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NEW ZEALANDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECREATION WALKING MAGAZINE

ISSUE No 171 - 2012

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New Zealand walk:

weather forecast

Tour de Stoke

Overseas walks:

Two easy walks in Blue Mountains National Park

New Zealand walk:

Karituwhenua Stream Walkway

Overseas walks:

Burgundy

Walk in and experience good food and wine

Podiatry:

Painful forefoot

New Zealand walk:

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CONTENTS Issue No 171 - 2012

4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Karituwhenua Stream W alk Walk alk-way 8 Walkers benefit by new Horopito to Ohakune link 11 Major project to rejuvenate Abel T asman National Tasman Park ecology 11 Books: Cycling Auckland 12 Event: Alpine plant enthusiasts hitch ride to herbfields ak es now a world top ten region 13 Southern L Lak akes 14 New Zealand walks: Many wetland walks around area 16 New Zealand walks: Rotorua woman explores the Forgotten Coast 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walks: River walk with paddleboat option 22 New Zealand walk: Tour de Stok e Stoke 23 Te Araroa Trail: New high view points opened in Southland 24 Overseas walks: Two easy walks in Blue Mountains National P ark Park 30 Overseas walks: Walk in Burgundy and experience good food and wine 34 New Zealand walk: Taieri Gorge rail walk coming up 36 Walking the World 38 Health: Does adding more calcium in the diet prevent Osteoporosis? 40 Podiatry: P ainful forefoot? Painful 41 Overseas walks and tours 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for April 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 50 Window on Waitakere: Contractors 50 Nordic W alking Calendars Walking 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 Christchurch Marathon

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Walkway name may not change

$1m refurbishment at iconic Kimberley Coast retreat The name of the Coastal Walkway might remain unchanged. The New Plymouth Distr ict Council Policy Committee recommended that the Council confirm the name Coastal Walkway, rather than change it to better reflect the path's multiple use. The Council will consider the matter at its meeting on 13 March. In August last year the Council considered changing the name of the 11km shared-use path to Coastal Pathway to remove the perception that walkers had priority over other users. A public survey garnered nearly 400 responses, 75 per cent of whom did not want the name changed. Of those who did want a different name, Coastal Pathway was the preferred option, followed by Coastal Trail. Manager Parks Mark Bruhn says efforts to raise awareness of the shared-use nature of the walkway will continue, including installing signs at key entry points to promote courteous use and to 'share with care' Among the survey respondents, 87 per cent use the Coastal Walkway for walking, 44 per cent for cycling, 23 per cent to run or jog, 17 per cent to walk with a dog, and 13.5 per cent to skateboard or rollerblade.

Burma - a top 10 bucket list destination ‘This is Burma’, wrote Rudyard Kipling more than 100 years ago. ‘It is quite unlike any place you know about.’ New this year, a USA travel firm, a leader in 50+ travel, with particular expertise in travel for American women, is one of the first companies to offer a small group tour to this far away world, Burma. ‘We want people to come to Burma,’ comments the National League for Democracy (NLD), the opposition party that had urged foreigners to stay away since 1996. Following the release of pro-democracy inspirational female voice, Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent 15 of the past 20 years under house arrest, Burma is cited amongst American travel experts as one of the top 10 hot-bucket list destinations this year. Travellers also express a particular desire to experience the ‘real’ Burma. Contemplate 4000 sacred stupas scattered across the plains of Bagan. Stare in disbelief at the golden rock teetering impossibly on the edge of a chasm. Encounter men wearing skirt-like longyi, women smothered in thanaka (traditional makeup) and betel-chewing grannies with blood red juices dripping from their mouths. Visit local markets and Burma’s ancient royal capital of Amarapura. Turn back the clock with a trip to this time-warped country where the adventure travel of old lives on. It’s a country that fuels your emotions, stimulates your senses and stays in your soul. Gentle, humorous, engaging, considerate, inquisitive and passionate, they want to play a part in the world, and to know what you make of their world.

