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Pirongia walking tracks

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CONTENTS

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4 Walk talk 6 Walking Access Mapping System now open for public use 7 New sponsor for South Island marathon 8 New Zealand walks: Pirongia walking tracks 10 New Zealand walks: An indulgent walk over coastal country 15 Water fountains spout clean green water 16 New Zealand walks: Auckland’s Coast to Coast Walkway 18 New Zealand walks: Coast to Coast walk passes a number of interesting places 19 Books: Wainwright’s 1938 Pennine journey recreathed 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Whararoa Farm walks opened 24 New Zealand walks: Awesome Orui on Riversdale Beach 26 Plan to have walking trail around Lake Rotorua 28 Overseas: Hiking up an Austrian Alp 36 Overseas walks: Outdoor sculptures a growing tourist attraction 37 Podiatry:Verrucae 38 Window on Waitakere: Hihi update 38 Event: A fresh start in Taupo for half marathon 40 Event: Perfect conditions at Kinloch 41 Health: The 21 day rule of thumb 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for November 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 49 Nordic Walking: How Nordic Walking developed 49 Nordic Walking Calendars 50 Overseas walks: Art, history and architecture in Sacramento walking tours 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 Buller Gorge Half Marathon 60 Great New Zealand Trek

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New rules on freedom camping With the newly introduced legislation on freedom camping it now means that councils will now have the power to create certain bylaws targeted to freedom camping.

The major point of differentiation between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ freedom campers is the self-containment issue, so there are likely to be tough restrictions placed by councils around vehicles that aren’t self contained such as vans and station wagons.

"Freedom camping" means to camp (other than at a camping ground) within 200m of a formed road, or of a motor-vehicle accessible area, or of the sea or harbour, or of a Great Walks Track, using one or more of the following: tent or other temporar y structure, caravan, car, campervan, house-truck, or other motor vehicle.

While freedom camping has been a time honoured way of experiencing New Zealand's outdoors, and is an accepted activity for trampers and mountaineers in the backcountry, it is prohibited in some areas.

There are areas on public conservation land where freedom camping is prohibited.

There are areas where freedom camping is restricted and where an instant fine of $200 could be issued.

You could get a $200 instant fine by Freedom camping within 200m of black and red sign above.

Freedom camping overnight within 200m of the blue sign above if you are not using a self-contained vehicle.

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Walk talk

Rimutaka upgrade almost finished

New viewing areas at Mt Bruce

Work should be completed this month on widening and improving the surface of the 2km section of the Rimutaka incline track from Cross Creek to the car park at the Wairarapa end.

This will make it easier for walkers and mountain bikers to negotiate this section of the track at the same time, and make Cross Creek more accessible as a destination in its own right.

Two viewing areas have been completed on Te Arapiki o Tawhaki, a two hour loop track through the lowland podocarp forest of Pukaha Mount Bruce in the Wairarapa.

The viewing areas are located near the highest point on the track.

One looks over a native forest-clad valley towards the interior of the forest, and the other has commanding views over State highway 2 towards the Tararua Forest Park.

Belfast guided walking tours For those visiting Belfast, Ireland there are a number of guided walking tours.

The Titanic Walking Tour operates daily at 11am and 2pm. Tour price includes a guided tour of Thompson Dock and PumpHouse and departure from Premier Inn Titanic Quarter.

The Coiste Political Walking Tour 2011 is a guided walking tour of murals and interface areas of West Belfast and operaters daily at 11am and on Sunday 2pm. Tour departs from the Divis Tower Block on the left hand side on Falls Road.

The Late Night Art Walking Tour departs on the first Thursday of every month at 6:30pm from Belfast Exposed Gallery Donegall Street. Tour ends at the Black Box in Hill Street.

A new way to discover Tasmania's best kept secret Adventure Tour specialist Life's An Adventure has just released the latest in their range of fully supported walking holidays, an exclusive new three day exper ience on Tasmania's beautiful Maria Island with guests overnight bags carried for the entire trip.

Owner Mark Norek says "Maria Island holds a special place in my heart, I proposed to my wife Vicki on the top of the island's Bishop & Clerk summit. This island is pure heaven and has everything you would want in

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a walking holiday including spectacular scenery, abundant wildlife and so much natural beauty, it's one of Tasmania's little gems that is unknown to many Australians, and I'm very passionate about sharing the secret of this magical place with our guests".

This unique tour is designed for those looking for a walking and camping holiday experience with all the creature comforts.

Passengers can enjoy having their bags carried for all three days of their journey, enabling them to concentrate on the spectacular scener y not struggling with a heavy pack.

From hot showers to walk-in tents and off the ground camping bed, ever ything has been thought of.

Gourmet meals on tour are designed and prepared by renowned Tassie master chef Karen Goodwin Roberts author of the Tasmania book 'Picnics in

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Paradise" and include mouthwatering Tasmanian produce such as BBQ Spring Bay scallops with tomato and verjuice salsa, hot smoked bush liqueur ocean trout, slow cooked beef with bacon and parsley and spiced strawberries and rhubarb with shortbread and meander valley cream.

Life's An Adventure's three day Maria Island walking holidays

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Life's An Adventure has just recently been named winner in 2011 Greater Sydney Tourism Awards of Excellence in both the Adventure Tourism and Tour Operator categories and are finalists in the NSW Tourism and Blue Mountains Tourism Awards in both categories. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Turere Lodge opening soon The new Turere Lodge in the Orongorongo Valley, Rimutaka Forest Park, should be open for bookings at the start of October.

The 32-bunk lodge, with four separate bunk rooms, has been built to accommodate large groups, including schools, clubs and corporate groups. Individual bunk rooms, or the whole lodge will be able to be booked online at http:// booking.doc.govt.nz.

Features include a large communal space with gas cooking facilities, a log fire, space for volunteer hut wardens, and spacious decks. Located near the Orongorongo River, an easy two hour walk through native bush from the Catchpool carpark, the hut also has great views and a sunny aspect.

community groups to help maintain the Ruahine hut network into the future.

Any legal entity (e.g. charitable trust, incorporated society, or Ngamoko Hut. Photo business) with an interest in Department of Conservation looking after a hut in the Ruahine Forest Park should contact Andrew Mercer to discuss options. Phone him on +64 6 3509710 or email amercer@doc.govt.nz.

Any enthusiastic individuals that want to help with track and hut maintenance can join the volunteer register to work alongside DOC staff. Register online or call Kelly on +64 6 3509708 to request a volunteer registration form.

Sealink announces Early Bird fares for Great Barrier Island

Wilkies Pool track should be open to all Ongoing work on the track to Wilkies Pools in Taranaki is proving popular. A mobility scooter user has enjoyed it already.

This popular track will eventually allow pushchair and wheelchair users to get all the way to the pools. Some parts will have to be little steeper than the nor mal wheelchair gradient because that’s the nature of the terrain we’re going through.

With a small amount of assistance however, this should be a track for all.

The new track has now met the Kapuni Stream and the next step is a boardwalk all the way to the pools. You won’t cross the stream as you once did. You’ll just head on up! The Department of Conservation is waiting for the final plans to be drawn up and then it’s full speed ahead.

Right: Wilkies pool track. Photo: Tim Weston

Singapore Marathon a big event in Asia The Active Network, Inc, the leading provider of organization-based cloud computing applications, is the official partner of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC) at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) on Sunday, December 4, 2011.

Entrants have multiple distances to choose from comprising the full marathon, half marathon, 10km, Kids Dash, and Ekiden – a full marathon relay comprising a team of six runners.

This year sees a newly introduced race category – a 5km Fun Run – which further caters to runners of all levels and ages.

“Sedentary lifestyles are on the rise globally and we feel a deep commitment in helping to turn the tide on this trend,” said Dave Alberga, chief executive officer of Active Network. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

This summer is the perfect time to head

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out to Great Barrier Island on holiday. It’s one of those destinations that many people have “on their list” of New Zealand places to visit and with SeaLink’s announcement of a new fares structure.

The company’s adult fare is being reduced from $127 to $120 with an Earlybird option of paying $99 prior to 30th September.“With the introduction of an Early-bird fare for high season (December and January) there is now a very good reason for customers to make an early commitment to their Great Barrier Island travel plans” said General Manager, Todd Bolton. Family prices also offer good savings and these apply year round.

The standard adult fare which applies outside peak times will become $85 return which is a considerable saving on the current $127 fare.

The company’s Great Barrier vessel Island Navigator has just undergone extensive engine work and is sporting a shiny new paint job in preparation for the busy summer season ahead.

For details of SeaLink’s new fares please visit their website at www.sealink.co.nz.

New bridges on popular walk Three new bridges and a staircase have been flown into the Egmont National Park to make it easier and safer for walkers on the popular Pouakai Circuit.

These new structures make it easier and safer for walkers on the popular Pouakai Circuit. They’re on the Kaiauai Track and instead of climbing down ladders for a river crossing, trampers will head straight across a bridge. It should be a more positive experience and it will take time off your walk.

The Pouakai Circuit is a two to three day trek depending on your speed, or fondness for side trips. The new structures cross tributaries of the Waiwhakaiho River and Kai Auahi Stream and they were flown in by Precision Helicopters.

Taranaki Fencing installed the bridges and staircases and DOC staff completed the new approaches to align them to existing tracks.

The whole Pouakai Circuit takes you 25 kilometres through tangled, lichen covered goblin forest, lava cliffs and gullies, alpine country and a broad tussock topped Pouakai Range with stunning views of Mt Taranaki and the surrounding countryside. It’s well worth the walk.

A bridge flies in.

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Walking Access Mapping System now open for public use eople who love the outdoors can now find all publically accessible rivers, mountains, lakes, forests, beaches and legal roads thanks to a new online mapping system developed by the New Zealand Walking Access Commission.

The Walking Access Mapping System (WAMS), online at www.wams.org.nz, identifies public land across New Zealand. The Commission has in July opened the system for public use following a testing period to gather user feedback.

Commission Chief Executive Mark Neeson said the free-to-use Walking Access Mapping System was a valuable resource, both for recreationalists and land owners.

“The benefits of the mapping system to groups like walkers, anglers and hunters are huge, but these maps are also vitally important for landholders. Detailed maps that inform the public about land that is and isn’t publically accessible are essential if people are to know the extent and limits of their legal access.”

Access over private land was always a matter of negotiation between a person seeking access and the landowner, Mr Neeson said.

Many local authorities hold public access information for their area but WAMS is the first time it has been unified into a nationwide system. Other sectors, including the property sector, are now using WAMS as their site of choice.

“This is a new and innovative use of core

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government data, with clear benefits to end users,” Mr Neeson said. “Users can view, at no cost, all of New Zealand’s land parcels with contextual aerial, topographic and public access information from one website – a New Zealand first.”

The Walking Access Mapping System uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to allow users to zoom in, using topographic or aerial view, to investigate publically accessible land in any part of New Zealand.

It also offers a ‘Tracks and Access Points’ view that shows physical tracks and other access

points to the outdoors.

Other functions include an ‘Information Tool’ that can be used to view information about different access classifications or identify publically accessible land within up to 3km of any chosen location. Users can also make enquiries directly to the Commission about public access, use a ‘Draw’ tool to measure distances between various points, and print maps.

Further enhancements to the system’s functionality and usability will continue to be made in future.

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New sponsor for

SI marathon The Christchurch Marathon has been a highlight on the South Island calendar for 31 years. But the announcement of a new principal sponsor sees it poised to become a major national and international event.

The City of Christchurch International Marathon Trust has announced Christchurch International Airport as the new principal sponsorship for the annual Queens Birthday Weekend event. The new sponsorship comes with a re-branding that will see the event now known as the “Christchurch Airport Marathon”.

Inspired by the 1974 Commonwealth Games Marathon, the annual Christchurch International Marathon was established in 1981 and instantly became the South Island’s major marathon event. In 2010 the 30th anniversary attracted 5861 runners and walkers from 14 countries, which made it the second biggest marathon event in New Zealand. But the City of Christchurch International Marathon Trust Chairman, Daniel Reese says the new principal sponsorship will see the event become even bigger.

