coast Half Marathon, Australia 27 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan 27 Great Ethiopian Airlines Run 10km, Ethiopia 30 Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100km, Antarctic

10 Waterford Half Marathon, Waterford City, Ireland 10 Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon, Clonakilty, West Cork, Ireland 11 Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, Hawaii 24 Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Charlotte Pass Village, NSW, Australia 26 Fields of Athenry 10km Run, Athenry, Galway, Ireland 26-27 Walk Killarney, Killarney, co Kerry, Ireland

JANUARY 2012 7 Xiamen International Marathon, Xiamen, China 9 Cadbury Half Marathon, Claremont, Tas, Australia 14 Houston Marathon, Houston, USA 15 Standard Charters Mumbai Marathon, Mumbai, India 29 Osaka Women’s Marathon, Osaka, Japan 29 Miami Marathon, Miami, FL, USA

FEBRUARY 2012 19 Austin Marathon, Austin, TX, USA 26 Tokyo Marathon, Tokyo, Japan 27 Sahara Marathon, Sahara, Algeria

MARCH 2012 4 Sao Paulo International Half Marathon, Sao Paula, Brazil 5 The Antarctica Marathon & Half Marathon, Antarctica 16 Jerusalem Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Jerusalem, Israel 18 Twilight Half Marathon, St Lucia, Qld, Australia 18 Eaglehawk Half Marathon, Eaglehawk, Viv, Australia 23-24 IML Two Day Walk, Gilboa, Israel 25 Lisbon Half Marathon, Lisbon, Spain 31-1 April IML Two Day Walk, Canberra, ACT, Australia

APRIL 2012 1 Hill to Harbour Half Marathon, Newcastle,

NSW, Australia 15 Geelong Half Marathon, Geelong, Vic, Australia 15 Oxfam Southern Charity Challenge Half Marathon, Goolwa, SA, Australia 18-19 IML Vancouver Two Day Walk, Vancouver, USA

MAY 2012 5-6 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km & 42km, Blankenberge, Belgium 6 Hilly Half Marathon, Hamilton Island, Qld, Australia 11-13 IML Two Day Walk, Yatsushire, China 12-13 IWL Waendel Weekend, 15km, 25km & 42km, Wellingborough, England 13 Noosa Half Marathon, Noosa, Qld, Australia 17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Chantonnay, France 19 Mount Beauty Half Marathon, Mount Beauty, Vic, Australia 20 Great Ocean Road Half Marathon, Kennett River, Vic, Australia 20 Bunbury Half Marathon, Bunbury, WA, Australia 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switzerland 21-22 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China 26 Warwick Pentath Half Marathon, Warwick, Qld, Australia 27 Sri Chinmoy Williamstown Half Marathon, Newport, Vic, Australia

JUNE 2012 2-3 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km & 40km, Diekirch, Luxembourg 3 Asics Elleker Half Marathon, Elleker, WA, Australia 3 Queensland Half Marathon, Mackay, Qld, Australia 10 Rocky Hill Marathon, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia 23-24 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 40km & 45km, Viborg, Denmark

DECEMBER 2011 3 Jingle Bells Run, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland 4 Las Vegas Marathon, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 10 Killarney Santa Run, Killarney, co Kerry, Ireland www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Nordic walking

28-1 July IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland

JULY 2012 17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Netherlands

AUGUST 2012 10-12 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km & 42km, Vaasa, Finland 25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km, Verdal, Norway

SEPTEMBER 2012 8-9 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km, Arenzano, Italy 14-16 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km & 42km, Seefeld, Austria 22-23 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km, & 50km, Brno, Czech Republic

OCTOBER 2012 6-7 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda, Germany 20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju, Korea

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NOVEMBER 2012 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km Higashimatsu-yama, Japan 10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Taiwan 14 The Solar Eclipse Marathon,

COMING EVENTS We obtain information for this column from a large number of sources up to two years in advance and sometimes there are date changes etc that occur. If there are any changes in dates etc, we ask clubs to advise us direct.

Nordic contacts

Contact details for three groups in New Zealand promoting Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking New Zealand (NoWaNZ) Waipu Northland, Phone 0800-669-269 Email contact@NordicWalkingNZ.co.nz Web www.nordicwalkingNZ.co.nz International Nordic Walking Assn (INWA) June Stevenson Phone 09-416-3917 0274-383-923 Email june.stevenson@xtra.co.nz Web www.nordicwalking.net.nz

NOWANZ.CO.NZ Nordic Walking events Nordic Walking Events by date 18-Aug Gisborne Centennial Marine Dr, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 19-Aug Gisborne Centennial Marine Dr, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 20-Aug Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa 027-2472082 20-Aug Warkworth, Lucy Moore Park, NEW Course, Lisa 021-611239 20-Aug Taupo Taupo Event Center, Taster, Judy 03-2186583 20-Aug Tauranga Memorial Park, Taster, Barbara Faust 021-2998840 20-Aug CHC-North New Brighton Broad Pk, Tast, Penny 021-2567 082 21-Aug Tauranga Memorial Park, Taster, Barbara Faust 021-2998840 22-Aug Invercargill Queens Park, Feldwick Gates, Taster, 03-2186583 25-Aug Invercargill Queens Park, Taster, Judy 03-2186583 AUGUST 2011 3 AKL-Riverhead Rugby club grounds, taster, Marilyn 09-4122654 3 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 3 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 6 Napier Cityfitness Gym, Ahuriri, Course, Cityfitness 06-835 1211 7 AKL-Riverhead Rugby club grounds, Taster, Marilyn 021-752556 7 Tutukaka Coast Ngunguru Sports Cplex, Course, Robyn 09-4344060 10 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Starter, Ewa 027-2472082 10 Blenheim, Taster, Sally 03-5727377 10 CHC-Ilam Jelly Park, Starter Plus, Penny 021-2567 082 10 Hamilton Lake Domain, New Course, Margaret 027-2471885 11 Greenlane Cornwall Park, New Course, Ewa 027-2472082 11 Blenheim, Starter, Sally 03-5727377 11 Blenheim, Taster, Sally 03-5727377 15 AKL-Ranui domain Robertson Rd, Taster, M Palmer 021-752556 17 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 18 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 21 Whangarei, i-Site Centre, New Course, Barbara 09-4320386 22 Invercargill Queens Park, Feldwick Gates, Taste, Judy 03-2186583 25 Hamilton Lake Domain, Starter, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 25 Balclutha Naish Park, Taster, Marion Gardner 03-4180645 8-Oct Kerikeri, Outdoors at Domain, New Course, Barbara 09-4320386 8-Oct Whangarei, i-Site Centre, New Course, Barbara 09-4320386 11-Oct Orewa, i-Site Centre, New Course, Matthias 022-4320386 11-Oct Waipu, Museum Carpark, New Course, Barbara 09-4320386 12-Oct Whangarei, i-Site Centre, New Course, Barbara 09-4320386 www.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz for further information and updates Nordic Walking Groups and Fitness Walks by day Mon AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 Mon Napier Park Island, Tamatea, Marya Hopman 06-357058 Mon Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475 Tue Ruakaka, Surf Club, Anja 09-4328616 Tue AKL-Kohimarama, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 Tue Havelock North River Rd Walkway, River Rd, 06-8782475 Wed Tutukaka Coast, Robyn Skerten Robyn 09-4344060 Wed Whangarei, Kensington Park, Barbara Faust 09-4320386 Thu Napier Park Island, Tamatea, Marya Hopman 06-357058 Fri Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475 Sat Kerikeri Domain, Matthias Heffner 022-4320386 Sat Warkworth Lucy Moore Park, Lisa Outwin 021-611239 Sat AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 www.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz for further information and updates

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Birds a plenty at the Bay B

ird lovers and walkers will be in their element during September and Octo ber when the Eastern Bay’s popular BirdsaPlenty Festival kicks off its actionpacked 10 year anniversary programme (24th Sept – 16th Oct 2011).