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Solar power, handmade timber furnishings, ocean and earth colour themes, a custom built boat, unique 'Outback bar', and a new jetty to work around the massive 7 meter tides are just some of the recent upgrades at the exclusive Kimberley Coastal Camp in the far north Kimberley of West Australia, whre bush walking is an option. Following it's sale in late 2010, over $1m has already been spent on upgrades at the luxury wilderness retreat with more to be expected in coming years. In keeping with the rustic yet refined theme of Kimberley Coastal Camp, furniture has been handmade in the South West of WA by local craftsmen. "A lot of thought has gone into each and every decision on this project", commented manager Kevin Dean. "If it's not unique, then it's not for us". The new solar power system produces over 80% of the camp's daily power and repeat guests will notice the absent hum of the diesel powered generator. What more can be said about an Outback bar? "I guess you'll have to see for yourself on that one" said Kevin. Kimberley Coastal Camp's reputation for unparalleled hospitality remains unchanged, with a high staff to guest ratio of one staff member to a maximum three guests. All inclusive packages at Kimberley Coastal Camp start from $2594 per person for two nights and guests can choose to spend their days viewing some of the world's oldest rock art - Gwion Gwion, or the more recent Wandjina rock art, bushwalking, fishing, birdwatching, mudcrabbing, or just relaxing in the peaceful surrounds of the Admiralty Gulf. Packages include transfers from one of four Kimberley locations, meals, beverages, accommodation, all activities and a scenic flight over the Mitchell Falls. Kimberley Coastal Camp is open from late March to October each year. Web: www.kimberleycoastalcamp.com.au

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Brisbane Greeters offer walking tours of Brisbane The Brisbane Greeter programme is part of Brisbane's Economic Development Plan 2012 -31, which is Brisbane City Council's economic development blueprint to create jobs and boost confidence, hope and opportunity for the businesses and residents of Brisbane. "The Brisbane Greeters Program is one of the recommendations developed by my Economic Development Steering Committee after consulting with over 200 Brisbane businesses,"said Lord Mayor Graham Quirk. "We've committed $595,000 over three years for the introduction of the Brisbane Greeters Programme, which will encourage volunteers to welcome and take visitors on short walking tours specific for visitors to the city." Staffed by passionate volunteers, the Brisbane Greeters Programme will provide visitors with a personal perspective of the city and reveal the heart and soul of Brisbane across four categories: Arts and Culture; History and Heritage; Family Fun; Architecture. "Our Brisbane Greeters will provide visitors with a better and more rewarding understanding of Brisbane, providing them with local knowledge and showing them the hidden secrets and lesser known areas they might not otherwise have the opportunity to experience.

"Our volunteers will help us spread the word about why Brisbane is such an exciting place to visit." The Brisbane Greeters Program is part of the Global Greeters Network, which began in New York in 1992 and has since been successfully adopted by 27 cities around the world including Toronto, Paris and Berlin as well as Adelaide and Melbourne in Australia. Programme itineraries include Churches Shrines and Sculpture, Contemporary Design, Historic Pubs, Wartime Brisbane, Government Heritage, A River Runs Through, The Great Outdoors, Family Fresh Food and a Feast of Public Art. Visitors to Brisbane can book their tours online, or through the Brisbane Visitor Information and Booking Centre in the Queen Street Mall - which is the starting point for all tours. Tours will take between two to four hours via a combination of guided walks and public transport with a maximum of six guests. Visitors can select from a number of suggested tour itineraries or customise their own tour from the most interesting precincts. "I'm inviting Brisbane residents call on their friends and family with enthusiasm, commitment and pride in their city to come forward and volunteer to show visitors what they love most about Brisbane," Cr Quirk said. For further information visit www.brisbanegreeeters.com.au.

More women now travelling overseas Just five years ago one in every two travellers with Grand Circle were women – now the figure has risen to seven women in every group of 10. And many of these are travelling solo. Harriet Lewis, company spokesperson and vice chairman, comments on the following trends for women travellers: The way women travel is different to men – they want to connect with local people, see cultures first hand, and experience native life. Women love making connections. Women particularly enjoy visiting more remote locations – mountain top villages, and hidden communities – Burma, Mongolia, Colombia and the Gobi desert are all popular destinations this year Travelling in small groups – for women – is essential; women seek safety and camaraderie, and feel most comfortable in groups where they can meet like-minded travellers.

Protection of Adele Island after rat found Efforts are being stepped up to protect native wildlife on Adele Island after a rat was found dead in a trap on the Abel Tasman National Park island sanctuary. The Department of Conservation is putting in more predator traps and increasing monitoring to detect rats on the island. It will also be considering with the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust what further measures should be taken to protect the island. DOC is also reminding the public of the need to ensure boats and kayaks are free of rats, mice and other pests before landing at Adele and other predator-free island wildlife sanctuaries. ‘Rats pose a threat to South Island robins that have been returned to the island, other birdlife, lizards, weta and other Prizewinners insects. The winners of the this month’s Walking New Zealand promotion ‘We can’t be sure how the rat are: A588 Pedometer - Barbara got onto the island but it may Lunny, Brown Bay and a six month have come from a boat or it subscription extension to Walking may have even swum across New Zealand magazine Mary from the park mainland.’ Cooper, Rotorua. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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The entrance off Te Mata Road.