“The Christchurch International Airport partnership is hugely exciting for us,” says Reese. “It will give the event added awareness and added security from which to do some long-term planning. And because the Christchurch International Airport reach is truly international, their involvement opens doors and introduces a promotional muscle that the event has previously only dreamed of.”

Catering for a wide cross-section of people is the basis behind the success of the Christchurch Marathon to date. As well as the classic 42.2k distance, options include a Half Marathon, 10k and the Kids’ Mara’Fun. “The Christchurch Marathon is recognised as New Zealand’s fastest marathon course and we always attract New Zealand’s strongest running race.”says Race Director Chris Cox “Not everyone has the time or inclination to train for a marathon, but most people can achieve a half marathon or a 10k if they want to challenge themselves, and the Kids Mara’Fun makes it a family occasion.”

Chief Executive of Christchurch Airport, Jim Boult, says the marathon event is a natural fit for the airport company’s sponsorship portfolio. “We want to actively support events that bring people into the city through the airport as the South Island’s tourism gateway, and this event brings people from all locations nationally and internationally.

“The airport is committed to the success of the tourism industry in Canterbury and the wider South Island, and it’s our firm belief that the Christchurch Airport Marathon, as it will now be known, will become a major drawcard for people to come here.”

“The travel and networking avenues available to us now are huge.

It opens the door to airline partners, accommodation partners, wider marketing avenues, and new initiatives such as participants travel promotions on both a domestic and international scale.”

Race Director Chris Cox makes no secret of their goals: “For 31 years we have been the South Island’s biggest marathon event and New Zealand’s premier marathon race. But now, the new Christchurch Airport Marathon has the potential to be New Zealand’s biggest and best marathon event full stop. That’s our goal.”

The 2012 Christchurch Airport Marathon Event is scheduled for Sunday June 3. Entries are now open at: www.christchurchmarathon.co.nz. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Pirongia walking tracks Above: A view from Mt Pirongia.

he slopes, lush forests and clear mountain streams of Pirongia Forest Park in the Waikato are ideal for a wide range of recreational activities and pastimes.

There are up to 160 km of walking tracks in the Pirongia Forest Park. The many routes leading up to the summit of Mt. Pirongia (959 metres) follow ridges which afford excellent viewpoints.

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Pirongia walks Corcoran Road lookout (15 mm return) The Corcoran Road lookout is one hundred metre walk that is suitable for wheelchairs.

Leads through forest from Corcoran Road end to a picnic area and view point. Excellent views across the Waikato basin, distant Hamilton and MtTe Aroha beyond.

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crawl. The cave is wet underfoot and torches are required. The second smaller cave is tight and narrow.

Mangakara Nature Walk through beautiful native forest. Shortly after leaving the farmland you’ll find a side track leading to a picnic/campsite clearing with toilets. There are many opportunities for swimming and picnicking along the stream edge.

This walk can be combined with the Kaniwhaniwha Caves adding 30 minutes to the walking time.

Kanlwhanlwha Caves

(Three hours return) The Kaniwhaiwha Caves are two limestone Nikau Walk caves near the start of the Bell Track, 10 min(Three hours return) The Nikau Walk is an easy walk that starts utes from the Nikau Walk junction.

You can walk through the 20-metre long at the Kaniwhaniwha carpark and follows the main cave, except for a short hands-and-knees stream across farmland to a circular walk

(One hour return) The Mangakara Nature Walk meanders through an ancient forest with fine examples of rimu, kahikatea, tawa, pukatea and kohekohe. From Grey Road carpark you descend to Mangakara Stream then circle back to the carpark. A factsheet, describing the features of interest on the walk can be purchased from the Department of Conservation’s Waikato Conservancy office in Hamilton.

Pirongia tracks Kahikatea Tree (Six hours return) To get to the Kahikatea tree from the Kaniwhaniwha carpark follow the Nikau Walk, past the Kaniwhaniwha Caves on the Bell Track, tramping alongside the Blue Bull stream to the tallest recorded kahikatea tree in New Zealand at 66.5 metres high.

Ruapane Lookout (Tirohanga Track) (One hour to lookout) A steady climb from Corcoran Road leads to Ruapane Trig. From the Ruapane Lookout excellent view extends across the Waikato Basin to the Kaimai Ranges.

Ruapane Track ( One hour 30mm) This alternative track to Ruapane Lookout starts at the Waite Road carpark.

Wharauroa Lookout (Mahaukura Track) (Two to three hours to lookout) Start at the Grey Road carpark and climb steadily through tawa forest to Wharauroa Lookout, one of the best viewpoints on Mt

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Pirongia. The last 30 metres before the viewpoint are quite steep and chains have been bolted to the rock to guide your ascent/descent.

Mahaukura Track (Four to six hours to the summit) From Grey Road carpark follow the track to Wharauroa Lookout, then on for another 30 minutes to Mahaukura. The track undulates over small peaks and is uneven underfoot. From Mahaukura the track descends steeply before climbing again towards the Pirongia summit view tower.

Tirohanga Track (Three to five hours to the summit) The Tirohanga Track starts from Corcoran Road, climbs to Ruapane then traverses an undulating ridge on uneven ground, passing Above: A view from the Ruapane lookout.

Tirohanga Peak, descending and climbing to Department of Conservation photo.

Mangakino Route the Pirongia summit. On a clear day look for (One hour 30 minutes) Mounts Taranaki and Ruapehu in the distance. good overnight trip, staying at Pahautea Hut The Mangakino Route provides access to enroute. the Mangakino Block. Start at Vandy Road Tlrohanga — Mahaukura carpark and follow the semi-formed Vandy Bell Track round trIp roadline for an hour before crossing farmland (Eight to10 hours to the summit) (Eight to 11 hours return) to the bush.

To get to the Bell Track start at the Walking the Tlrohanga you can create an Kaniwhaniwha carpark, follow the Nikau interesting round trip by crossing from Grey Road carpark to Ruapane via the Mangakara Walk, past the Kaniwhaniwha Caves to the Above: The boardwalk on the Hihikiwi track Nature Walk, then following the Tirohanga bridge just before the big kahikatea. From the Pirongia. Department of Conservation photo.

Track to the summit view tower. Return via bridge you climb a spur to a series of clearings. The last clearing, signposted as the half Mahaukura Track to Grey Road. way point, has a small stream nearby and is a Tirohanga Peak good camp site. The track becomes muddy at (Three to four hours return) this point and continues along the ridge Cone Start from Corcoran Road carpark. (second highest point in the park) and then to Tirohanga Peak is a steep rock pinnacle on Pahautea Hut. It is another 30 minutes to the Tirohanga Track 40 minutes past Ruapane Pirongia’s summit.

Trig. Access to this exposed summit involves steep rock scrambling. Inexperienced parties should carry a rope.

Pirongia routes

Tahuanul Track (Four to five hours to the summit) From the Kaniwhaniwha carpark follow the Nikau Walk to the campsite. The track passes the campsite toilets to the stream and climbs steadily up a ridge through stands of tawa to the summit ridge. The Tahuanui Track can be combined with the Bell Track for a

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

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Wharauroa Route

(Two hours to Wharauroa) An alternative access to Wharauroa Lookout. Cross farmland from O’Shea Road carpark for 30 minutes before reaching the bush edge. A steady to steep climb up a tawa spur leads to the lookout.

Tiwarawara Route (Five to seven hours to the summit) From the end of Te Tahi Road this route climbs steadily to Tiwarawara with good views to the south. Continue via Te Akeohikopiro and Hikikiwi peaks to Pahautea Hut and the summit.

Oparau Route Walk the Maungataurari Crossing Kayak the Arapuni Lake OR just sample the homemade food and soak up the ambience.

Bookings essential: call us for a brochure

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

(One hour to boundary) From the Pirongia West Road the Oparau Route follows a rough roadline across farmland to the park boundary. The Oparau River is not bridged and can be impassable after heavy rain.

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New Zealand walk

There is nothing like a little luxury after pleasant exertion. For the perfect combination of challenge and reward simply Walk Gisborne . . .

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rom the information on the website when we booked we knew we would be housed in rustic farm accommodation with linen supplied. Meals would be provided, and as the ‘taste the experience’ on Walk Gisborne’s publicity promised, we would eat well.

We could also order nibbles, and local wines, after dinner treats, local award winning wines (or bring our own), and massages to ease aching muscles or simply enhance our experience.

It seemed just the right recipe for four women looking to renew friendships over three days, to recharge batteries worn down by children and careers, but also benefit from physical activity and the mind clearing affects

of being out in the open.

We arrived at Penny and Pete Hoogerbrug’s farm, Karakaroa, just ten kilometres outside Gisborne, drove down the drive past the homestead, and stopped outside our first night’s accommodation, an attractive blue corrugated iron building named The Girls Brigade Lodge. It was used for Girls Brigade camps before its conversion for walking guests.

Interesting memorabilia remains on the walls, but we bet the girls did not have such comfortable bunks with crisp white sheets, warm duvets and an extra fleece blanket complete with the Walk Gisborne monogram.

They would not have had wine waiting in the fridge, and a roast dinner ready to go in the oven. And fresh fluffy white towels for our first shower after a drive from Tauranga followed by a quick walk round local paddocks.

Another group of four joined us (the accommodation sleeps 12) and we spent a pleas-

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Right: Overlooking Tatapouri Beach.

Below left: Boots outside the Girls Brigade Lodge.

Below right: Dinner at the Girls Brigade Lodge.

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An indulgent walk over coastal country native Robin recently released into ‘Longbush Ecosanctuary’ across the river – yet more covenanted land owned by Jerry and Anne Salmond . Anne is an eminent historian, anthropologist and writer. (The QE11 National Trust helps landowners protect significant natural and cultural features of their land and acts as trustee to preserve them for future generations.)

We worked our way down into the valley, lunched by a winding stream then wandered over the hills to the woolshed and The Shearers Quarters, our next two nights’ base. Within the rustic exterior we found comfort shearers would never have had, and a few surprises like the quirky lounge!

As the sun went down over the farmland we sipped wines so good we later bought bottles to take home, and nibbled local Waimata cheeses with crunchy crackers and conserves, just leaving room for the chicken and summer pudding dinner that awaited us.

Soon the scents of rejuvenating massage oils wafted out of the specially set up room where the masseur, who had driven the country roads from Gisborne, worked. Bliss for tired bodies.

Next day we headed for the coast – hiking across neighbouring Makorori Station and through Busby’s Bush which has been protected by a QE11 covenant since 1992. A trek Right: Looking through the cabbage trees to Makorori Beach.

Below: The Girls Brigade Lodge.

Above Looking up the East Coast from Tatapouri Point.

ant evening getting to know our companions around the big dining table. They were a hilarious couple of couples called ‘The Pink Hatters’ who enjoy New Zealand adventures together.

Sausages were on the breakfast menu so the men barbequed them on the deck while we made lunches from yummy provisions supplied. We only had to carry light backpacks; our bags would be transported for us while we walked.

The first day’s walk started by watching a large mob of sheep moving up the track we were about to head down. This is one of the joys of rural walks, the priviledge of witnessing working farms first hand.

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Penny also provides comprehensive guides which, with the markers on the walks, ensure you can’t get lost, and also keep you informed on local landmarks, historic sites and native trees.

The first days walk over the Hoogerbrug’s Rimunui Station started with a riverside track through undulating farmland, then up past ancient stands of Kanuka and native bush to The Peak, the highest point of the entire walk with views taking in Young Nicks head and Mahia Peninsula.

This attractive 30 hectares or so of bush is in the process of being covenanted and will be called Williams Reserve in honour of Penny’s parents who are actively involved. Pests will be controlled so native birds return.

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An indulgent walk over coastal country

At Makorori Beach with Wainui Beach in the background.

up to The Trig rewarded with views over Wainui and Makorori Beaches.

Then we took the long walk option which crossed the road and climbed yet another hill to the Tatapouri headland. We lunched enjoying spectacular views up the East Coast.