BirdsaPlenty offers a unique opportunity to experience the diverse range of bird-life in the Eastern Bay region and visit the best bird watching locations, often in areas that require an interesting walk to get too!

Most of the activities take place in natural habitats of the birds and are ideal for walking enthusiasts include trips into Te Urewera National Park, Waiotane Reserve, Manawahe Wetlands and Motuhora (Whale) Island.

There’s a feast of events on offer within the festival’s three-week long programme, the highlight being a presentation by keynote speaker Ruud Kleinplaste, TV ONE’s “The Bug-Man”, about “Our bio-diversity in Whakatane – privilege and responsibility” on Friday 30th September.

Organiser Jacqui Hughes said that idea for the Festival began, at the “Godwit Welcome” at Ohiwa Spit (Sunday, 16th October), more than 10 years ago. “A small number of people would gather each year to welcome the Godwit or Kuaka (Limosa lapponica), as they return from the Northern Hemisphere for our summer,” she said.

“Many of us where involved in other conservation projects, so we decided to create a festival to get more members of the public involved and share some of the activities we had underway. It’s been a very rewarding project for us all.”

Ornithologists believe that the adult bartailed Godwit (Kuaka) migrate the 11,000 kilometres to New Zealand from their breeding grounds in Alaska, while others fly in from Siberia. The journey is understood to be the longest non-stop bird migration in the world.

Between 85,000 – 100,000 mig rate to New Zealand annually and disperse throughout New Zealand.

Ohiwa Harbour is one of the destinations for the godwits who stay around the harbour and feed over summer. They arrive in September and stay until March/April.

Also a nesting place for the New Zealand Dotterel or Tuturiwhatu (Charadruis obscurus), the Bay of Plenty is as far south as the northern sub-species of the New Zealand Dotterel (Tuturiwhatu) is found, with the exception of a few birds on the east coast in the Gisborne area, according to the Department of Conservation. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

The birds nest on the dunes at several esWaiotane Reserve, Wainui tuaries in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, including Another event designed for experienced Ohiwa Harbour. On Saturday 1st October, the walkers is a trip into Waiotane Reserve, which Department of Conservation is hosting a “talk generally has limited public access. The walk and walk” to see the Dotterels at the harbour. covers about 8km (5 hours) through well-esNukuhou Salt Marsh tablished native bush into territory where the Another highlight for bird enthusiasts (Sun- Whakatane Kiwi Trust releases Kiwi. Help day, 2nd October) is the opening of a short check the traps and hear about the work of new walkway, the “Cheddar Valley Inanga the Trust on Saturday 6th October.

Loop Track” to the whitebait spawning pools Manawahe Kokaho Trust at the Nukuhou Salt Marsh.

The Manawahe Kokaho Trust protect Nestled in “Cheddar Valley” between kokaho on private land (over 250ha) in Wainui Road and Ohiwa Harbour, Nukuhou Manawahe through intensive pest control and Salt Marsh is home to a range of rare and enmonitoring.

In 10 years the group has indangered salt marsh birds, including the Fern creased the population from nine to over 50.

Bird, Bittern and Spotless Crake.

During BirdsaPlenty (Saturday 15th OctoThe Nukuhou Stream Saltmarsh is the largber) the Trust is hosting a guided walk, and est area of saltmarsh remaining in Ohiwa Harbird viewing followed by a BBQ breakfast. bour. It is situated between Burke Rd and the old Cheddar Valley Dairy Factory bordering Dawn Chorus at Northern Te Wainui Road and covers about 60 hectares.

Urewera The Nukuhou Care group became a regisIdeal for experienced walkers, a trip into tered Care Group with Environment Bay of Northern Te Urewera to Otamatuna (MainPlenty, in April 2003, and developed a 5 year land Island) with the Department of Conserplan which included; the monthly monitoring vation will surprise and delight. of target bird species: Bittern, Banded Rail, A full range of forest birds including Bell Marsh Crake, Spotless Crake, and Fern bird; Birds, Kokaho, Robins, Tuis, Tom-tits will tracking of predators and the removal of iden- entertain you in both a morning and evening tified weed species and revegetation with suit- chorus. able natives.

This trip (Sat/Sun 15th – 16th October) inOver the years, the group has made sig- cludes an overnight in a Department of Connificant progress with planting, predator con- servation hut and short bush walks that extrol and the establishment of an Interpreta- plore the Northern Te Urewera. Limited to tion Point over-looking the marshland. Set- 10 people with reasonable fitness, all ages welting-up this point has involved planting hun- come. dreds of native trees, and the construction of For a full programme of more than 25 a paved area featuring tiles of the rare birds events and more information about the prints, and large rocks on which appear life BirdsaPlenty Festival, please contact Jacqui sized tiles of the those same birds.

Hughes jacquihughes@xtra.co.nz, or 07 308 Below: A photographer waits to catch the moment.

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Dome Forest and Totara Peak Scenic Reserve walks A track through Dome Forest (DOC photo).

Stopping at a stream that leads to Dome Forest (Te Araroa photo).

ome Forest and Totara Peak Scenic Reserve offers a choice of short walks, or for more experienced trampers, a more challenging longer walk, both through regenerating native forest. The longer track is part of Te Araroa —The Long Pathway.

The walks start or finish beside the Dome tearooms, 7 km north of Warkworth on SH1, 74 km north of Auckland.

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See description to the lookout above. From the lookout the track changes to a tramping track and it’s a steep scramble to the Dome Length: 1 km to lookout, 40 minutes Starting from the Dome tearooms carpark, summit, where you can see Taranga Island (a steps lead up along a narrow road reserve to nature reserve and the ‘hen’ of the Hen and Chickens Islands) in the distance. The track the Dome Forest conserthen descends gently beyond the Dome trig vation area (401 ha).The ■ to the Waiwhiu kaun grove, where 20 mature track passes through Kauri of up to 4 m girth, which have defied mixed podocarp and past logging, hint at the forest’s original magbroadleaf forest and folnificence. lows a ridge to a lookout platfor m, with views Dome carpark to Govan across the Mahurangi Wilson Road, Matakana Peninsula to the Hauraki Length: 14 km to Govan Wilson Road, 7 Gulf.