Two walkers on the track.

Karituwhenua Stream T

he Karituwhenua Stream Walkway in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, started off when the Karituwhenua Stream Landcare Group, was formed in 1992. This was the first urban Landcare Group in New Zealand.

In the old days the stream, which rises in the Te Mata hills and flows into the Karamu Stream, formed the boundary between the hapu (sub-tribes) of Te Mata and Clive. The initial aim was to reduce erosion near the spillway behind the Kingsgate Reserve and

to beautify the area. In 1996 after clearing the area of old manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beard, convolvulus, blackberry and rubbish it was decided to do planting of mainly native trees and shrubs to encourage bird life assisted by up to 20 volunteers..

Above and below: Bridges, steps to exits, seats and a wide picnic area along the walkway.

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A shaded part on the track.

Steps to Reeve Drive.

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Walking tracks were then created to make a pleasant place to visit, where later some 140 signs donated by Lions, Rotary and the Hawkes Bay Regional Council were put up. Although the emphasis has been on native trees and shrubs a more open area at the top end of the reserve is devoted to exotic, largely deciduous, specimen trees with lovely autumn colours. There are also many large trees such as redwoods, macrocarpas and oaks which have been established for over 30 years. The Forest and Bird Society has been particularly generous in providing plants for the area. One person has seen over the course of a year, 15 native birds as well as 15 introduced birds. The main entrance to the walk is 2.3 kms up Te Mata Road from the Havelock North Village Centre next to house number 180 and is well sign posted.. The walkway starts with a walk down a few steps to the main track below, where it wanders beside the stream and in a number of places crosses over a bridge to the other side. There are a number of areas where there are large flat areas, idea for picnics etc. The volunteers have placed a number of seats beside the stream for those who wish to have a break or listen or view the birds. You can enter the walkway from Reeve Drive, Kinsgate Avenue, Fulford Place and at the end. Allow up to an hour to walk the length and return. This is a suitable walk for the reasonably fit of any age and sneakers are appropriate footwear. Take a snack or drink and sit at one of the tables or seats and contemplate the peaceful surroundings. Dogs off the leash but under control are welcome. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Above: The track beside the stream. Below: A bridge crossing makes a pretty picture.

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Walkers benefit by new Horopito to Above left: A sunny clearing along the trail. Above centre: The big Hapuawhenua Viaduct. Above right: Native bush along the route.

new 11km section of walkway/cycleway has just been completed in Tongariro National Park linking Horopito with Ohakune; and progress is being made to extend it even further. Because it has been developed for both walkers and cyclists the

track is wide and follows a fairly level gradient. There are short steeper sections at either end. The route follows an old Bridle trail, which was up-graded with rock pavers to take stage Coaches. In some places these old cobble stones can still be seen under piles of leaves.

Below left: An old stump near Horopito. Right: A stand of tall Pungas beside the track.

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Horopito to Ohakune link This ‘Old Coach Rd’ was abandoned in 1909 when the railway took over; and now winds around the hillside giving lovely views of the surrounding country. Some parts were very open, while others, were circled by Native bush with lots of Pungas, Koromiko, Horopito with it’s pink tinged leaves, tall Rimus, and fat Wood Pigeons feasting on berries. Horopito Township is higher than Ohakune,so it is easier to walk down, from Matapuna Road in Horopito to the Railway Station in Ohakune, taking about three hours. The route passes two old viaducts, first Taonui, a steel lattice str ucture, then Hapuawhenua, which is part of the Ruapehu to Whanganui Cycleway . This viaduct was used until 1987, when a newer one, was built. Just past here you can walk into a disused railway tunnel. Then it’s mostly downhill to Ohakune where you have a choice of cafes and bars, and if you don’t have return transport, shuttles will take you back to Horopito. This is a really interesting family walk with interactive displays all along the way, showing the history of this area. A fun day out. Below left and below right: Silhouettes of peple of days gone by are highlights along the track.

Above photos; The Taonui Viaduct from above and below, a relic of days gone by. Below: Map showing Horopito and Ohakune with blue line showing the road to each point.