Soon we were back at sea level walking along the sand before crossing the road back to Makorori Station for another climb. It was well worth stopping to admire the view from Duncan’s Lookout. The curve of the beach is framed by cabbage trees on the hillside; from an exposed point further up by a huge Puriri almost bent double by the wind. From there it was an easy stroll back across the hilltops to the Shearers Quarters.

By the end of this longer day we had covered a huge variety of countryside and coastline and arrived back well satisfied for another well earned feast- Moroccan casserole!

Day three takes walkers back to where they began but by a different route. This was an easy two or three hours; down the road and across flat paddocks where we come to the first of several large patches which are inactive mud volcanoes, part of a geologically significant seam dating back billions of years. Toi Toi valley wound us towards Coops Creek. One gentle climb through open farmland and a lookout revealed the Girls Brigade Lodge in the valley. We wandered back down the hill and across the river.

Not only were our bags waiting but we could have a hot shower with a fresh towel and a cup of tea before leaving. We had plenty of time to poke around Gisborne’s eclectic shops before starting the drive back to the Bay of Plenty.

Walk Gisborne starts its sixth successful season in October, and is constantly being honed to ensure the experience retains the high standards we enjoyed and continues receiving accolades from happy walkers. www.walkgisborne.co.nz

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ottled water not only hits the pockets Moore. of Aucklanders but is rapidly becom Spurred on by Mayor Len Brown’s call for ing one of the greatest polluters of the Auckland to be “the most liveable city in the very oceans that feed our pristine Hauraki world”, the Hauraki Gulf Conservation Trust Gulf. got to work researching options.

On average New ZeaProject leader, Kate Hastings, landers use over 100 plasexplains; “The Trust needed a solution that not only provided tic bottles a year per perclean filtered water but also enason. Many sadly find their bled us to spread the word,” addway into our steams, our ing; “The old schoolyard founlandfills and our pristine tain has its place but when we Gulf. Efforts are being made to recycle but the fact remains we are discovered the Manly solution we realised we not only wasting money we are potentially kill- were onto a real winner.”

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“The Council saw that not only was this time arguably the best Gulf resource to protect. We knew we just had to make a start no great for the environment but it provided a matter how small” said Chairman Graeme significant asset to locals and visitors alike,” Joachim went on to say. “The pilot we have Below: A young girl tries the new system. underwritten sees initial installations at Downtown, Devonport and at Matiatia wharfs, with a goal of eventually covering all the gateways to the Gulf.”

So could Auckland be a plastic bottle free city? Trust Chairman Moore says; “Why not.

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Walking through the Pohutukawa trees in Cornwall Park.

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Auckland’s Coast

By Frances Harrison

to Coast Walkway hile the Auckland Harbour Bridge is not at present acces sible to pedestrians or bikers there are other walking op tions elsewhere in the sprawling city The Coast to Coast Walkway is becoming an increasing popular walk. Where else in our country can one walk from coast to coast in a day?

With maps in hands, our group of mainly bush trampers, negotiated the hard footpaths, busy streets, traffic lights and Sunday strollers. Cafes and shady parks enticed us to linger.

Feijoa street sellers, panoramic views, map confusion and red lights stopped us. Green lights, blue route arrows, melting ice creams and our waiting vehicles to transport us home, lured us on.

Following this trail really did give us the chance to discover a very different side of our country’s largest city.

It lead us up One Tree Hill, (still No Tree Hill), up Mt Eden with it’s 360 degree views, through cricket’s Melville Park, beautiful Auckland Domain and the student hub of the University of Auckland.

■ We passed character-filled, century old villas and architectural high rises. Rambling gardens, clinging ivory, ancient trees and historic information plaques captured our attention. The watery Viaduct Basin marked the end of a great day.

Auckland parks are very busy places on a Sunday.

Walkers, runners, cyclists, lovers and buggy-pushers throng the footpaths. Party makers, music buskers, coffee drinkers, shady-spot-newspaper-readers and duck feeders sprawl everywhere.

Seldom were we walking on our own.

This walkway can be completed in either direction. Blue lamp post signs mark the trail west to east, while orange mark the reverse. Discs in the footpath also point the way.

The Auckland City Council provides a very informative brochure, highlighting many marked urban routes which is available free.

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Coast to Coast walk passes a number of interesting places he 16.5km Auckland Coast to Coast Walk from the Viaduct Harbour (formerly the home of Aucklands fishing fleet and more recently, the Americas Cup campaign) along Customs Street takes you along reclaimed land. Catch glimpses of the Waitemata Harbour, pass the Edwardian Baroque ferry terminal that has operated since 1912 and then the neo classic beautifully restored ex-Chief Post Office building, now home to the city's bus and train terminal, Britomart.

Albert Park is the site of an old Maori village called Rangipuke, which once contained a defensive pa and farmland. The Meteorological Observatory is situated at the highest point of the park and has been providing recordings of weather information since 1909. Formal paths, gardens and statuary define Aucklands best preserved Victorian Park.

The Auckland Museum located strategically on a part of the Auckland Domain sits on Pukekawa, which mourns the many slain in the 1820s musket wars. The museum, built in 1929, honours those who also died in the first world war.

As you leave the Auckland Domain from the Carlton Gore exit, do not forget to visit Outhwaite Park on the other corner of this intersection. Outhwaite, once a volcanic knoll was also home, from the 1840's to Aucklands first Supreme Registrar, Thomas Outhwaite and his French wife Louise. The trees date back to this period.

Maungawhau (Mt Eden) is the tallest volcano in Auckland, reaching 196 metres. The slopes of Maungawhau were once densely populated by Maori that shaped the hills steep scarps, terraces and kumara pits. In 1841, Apihai Te Kawau defined from the summit the boundaries of his 3000 acre gift of land to the Crown that established the city of Auckland. Part of the walk around Maungawhau includes an old Maori trail - Aratakihaere.

Located on the slopes and adjacent to Maungawhau is Eden Gardens created by a team of voluteers in the 1960’s out of an old quarry site.

Melville Park, located between St Andrews Road and Gillies Avenue, was established as part of the make work scheme of the 1930's Great Depression. The park is now home to Auckland women's hockey and cricket including a croquet club.

Sir John Logan Campbell, one of New Zealand's first European settlers, gifted the One Tree Hill estate to the people of New Zealand in 1901. He presented his gift during a Royal tour by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall - hence the name of the park. Cornwall Park and One Tree Hill Domain together make up 220 hectares of Auckland's most striking landscape.

Acacia Cottage, located in the heart of Cornwall Park, was the home of Sir Campbell, built in 1841. It is Auckland's oldest wooden house. Huia Lodge, built in 1903 the Queen Anne Revival style is now the Park Visitor Centre.

Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) is the largest and most complex volcanic cone fortress in the southern hemisphere. It has hundreds of terraces, food store pits, defensive ditches and banks that for centuries supported a population of 5,000 people. This 183 metre volcano has three craters and a lava field that extends to the Manukau foreshore. Waiohua, the Ngati Whatua Maori fashioned a huge defensive pa here.

The Onehunga Blockhouse, located in Jellicoe Park, is one of 10 small forts build in 1860 to protect Onehunga residents from perceived attacks by Maori.

Onehunga has the distinction of electing the first woman Mayor in the British Empire, Mrs Elizabeth Yates, in 1893.

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Wainwright’s 1938 Pennine journey re-created I

By David Pitt n September 1938, Alfred Wainwright, well known for his Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland Fells in Cumbria, England and also for his Coast to Coast Walk across Northern England, made a solitary walk through the Pennines as the storm clouds were gathering over Europe.

‘There seemed no escape from the atmosphere of gloom and despondency........things were getting worse day by day. But I was fortunate in having a fortnight’s holiday due, and I fled the familiar scene.’ wrote Alfred Wainwright at the time.

He had taken a break from his job as one of the clerks in the accountancy department of Blackburn’s Town Hall and headed to Settle in North Yorkshire for a two-week walking holiday he had devised.

Upon his return to Blackburn he wrote up his notes and recollections of the walk and showed this to a few colleagues at the Town Hall who commented favourably about it.

He then put the manuscript away in a drawer at home where it remained untouched for nearly forty-eight years until he was reminded of it whilst working on his Wainwright on the Pennine Way book in 1986. Jenny Dereham, director of Penguin books, of which Michael Joseph publishers were a part, eventually persuaded him to publish it.

However the roads that Alfred Wainwright (AW) was able to use in 1938 for the majority of his journey could not be used 70 years later.

So any attempt at recreating his journey for the modern walker necessitated changing the route on to public footpaths mirroring the original route as far as possible but also using paths described in some of AW’s other walking books.

Now, a new illustrated guide, written by members of the Wainwright Society, was published by Frances Lincoln Ltd (publishers of

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all Alfred Wainwright literature) in April 2010.

The route is 247 miles long and divided into 18 stages.

In 1998 my wife Heather and I set out from Settle on the first long distance walk of our own creation after 18 years of following other people’s walks.

We had been mindful for a long time of a comment made by AW in his guide to the Coast to Coast Walk encouraging walkers to plan their own routes - “The map of England is an oyster very rich in pearls. Plan your own marathon

and do something never done before,…”.

Having, after early retirement in 1991, read ‘A Pennine Journey’ it seemed natural to try to devise a route that would take in as many as possible of the places mentioned on the route that AW took. The walk that we did covered 231 miles and, coincidentally, was completed on 24th September -60 years to the day that AW began his Pennine Journey For those that have not read ‘A Pennine Journey’ it was never intended to be a walker’s guide but is essentially a narrative story about a circular walk Wainwright did from Settle, North Yorkshire.

He travelled north through the countryside traversed by the rivers Wharfe, Ure and Swale, over the bleak moorland country around Tan Hill before encountering the valleys of the rivers Tees, Wear and Tyne.

Just beyond Hexham he came to Hadrian’s Wall which he followed west for a while and then headed south crossing the Pennines from the high moorland town of Alston, passing through Appleby and Ingleton before returning to the start of his ‘journey’ at Settle.

His description, in the book, of the route he took, is at times sketchy and in view of the limited time at his disposal involved a lot of road walking – albeit minor ones. Whilst in 1938 this would not have been so hazardous, it certainly would have been 60 years later.

From our collection of maps and walking guides we put together a revised ‘Pennine Journey’ using public footpaths. The walk takes in sections of other well-known long distance paths such as the Pennine Way, Ribble Way, Dales Way, Hadrian’s Wall Walk and the Westmorland Heritage Walk as well as AW’s ‘Walks in Limestone Country.’

It is hoped that in the future the walk will rank alongside the two other major walks with which AW was associated - Pennine Way Companion and A Coast to Coast Walk Below left: The original 1938 edition cover.

Below middle: The lastest edition.

Below right: Hadrian’s Wall.

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Monthly Ph Left: Walking the board walk across Chocolate Swamp, during our tramp from Masons Bay to Freshwater Landing on Stewart Island. Photo by Judith Mcmahon of Napier.

Below: The Cherrywood Tramps boarding a water taxi on Lake Tarawera after having already walked to the Tarawera Falls. We were about to be dropped off at Humphries Bay to walk the 6kms back to the Tarawera Outlet.

Photo by Debbie Hogg of Tauranga.

These are the winners of this month’s photos in our Digital Photo Contest. Because there was just so many photos submitted covering different angles we have decided to publish five instead of the usual three photos this month.

Congratulations to the following who each receive a six month subscription, or six month subscription extension to Walking New Zealand magazine.

Entrants whose photo is chosen for a cover receive a 12 month subscription.

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Above: Negotiating stream up to Daly's Hut. Photo by Glenice Goodwin of Morrinsville.

oto Contest Above: Five of us did a day walk up the Pinnacles in the Coromandel. It was a beautiful clear day, ice on the ground. Four others had spent two days camping out and were making their way to the top when I took this photo of two of them looking out at the wonderful scene. Photo by Marilyn Oxenham of Mt Maunganui.

The photo of a two and half hour walk up the thigh-killing sand dunes of the Namibian Desert in last month’s issue was taken by Jodine Hardwicke of Christchurch. Her name was inadvertently omitted from the caption.