Note: The Dome Walkway crosses land hours See previous description to Waiwhiu Kauri sacred to local iwi, please keep to the track. grove. The track continues along the ridgeline Dome carpark to Waiwhui through attractive forest with glimpses of the Kauri grove surrounding countryside and coast then deLength: 3 km to Waiwtiiu Kaun grove, via scends through pines to a 4WD clay road. Turn left down the road to meet Waiwhiu Valley Dome summer. 1.5 hours

Dome carpark to lookout

Road (a private forest road). Here you turn right and take the road for 400 m to a track leading down to the Waiwhiu Stream crossing. Once over the stream, follow the bush track along the river to the right for 1.4 km before climbing steeply up into the Totara Peak Scenic Reserve.

Your favourite walk could win a free subscription We are looking for readers’ favourite walks. Many of us go out regularly walking on a route which we class as our favourite, for a number of reasons.

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NORTH ISLAND NORTHLAND KAITAIA FAR NORTH TRAVEL CLUB: Maurice Lowell, 09-408-0732 after 3pm.

BAY OF ISLANDS BAY OF ISLANDS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Saturday (AM), Bert Vanasche 09-404-0147, or Gea Hadderingh 09- 405-7773

DARGARVILLE DARGARVILLE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (PM), Joan Burnett, 09-437-8708

WHANGAREI KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Lee Taylor 09430-3470 CARDIAC CARE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM or PM), Jo or Hugh Knight 09-438-7976 KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Kensington Reception, 09-437-4404 GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUPS: 0800-228-483 HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Thursday (AM), Val Babe 09-437-1657 HIKURANGI WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM) KAMO 60’s UP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Yvonne 09-435-1101 KENSINGTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Thursday (PM), Sport Northland 09-437-4404 TIKIPUNGA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Barbara Derrick 09435-0746 WAIPU 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 09-436-1524 WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB: Sue Guyatt 09-436-1441

AUCKLAND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB: midweek, weekends (BIA), walks, tramps, Jan Thompson 09-634-4624,Val Todd 09-579-8250 AUCKLAND NATURAL HISTORY CLUB: Every second Sunday, (AM), (IA),Praemi Pera 09-836-9161 ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Tramps, walks, cycling, Sunday, Saturday, Marianne Rienhard 09-575-2429 ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Sunday, Saturday & weekdays, tramps, walks , Beryl Borthwick 09-444-9667 or Sue Fitzpatrick 09-5761069 PRAM WALKING GROUP: Second Wednesday of month, Sport Auckland, Alissa Tosswill 09-623-7925

AUCKLAND CENTRAL AUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday (AM), Dave Lampitt 09-410-5287 AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: Jenny Andrew 09-5705455 AUCKLAND WALKERS & JOGGERS CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Bev Horton 09-625-5329 AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Ray Vickers 09-576-6906 AUCKLAND BAPTIST TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday Monthly (PM), (BIA), John McCarthy 09-630-4073 AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER CLUB: John Yolland 09-5769807 AUCKLAND RACE WALKERS ASSN: Sunday (AM), www.racewalkingauckland.org AUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Doug Astley 09-620-4923 AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Michelle Lee 09-3581296 BLOCKHOUSE BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE: Len Govind 09-627-9911 ELLERSLIE Y’S WALKING CLUB: Doug MacKay 09-274-7083 EAST AND BAYS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Glendowie, Saturday, Denise 09-570-9683 EPSOM Y’s COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Tuesday/Thursday (AM), Jan Dwyer 09-636-6294, Sunday (AM), M Armstrong 09639-1378 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-9993 MT ALBERT Y’s WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Friday, (AM), 09-8460788 MT ROSKILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: Theresa McDonald, 09-6243281 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Jan Thompson 09-6344624 WALKING CLUB: Graeme Easte, 09-376-5901 LES MILLS GYM: Seven days, (AM) (PM), (BIA), Powerwalking, Dave Buchan, 09-379-9590 STEP OUT WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), 09-379-2095 x 9704

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BLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Terry Wilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071 FIA OLA WOMEN’S DEVELOPMEMT WALK GROUP: Monday to Saturday, Anne, 09-813-0021 FIT4LIFE: Glenfield, Monday (PM), Friday (AM), Sarah 021 534 649 FOOTSTEPS: Saturday (AM), John 09-410-2995 GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), Ethel Denscombe 09-818-3561 GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM) and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230 GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne 09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867 GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300 HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM), Alene Couchman 09-818-2580 KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin 09-838-6553 KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin 09-818-6084 KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-4128914 LYNNMALL CITY MALL WALKING: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA), 09-826-2333 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-993 LYNNDALE AMATEUR ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Wednesday and Sunday (AM), Mic Baker 09-626-3232 MASSEY ATHLETIC CLUB: Sunday (AM), Shena McGregor 09-4128076 MASSEY JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Kerry Watt 09838-6665 or 021-517-049 NEW LYNN ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: New Lynn, Wednesday, Lorraine, 09-827-8663 RANUI MORNING WALK GROUP: Monday to Friday (AM), Judith 09-832-5692 RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09832-4069 RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 09412-9952 SUMMERLAND WALKERS: Henderson, Thursday (AM), Max Eyes 09-837-4787, lyn Mountier 09-838-1599 TE ATAU PENINSULA WALKERS: Monday, Friday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Mary Jones 09-834-6989 TE ATATU JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Te Atatu Peninsula, Sunday (AM), Malcolm 09-834-4101 or Diane or Graham 09-834-4423 TE ATATU SOUTH ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: Te Atatu South, Wednesday, Edna, 09-834-1401 THE HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Brian Ashmore 09-817-4562 or 027-471-3038 TITIRANGI TWILIGHT STROLLERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), Miranda 09-817-9677 TITIRANGI WALKERS & JOGGERS: Sundays (AM), John Harris 09817-7212 WEST HARBOUR ACTIVE 35+WALKING GROUP: West Harbour, Friday (AM), Lorna Lyon, 09-416-7871 Y’s WALKING HENDERSON: Tuesdays, Thursday, Sarah, 09-8368031 Y’s Walkers, Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Dan Gofin 09-627-9993 WAIATARUA WALKERS:Oratia, Saturday (AM), 09-814-9945 WANDERWOMEN ADVENTURES: 09-360-7330 WALKING WAITAKERE WEDNESDAY WALKS: Wednesday, (AM), May to October, Kay Lindley 09-837-8820 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284, Sandra Townsend 09-478-7194 WEST AUCKLAND DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), www.trampwest.co.nz