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Major project to rejuvenate Abel Tasman National Park ecology

n extensive 30-year multi-million dol lar project to restore Abel Tasman National Park’s natural ecology is being launched with initial funding from a private family trust. The far-reaching ecological project aims to enhance native forest and wildlife over close to 80% of the 22,500-hectare park by 2042, the 100th anniversary of the park and the 400th anniversary of Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman finding New Zealand. Project Janszoon is a partnership between the Department of Conservation and the Project Janszoon Trust, formed last December to support the Abel Tasman conservation programme with initial funding from a philanthropic New Zealand family which wishes to remain anonymous. Abel Janszoon Tasman was the first European explorer to reach New Zealand and on that 1642 visit he anchored off what is now the northern national park coast. His expedition’s encounter there with Maori was the first between Maori and Europeans. Project Janszoon Director Devon McLean said the project was named after the middle name of Abel Tasman to symbolise restoring the ecological heart and essence of the park. ‘The Project Janszoon Trust wants the 2042 celebrations of the park’s 100th anniversary and the 400th anniversary of Abel Tasman’s visit to be a celebration of an outstanding conservation success story. ‘Abel Tasman National Park was chosen by

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the Trust because as one of New Zealand’s outstanding project. ‘Currently more than 150,000 people visit most visited national parks it is an ideal location to demonstrate the potential of a sus- the park’s coast each year. It is highly valued as an outstanding natural place for relaxation and recreation, and the thousands of visitors it draws makes it important to NelsonTasman’s economic prosperity. People’s park experience will be enriched by increasingly flourishing birdlife and lush, healthy forest thanks to the significant Project Janszoon and the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust.’ Project Janszoon intends to increase the abundance of native species still found in the park including kaka, bellbirds, tui, weka, Powelliphanta snails, northern rata and mistletained restoration effort where many people toes. It also aims to return species no longer found in the park, including possibly great can appreciate it. ‘Project Janszoon’s restoration programme spotted kiwi, mohua, and sooty shearwater. The Trust last year began a multi-year prowill expand on the Department’s pest control and species recovery work in the park and that gramme to control and eradicate wilding pines of the Abel Tasman Birdsong Trust which we from the national park. The Trust has also worked with the Dewill also work alongside and support, includpartment in establishing and maintaining the ing its wilding pine control programme.’ DOC Nelson Marlborough Conservator park’s three main islands, Adele, Fisherman Neil Clifton said Project Janszoon’s long-term, and Tonga, as predator-free wildlife sanctuarlarge-scale approach would enable the tide to ies. It has supported the reintroduction of be decidedly turned against the introduced robins to Adele Island as part of restoring its plants and animals that damage Abel Tasman’s ecology. An ecological restoration plan for the park natural landscape and wildlife so native speis being developed that will incorporate concies can thrive there again. ‘This is exciting for Abel Tasman National trol of introduced plants and animals, Park. We are extremely grateful to the Project reintroductions of bird species either lost from Janszoon Trust and its donors whose tremen- the park or reduced to low numbers, and dous generosity is enabling the launch of this plantings of native species.

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Alpine plant enthusiasts hitch a ride to the herbfields

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Left, above and below: Plant enthusiasts amoung the alpine flowers. Photos Weston.

By Mike Tapp

hirty plant enthusiasts went for an al pine wander recently courtesy of The Department of Conservation, reaching heights that many of the party hadn’t set foot on for years. It was all part of the summer walks programme but this one involved a bumpy ride in four wheel drive DOC vehicles.

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“We wanted to involve some of our keen botanists in the community, that could no longer climb to the places they once roamed” said Mike Tapp, DOC’s Community Relations Ranger. “The ride up the translator track gave them a head start to the alpine herbfields around Tahurangi Lodge and armed with hand lenses and cameras and with the willing help of plant

enthusiasts, Barry Hartley, Val Smith and Barbara Hammonds, we had a great day.” At a height of around 1600 metres the ground is carpeted by small plants less than 15cm high and from mid to late January there are massed flowering displays of the mountain daisies and other plants. Many of group had spent years fossicking at these lofty heights so they knew the mountain well. Keen mountain man Jack Bromley remembered the first hut that the Alpine Club erected. “It was a Nissan military style hut,” said Jack. “And I didn’t like the design at all. It lasted until the first storm.” Four photos taken by Tim Weston, are attached