Above: “A sturdy stick enables balance-challenged John to tackle part of the Heaphy Track.’ Photo taken by Jean Porter of Warkworth.

We are looking for the best digital photos each month depicting walking Now the time to get your digital camera out or look through your digital images and enter the

Walking New Zealand Digital Photo Contest The image could be a scenic scene, a walk on the beach with the dog, a bush walk, a street walk or anything walking that takes your fancy.

The rules are simply: there must be a person or persons walking in the picture either front, side or back on, and can be in the distance. We require an emailed image in high resolution mode, in jpeg format as an attachment, and NOT embedded in Word or in the email, etc.

In the subject line type “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest” and the email must include the NAME, POSTAL ADDRESS and phone number of the person who took the photo and a small caption.

In this contest only ONE emailed photo accepted per month. Entry in the contest automatically allows us to print the image. The person who has their photo published will receive a six month subscription or a renewal to Walking New Zealand magazine of six months. If a picture is chosen for the cover page the person will receive a 12 month subscription or renewal.

Email your entries to: walkingnz@xtra.co.nz with subject line “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest” Only EMAILED entries will be accepted. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Sheep graze at Whareroa Farm.

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hareroa Farm is a recreation reserve offering walking, picnicking, biking, and horse-riding, with links to the adjoining Akatarawa Forest and Queen Elizabeth Park across State highway 1 in Kapiti between Paekakariki and Paraparaumu.

The farm recently opened to the public is managed by the Department of Conservation which works closely with the Whareroa Guardians Community Trust.

Whareroa is a successful example of land being managed for conservation, recreation and farming.

The majority of ■ the area comprises regenerating retired pasture, pockets of native and non-native bush and a network of tracks.

Native forest remnants, streams and wetland areas are being restored by volunteers led by the Whareroa Guardians.

Around 180ha of Whareroa Farm remains as a working sheep and cattle farm, which is not accessible to the public .

Activities at Whareroa Farm Walking, horse riding, mountain biking and picnicking are activities you can enjoy at Whareroa Farm, which links the Akatarawa Forest to the east with Queen Elizabeth Park and the coast to the west.

Short walks · Stream Loop Track - 355 m / 12 minutes return.

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Fact file The main entrance to Whareroa Farm is via the Queen Elizabeth Park off-ramp about 3.5 km north of Paekakariki on State Highway 1.

Facilities include a car park, information A short walk through regenerating shrub shelter and picnic spots.

Opening hours: land. Suitable for wheelchairs.

Summer (daylight saving time): 8:00am Walking tracks 9:00pm · Coastal lookout walk - 500 m / 15 minWinter: 8:00am - 6:00pm utes.

Panoramic coastal views to the Marlborough Sounds, Kapiti Island and the Kapiti coast. · Forest loop walk - 1.6 km / 45 minutes.

Walk through a remnant of the kohekohe forest that once covered much of the Kapiti coast, return along the farm race.

Tramping tracks · Cairn View Track - 1.2 km / 40 minutes.

Climb to a lookout over the farm and coast.

From the lookout you can view the site of Camp McKay and the old water reservoir. · To Campbell’s Mill Road.

The uphill mountain bike track (4.1 km, Easy Tramping) and the horse riding track (2.5 km, Tramping) can be walked to and from Campbell’s Mill Road. · Round trip via Maungakotukutuku Valley - 13.4 km.

The uphill mountain bike track and the horse riding track lead to Campbell’s Mill Road.

To complete a circuit, follow Campbell’s Mill Road into Maungakotukutuku Valley Road, Waterfall Road and Emerald Glen Road back to Whareroa Farm.

Walkers are advised to be alert and be courAbove: Overlooking the disabled access track at Whareroa Farm. The photo is taken from the track that leads up to the lookout. Photo by Dan Tuohy

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After World War Two the Lands and Surteous in that the mountain biking and horse riding tracks are shared-use tracks with walk- vey Department developed Whareroa as a public recreation and education farm park. ers.

In 1987, Lands and Survey underwent reHistory structuring and was divided to form Landcorp Until 1850, Whareroa was used for horti- and the Department of Conser vation. culture by Maori, who established their pa sites Landcorp managed Whareroa and it was on the flat land. closed to the public.

The area was first farmed by Alexander The formation of the Whareroa GuardMacKay in 1850 and it was later passed to the ians group in 2003, resulted from a commuWellington Hospital Board as a potential site nity campaign to prevent the farm from being for a chest hospital. sold for private development, by restoring it In 1942 Whareroa was acquired for defence as public land. purposes and became a training and recuperaIn 2005, the Government purchased tion camp for US Marines fighting in the Pa- Whareroa to be managed by the Department cific campaign. of Conservation. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Below: Spectacular views are on offer from the heights of Whareroa Farm with Kapiti Island in the distance. Department of Conservation photo.

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Awesome Orui on Rivers

new coastal and farmland walk is wowing visitors to Riversdale Beach, Wairarapa. Located just 40 minutes from the thriving country town of Masterton, Julie Kidd and friends take a drive and check it out.

This is a new venture from three farms located on the coast and further inland. Visitors can enjoy three day/three night or two day/two night options. The walk is fully catered and accommodation is in comfortable shearers’ quarters.

The walk begins and ends at Orui Station located right on Riversdale Beach. It is suitable for six moderately fit people who wish to enjoy exercise and breath-taking land, sand and sea scapes. Walker’s bags’ and, importantly, wine, are transported to each night’s accommodation so a small day pack for lunch and water is all the walkers need to carry.

After a comfortable night at Orui Station, we begin day one with a gradual but steady climb northwards along the ■ dramatic coastline to the cell phone tower. We were breathing pretty heavily by the time we got to the top so we stopped for some Pilates breathing exercises while taking in the stunning view. The day was picture perfect and we could literally see for miles up and down the beautiful coast.

From this high point we cut inland across picturesque farmland being entertained on the way by g oatherders on horseback and farmworkers whizzing past from time to time.

On arrival at historic Ngaiana Homestead, our night two accommodation, a sumptuous

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By Julie Kidd afternoon tea of homemade cakes and scones awaited us.

Refuelled, and in spite of our five hour exhilarating walk, we chose to take up the offer of an optional hour’s bush walk at Ngaiana and were rewarded with an abundance of native birdlife in the bush.

Sarah Broughton, one of the walk owners, is a trained Cordon Bleu cook and provides not only sumptuous platters which went down a treat with the wine we had supplied ourselves,

but also an evening meal. We only needed to add finishing touches and dined ravenously on local lamb and veges from the garden. The peach and mascarpone desert topped with amoretti crumbs was sublime.

We fell in to our comfortable beds ready for the next day. Generous provisions for a healthy breakfast and lunch, which we made ourselves, are at each night’s accommodation, Below: The Whareama Riverwith Toitoi to the side.

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Above left: Time to rest and enjoy the river views are Kris Chamberlain (left) and Netia Bateman (right).

Above right: So far so good - Julie Kidd (left) and Kris Chamberlain (right).

Above: The Whareama River from the top of the Broughton's farm.

so we loaded up our days packs and hit the trail.

Day two featured beautiful rolling hills and then a long meander along the breath-taking Whareama River to its mouth. The walk continued southward along the coast, with the option of walking on the beach which we particularly enjoyed. With refreshment and ‘beauty’ stops, it was another five hour day.

Perfect.

For those staying a third night there is beach accommodation and a shorted (half day walk) or visitors can enjoy a game of golf at Riversdale 9 and 18 hole links course or a game of tennis.

The new venture, a partnership between Angie Meredith, Annabelle Porter and Sarah Broughton, boosts the region’s reputation for quality walking excursions and is enthusiastically welcomed by Peter Wilson, General Manager, Destination Wairarapa. He says, “We are delighted to welcome Orui Coastal Walk to the growing number of rural adventure acwww.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

ily recommend the walk and are already planning a return later in the summer with some Pilates pals to have an all-in healthy weekend (well, apart from the odd tipple of an evening of course). You can book directly on tivities the region offers. The walk features www.oruiwalk.co.nz or phone on 06 372 3445. gourmet catering produced with locally sourced food such as quality beef and lamb and home grown vegetables, berries, fruit and olive oil.”

Recreational walking is a growing activity in New Zealand. Riversdale Beach is an easy 40 minute drive east of Masterton and approximately one and a half hours drive from Wellington or Palmerston North. Direct flights from Auckland to Masterton will make this attractive to that market also.

The season runs from October until April and bookings are being taken now. We heart-

Brand new walking experience over private farmland and Wairarapa coastline, with two or three day options. Awesome scenery, rustic accommodation and delicious meals.

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This is an exciting project that will bring many social and economic benefits to Rotorua and provide a free 42km premier multi-day trail with Maori cultural significance in the North Island.

The project is the building block of a wider concept involving a more extensive network of tracks that will potentially link Lakes Rotorua, Tikitapu, Rotokakahi, Okareka, Tarawera, Rotomahana and Okataina.

The development of the Trail is being managed in three stages: • Stage One - Te Wairoa (near Buried Village) to Rapatu Bay • Stage Two - Rapatu Bay to Te Tapahoro (Tarawera Outlet) • Stage Three - Te Tapahoro (Tarawera Outlet) to Okataina Stage one of the Tarawera Trail from Te Wairoa (near the Buried Village) to the Rapatu Bay (Te Ariki Isthmus) is now complete.

While the trail is not currently open to the public, the 16km of trail has been constructed.

It was hoped to be able to open this section of the track with the Maori landowners who are partnering in this project on June 10th, marking the 125th anniversary of the Tarawera Eruption.

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medial work being undertaken on the trail.

Lake Tarawera is a stunning environment, but it is far from pristine.

Work began on the trail in March last year, but unseasonal heavy rain in February damaged parts of the track. A group of Tarawera residents have opposed the trail since its inception, citing environmental and cultural concerns.

The lake is already enjoyed by many – there is a walking track around a significant portion of the lake (to which there has never been an objection); there are roads, houses, two campgrounds and the lake itself is recognised and enjoyed as an anglers’ paradise by many boaties.

The most significant impact to the somewhat degraded bush environment is not a new walking track but the large number of animal and plant pests – particularly possums, rats, stoats, wallabies, deer and pigs and a plethora of garden and other weed escapees.

Discussions being led by Maori landowners in partnership with a range of other parties are already underway with the objective of addressing these issues and it is hoped that the track will also provide impetus to this work and help spark a number of more control programmes.

In time, these initiatives should see the return of a number of New Zealand’s threatened species to the area (Kokako, Weka, Kiwi or others) within the next decade.Tuhourangi Kaumatua - Anaru Rangiheuea said a new trail across this magnificent landscape will re-open the sites of Te Ariki and Te Wairoa (now the Buried Village and experiences, the history, and the legends, to a worldwide audience hungry for authenticity and connection with real people who understand the places they belong to.

Anaru Rangiheuea said “It will expose the beauty of the lake and the mountain as the visual highlights of a visitor experience flavoured by a rich cultural history.

“By showing visitors the hospitality that tikanga demands, seeing them welcomed, fed and hosted, and returned safely to their homes, pride will flow to the hapu who are opening their doors and their hearts to those who come in the same spirit” said Anaru Rangiheuea.

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strian alp Snow near the summit in mid summer.

fter a long flight from New Zealand Carinthia, in southern Austria. to Austria the one thing I looked It is Carinthia's best vantage point, thanks foward to was a walk or hike in the to its exposed position between the Drau and Alps.

Gail Valleys, the southern Limestone Alps and Just a half hours drive from Villach, a city the mountain glaciers on the edge of the of some 70,000 people there is the Dobratsch Carinthian lake plateau.

National Park. The city just 20 minutes from Because it is close to Austria’s seventh largthe Italian border and almost as close to est city, it it popular with hikers and cyclists in Slovenia, is situated in a valley with towering the summer season. mountains and a magnificent warm lake Most people either drive or even cycle up Ossiacher See, with a water temperture about the Villach Alpine Road that winds 16.5 kilo24 degrees in summer. metres from Villach-Möltschach up on the The Dobratsch is the 2,167 metre high Dobratsch to 1,732m, where there is a large summit towering above the green meadows car park. From there hikers enjoy conquerof the "Villacher Alpe" in the “province” of ing the remaining distance to the summit of 2167m on foot.