NORTH SHORE 10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 60’s UP TORBAY/BROWNS BAY: Wed (AM), Heather Jean Adams 09-478-2462 ABERDEEN ROAD WALKERS: Campbells Bay, Saturday (PM), Patsy Hulse 09-410-9353 BUSH WALK & TALK: Margi Keys, 09-443-6819 NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Lynda Langridge 09-4821320,www.nstc.org.nz BIRKENHEAD PROBUS CLUB: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Tracy Watson 09-414-5351 BROWNS BAY/TORBAY 60’s UP MOVEMENT: Wednesday (AM), Roy Urlic 09-473-8777 CALLIOPE ATHLETICS WALKERS & HARRIERS: Northcote, Wednesday (PM), Gail Mouldey 09-418-3457 DEVONPORT WALKERS: Bayswater, Tuesday Thursday Sunday (AM), Pat & Jim McKay 09-445-2743 DEVONPORT FRIDAY WALKING GROUP: Devonport, Friday (AM), Naomi Gardyne 09-445-4303 EAST COAST BAYS WALKERS: Torbay, Tuesday, Friday (AM), Shelley Sharp 09-473-9021 GREENHITHE WALKING GROUP: Greenhithe, Tuesday (AM), Marjorie Andrew 09-413-9065 HIGHBURY COMMUNITY HOUSE: Highbury, Thursday, Friday (AM), Judy Mayn 09-480-5279

MAIRANGI WALKING NETWORK: Mairangi Bay, Everyday (AM), Jack Rendle 09-478-9115 MEADOWOOD WALKING & TALKERS: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Carol Buckner 09-479-7804 MILFORD MALL WALKERS: Greenhithe, Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Carol Mosedale 09-443-2054 MILFORD MENS PROBUS: Ian Hall 09-479-4259 NORTH SHORE DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Every second Sunday (AM), Jan 09-483-5645 NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Barbara Lobel 09-473-6938 NORTHCOTE WALKING GROUP: Northcote, every second Tuesday (AM), Peter Cox 09-480-5622 TORBAY WALKERS: Torbay, Wednesday (AM), Jill Devonshire 09473-1931 WALKERS & TALKERS: Campbells Bay, Wednesday (AM), Brenda Gray 09-410-4019, Dorothy Ensor 09-478-6702 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284 Y’s WALKING SUNDAY GROUP: Northcote, Sunday (AM), Malcolm Curtis 09-444-3823

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10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Edna Prbert 09425-5928 HEALTH IN ACTION: (BIA), Susie George 09-426-1269 HELENSVILLE WALKERS: Helensville, Tuesday (AM), Malcolm Keane 09-420-8739 HIBISCUS COAST Y’S WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Wednesday (AM,PM), Kevin Tiller, 09-426-6461 LEISURE WALKERS: Whangaparaoa, Thursday (AM), Ann Mahon/ Margaret Gilbert 09-424-0765 MONDAY NIGHTA, Orewa, Monday (PM), Laraine Chase 09-4279321 SCOTTS LANDING WALKING GROUP: RD2, Warkworth, Sunday (AM), Angela McIntyre 09-425-5854 SNELLS BEACH WALKING GROUP: Warkworth, Wednesay (AM), Jenny Burton 09-425-5583 WELLSFORD ROAD RUNNERS & JOGGERS: Second Sunday (AM), Thursday (AM), Robert Scott 09-425-8089 or Heather Rankin 09431-4692 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284

WAIHEKE ISLAND WAIHEKE ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Shaona Maddle, 09-372-6645

COUNTIES/MANUKAU PUKEKOHE JOGGERS & WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday, Sunday (AM), 09-238-9820 WAIUKU WALKING GROUP: Information Centre, Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), ONEWHERO KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Merlene, Walker, 09232-8844 PAPATOETOE Y’S WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), Derek McKeen, 09-266-2304 PAKURANGA ATHLETIC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday 9am (BIA), Linda Mitchell, 09-273-9531 PAKURANGA KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), 09-576-9739 MANUKAU TRAMPING CLUB: Judith Walker, 09-296-6977 MANUREWA Y’S WALKERS: Recreation Centre, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY (AM), 09-267-4646 MANUREWA Y’S WALKING GROUP: Clendon Recreation Centre, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-266-1100 MANUREWA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB WALKERS: Sunday (AM) HOWICK UXBRIDGE WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 09-5356467 HOWICK Y’S WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-5153 PUKEKOHE TRAMPING CLUB: David Lawrie 09-238-8407 TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Colin Johnstone 09-535-6231

WAIKATO HAMILTON FRANKTON ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Wednesday, Saturday, (PM), (BIA), Heather Purdie-Raill, 07-847-5639 NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Rene Smyth, 07846-3245 CENTRAL LAKE WALKING GROUP: Monday, WEdnesday Friday (AM), Nella Barron 07-846-3103 CHARTWELL WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Carrie Haak 07-8554281 DINSDALE WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Val Russell 07-847-6539 ENDERLEY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Leonie Smith 07-8552224 HAMILTON EAST WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848 HILLCREST WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Nell Bradburn 07-856-3787 MEMORIAL PARK WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Maureen Doms 07-855-2497 NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Monday Tuesday (AM), Roslynn Billman 07-847-4873 SILVERDALE WALKING GROUP: Sister Anne Marie Jones 07-8568980 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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CLAUDELAND WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irene Millar 07-8556848 FLAGSTAFF WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Gillian Bartram 07-854-0069 WESTFIELD MALL WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM) Westfield Mall Chartwell HAMILTON MARATHON CLINIC:Tuesday (PM), Sunday (AM), Sharon 07-854-9214 TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM) MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029 BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Diana Ammann 07-823-6147 WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07827-3097

CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), Sharon Woodings, 07-827-6033 LEAMINGTON WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Sharon Woodings, 07-827-6033

KAIHERE/PATETONGA KAIHERE/PATETONGA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011

MATAMATA MATAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07880-9088 AFTERWORK WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (PM), Janis Jeffers, 07-889-7032 MATAMATA TRAMPING & WALKING GROUP: F Smeed 07-8831222

MORRINSVILLE MORRINSVILLE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07880-9088

OTOROHANGA OTOROHANGA WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM)

PAEROA PAEROA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), Elaine Lally 07-862-8409 PAEROA LUNCH WALKERS: Monday Wednesday Friday, Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011

PUTARURU PUTARURU WALKING GROUP:(BIA) Hazel Murphy, 07-883-7927

PIOPIO SILVERADOS EXERCISE GROUP: Wednesday (PM), June O’Donoghue, 07-877-8492 PIOPIO CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Mon (AM), (BIA), Maurice Kearns, 07-877-8836

TAIRUA TAIRUA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Mike Lord, 07-8686025

THAMES THAMES WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday (AM), Mike Lord, 07868-6025

TAUPO TAUPO HARRIER CLUB WALKING SECTION: Saturday (PM), Wednesday (AM), Bernie Rolls 07-378-9229 TAUPO TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Weekends (AM or PM), Isabel Hutcheon 07-376-9319 MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (BIA), Betty Stockman 07378-4992 WAIORA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Kaye Beatson 07-378-6957 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (PM), (I), 06-378-9229

TE AROHA TE AROHA WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088 TE AROHA TRAMPING CLUB: Every second Sunday, Judy Forsman 07-884-8841 TE AROHA TREKKERS: Wednesday (AM), Frances Harrison 07-8628184

TE AWAMUTU TE AWAMUTU TUESDAY TRAMPERS: Tuesday, Lesley 07-870-1973 or Kathy 07-870-2006 TE AWAMUTU WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), Jan Jefferies 07-889-7032 TE AWAMUTU MARATHON CLINIC: Wednesday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Pip Annan 07-871-2980