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Southern Lakes now a world top ten region

nfluential travel authority, Lonely Planet, has chosen New Zea land's Southern Lakes region as one of the world's Top 10 Re gions to visit in 2012. The Southern Lakes region of Queenstown, Lake Wanaka and Fiordland is the only New Zealand region to feature in the new book, Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2012 - the best trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the upcoming year. Queenstown and Southern Lakes is ranked eighth in the book's list of Top 10 Regions for its year-round activities and spectacular scenery. An excerpt from the book reads, "There isn't a bad time to turn up in the world's top adventure playground. There're nonstop outdoor activities year-round in the resort towns of Queenstown, Wanaka and Te Anau, as well as the surrounding mountains, lakes and parks... Where else can you ski in the morning and golf or water ski in the afternoon? Add excellent wineries and superb restaurants and what more is there to say?" The Southern Lakes region is renowned as one of the most diverse and spectacular regions in the world, encompassing the tranquil beauty of Lake Wanaka, the international four-season resort of Queenstown and Fiordland's dramatic landscapes, all surrounded by the breathtaking scenery of the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area. Queenstown and the Southern Lakes shares the Top 10 Regions list with destinations such as Borneo, Sicily, Northern Kenya and Coastal Wales which tops the 2012 list. Best in Travel's recommendations are drawn from hundreds of ideas submitted by Lonely Planet's staff, authors and community of travellers, bloggers and tweeters. Their suggestions are then refined by a panel of in-house travel experts, based on topicality, excitement, value and that special X-factor. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Many wetlands walks around area

Left and above: What a wetland area or track can look like.

ucklanders have been encouraged to ing many endangered species. They also proexplore Auckland’s precious remain vide other vital functions such as helping to ing wetlands. This information was improve water quality and reduce brought up for World Wetlands flood risks,” Mr Boow says. Day last month. “Unfortunately many people Auckland Council Acting underrate their importance and ■ Biodiversity Manager Jonathan over 90 per cent of New Zealand’s Boow says there are a range of wetlands have been destroyed, so notable wetlands around the rethey are amongst our rarest and gion that Aucklanders can visit to most at risk ecosystems. gain an appreciation of their valu“Consequently, Auckland able role, biodiversity and natural Council is actively working to rebeauty. store, maintain and improve “Wetlands support a great diwetlands around the region, and to versity of plants, insects and wildlife, includ- improve public awareness about their impor-

tance. In addition, we support many community-led wetland initiatives, including through our Environmental Initiatives Fund.” “Wetlands have much to offer in environmental, educational and recreational terms, and we’d like more Aucklanders to discover their values and benefits - as long as they explore and enjoy them responsibly.” Some of the best-known wetlands in the Auckland region include: the edges of the Waitemata, Manukau and Kaipara harbours; Whatipu and Te Henga wetlands; Waitakere Ranges Regional Park; Waiatarua Reserve, Remuera and Tahuna Torea Reserve, an extensive coastal wetland on a long sandbank extending into the Tamaki estuary. There are the variety of wetlands at Tawharanui Regional Park; the dune lakes systems on the South Kaipara and Awhitu peninsulas; Kaitoke swamp and Whangapoua estuary on Great Barrier Island.

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Rotorua woman explores

Fiordland Coast Walks, situated along the southwest corner of the South Island, provides their clients the unique experience of exploring the Fiordland and South Westland coast — a place largely unknown and untouched by the outside world.

By Andrew Healey

here are several walks on offer: South ern Bays, The Forgotten Coast, Staf ford Coast and personalised options for those with particular interests and fitness levels. I spoke to Rotorua primary-school teacher Janice Fry about her experiences during a recent trip to the Forgotten Coast. After flying in from Haast by helicopter, over a four-day period, Janice walked 35 kilometres along the rugged west coast of the South Island, starting at the mouth of the Cascade River and finishing at Awarua Point. “The helicopter ride was a real buzz…you can see all the bays that you’re going to be walking along: some are sandy, some are rocky and some shingly,” she says. Janice, an experienced tramper, says that this trip was like nothing she had experienced before. “I think everyone should experience, at least once in their lifetime, walking along diverse beaches one Left: Dave Janice and Alice enjoying a break.

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Above: The Forgotten Coast with the Southern Alps in the background.