Left: The narrow track with views of the As is usual in Austria, there is a charge to surrounding alps. drive on the road in their national parks. The Below far left: Information sign at the start Villach Alpine Road cost is 13 euros for a sinof the walk. gle trip, 20 euros for a 30 day ticket, or 42 Second from left: The adventure childrens euros for a season ticket, mid April to end of playground.

Below second from right: A hut just off October. the main trail.

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Below right: The information kiosk at the upper carpark.

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Hiking up with children and the family. Numerous resting points along the Villach Alpine Road are designed to stop and admire the view.

Breathtaking panoramic views of Villach, the Karawanken, Julian Alps and the largest landslide region in the eastern Alps on the southern flank of the Dobratsch are afforded along this road.

The Dobratsch offers hiking paths in different levels of difficulty to walkers and experienced mountain climbers. The Rosstratte is ideally suited for a hike to the Dobratsch summit.

The hike on the main track to the Above: On the sealed track at the start of the walk.

Below left: One of the two churches at the summit.

Below right: The inside of the church at over 2000 m.

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Dobratsch summit 2,167m with a 400 metre difference in altitude takes approximately 90 minutes.

There is now a new children's adventure playground planned by the Carinthian designer Michaela Fink, just past the top carpark.

It features observation towers, a tunnel system, climbing net, open-air arena, underground megaphone, hanging swing, slide and other equipment. Children here can learn which trees grow on the Dobratsch and which animals live above and beneath the ground.

The geology trail `From the ocean to the mountain´ designed by the renowned earth scientist Dr. Georg Kandutsch, describing 200 million years of history, starts right next to the playground: sea and snail shells that once lived in the Tethys Sea and were fossilized with the mud when the Alps were elevated along with the fossils to 1800 meters above sea level.

This insight into the Dobratsch's geology with genuine fossils and charts is another attractive offer for young and old. Part of a former reef and a lagoon with fossilized corals and seashells are the highlight of this openair exhibition.

The climate change is also evidenced on the southern flank of the Dobratsch and in the "SchĂźtt". Mediterranean flora and fauna that "emigrated" south some 500 years ago as the climate became colder have returned to this area over the last 30 years. These special features explain why the Villacher Alpe and the Dobratsch are protected as a natural preserve.

Signposts and information boards along the Alpine Road offer comprehensive insight into all of the area's natural rarities. There are also a number of observation points allowing visitors to marvel at the wildlife habitat and view.

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Above left: The restarant and cafe at the upper carpark.

Above right: A sculpture showing the history of the area.

Below: Cows with bells are everywhere.

Looking back towards the upper car park, restaurant and childrens playground.

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Hiking up an Austrian alp From the carpark at 1732 m there is a about a kilometre climb on a sealed track to where the trail splits. To the right a gravel track takes you up with views of Villach and the lakes of Osslacher See and Worthersee. To the left the track is narrow and winds around the moutain with views of the valley below including the village of Arnoldstein.

Above: The Austrian Broadcasting Company placed a 165-metre TV/radio tower on the Dobratsch in 1971. Seen are two churches, one on the left and the smaller one to the right.

Below left: Wild horses near the summit.

Below right: Trekking poles make it easier coming down the trail.

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Cows are seen grazing everywhere and are usually not far from the track. Their bells jingle as they move up and down the mountain.

Recently an enterprizing person built a magnificent restaurant, together with back packer accommodation, all powered by solar power.

A few more metres up devout worshipers many years ago built the two highest churches in the eastern Alps on the summit of the Dobratsch to commemorate a miracle. According to legend, a shepherd and his flock were caught in a severe thunderstorm in 1482 when the Virgin Mother appeared and saved them from certain death.

Afterwards the summit became a cult site

where the German miners from Bleiberg built the “German Church� in 1682. The Gail Valley's "Windisch" Slovenian population followed suit in 1690 and built the "Slovenian Church" 300 metre to the west to thank the Virgin Mother for healing a deaf and dumb boy. The two mountain churches still attract pilgrims to this day.

The day we went up was busy with many hikers and a number with children enjoying the climb. Many hikers had poles which helped from slipping when going back down on the graverly track.

The Dobratsch owes its distinctive form to the two greatest landslides in the eastern Alps. Two earthquakes released a total of 530

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million cubic metres of rock over an area of 12 kilometres from the southern flank of the Dobratsch, burying the lower Gail Valley down to a depth of 80 meters.

This area is appropriately named "Sch端tt" detritus. The gigantic rock masses would correspond to a 530-meter tower on an area of one square kilometre.

Another geological rarity is hidden in the rock of the Dobratsch: shell and snail fossils dating back 200 million years. They originate from the Tethys Sea that started to disappear 60 million years ago when the pressure from the African continental shelf began raising the Alps.

The extraordinary climatic diversity of the karstic Dobratsch explains why plants thrive from arctic, central European and Mediterranean climatic zones and continue to be enriched by other Mediterranean species due to the climatic change. This diversity is unique in Austria.

Left: Coming down the narrow track with great views of the valley and beyond.

Above left: Signpost says it all.

Right: Rocks showing the history of the area.

Below: looking back at the city of Villach and lakes. To the left is a big landside that happened in 1348.

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Above: The restaurant and back packer accommodation at the summit. Snow is to the left. This picture was taken midsummer.

Below right: The narrow track offers brilliant views below.

Over 900 plants, for example, can be admired in the "Alpine Garden" right next to the Alpine Road. In addition, nearly 900 types of butterflies can be found in the Dobratsch National Park as well as an unusual abundance of birds, causing the "SchĂźtt" to be designated as an "Important Bird Area" (IBA), a globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations.

that was being planned at the same time.

This idea was defeated in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I, which ended disastrously for Austria in 1918.

A new plan in 1923 confined itself to improving the existing carriage roads into a modest gravel road.

The soaring plans were thwarted once again by protests from Italy. Austrian artillery would be able to fire on the railway station in Udine, 70 km distant, from the strategically promi-

nent Dobratsch.

Carinthia revived the road construction project again in 1936, impressed by the tourism brought by the Dolomite Road and the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. This project also landed in the archives for a lack of money.

Carinthia provided the funding for construction of the road in 1954, although another seven years went by before the financing of the Alpine Road was secured.

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History Making the summit of the Dobratsch and its magnificent view accessible to tourists was already planned in 1896, according to information on the Villach Alpine Road website.

Impressed by other cog railways in Switzerland and Austria, engineers designed a cog railway from Villach to the Dobratsch to boost tourism and since "going up was too inconvenient." The project did not materialize due to a lack of funds.

In 1912 an enterprising committee planned a road from Villach on the Dobratsch that would outstrip the cableway to the Gerlitzen

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Looking down close from the summit on the village and industrial area of Arnoldstein.

years after the initial plans.

The 16.5 kilometre Alpine Road cost 23 million euros in 2008, overcomes a difference in altitude of 1,202 metres and is an added first-class tourist attraction for Carinthia – demonstrated by nearly 5.5 million visitors to date.

Fact file The 16.5km Villach Alpine Road to the start of the hike to to the summit is open all year round. The drive to the top carpark takes just over 30 minutes from Villach.

Single trip pass 13 Euros, 20 Euros for a 30 day pass and 42 Euros season pass.

These can be used on other Austrian national parks.

Villach closest airports are Graz or Klagenfurt in Austria. It is a two hour drive from Trieste airport and three hour drive from Venice airport, both in Italy.

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Overseas walks

Outdoor sculptures a growing tourist attraction utdoor sculpture trails are a growing tourism attraction in Victoria, Aus tralia.

Eye-catching outdoor sculpture trails are the latest attraction for cultural tourists keen to seek out a walking experience with a difference, and there’s plenty available for art lovers both in Melbourne and regional Victoria.

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from the orchard and olive groves to the herb garden and wetlands. Curated by Neil Williams, many of the works are past acquisitions from the Montalto Sculpture Prize which runs annually.

Mildura City Centre (Murray) Mildura has long been considered a crea-

Regional Victoria Once a year, the Great Ocean Road coastline becomes the backdrop for one of the most scenic sculpture walks in Victoria – the Lorne Sculpture Exhibition (October 15 to November 6, 2011).

An annual competition which sees a series of major sculptural works and installations created by prominent Australian artists, this year’s event will feature 40 works created in response to the Lorne environment installed along Lorne’s Foreshore Walk.

A further 20 or so smaller works will appear in the Lorne shop windows. A companion program of events runs alongside the exhibition including guided tours of the foreshore; the Lorne Sculpturscape, where artistic teams of up to 20 create a site-specific work over one day; nightly projections of video works, workshops and meet-the-artists seminars.

Montalto Vineyard and Olive Grove (Mornington Peninsula) The grounds of this notable winery doubles as a picturesque outdoor gallery, with art works embracing all aspects of the vineyard,

tive centre in regional Victoria. One of the most significant events in the town’s artistic history was the Mildura Sculptural Triennial, a national competition which was held between 1961 and 1988, and attracted many acclaimed sculptors and artists to the city.

The many sculptures located in the grounds of the Mildura Arts Centre (currently closed for redevelopment) and dotted throughout the city are an enduring and notable reminder of that legacy.

Opposite the Mildura Arts Centre is the Sculpture Park, where you can view the famous One Sun, One Earth, One Peace sculpture, part of a network of similar pieces

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around the world. At the equinox the sun casts a shadow through the sculptures at successive times all over the world. A sculpture trail, which outlines the locations of key artworks, is currently in development.

McClelland Gallery and Scuplture Park (Mornington Peninsula) Set in 16 hectares of bush and landscaped gardens 4 kms east of Frankston, the McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park is Victoria’s largest public gallery attracting thousands of visitors each year.

Home of the biennial McClelland Sculpture Survey and Award for contemporar y outdoor sculpture, McClelland’s outdoor sculpture collection includes over 70 works by prominent Australian sculptors such as Inge King, Lenton Parr, Clement Meadmore along with recent acquisitions including Rick Amor, Peter Corlett, Robert Owen, Lisa Roet and Ken Unsworth.

Melbourne Sculpture Park at Heide Museum of Modern Art Located approximately 30 minutes drive from the Melbourne CBD, the Heide Museum of Modern Art is a unique synthesis of indoor and outdoor environments, a place of modern and contemporary art and design, with a rich and colourful art heritage and social history.

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Werribee Mansion Sculpture Walk The grounds of the historic Werribee Mansion contain a collection of contemporary works, all finalists or winners in the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Prize that ran from 2000 – 2008.

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Podiatry

Verrucae

By Rachel Carle

verrucae is a wart, which occurs on the bottom of the foot and is caused by the human papilloma virus.

It is a very common skin complaint, affecting approximately 710% of the population at any time and is more common in children and the elderly, due to their reduced immune responses.

The human papilloma virus is so prevalent due to is its ability to survive without a host for many months, making it highly contagious.

The virus attacks the statum corneum (outer layer of skin), entering from direct contact through tiny abrasions. It can take a few months for the virus to become visible, and a hard callus of skin usually grows around it.

Verrucae can be diagnosed by their appearance, which is often a white and circular in appearance, with tiny black dots in the centre.

Verrucae are only unusually painful if they are on a weight-baring surface, or large in size.

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vironments, and avoiding walking barefoot in these environments can prevent the spread. Ensuring you wear jandals around public pools and communal showers can help.

Not sharing shoes and socks can also help, and airing your shoes, ensuring they dry out well after walks can help also. If you do have a verrucae, covering it before you go swimming can help to reduce the spread.

Treatment options

There are many different types of treatments for verrucae. The success of treatment varies from person to person, making verrucae very difficult to treat. Also, once the virus appears cleared, it may recur, as latent virus may still be present and return at points of low immunity.