TE KUITI WAITOMO WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BIA), Ruth Early, 07-878-6870 TWILIGHT WALKING GROUP: Monday, (PM), (BIA), Dede Downs, 07-878-7867

COROMANDEL TOWN WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM) 07-8667101or 07-866-8560

KATIKATI KATIKATI TRAMPING CLUB: fortnightly weekends (AM), Barry Denton 07-863-4597

KAWERAU KAWERAU WALKERS: Kawerau, Thursday (AM), (B), Sport Bay of Plenty, 07-308-8304 HARRIERS WALKERS: Kawerau Thursday (PM), (A), Sport Bay of Plenty, 07-308-8304

OPOTIKI BUSH WALKERS CLUB: J Hedley, 07-315-7807

ROTORUA CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07 347-8945 LAKE CITY ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS GROUP: Tueday, Thursday (PM), Sunday (AM), Ted Sheppard 07-348-1205 or Sarah Wiwarena 07-348-7874 GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUP: TMonday and Thursday (AM), (B), Melissa Gordon 07-348-4125 HEART SUPPORT WALK GROUP: Tueday (AM), Wally Walford 07347-6173 MOKOIA COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), Melissa Gordon 07 348 4125 SPRINGFIELD STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Glenys Searancke 07-348-4243 ROTORUA TRAMPING & SKI CLUB: Sundays (AM), Trevor Cochrane 07-345-6362 ROTORUA SOCIAL NORDIC WALKING GROUP: Fridays (AM), Audrey 07-348-1471 ST BARNABAS WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (BIA), Joy Gordon 07-357-5744 THE THURSDAY STROLLERS: Thursday (AM), (B), Myrtle Raxworthy 07-346-3772 WALKING WITH JOY: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Joy Gordon 07-3575744

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HASTINGS BRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM), (BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285 FLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy 06-879-7077 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Eddy 06-8763371 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-8730971 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Jane 06-877-0017 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette 06-877-2114 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lyn 06877-7886 KIWI SENIORS: Eana Young 06-845-9333 x 708 RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Doug Clark 06-878-2785, www.runwalkhb.org.nz

NAPIER AHURIRI WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (I), Beverly Gillies 06843-6805 NAPIER WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), (I), Lyn 06-835-7704 NAPIER SOUTH WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (B), Maria Rogers 06-843-1225 RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Mike Sheely 06-843-7804, www.runwalkhb.org.nz Ys WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, Napier, Barry 06-844-3929 or Nola 06-843-7912

TARADALE/GREEN MEADOWS TARADALE/GREEN MEADOWS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (IA), Beverly Gillies 06-843-6805 TARADALE/SPORT HAWKES BAY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Nga Gifford-Kara 06-845-9333

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TE PUKE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-573-8306 WAIHI STRIDERS: Wednesday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-8677011 WAIHI STROLLERS: Friday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011 WAIHI MONDAY TRAMPING: Monday (AM), Marie 07-863-4633 or Barry 07-863-4567

INGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Maureen 06756-7255

WHAKATANE SUNSHINE WALKING GROUP: Whakatane, Tuesday (AM), (I), Graham Thomas, 07-307-9800 HARRIERS WALKERS WHAKATANE: Saturday, (PM), (I), Noel Jones, 07-308-7101

WHITIANGA WHITIANGA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Mike lord, 07-868-6025

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TOKOROA ALPINE CLUB:Midweek, Christine 07-886-7294

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GISBORNE RUNNERS & WALKERS: Margaret Badger 06-868-4785

AGE CONCERN: Tauranga, Wednesday (AM), 07-578-2631 CITY ON ITS FEET: Days and areas, (BIA), Penny 07-578-9610 STEPPING OUT JOGGING CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, (AM), (IA), 07-544-0316 FOREST & BIRD SOCIETY: Secretary, tauranga. branch @forestandbird.org.nz, Tauranga HEALTHY HEART CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (B), YMCA, 07-578-5891 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), YMCA, 07-5785891 MOUNT JOGGERS & WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, (AM), Gaye Westwood 07-574-1075 ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: MONDAY (AM) 07-576-2469 NORDIC WALKING AT THE MOUNT: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Steffi 07-574-7527 NORDIC WALKING IN TAURANGA: Monday, Wednesday, Mary 07577-0711 MT MAUNGANUI RSA WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Sundays (AM), (BIA), Kieran Jensen 07-572-0626 50 FORWARD WALKING GROUPS: Sport Bay of Plenty 07-5780016 TAURANGA MID-WEEK TRAMPING GROUP: Derek 07-572-2512 TAURANGA ROAD RUNNERS: Sunday (AM), Nick 07-578-5802 TAURANGA RAMBLERS: Malcolm 07-544-2369 or Rod Taylor 07576-4207 TAURANGA TRAMPERS NETWORK: Natalie Bird 07-576-0016 TAURANGA TRAMPING CLUB: Christine Rawnsley 07-578-9984 PAK N BOOTS: Moya Hewson 07-575-7064

WHANGAMATA WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Mike Lord, 07868-6025 WHANGAMATA ROAD RUNNERS & WALKERS: 07-865-6580 WHANGAMATA RAMBLERS: Ron Le Noel, 07-865-9475 WALK WHANGAMATA: Everyday (AM), from Surfclub WHANGA SENIOR WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-865-7022

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INDEPENDENT WALKERS TARANAKI: Saturday (PM). North: Ray/ Mary 06-756-7798. Central: Wallace/Nancye 06-762-2861. South: Alan/Jean 06-278-6846

NEW PLYMOUTH CARRINGTON WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Catherine McKee 06-753-3254 WESTOWN DIABETES WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Peter Brookes 06-753-4646 TIME FOR ME WALKS FOR WOMEN: Friday (AM), (I), Glenice 06758-3974 FRONT RUNNER GROUP: Monday (PM), (BIA), Kelvin & Michelle Giddy FITZROY WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (IA), Marlene 06-758-8749 or Marilyn 06-757-2022 WESTOWN WALKING GROUP FOR WOMEN: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (IA), Karen 06-751-1361 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Karen 06-751-1361 WALKERS IN THE PARK: Monday, (AM), (B), Dawn 06-758-6429 or Dorothy Humphries 06-751-0431 SPOTSWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (BI), Allie Fitzgibbon 06-751-2304 NEW PLYMOUTH JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday, (AM), Jan Dempsey, 06-758-8373 TARANAKI RACE WALKING CLUB: Trevor Suthon, 06-758-0776 EGMONT ATHLETICS: Karen Green, 06-758-1569

WAITARA WAITARA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (AM), (I), Cleo 06-7547311

STRATFORD STRATFORD RUNNERS & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Jill Gorrie 06-764-5088 STRATFORD WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Ivan Coates 06-765-7212 or Wes Robinson 06-765-5242

INGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Maureen 06- 7567255

HAWERA HAWERA WALKING GROUPO: Friday (AM), Nancy Riddick 06-2785784 PUSH PLAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Tuesday (PM), (BIA), Moira Koch, 0800-223-228