after the other… with the rolling ocean on one side and the green hills and forest on the other… you’re walking beside the ocean and seeing nobody,” says Janice. “There is a feeling of wildness that you don’t get on the east coast.” Wild it is — the Fiordland and South Westland coast is one of the most remote in New Zealand. People have tried to settle there over the years, but have been driven back by Mother Nature. “When you travel in the bush you can’t always see much,” says Janice. “But when you’re on the coast you can see the weather. You see amazing light through the clouds; the beauty of the waves, and the sound (of the waves) permeates everything.” Surprisingly, Janice relished the sometimes stormy weather. “If you’re lucky enough to catch a semi storm, you see huge breakers roaring in like trains,” she says. Janice says the trip wasn’t difficult. There was no need to carry food or water as food was flown in to her accommodation and there were plenty of fresh-water streams to drink from. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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the Forgotten Coast When the weather was fine she and her guides, Dave and Alice, spent time swimming in the ocean or searching for crayfish and pipis (shell fish). She witnessed dolphins, about half way, at Barn Bay and seals when she landed at Cascade river mouth. Janice stayed in huts on the first two nights and camped on the third. While camping, she recalled feeling the ground shaking and the thrill when she realised that the tremors were caused by the nearby ocean crashing onto the beach. Upon completing the trip, Janice and her guides celebrated with a bottle of wine. “Dave and Alice were fantastic,” she says. “At night we had such a good time. We played games and there was lots of laughter.” Janice feels she gained a different perspective of the world during the trip, and during the return helicopter ride, whilst peering down at the coast she had traversed, felt quite sorry to leave. For more information visit www.fiordlandcoastwalks.co.nz. Right: Janice at “The Steeples”.

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Monthly Photo Contest These are the winners of this month’s photos in our Digital Photo Contest. 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.

To enter 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. Photos must be emailed and not sent by post. In the subject line type “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest” and the email must include the NAME, 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. Email your entries to: walkingnz@xtra.co.nz with subject line: “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest”

Left: Marijke Lindgreen is dwarfed by this giant canyon on a secret tramp up a river in the South Island. Photo by Laura Birch, Thames. Below left: June and Pam under the amazing Grass Trees Dracophyllum traversii in Kahurangi National Park. Photo by Rebecca Bowater, Atawhai.

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Above left: Picture of tramping through Sawcut Gorge. Photo by Colleen Link, Blenheim. Below middle: In the fields at Puhinui Reserve. The Sunday Explorers enjoyed walking around the Puhinui Reserve and looking out across the Manukau Harbour, before walking the section of Te Araroa Trail which opened last July. Photo taken by Chris Johns, Auckland

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Above right: Walking up towards the Harris Saddle on the Routeburn track. We were fortunate enough to have had a snowfall the night before, but bright sunshine that day. This is a photo of my husband, John, making his way to the saddle. Photo by Linda Ryan, Epsom.

Below: Walking in Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s footsteps up and over Motutara Farm, Whananaki North. Photo by Christine Pardy-Comber, Takapuna.

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The Otonui Paddleboat and parasailing at Mangakino.

he opening of the Waikato River Trails in November 2011 brought a great op portunity to add a new product to the paddleboat cruises being offered. The Paddleboat Company at Mangakino, runs the Otunui Paddleboat on Lake Maraetai, the Waikato River and the Mangakino Stream. Bikers and walkers can use the paddleboat as a one way shuttle, and take the trail back to the Mangakino waterfront. The Lakefront Reserve offers toilets, free lakeside camping, and the Bus Stop CafĂŠ is right there to refuel you after all that healthy exercise. The paddleboat needs a minimum of 10

people to run but you can join an existing trip and make up the numbers. Be sure to phone first on 027 418 3930 or 07 882 8826 and book a date and time to suit. The cruises take you from the jetty at the lakefront, to the Southern end of Lake Maraetai and up either the Mangakino Stream or Waikato River. This can depend on the trip you wish to do, and also the lake level. If the lake level is dropped by Mighty River Power to too low a level, a trip all the way up the Mangakino Stream is not possible. The paddleboat shuttle is one way that your non-trail walking friends can join you for a day out and just wait for your return at the

cafĂŠ or while enjoying the park and boardwalks in Mangakino. Facilities on board include a licensed bar with simple food, tea/coffee/snacks. A BBQ is available for groups to use and can be fully catered also, and yes there is a toilet on board. Trout fishing trips are also popular for the boys, along with stag/hens nights and wedding receptions. Pricing for the cruises and shuttles are very reasonable: Two hour cruises cost $45 Adults, $35 Seniors/Kids under 16 and groups of 10 or more $25pp. $650 for a full boat charter up to 40 people. Biker/walker shuttles offer 16km, 12km (walkers only), 8km, 6km trails distances and cost $25pp. Mangakino/Lake Maraetai is on the Waikato River and 45minutes from Taupo or Rotorua; one and a half hours from Hamilton or Tauranga; and three hours from Auckland. If you wish to spend a bit of time in the town you can enjoy golf, trout fishing, kayaking (including glow worm tours), much more of the Waikato River Trails and Pureora Forest is on 30 minutes away. Accommodation is available at the Pub and several lodges, or rent a fully furnished bach. Prices from $35pp/ per night. Or of course, Left: Passengers on the Otonui Paddleboat enjoy a trip on the river.