1 Duct tape therapy: covering the verrucae in duct tape, not allowing any oxygen to the area for a few weeks can work.

2 Acid treatments include salicylic acid, tricloric acid, gluteraldehyde. They can be used at home, or stronger acids may be applied by your podiatrist or derPrevention matologist.

Verrucae thrives in damp en3 Cryotherapy (liquid nitrogen). This can be applied at home, or at your GP or podiatrist.

This can be very painful.

4 Electrodessication or cauterisation. This is where the area is burned, so can be painful and must be done at a GP or dermatologist.

5 Surgery, or cutting out of the verrucae, again is a painful treatment, and can leave painful scarring.

8 No treatment.

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in about 2 years, if it is not growing and non- painful, then it is valid just to leave the verrucae. But be sure not to spread the virus, so do not share shoes or socks and cover it when swimming.

9 Thuja, is a topical treatment available from pharmacy and health food stores and can be used in a similar way to the acid treatments.

10 Banana skin. Apply the inside of the banana skin to the area, and tape down with a plaster and leave on and keep dry for 3 days, then remove, file the area and reapply till cleared.

11 Laser treatment. This non-

painful treatment can stimulate an immune response to eliminate verrucae without the chance of scarring, but it can be expensive.

All of these treatments rely upon the persons own immune system to recognise that the wart virus proteins are present. The body can then produce an appropriate response in order to eliminate the virus.

Verrucae can be very persistent and frustrating to clear, so reducing your chances of obtaining the virus through good hygiene practices is vital.

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Window on Waitakere

Hihi

update

From Kay Lindley nfortunately, Ark in the Park Hihi numbers have become very low—five males remain (two from the 2007 release, two from the 2008 release, and one unbanded, presumed fledged last year), but no females have been seen lately, and no nesting was seen.

Reasons may include female exhaustion after last year’s great season, feral cat predation, or even random fluctuations that can affect small populations.

After the great results last year this is extremely disappointing, but similar drops in numbers have happened in the past at other sites where Hihi were re-introduced.

Re-introductions may require several attempts and the one to Ark was always known to have an experimental element to it—the Ark is the only location where a predator-controlled area is surrounded by good habitat that can “lure” Hihi away.

Indeed, there have been unconfirmed reports this season of a few Hihi, including a possible pair, living outside the Ark. Even if the Ark in the Park committee feel disappointed, the truth is that their re-introduction efforts allow everyone to learn valuable lessons for the overall long-term survival of Hihi in New Zealand, including: • Hard releases (where birds are not kept in an aviary first) provide a better chance of long-term survival than soft releases.

• Hihi have been surviving several years in the Ark habitat, and one of the males from 2008 has alternated between Ark and a site on Kitewaho Road for almost two years showing that those that disperse can also come back.

• All Hihi nests at Ark in the Park were in natural cavities in kauri, which hadn’t been recorded ever before for Hihi. Members also recorded them using a much wider range of natural foods than elsewhere.

• Introduced species, such as Rosella or Mynah, can cause disturbance and they need to be managed near nest sites.

There was not a top-up of Hihi for the Ark in 2010 because, with limited numbers of birds available for translocation each year, the national priorities of the Hihi Recovery Group were to make birds available to Maungatautari and Kapiti.

We are hopeful that our surviving Hihi will still be around next year, when a new translocation attempt to the Ark is hoped for.

For this reason, we want to continue to provide them with sugar water in the feeders because it is a likely attraction to those territories.

The Hihi or Stitchbird is one of New Zealand’s rarest birds. A medium-sized forest species, Hihi compete with tui and bellbirds for nectar, insects and small fruits.

But apart from diet, Hihi share few qualities with Tui and Bellbird, which are members of the honeyeater family.

Recent DNA analysis has shown that Hihi are in fact the sole representative of another bird family found only in New Zealand whose closest relatives may be the iconic wattlebirds that include Kokako, Saddleback and the extinct Huia.

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A fresh start in Taupo for half marathon ver two and a half thousand runners and walkers were keen to get underway for the 18th annual Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon, with a crisp start to the day on August 7.

However the chilly weather didn’t impact on the atmosphere of the dedicated half marathon event with many teams this year dressing up for fun.

Event Director Wayne Reardon was pleased with the turnout and says it was another great Taupo half marathon. “18 people completed their 18th Taupo Half Marathon yesterday – this indicates how passionate participants are about our event.”

“Congratulations to all our runners and walkers – another Taupo Half Marathon ticked off! We look forward to seeing you back for 2012,” he said.

Chris Sanson from Bunnythorpe was the first man in with a time of 1 hr 17 mins 12 secs and Rowan Marie Baird from Auckland was the first women in with a time of 1 hr 21 mins 12 secs.

The first Taupo man in was Brandon Lewis and the first Taupo women in was Sonia Hine.

Jason Nottage from Taupo took away the U19 men’s division with Victoria Taylor from Wellington (ex Taupo) taking away the U19 women’s division.

A health and fitness team from Pukekohe called ‘Outlook for Life’ were awarded the ‘Most Visible Team’ prize. The team of 24 wearing black and fluorescent green skirts are regular participants of the Taupo Half Marathon. “We love coming to Taupo for the half marathon. It is an excellent event and this year it was the perfect warm up for our big one next month – the Rarotonga Marathon,” said the group’s spokesperson. Runner Sue Sparrow took away the major spot prize – a trip for two to South Australia including flights, accommodation for four nights in Adelaide and four nights in the Barossa Valley, and a hire car.

Taupo’s 75 year old Jean Scott competed in her first half marathon

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Above: The start of the 2011 Mizuno Half Marathon, Taupo.

alongside the Curves Taupo team and was acknowledged at prize giving with a bunch of flowers, chocolates and a bottle of bubbles. “This is the first time I have done anything like this. It was hard work, but really rewarding,” she said. “I think I’m getting a bit old for this caper!”

This year Taupo Fitness Suite Team provided some Les Mills dance moves for runners and walkers beforehand, which proved popular with participants to warm them up and get them motivated for the event.

Following up the Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon was the Mizuno Off-road Half and Quarter Marathon which started and finished in Kinloch and travels along the W2K track.

This year the Quarter Marathon made up one of the four events in a new challenge – TryTaupo4, a series for those wanting to get off the couch and get active. TryTaupo4 offers achievable distances in four different sporting events in the Taupo region over a six month period.

Proceeds from the Mizuno Taupo Half Marathons are put back into the local community in three different ways. Each year, up to 300 local volunteers provide assistance to help deliver the event and in return receive donations towards their community organisations.

The Taupo Half Marathon Society supports local athletes by providing financial grants to help them achieve their sporting goals.

Thirdly, a donation is made from the Taupo off-road event to Bike Taupo and the Kinloch Community Association to assist with maintaining the W2K and Whangamata Stream tracks.

Those wanting to apply to the Mizuno Taupo Marathon Sports Fund or for a Mizuno Half Marathon Elite Scholarship should visit www.taupohalfmarathon.org.nz for more information.

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Perfect conditions at Kinloch early 900 runners and walkers hit the off-road track in perfect conditions for the 3rd annual Mizuno Off-road Half and Quarter Marathon in Kinloch last month.

Event Director Wayne Reardon said it was a relief to have a nice day after the cold and wet weather at the Taupo on-road last month. “It was fantastic to have another beautiful day in Kinloch for the hundreds of runners and walkers who took on the Mizuno off-road.”

“It is a unique event with the challenging and scenic W2K and Whangamata Stream tracks and runners and walkers enjoy the undulating and varied course.”

Two hundred and forty runners and walkers completed this year’s 63.3 challenge – three Taupo halves in three months.

This included the Saucony Half Marathon in July, the Mizuno On-road Half Marathon in August and September Mizuno Offroad Half Marathon with those completing the three receiving a free 63.3 Challenge t-shirt.

This year local MP Louise Upston was one of the successful participants in the 63.3 Challenge, completing all three events.

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event, completing the quarter marathon. “It is a lovely course and I did enjoy it although I fell over which wasn’t pleasant – I wasn’t watching where I was going! I do love coming to Taupo to walk the half marathon events, I come every year,” she said.

A group of Taupo ladies called the ‘Pink Pilates Team’ managed to fundraise $4,600 leading up to the off-road event today.

A spokesperson for the group said the funds would be put towards helping local women re-cooperate after having treatment for cancer.

At the prize giving runner Justine Conventry took away the

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major spot prize – two nights at the Hilton Lake Taupo in a luxury apartment including cooked breakfasts, a three course dinner inspired by Master Chef Simon Gault at Bistro Lago, a bottle of wine, a round of golf at Wairakei International Golf Course and therapeutic massages at Taupo DeBretts Living Waters Spa. The proceeds from the Mizuno Off-road Half and Quarter Marathon go back into the local community. A donation is made to Bike Taupo and the Kinloch Community Association, to assist with maintaining the W2K and Whangamata Stream tracks and local volunteers that help deliver the event receive funding towards their community groups.

Above: Entrants line up at the start line awaiting the starters’s gun.

Mr Reardon acknowledged the significant contribution of event sponsors and volunteers. “Thank you to our event sponsors Mizuno, Hilton Lake Taupo, Taupo DeBretts, Events Capital, GU Energy Gel, MoreFM, Rejuva, Traff1k, and Mole & Chicken and to our volunteers who do a fabulous job.”

The date for next year’s event has been booked in for Saturday 1 September 2012.

Below left: Two entrants in the Quarter Marathon walking along the Lake Taupo waterfront.

Below right: Walking over the bridge in the Quarter Marathon.

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The 21 day rule of thumb

by Gary Moller

make suitable adjustments. The result of inattention is more of the same treatment.

Other times, it may be that the therapist ccording to Wikipedia: “A rule of can only work within the confines of the spethumb is a principle with broad application that is not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every situation. It is an easily learned and easily applied procedure for approximately calculating or recalling some value, or for making some determination. It is often claimed that the term originally referred to a law that limited the maximum thickness of a stick with which it was permissible for a man to beat his wife”.

I like to devise Rules of Thumb as helpful guidelines for determining the effectiveness of a therapy.

My favourite is the “21 Day Rule of Thumb”.

The 21 Day Rule of Thumb: “If there has not been significant progress within 21 days - over and above what would normally be expected from the healing powers of Mother Nature on her own - then the continuation of that therapy needs to be questioned and it may be necessary that it be replaced with another line of therapy”.

Too often treatments, such as physiotherapy or drugs, drag on and on - sometimes for months with little or no progress. Drugs-based treatments may do harm if they drag out too cialist referral and reviews by the specialist may long and may result in addiction, or life-threat- be months apart. So, even if the treatment has stalled, the therapist may not have the auening side effects.

Dragged out physical therapy can be a thority to make significant changes, so will costly waste of time. Ineffective, drawn-out continue to plug on with the same old thing. treatments may happen because the therapist Therapy may be poorly applied due to inexis just too busy and does not have the time to perience or laziness.

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medical system have their stories to tell - the majority are positive; but there are more than a few negative experiences as well.

Unlike your car, your body is irreplaceable - there are no authentic spare parts and there are no returns or trade-ins - so we must be vigilant and uncompromising when it comes to the standard of care when we allow a professional to fiddle with what’s under your personal bonnet. The 21 Day Rule helps set high standards of care.

Why 21 days? Because most processes of healing are well on their way to completion within 21 days. Stitches to close a deep wound are out within 10-14 days.

A broken bone or damaged tendon is calloused and quite stable within three weeks and able to carefully bear weight within six weeks.

A course of antibiotics should be effective within 10-14 days and recovery from the infection should be complete within 21 days. A course of physical therapy for a bad back or muscle injury should be well on the way to complete recovery after three to six sessions (21 days).

“I want to try a course of .... and we’ll see how it goes” is one of the most common statements directed at a patient with a health problem such as high blood pressure, pain, poor sleep, or feeling sad.

That’s fine; but the problem I have is this: How is your progress being measured? Is there a time limit set for the treatment? Are there milestones for review? How do you and your therapist know that the therapy is producing results over and above what Mother Nature is providing? Question your therapist before beginning the treatment.