ELTHAM KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BIA), Maria Erkes 06-764-8984

WANGANUI WANGANUI CASTLECLIFF WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Dorothea Dobbie 06344-4219

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RONA & GLAD’S WALK GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Rona Wright 06344-5434 WANGANUI HARRIER CLUB: Wednesdays, Saturday (PM), Secretary, P O Box 702, Wanganui, Perry Newburn 06-343-6484 SPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Robyn Rose 06-348-1440 WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), Darol Pointon 06-345-3137

WAVERLEY SPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: (AM), (BIA), Betty Morrison 06-346-5613

OHAKUNE SPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young 06-385-4055

MARTON SPORT & RECEATION CLUB GOLD: Wednesday (AM), Deane James 06-327-7607

MANAWATU PALMERSTON NORTH HOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), Jack Cook 06-357-7458 or Dorne Jarvis 06-357-2444 KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, 06-354-3342 MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM), Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), Alister Martin 06-353-7175 PALMERSTON NORTH JOGGERS & WALKERS: Esplanade,Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), (BI), Robyn McKey 06-354-9952.

CLUB PED: Monday, Wednesday, (PM), (IA), Ongley Park; Saturday, (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179 HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, Adrienne Kennedy 06-350-8617 MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey Recreation Centre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471 MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), (IA) Gillian Absolom 06-329-6898 METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860 U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06356-4384 WALKY TALKIE TROOPERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), (I), Liz MacNeill 06-357-8216

MIRAMAR WALKING GROUP: 04-388-1944 NEWLANDS COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING: Tuesday (AM), 04478-8799 TARARUA TRAMPING CLUB: www.ttc.org.nz WEA MIDWEEK WALKERS: Hanna Harwood WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY WALKERS: 04-388-1988 WELLINGTON CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: 04-934-4729 WELLINGTON HARRIER ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM) mid March to mid October, (BIA), Veronica Gould WELLINGTON MARATHON CLINIC: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Toni 04478-9201 WELLINGTON MID-WEEK WALKERS: Tues, Thursday (PM), Bart Jones 04-477-3746 or David Lonsdale 04-977-8990 WELLINGTON NORDIC WALKERS: Rod McColl 04-526-6833

LOWER HUTT WALK FOR HEALTH: Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Jean 04-589-7887 or Dave 04-970-5133 POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603 HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Pam McArthur 04-5864088 WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04567-5727 WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednesday (PM), 04-564-6019 HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04970-6901 TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04526-7440 LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918 HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Trevor Knowles, 04-565-0294 WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 EASTBOURNE WALK GROUP: Lesley O’Neil, Eastbourne ALICETOWN WALKING GROUP: 04-589-2646 KIWI MASTERS WALKERS: Richard Davies 04-566-1335 OLDER ADULTS – LEISURE WALKING GROUP: Judy 04-528-4445

PORIRUA FRIDAY WALKERS: Margaret Hughes, 04-237-8660 TAWA LINDEN HIKERS: 04-232-8705 WEA RAMBLERS: Muriel Thompson, Tawa TAWA/LINDEN WALKERS: Maurice 04-232-4407 or Claire 04-2328764

UPPER HUTT TUESDAY TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123 FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper Hutt TRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Teresa Tito 04-565-0333 UPPER VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Sandy Wilton/Colin Hamlin, 04527-0107

FEILDING

KAPITI

SENIOR WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Gail Byrnes 06-323-5470

KAPITI CARDIAC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Graham Priest 04-2937872 KAPITI WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Robin Leger 04-905-4680 or Muriel Hill 04-293-5121 KAPITI SUNDAY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Frank Morris 04-2932567 or Ethel Symes 04-904-1485 KAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-9021754 MONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or Steve Golledge 04-904-5904 SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022

FOXTON FOXPEDS: Monday (PM), Foxton, Foxton Beach, (BIA), Dave Blackett, 06-363-5743, Michelle Duffy, 06-363-7987

LEVIN LEVIN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Ivan Morgan 06-368-3622 WEDNESDAY LEISURE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Lila McCall, 06-367-9070 LEVIN JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, (BIA), Colleen Francis 06-368-8624

WAIRARAPA

SOUTH ISLAND

MASTERTON

MARLBOROUGH

WALKING GROUP RECREATIONAL: Edna Patrick, 06-377-4338 ATHLETICS VETERAN WAIRARAPA: John Ihaka, 06-308-9656 ORIENTEERING GROUP: 06-377-7961 or 379-5124 CARTERTON 40+ STRIDERS: Ada Lyster, 06-379-8746 RUAMAHANGA RAMBLERS: Winter Saturday, Summer Tuesday (PM), (BIA), Ray Wallis 06-377-0703

BLENHEIM

MARTINBOROUGH MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-3069226

WELLINGTON WELLINGTON BROOKLYN WALKERS: Edith, 04-384-6799 BUGGY WALKING GROUP: First Thursday of month (AM), www.buggywalk.co.nz FOREST & BIRD: 04-567-7271 ORIENTAL BAY WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Christine Blakely 04-3836276 MT VICTORIA WALKING GROUP: Euan Harris 04-384-4770 WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 ISLAND BAY WALKING GROUP: Community Resource Centre, Island Bay, 04-383-7464 WALKING FOR LIFE: Lynne Waring, Miramar KARORI WALKING GROUP: Mavis Shaw, Kelburn KARORI ARTS & CRAFT WALKING GROUP: 04-934-8630 KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-4795420

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50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Colin 03-572-9423 or Joan 03-578-1922 PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991 SPORT MARLBOROUGH WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), Sport Marlborough 03-577-8855

NELSON MOTUEKA MOTUEKA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA), Evelyn Gilbertson, 03-528-8894 MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Freda Gerslov 03-528-6510

NELSON NELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West, 03-548-3655 NELSON KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), Kay O’Dinot, 03-546-7910 WAKEFIELD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lou Manson, 03541-8414 TAHUNA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), Kay O’Dinot, 03-546-7910 NELSON 50+ WALKING GROUP: alternative Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Noel Brown 03-544-2286 NELSON 50+ WALKING & TRAMPING GROUP: Noel Brown 03544-2286 WAIMEA HARRIER WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Sunday (AM) (BIA), Heather McNabb, 03-547-8490

WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Visitor Information Centre

TAKAKA GOLDEN BAY ALPINE AND TRAMPING CLUB: Day walk and overnight trips, Paul Kilgour, 03-525-7383

CANTERBURY CHRISTCHURCH ACTIVE CHRISTCHURCH SUNDAY WALK: Sunday (AM) (BI), 03941-8999 AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 AVONSIDE KIWI SENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jan 03-3892755 AVONHEAD KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Bess 03-342-7647 AFTER WORK WALKING CLUBS: around Christchurch, (BI), for all ages and fitness levels, recreation clerk, CCC 03-371-1778.