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with paddleboat option camp for free in you tent or motorhome, right by the lakeside. The 1907 Otunui is 105 years old and one of the Hatrick’s Fleet of riverboats which ran on the Whanganui River in the early 1900’s. This particular boat operated on the Pipiriki to Taumaranui run and climbed up and down the 239 rapids delivering people, cargo, mail and supplies all along the river. Lost in the 1940’s during a storm, the boat was refloated over several years back to Whanganui by Mr Barree Sproule, then a jetboat operator on the Whanganui. He rebuilt the boat using a diesel engine and jet unit, latter adding a stern paddlewheel. The paddleboat has operated on the Whanganui River, Lake Okataina, Waikato River from Aratiatia to Huka Falls, in Coromandel Harbour, on the Waihau River at TeAroha and Paeroa, and also made an expedition up the Waihou to Stanley Landing, the ■ old upstream port. Twin diesels and side paddlewheels were installed along with an additional 12 feet of length in the hull around 1982. Currently a modern Toyota Diesel power-plant and hydraulic drives move the boat through the waterways. Otunui was relocated to Lake Maraetai in November 2010 and this is the perfect place for her. These sheltered, scenic waters offer lake, river and stream cruising with majestic dams, high overhead cliffs, deep swirling rivers and clear shallow trout streams just some of the varied and wonderful sights. Youtube.com has several videos of the paddleboat in action, as groups that have enjoyed their trips put up their own videos so others can get a taste of these wonderful cruises. These can be viewed at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFf72xWjmoQ, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAwpeKgs_-Q, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW9guSEOe30&list=LLI5rsPutZiVaRUB2vZmSKg&index=1&feature=plpp_video. Otunui Paddleboat, Mangakino. The Paddleboat Company, www.paddleboat.co.nz, info@paddleboat.co.nz, www.facebook.com/ otunui.

The Otunui Paddleboat on the Waikato River.

Below: A walker on the Waikato River Trail.

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Tour de Stoke

he Tour de Stoke walk is a pleasant walk that takes in quiet streets and pedestrian pathways of central Stoke in the Nelson area. The walk is classed as easy, all sealed. and suitable for prams and wheelchairs. Allow 25 minutes to one hour for this walk Start at the Stoke Library in the Strawbridge Square Carpark. Walk out to Putaita Street and you will see the bronze sculpture Oracle that was created by Grant Palliser and installed in 1996. The hand emerges from the ground in a cradling fashion, referring to Nelson's nurturing landscape and creative environment. Turn right into Neale Avenue and continue up to the Neale Avenue Reserve where there is a set of swings here for the young (and the young at heart). Follow the path alongside Poorman Valley Stream, crossing the Railway Reserve, and continuing through to Nayland Road. Turn right into Nayland Road and go past the Nayland Park

â&#x2013; Swimming Complex. Turn right into Fergusson Street, then right into Cobham Crescent and further along, right into a small lane that leads on to the Railway Reserve. Alternatively carry along Fergusson Street to Newall Avenue or Jellicoe Avenue and on to

the Railway Reserve, a notable feature of the Nelson landscape, particularly in Stoke, providing a pedestrian/cycle route that runs almost the entire length of the city. The reser ve follows the old Glenhope to Nelson railway line. Take the Railway Reser ve

through the Camellias and Rhododendrons of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walkway (est 1998), all the way back to Songer Street, turn left to return to the Strawbridge Square Carpark.

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New high viewpoints opened in Southland Southland’s Te Araroa route has advanced a further 18 kilometres with the opening of the Woodlaw Track south of the Takitimu Range. The new track crosses both exotic and native forests and opens up viewpoints high above the Southland Downs. Te Araroa’s South Island project manager Mike Pullar negotiated the access. The Department of Conservation’s Brian Murphy, Keri Tuna, John Clark and Stan Somerville built most of the track. Birchwood Station’s Stephen Blair-Edie, Matariki Forests, and DT King & Co, all agreed to Te Araroa access. Te Araroa Trust acknowledges their generosity, and asks walkers on this section to respect the access conditions, including a closure for lambing 9 September to 9 November inclusive. Further access conditions are listed on the trail notes for this section on the Te Araro website. The Woodlaw Track leads south to another forestry block – Island Bush. Matariki Forests again permitted access through the forest, and a generous local farmer, Mike Whale, allowed Te Araroa’s access out of the forest across his farm. This route requires walkers to notify the farm manager of any tramp prior to setting foot on the land, and has other requirements also. Consult Te Araroa’s website for details. For Te Araroa’s walkers going south, the Longwood Range is then in their sights. Below left: Te Araroa Southland Trust's Lloyd Blakie and Kevin Hawkes built the stiles through Island Bush and put up the markers. Below right: The Takitimus, and Southland downs as viewed from Twinlaw Peak. Photos by Mike Pullar