If the response is vague and unconvincing, then reconsider commencing the treatment and see if there are more promising alternatives. That may include seeking a second opinion.

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CONTENTS for previous 14 issues OCTOBER 2011 165 4 Birkenhead War Memorial Park walk 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Walks from the Waioeka Gorge 10 Testimonials from people saved by using a McMurdo emergency locator beacon 12 New Zealand walks; Compresensive range of walks at Waiheke Festival 14 New Zealand walks: Catered Coast Walks - discovering hidden gems in Northland 19 New Zealand walks: Te Aroha Wetlands 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 Te Araroa Trail: Another section of Te Araroa Trail opened 24 Harbour Bridge Pathway - what do you think?

26 Event: Auckland classic back for its 10th year 27 More people in Nelson and Tasman about to “Get moving” 28 Overseas: Venice and beyond by bike and barge 34 Event: SBS Marathon defies the earthquakes 35 Event: Fast walking in Wellington 36 High achiever: I feel more than good!

37 Podiatry: DOMS: Delayed onset muscle soreness 38 New Zealand walk: Step out and enjoy this slice of rural life 39 New Zealand walk: Mangati/ Hickford Park 40 Health: Reversing cardiovascular discease risk and quality of life 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for October 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 49 Nordic Walking Calendars 50 Window on Waitakere: Kauri dieback: a far more serious threat to the park than we think!

51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 59 Mizuno Offroad Marathon Taupo 60 GPx Need help to get active SEPTEMBER 2011 164 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: AkitioGlenora 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 59 GPx Need help to get active 60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half Marathon 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

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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 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 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 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

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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 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 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 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 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 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 55 DOC cleans up the Navy in the Bay 56 Off Road Half Marathon - Taupo www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

NOVEMBER WEATHER FORECAST NOVEMBER 1 to NOVEMBER 30 2011

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The Moon controls the weather. Each moon phase has a changing effect. The atmostphere has a tide that is forever changing and the weather is what results. Shaded areas depict rain or showers.

1st-3rd November A southwesterly change brings widespread passing showers.

4th -11th November Southwesterlies follow a cold front, after which an anticyclonic settles over NZ until 7th. This becomes stationary to the east from 8th with northerlies until 11th. Perfect snow/ skiing weather for about a week.

12th November Over the next four weeks expect, for a November, unusually cold conditions. Wet in the east.

Cold southeasterlies prevail with unsettled weather in the eastern regions. There may be few northwesterlies, usually more typical for the time of year. The southeasterlies may be caused by more frequent troughs of low pressure tracking across the North Island and more anticyclones in the South Tasman.

The combination results in a national average temperature well below, possibly up to 2째C below average in Tongariro, Manawatu and East Coast regions of both islands from Gisborne to Canterbury and to a lesser extent below average in most other regions.

Only Fiordland may have near average temperatures.

The southeasterlies may bring above average rainfall to the east, from Gisborne to North Otago, with twice average rainfall possible in coastal Wairarapa, parts of Manawatu and North Canterbury. Palmerston North may receive record rain amounts. The lack of northwesterlies would mean less than half average rainfall is likely in Westland and Fiordland.

Eastern regions of Northland may also have about half average rain amounts over these four weeks.

Cloudy skies may prevail over much of the North Island, especially in Northland and East Coast regions. However sunshine hours may be slightly above average in South Westland, Fiordland, Canterbury, Otago and Southland.

12th-20th November Chance of cold southerlies. These abate with the approach of a ridge of high pressure about 14th. Northerlies follow, with southwesterlies from 18th.

21st November A depression develops in the Tasman Sea and tracks across the North Island about 23rd, with cold southerlies persisting for much of the time through to 30th.

22nd November Fog may close Hamilton airport.

25th November Temperatures may dramatically fall at Taupo.

27th November Snow flurries may occur to sea level in Southland in the last days of the month.

Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 9th (apogee), 11th(full moon), 24th(perigee) and 25th(new moon).

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Coming events

NEW ZEALAND EVENTS 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 Run & Walk Events, 32km, 24km, 18km, & 8km, Auckland 2 Taranaki Daily News Half Marathon, New Plymouth 2 Radience Classic 10km & 5km, Devonport, Auckland 2 SBS Bank Hamilton Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Hamilton

Annual Downhill Walking 2011 a 3 hour gentle downhill walk Saturday 12 November 2011 County Fayre

Pohangina, Manawatu Start times from 8.30am to 12 noon $12.00 adults, $5.00 per child and children under five free Price includes bus to start and lunch at County Fayre Cafe

Contact Pat Bowers 06-329-4759

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 4 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 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 8 The Frontrunner Queenstown Series, 5km & 10km, Queenstown 9 Northern Outlook Pegasus Walk, 10km & 5km, Christchurch 9 Waitakere City Charity Fun Run/Walk Half Marathon & 11km, Waitakere City 10 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 11 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 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 16 Koputaroa Half Marathon, , 10km & 5km, Levin 16 Mountain 2 Sea Relay, 21.8km Island Bay, Wellington 16 Waikato Half Marathon, 10km 5km & 2km, Cambridge

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 22 Stering Sports Half Marathon, Rabbit Island, Nelson 23 Smith’s Sports Shoes Tauranga Trail Run, 13km & 4km, Tauranga 26 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 29-6 November Waiheke Island Walking Festival, Waiheke Island 30 Adidas Auckland Marathon, Half Marathon, 10.5km & 5km, Auckland 31 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 31 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson

NOVEMBER 2011 2 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

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

Walking Back to Happiness A great way to discover and explore Waiheke Island, choose from over 40 guided walks right on Auckland’s doorstep.

This year featuring ‘The Great Waiheke Treasure Quest’.

Bookings essential: www.waihekewalkingfestival.org Accommodation: www.waiheke.aucklandnz.com/

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Coming events 5 57th Feilding Marathon, Feilding 6 10th Morrinsville College PTA Half Marathon, Morrinsville 6 Napier City Pak’n’Save Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Napier 6 Shoe Clinic Half & Quarter Marathon, Tai Tapu, Canterbury 7 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 7 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 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 12 Rimutaka Incline 17km, Kaitoke, Hutt Valley 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 13 Walk the Wild Side 17km, Bethells Beach 14 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 14 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 16 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 19 Fullers Great Sights, Kerikeri Half Marathon, Kerikeri 19 The Frontrunner Queenstown Series, 5km & 10km, Queenstown 19 The Great Cranleigh Kauri Run, 32km & 13km, Coromandel Peninsula 20 Tois Challenge 18km & 6km, Whakatane 20 Winter Brookfield Bog Challenge, 4km, 8km & 12km, Wainuiomata 21 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 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, 10km & 5km, Woollaston Estate Winery, Nelson 26 Catch Me If You Can Trail, 24km, Mt Sommers, Methven 26 Speights West Coaster Marathon, 30km & Half Marathon, Bethells Beach, Auckland 27 ADRA Charity Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland

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Coming events 28 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 28 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 30 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

DECEMBER 2011 3 New World Marlborough Marathon11, 10km & 5km, Blenheim 3 The Goat Alpine Adventure Run, 21km, Tongariro National Park 4 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon, 32km, 18km & 8km, Grenlane, Auckland 4 KorokoroStream Fun Run/Walk Half Marathon, 10km & 4km, Belmont Rehional Park, Lower Hutt 4 Sculpt Womens 6km, Drury 5 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 5 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 10 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon, Half Marathon, Wanganui 10 The Frontrunner Queenstown Series, Half

Marathon & 10km, Queenstown 11 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk, 100km, 50km, 25km & 10km, Christchurch 12 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 12 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 19 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 19 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

JANUARY 2012 7 Madame-Rouge Charity Cross Country 9km, Onetangi, Waiheke Island 9 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 15 NBS Striders Half Marathon &10km, Nelson 16 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 21 Blackball Hilton Crocsus Crossing, 26km, Barrytown, West Coast 21 Ian Priest Memorial River Trail Half Marathon, Hutt Valley 23 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 29 Auckland Anniversay Half Marathon &10km, Auckland 30 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson

FEBRUARY 2012 4-12 NZ Masters Games, Dunedin 6 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 11 30th Buller Gorge Marathon & Half Marathon, Westport 13 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 20 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 25 The Bedrock 50, Oxford 27 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson

MARCH 2012

CHARITY RUN 2011 Sunday, 27th Nov 2011 5km, 10km & Half Marathon Mission Bay, Auckland www.adra.org.nz Help change the world, one life at a time.

5 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 10 Motatapu Marathon, 49km & 15km, Queenstown 12 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 17 Kaiteriteri Gold Half Marathon, Kaiteriteri Beach, Nelson 19 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 26 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 31 Arrowsmith High Country Marathon, & 24km, Lake Herin, Nelson

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 21 Bush to Beach Half Marathon,Otama Beach, Coromandel 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 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

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.

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Coming events 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 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 6 Fit2drive Arthurs Seat Challenge 6.7km, Rosebud Pier, Vic, Australia 6 Sweat to Steam 5km & 13km, Port of Echuca, 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 Eureka Climb, Eureka Tower, 88 level, 300 steps, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 13 Athens Classic Marathon, Athens Greece 13 Treneham Lions 12 annual Cool Country Classic, 5km & 10km, Trenthan, Vic, Australia 13 Turin Marathon, Turin, Italy 12-13 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Taiwan 19 Upstream 50km Challenge, Docklands to Donvale, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 20 Monbulk Fun Run, 8km & 4km, Monbulk, Australia 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 Mingara One Central Coast Half Marathon & 10km, Central Coast, Australia 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

DECEMBER 2011 3 Jingle Bells Run, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ire-

GREAT FOREST EVENTS 2012 WAITARERE FOREST, LEVIN

SATURDAY 14th APRIL 2012 NZ No. 1 OFF ROAD EVENTS Two circuit Marathon course run/ walk Half Marathon course run/walk 10km & 5km fun run/walk

Medals for all finishers Early Bird Entry Prize Enter by Friday 30 March 2012

Visit our website: www.greatforest.org.nz Email: events@greatforest.org.nz Phone 06 368 2749 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

RIMUTAKA RAILWAY 17km FUN RUN & WALK SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2011 The event starts at Wellington Kart Club track, Kaitoke (9km north of Upper Hutt) and finishes at Cross Creek (near Lake Wairarapa). New Zealand’s unique scenic and historic route, over the old Upper Hutt to Featherston Fell Railway line through the Rimutaka Ranges.

It’s an easy gradient that can be negotiated by any reasonably fit runner or walker. Decent not suitable for buggies, and no dogs allowed as track goes through private farm land. Bus transport is available to the start and back after the event – details on entry form Walkers start 8.00am · Runners start 10.00am

Entry fee up to 4 November: $30.00 Entry fee from 5 November: $35.00 Entry forms available from Upper Hutt Visitor Information Centre, H2O Xtream, local gyms Online entry via http:// trenthamunited.co.nz

Great prizes to be won!

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Coming events land 4 Las Vegas Marathon, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 4 Sussan Women’s Fun Run 11, St Kilda, Vic, Australia 10 Killarney Santa Run, Killarney, co Kerry, Ireland 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 11 King Island Imperial 20 32km Coast to Coast, King Island, Australia 16 Jerusalem Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Jerusalem, Israel 18 Twilight Half Marathon, St Lucia, Qld, Australia 18 Honda LA Marathon Los Angelos, CA, USA 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

MAY 2012 5-6 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km & 42km, Blankenberge, Belgium 6 Westpac 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 The Great Wall Marathon, Beijing, China 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

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 29 National Lottery Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

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,

APRIL 2012 1 Hill to Harbour Half Marathon, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 15 Geelong Half Marathon, Geelong, Vic, Australia 15 Marathon de Paris, Paris, France 15 Oxfam Southern Charity Challenge Half Marathon, Goolwa, SA, Australia 18-19 IML Vancouver Two Day Walk, Vancouver, USA 22 Virgin London Marathon, London UK

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Nordic Walking

How Nordic Walking developed ordic walking is defined as fitness walking with specially designed poles.