ARAI-WALKERS: Wednesday, Wainoni/Aranui, Natalie Hoani, 03388-2593 ARTHRITIC AMBLERS: Wednesday, (B) suitable for people with physical disabilities, Trevor Randall 03-385-7446 BEXLEY KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Kath 03388-6161 BARRINGTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Nita 03-337-1493 BECKENHAM WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (PM), Di 03-385-3452 BISHOPDALE RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM) (I), Bishopdale, Paul Muir 03-359-7971 BISHOPDALE TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM),(IA), Margaret 03-351-6681 BURNSIDE JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM) Burnside, Anne Uys 03-342-6337 BUSHWISE WOMEN: (BIA) Cynthia Roberts or Roz Heinz 03-3324952 BRIGHTON RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), New Brighton (I), Marlene Crocker 03-388-1115 CANTERBURY RACE WALKERS ASSOCIATION: Monday, Wednesday, (BIA), coordinates all Canterbury race walkers and friendly race walking, Ann Henderson 03-387-0387 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (PM), Darryn Welham 03-960-3808 CARDIAC COMPANIONS: Sunday fortnight, (PM) Neville Wootton 03-942-5453 CARDIAC CARE GROUP, Marg Allison 03-366-2112 CCC EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), (IA), or Bruce 03-388-7295 CCC GARDEN CITY WALKERS: Saturday (AM) (IA), Helen 03-3822302 CCC GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday (PM) (IA), Norm Wells 03-981-5487 CCC HALSWELL: Saturday (AM) (PM), (IA), Pauline 03-322-8057: Sunday, Terrence 03-322-8092 CCC SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM (IA), Jim 03-389-1982 or Hope 03-389-7997 CCC SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), (IA), 03-941-5409 CCC SOCKBURN: Tuesday (AM) (IA), Estelle 03-342-7841:Friday (AM) (IA), Jo 03-349-7146 CCC WEEKEND WANDERS: Sunday (PM) (IA), Marilyn 03-3383826 CHRISTCHURCH PERSONAL GUIDING SERVICE: Daily (AM) (BIA), Cathedral Square, C Tonge 03-981-6350 CHRISTCHURCH MARATHON CLINIC: Saturday (AM), Neil Messenger 03-322-7709 CHRISTCHURCH METHODIST HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BIA), Mrs Lindsay Evans 03-355-4356 CITY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, 50+age group men & women, Margaret Borrens, 03-354-1534 CRUSADERS WALKERS: Tuesday (BI), (50’s and above age group), Pauline 03-385-9947 DARLINGTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), Bill 03-385-1925 DIAMOND HARBOUR RAMBLERS: Tuesday, Hunters Road, (IA), Noeline Coleman 03-329-4566 EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), Bruce 03-981-5329 ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Trish Vessey 03329-1865 FAMILY SOCIAL GROUPS: (B), for parents with young children, recreational clerk, 03-371-1778 FASTRACK WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM) (I), Linwood, Dorothy Jones 03-389-5339 FENDALTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (AM), 03-941-8999 FENDALTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Yvette So 03-351-6407 GARDEN CITY WALKERS: Saturday (AM), Helen 03-382-2302 GENTLE EXERCISE: Monday, Friday, (NI), qualified physed instructor leads groups, Russell Graham, 03-388-3196 GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, Pauline 03-322-8057 HAGLEY PARK NORDIC WALKERS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000 HALSWELL WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999 HAPPY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (IA), 50+age group, Vera 03-337-4094 HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (BI), mainly 1-2 hour flat walks, John van Herpt, 03-980-5664 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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HEI HEI WALKERS: Thursday, Lee Tuki 03-373-8150 HERITAGE WALKS: Tuesday, (PM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-3388306 KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), Lyane Graham 03-327-5679 KAIAPOI NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburban groups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483 LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social group for gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-332-8724 LINWOOD AVENUE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Thursday (AM) (B), 03-389-5303 LINWOOD KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), Phyl 03-389-6130 LYTTELTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Lyttlelton, (BI), Ada Goodwin 03-328-7235 MAIREHAU LADIES PROBUS, Tuesday, Leah 03-385-6310 MARYVILLE KIWISENIORS:: Monday (AM), Valmai 03-377-8742 MERIVALE KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), June 03-355-8703 MT PLEASANT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Pauline 03-3844794 NEW BRIGHTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and strollers), Joy 03-383-4494 NEW BRIGHTON WORKING MENS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (I), Jenny Wilson 03-332-8818 NEW BRIGHTON ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Phil Bastion 03981-1798 NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery 03-388-7335 NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999 NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-3883237 NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494 NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-3855338 NEW BRIGHTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000 NZ VIVENDI SOCIETY: Sunday, Janet 03-389-1609 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’ TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-6840 OXFORD WALKING GROUP: Monday Thursday (AM), Coral Gilbertson 03-312-3155 OPAWA KIWISENIORS: Monday, Tuesday (AM), (BI), Carol 03-3325638 PAPANUI KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Elaine 03-352-7519 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-8999 PARKLANDS KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), (BI), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PARKLANDS WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), BIA), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PENINSULA TRAMPING CLUB: (Family Strollers Group), Sunday, Gloucester Street, (BIA), Rick Bolch 03-338-5156 PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-3227220 PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-3432216 PLEASURE WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (AM) (I), Colleen Cook 03-389-8607 PORT HILLS NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Chiaki Jagau 03-981-1433 PORT HILLS ATHLETIC WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Glen Watts 03-332-1964.Saturday (PM), Peter King 03-341-1154 QE11 MINI HIKERS: alternate Wednesday, QE11 Park, (BI), Beverley Church 03-388-5736 Q.E. PARK STROLLERS: Tuesday, John Plumridge 03-385-9710 RETIREES CLUB KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and stroller groups), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 RETIREES SOCIAL CLUB: Thursday (PM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ira Williams 03-342-8172 or Carol Roscoe 03-337-5901 RICCARTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Enid 03-3489351 ROWLEY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Lee Tuki 03-373-8150 ROVER HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BI), Steve Mitchell 03348-8195 SALLY STROLLERS: Saturday, fortnight, general Christchurch, (B), leisurely pace, Margaret Bennetts, 03-322-9187 SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 03941-5409 " A SLICE OF HERITAGE WALKS” with Walktologist Graeme Stanley, Tues (PM) Thurs (AM ), Graeme Stanley 03- 980-1553 SOMERFIELD KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Marie 03-3371436 SOUTH CHRISTCHURCH/SYDENHAM WALKERS: Sunday (AM) (IA), Ray 03-332-0555