It evolved from an off-season skitraining activity known as ski walking, hill bounding or ski striding to become a way of exercising year-round.

Ski walking and hill bounding with poles has been practiced for decades as dry land training for competitive Nordic skiers.

Ski coaches saw the success of world class cross country skiers who used ski poles in the summer for ski walking and hill bounding and it became a staple of off-season Nordic ski NOWANZ.CO.NZ training.

Hikers with knee pain discovered they Nordic Walking events Nordic Walking Events by date could walk more powerfully with a pair of trek13-Oct Invercargill Queens Park, Feldwick Gates, Taster, 03-2186583 king poles, often eliminate or reduce hip, knee 18-Oct CHC-North New Brighton, Broad Park, Taster, 021-2567 082 foot pain, and backpackers found relief from 23-Oct Hamilton Lake Domain, NEW Course, Margaret 027-2471885 26-Oct Whangarei, Kensington-Park north end, Course, 022-4320386 painful backs when using poles.

26-Oct CHC-Shirley Burwood Park, Taster, Penny 021-2567 082 26-Oct Tutukaka Coast Ngunguru Sports, Course Robyn 09-4344060 The first specially designed fitness walking 28-Oct Wellington, Taster, Barbara 021-2998840 poles with optional rubber tips (for hard sur28-Oct Wellington, Leader Course Health Professionals, 0800-669269 29-Oct Warkworth, Lucy Moore Park, Course, Lisa Outwin 021-611239 faces, such as pavement) were designed by fit5 Kerikeri, Outdoors at Domain, Taster, Barbara 09-4320386 5 Whangarei, i-Site Centre, NEW Course, Barbara 09-4320386 ness walking pole pioneer Tom Rutlin and his 5 CHC-North New Brighton, Broad Park, course, Penny 021-2567 082 original Exerstrider poles were introduced in 5 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 6 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa 09 6344197 the USA in 1988.

8 Orewa/Silverdale, i-Site Centre, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 In 1997, a Finnish ski pole manufacturer 8 Orewa, i-Site Centre, NEW Course, Matthias 022-4320386 8 Wellsford, Centennial Park, NEW Course, Barbara 09-4320386 Exel, working with Marko Kantaneva, intro8 Waipu, Museum Carpark, NEW Course, Barbara 09-4320386 8 Maungaturoto, Otamatea High School, Course, Matthias 022-4320386 duced the trademarked Nordic Walker poles 8 CHC-North New Brighton Broad Park, Taster, Penny 021-2567 082 utilizing heavier cross country or Nordic ski 9 Ruakaka, Surf Club, NEW Course, Anja 09-4328616 10 Tauranga, Taster, Barbara 021-2998840 pole shafts plus user-friendly Nordic style 10 Tauranga Memorial Park, Taster, Barbara 021-2998840 straps. From then "Nordic walking" became 10 Tauranga Memorial Park, Starter, Barbara 021-2998840 10 Tauranga Memorial Park, Refresher, Barbara 021-2998840 the accepted term for fitness walking with spe11 Gisborne Portside Motel, Taster, Barbara 021-2998840 11 Gisborne Portside Motel, Starter, Barbara 021-2998840 cially designed poles which are now marketed 11 Gisborne Centennial Marine Drive, Refresher, Barbara 021-2998840 by nearly all major ski and trekking-pole manu12 Kerikeri, Outdoors at Domain, NEW Course, Barbara 09-4320386 12 Rotorua, War Memorial Park, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 facturers .

12 Rotorua, War Memorial Park, Starter, Matthias 022-4320386 12 Rotorua, War Memorial Park, Refresher, Matthias 022-4320386 Although fitness walking with poles is cur12 Taupo Taupo Event Centre, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 rently growing in popularity at a more modest 12 Taupo Taupo Event Centre, Starter, Matthias 022-4320386 12 Taupo Taupo Event Centre, Refresher, Matthias 022-4320386 pace around the globe, the Nordic skiing savvy 12 Hamilton Lake Domain, Course, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 Northern Europeans very quickly embraced 13 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Starter, Ewa 027 247 2082 16 CHC-Shirley Burwood Park, Taster, Penny 021-2567 082 this dry land hybrid of two of their favorite 17 Invercargill Queens Park, Feldwick Gates, Taster, Judy 03-2186583 17 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 fitness activities - Nordic skiing and walking.

18 Dunedin, Taster, Barbara 021-2998840 A little more than a decade after its introduc19 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, NEW Course, Ewa 027 247 2082 19 Balclutha Naish Park, Taster, Marion Gardner 03-4180645 tion in Europe, an estimated 10 million peo19 Blenheim, Taster, Sally Rainbird 03-5727377 20 Hamilton Lake Domain, Course, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 ple (the majority in Northern Europe) have 21 Whangarei, i-Site Centre, NEW Course, Beatrice 09-4385630 taken up fitness walking with specially designed 23 CHC-North New Brighton Broad Park, Course, Penny 021-2567 082 27 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09 6344197 poles as a regular form of exercise

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3-Dec CHC-Nth New Brighton Broad Park, Taster, Penny 021-2567 082 10-Dec CHC-North New Brighton, Broad Park, course, 021-2567 082 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 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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

✔ Upper body workout while

walking ✔ Burn 40% more calories ✔ Less impact on joints ✔ Release tension in neck and

shoulders ✔ Improve posture and breathing ✔ Fun to do, easy to learn, for all ages Classes in Greater Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Whakatane, Hawkes Bay, New Plymouth, Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch

Walking and Nordic Walking are “Poles” apart We offer courses New Zealand wide - from Northland to Southland

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An historic building in Sacramento.

Art, history and architecture in Sacramento walking tours Sacramento Walking Tours in USA offer glimpses of California history, art and architecture.

These unique tours through downtown Sacramento introduce visitors to the people, places and events that shaped California history. From John Sutter to Cesar Chavez, these tours cover more than 150 years of state and local history.

Topics range from art and architecture to cultural, religious and urban history. Simply show up at any tour's starting point at the specified time or reserve in advance by calling

916-442-8575 or e-mailing dsp@downtown sac.org.

All tours are guided and last approximately one to two hours.

Regular tours Tales of the Central City An overview of early Sacramento history Walk with us down memory lane on a guided tour of one of the oldest cities in California. Learn how Sacramento wrangled the distinction of California’s State Capitol, walk the original route of the famed Pony Express,

OVERSEAS WALKS & TOURS Guide Janine James.

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see the influence of railroad’s ‘Big Four’ on early urban planning and learn why downtown sidewalks are hollow.

Structural Stories Local examples of historical architecture styles Stroll through the ages of architectural history right here in downtown Sacramento. From the Renaissance-style Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and the graceful Art Deco shapes of Crest Theatre, to Chicago style architecture here in California, you will see local examples of the world’s finest styles.

Art is All Around Us Tour of Sacramento’s collection of art in public places Tour Sacramento’s impressive collection of permanently sited works of art integrated into Sacramento’s built and natural environments.

See local works by notable local and regional artists. This tour was developed in partnership with Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places programme.

Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow K Street commerce, growth and redevelopment Beginning in Old Sacramento at Front and K streets, this tour will trace Sacramento’s commercial growth by travelling on foot toward 13th & K. On this walk, see Sacramento’s first commercial district, learn about K Street’s early history as a vaudeville and entertainment hotspot and be the first to hear future plans for Sacramento’s most talked-about pedestrian mall.

The Art of Terra Cotta An architecture tour featuring local clay artisans Gladding McBean This tour will discuss the history of terra cotta as an architectural art form and will highlight downtown's best examples of this turnof-the-century technique.

The tour emphasizes the contribution of the Gladding McBean studio, one of the region’s best cultural and artistic assets, which has provided terra cotta tiles, pipes and sculpture for customers worldwide. Based in Lincoln, California, this studio has been in continual operation since 1874, with many downtown buildings showcasing the studio’s early works.

This tour will highlight these structures as well as discuss the evolution of this notable clay studio, the process of working with this unique type of clay and the studio’s legacy on the art of terra cotta. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Overseas and NZ walking tours

WALKING IN PATAGONIA Unique small group tour visiting three spectacular national parks of Chile and Argentina

Buenos Aires 16 Days from bruary 2012 Departs 9th Fe S$4895 Priced from U

Contact Silvana today on 0800 804 737 or email sil@southernexposuretours.co.nz www.southernexposuretours.co.nz

OVERSEAS WALKS & TOURS

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TREKS FOR WOMEN 40 + YEARS

ENJOY THE ‘BUZZ’ OF WALKING AN OVERSEAS MARATHON Contact: CAROLE MILLS MNZITT Qualified Travel Agent – Leisure and Business Travel – Groups – Marathon Travel

Phone: 09 296-2253 - Fax: 09 296-2372 - P.O. Box 272-1179 Papakura - Email: carolem@travelmanagers.co.nz Due to increasing popularity and demand, both London and New York are sold out for 2011.

Don’t be disappointed – contact Carole today to reserve your guaranteed entry package for 2012

Vietnam, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, India, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mongolia, New Zealand

Annapurna Circuit Trek - 26 days Departing Oct 2011

An Officially Appointed Agent with Guaranteed Entries for: Virgin London Marathon – Marathon de Paris - New York City Marathon - The Great Wall Marathon – Half Marathon – 10K – 5K Plus others Wherever you wish to travel, there is bound to be a marathon TAANZ Bonded Agent www.marathons.co.nz IATA Accredited Agent

Private trips for both men & women also available

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NEPAL Parishanta Travel Surendra Pant Specialists in Pilgrimage tours and treks to Mt Kailash, Tibet, Nepal, India and Bhutan

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Ph/Fax: +977-1-425 1092

• Tailor-make your own visit (min six persons) • Ex Auckland / Napier Wellington / Christchurch • Hotel or self-catering accommodation • Walks to suit all fitness levels

surendra@parishantatravel.com www.parishantatravel.com

Pukekohe T ravel Travel 0800 785386

Recommended by members of the Midweek Trampers Club, Tauranga!

Ph: Jan 07 548 0587 Jos 027 280 0135

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Please tell our advertisers you saw it advertised in Walking New Zealand magazine.

To advertise in Overseas Walks and Tours contact Michelle 06-358-5088, 021-707-015 or email michelle@dapper.co.nz www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Roads Less Travelled (NZ) Ltd Small group holidays for active over 50’s

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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, 09-443-6919 or 0274-481-581 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), Paula Cole 09-444-6435 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: www.nstc.org.nz 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

RODNEY 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 CLAUDELAND WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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6848 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

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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

TAURANGA/MT MAUNGANUI 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

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HAWKES BAY 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

TARANAKI 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 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

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

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

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 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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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WHANGAMATA 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

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

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

WANGANUI WANGANUI CASTLECLIFF WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Dorothea Dobbie 06344-4219 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 WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Karen Buckholt 06-349-2315

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WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), Darol Pointon 06-345-3137

WAVERLEY SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: (AM), (BIA), Betty Morrison 06346-5613

OHAKUNE SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young 06385-4055

MARTON SPORT WANGANUI 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

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

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 MASTERTON 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

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 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

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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

KAPITI 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 THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday, email kapitithursdaywalkers@gmail.com,www.sportsground.co.nz/ kapitithursdaywalkers KAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-9021754 KAPITI WANDERERS: Tuesday (alt), email: kapitiwanderers@gmail.com, www.sportsground.co.nz/ kapitiwanderers MONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or Steve Golledge 04-904-5904 SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022

SOUTH ISLAND MARLBOROUGH BLENHEIM 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 HEI HEI WALKERS: Thursday, Lee Tuki 03-373-8150 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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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 ST PETERS WALKING GROUP: Monday (PM), Thursday (PM) (BIA), Audrey 03-348-9157 SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), 03-389-1982 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

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

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

ALEXANDRA

WEST COAST

INVERCARGILL

GREYMOUTH

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

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

OTAGO

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

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

TE ANAU TE ANAU KIWI SENIORS WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Sport Southland, 03-211-2150

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

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Phone: 07-883-5890

Email: lakesidefarms@xtra.co.nz Website: www.lakesidefarm.com

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