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ST PETERS WALKING GROUP: Monday (PM), Thursday (PM) (BIA), Audrey 03-348-9157 SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), 03-389-1982 SPORTY SINGLES: Saturday, Sunday, (BI), Llolyd 03-323-6232 TUESDAY TREKKERS CLUB: Tuesday, (AM), Necia Sullivan 03-3389035 TOWER TRAMPING & WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, (IA), Dave Bates 03-332-6233, Sunday, Yvonne van Eerden 03-339-0751 WAINONI/AVONSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES: Thursday (AM), 03389-2285 WALKIE TALKIES WALKING GROUP: Thursday, (B), members mainly from Burwood United and St Kentigerns Parish, John 03-981-9994 WOMEN WALK: Wednesday and weekends, throughout Canterbury not in city area, (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921 XY’s WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Maureen Ryder 03-383-1226 or Alison Jarvis 03-338-2678 “Y’s WALKERS” (YMCA): Tuesday, Thursday, (BIA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689, Bishopdale Community Centre, 03-359-8330 “Y’s TREKKERS”: Monday, Port Hills, (IA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689 YMCA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), Jill O’Connor 03-366-0689 WAYFARERS WALKING GROUP:Thursday (AM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ted Hill 03-323-9311 WEEKEND WANDERERS: Sunday (PM), Marilyn Dean 03-338-3826 WOMEN WALK: Wednesday Weekends (AM), (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Greame Stanley 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Tuesday (AM), (B), Risingholme, Christchurch City Council 03-941-8999 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (BIA), Bishopdale, Christchurch City Council 03-941-8999 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (PM), (BIA), 039412-8999

RURAL CANTERBURY CHEVIOT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03373-5060 ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (IA), Trish Vessy 03-329-1865 LEESTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03373-5060 LINCOLN KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03373-5060 RANGIORA KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 SOUTHBRIDGE KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060

ASHBURTON ASHBURTON HARRIER CLUB: Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Merv & Jackie Gilbert 03-308-5894 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Wednesday (AM), (BI), two groups, Janice Cochrane, Sport Mid-Canterbury, 03-307-0475

STH CANTERBURY PLEASANT POINT PLEASANT POINT WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Esther, 03-614-7524

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

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

HOKITIKA HOKITIKA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), Pavel Bare SWC, 03756-9037 HARI HARI KIWISENIORS: Historic walks (BI), Pavel Bare SWC, 03-756-9037 HOKI HIKERS: Tuesday (AM), Margaret Stevens 03-755-6466

CLYDE CLYDE OFF-ROAD WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Judy Blanch, 03-449-2580, Eleanor Edgar 03-448-6767

OAMARU SENIOR CITIZENS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nancy Bell 03-434-5061 OAMARU FRIDAY WALKERS: Every 2nd Friday (AM), Barbara McGann 03-434-9178 WEDNESDAY WALKERS TRAMPING GROUP: Jane Naish 03-4346363 NORTH OTAGO TRAMPING & MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Margie Carrington 03-434-8484

DUNEDIN ACTIVE WALKERS: Monday (PM), Bill Brockie 03-467-9114 ARIKI WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Saturday (PM), Karen Martin 03-456-4223 CIVIL SERVICE: Saturday, (PM), Peter Smith 03-471-7127 CAVERSHAM HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Keiran Columb 03-489-4027 DUNEDIN CITY RAMBLERS: Wednesday,(AM) Alison St John 03476-2344 GREEN HUT TRACK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), George Sutherland 03-467-5999 HALFWAY BUSH WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (I), Pat Garth, 03-476-2579 HILL CITY WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Alex McEwan 03-4554851 KOPUTAI WALKING GROUP: 2nd Tuesday, (AM), Noeline Forgie, 03472-8302 LEITH WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Janette Anderson 03-476-2830 MORNINGTON MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (B), Kieran Hurring 03-453-4423 MULTI-PEAK FITNESS WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Marelda Gallaher 03-477-6057 or 027-222-3863 MOSGIEL 50's FORWARD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Roberta Telfer 03-488-3175 OTAGO TRAMPING/MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Ian Sime 03-453-6185 OVER 30’s TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Janice Hodges 03-4894071 PHOENIX CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nina Davidson 03-471-0114 PINEHILL WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Norman Vare 03-4738683 ST KILDA COMMUNITY CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (AM), Ngaire McIndoe 03-456-4478 TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Ian Fleming 03-489-8964 TRIXIE TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM), Alison Jones 03-489-8372 WEA OVER 50’s TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (A), Jenny Gonin 03-467-2711 WAIHOLA WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Elizabeth Jones 03-4898064 XY TRAMPING CLUB: 1st & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Cliff Donaldson 03467-9875 Y’S WALKING GROUP: Sunday (AM), Betty Booth 03-456-2000 60 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Judith Wright 03-4562080 60’s PLUS RAMBLERS: 1st & 3rd Tuesday, Vern Gould 03-476-4457 60’s PLUS TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Thursday, (A), >4 hours, Murray Bolt, 03-454-2211 60 PLUS HIKERS: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Moreen Hayes 03-4761545

ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Ngaire Turnball, 03-448-8726

QUEENSTOWN WAKATIPU WALKERS: Thursday, Patricia Cook 03-442-1525

WANAKA WANAKA WALKING Group: Tuesday (Nov- Apl) (PM), Sunday (AM), (BI), Graham Barnett 03-443-1780

SOUTHLAND INVERCARGILL 60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Len Johnston, 03-231-3372, Don Todd, 03-217-5931 INVERCARGILL KIWI SENIORS’ WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), Sport Southland, 03-211-2150 YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Joan Sutherland, 03-218-8738

GORE EASTERN SOUTHLAND KIWI SENIORS’ WALKING GROUP: Every third Tuesday of month (AM), (BIA), Richard Pasco, Sport Southland 03-208-3846 HOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053

NORTHERN SOUTHLAND NORTHERN SOUTHLAND KIWI SENIORS’ WALK GROUP: Every second and fourth Thursday of the month, (AM), Sport Southland, 03-211-2150

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Ph: 06 307 8989 E: kawakawastation@farmside.co.nz

• 2 or 3 night getaways of moderate tramping in the very heart of the Eastern Taranaki backcountry. (2 to choose from) • Inclusive package of transport (from Stratford) accommodation and meals.

• September to May best months.

• Matemateaonga Track package of transport, jetboat, hut passes also arranged.

It has wonderful bush, great views and two back country huts with an added touch of style. A bush café en route and a hot spa at the end of day two adds greatly to the ex

For further information contact: Carol or Dave Digby

Phone 06-765-7482 (evenings) email: eastern-taranaki@xtra.co.nz website: www.eastern-taranaki.co.nz WELLINGTON

Experience the best of natural New Zealand

Walk through one of New Zealand’s most precious nature reserves - Kapiti Island. * Nature & history guided walks * Bushwalking & swimming * Overnight stay at Kapiti Nature Lodge * Unsurpassed NZ native birdlife * Reliable wild Kiwi spotting * Genuine Maori hospitality

For bookings and enquiries: P: 021 126 7525 or 06 362 6606 E: bookings@kapitiislandnaturetours.co.nz

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Mobile 027-603-0321 Phone: 06-307-7857

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MARLBOROUGH QUEEN Charlotte Track Service - contact Endeavour Express phone 03-573-5456, email help@boatrides.co.nz www.boatrides.co.nz

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Banks Peninsula Track Self guided two or four day walks * Delightful and well equipped accommodation * Great value tramping - the Kiwi favourite * There is now a full pack cartage option for groups Make this your first multi-day tramp

www.bankstrack.co.nz NELSON/WEST COAST

HEAPHY TRACK ABEL TASMAN

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