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Above: A fern sprouts after last year’s fire.

ust one hour west of the spectacular harbourside capital of New South Wales, Australia, the Blue Mountains run in parallel to the coastline, bordering the great coastal plain that sustains the city Sydney. The Blue Mountains are named for their blue haze, a result of natural oils released into the air as vapour by forests of eucalyptus trees. The Blue Mountains, almost 100km west of Sydney, are pivotal in Australian colonial history. Having crossed these inhospitable ranges the British settlers surveyed (with awe) the abundant pastoral plains of Bathurst that sustained NSW from infancy to it’s adolescence. The most famous and most visited town in the Blue Mountains is Katoomba, second only to it’s nearest and cutest, neighbour, Leura, where the Prince Henry Cliff Walk starts. The Mountains are a popular weekend destination among Sydneysiders as well as overseas tourists, as the mountains are easily reached by train from Sydney. It takes about two hours to reach Leura and Katoomba, including a slow, zig-zagging climb up the mountains by a regular train service starting from Central Station in Sydney. Katoomba, at a level of 1017 metres is a town with a population of 8000 with the smaller town Leura only a few minutes away by train or bus. There is a Blue Mountains Explorer which is a hop On Hop Off service between Katoomba and Leura The Prince Henry Cliff Walk, approxiBelow: The track near the Scenic Skyway.

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Two easy walks in Blue Mountains mately nine kilometres in length, connects the Gordon Falls Reserve in Leura with Leura Cascades, The Three Sisters/Echo Point to Scenic World in Katoomba. Running along the top of the escarpment you can do the walk in its entirety or a short section at a time with over 20 places to start the walk. Valley views, iconic landmarks, rainforest gullies, cascades and waterfalls this walk provides an excellent opportunity to appreciate all that the Blue Mountains has to offer.

Scenic World to Echo Point Distance two kilometres - Time 40 minutes one way To get to the start of the Prince Henry Cliff Walks you can catch a public bus 686 or 698 or walk the 1km to the start at Scenic World. There are tourist bus companies offering transport to and from the walk and also at other drop off points along the walk. This is an easy clifftop stroll above the Jamison Valley and Federal Pass, and a great introduction to the Blue Mountains. Track details From Scenic World, leave the car park and head along Cliff Drive towards Katoomba Falls Road and the charming Katoomba Falls Cafe, a scenic spot to down a coffee or scoff a Devonshire Tea! From the cafe, continue along Katoomba Falls Road until it intersects with the Prince Henry Cliff Walk and follows the clifftop. Just a few minutes along the track is Mt Solitary and another spectacular view over the valley, looking back towards Scenic World. The next kilometre or so of track follows the clifftop to Wollumai Lookout, which provide a series of breathtaking elevated vantages above the valley. On a clear day, particularly in winter itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing how far you can see. Towards the end of the track, almost below the Echo Point viewing platform , is a wooden bridge set above a trickling creek in a tiny thicket of rainforest, popular with parrots and cockatoos. From here, the track climbs up to Echo Right: The magnificent Katoomba Cascades.

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Above left: One of the viewing platforms. Above right: This section of the track was hit by last year’s fires.

Two easy walks in Blue Mountains Lone Pine Ave, Leura, the start of the Prince Henry Cliff Walk. The walk from Leura to Echo Point starts at the Leura Cascades picnic area, a great place to soak in the mountain air and soak up the views across the Jamison Valley. The concrete path commences near a large information sign (and map), becoming rockier as it descends beside Leura Cascades creek towards Bridal Veil lookout. The walk continues alongside the Prince Henry Drive, until it reaches a stunLeura to Echo Point ning lookout, Tarpeian Rock. This elevated Distance six kilometres - Time three hours vantage point offers clear views of Mt Solione way. tary. From Leura Train Station walk 1.3kms to From this pont, the track becomes a little Point and the world famous Three Sisters. The distance is about two kilometers and takes about 40 minutes The track is gently undulating 380 metres ascent to 370 metres descent. This section of the walk gives one a great sense of the Mountains landscape, with valley views, rainforest gullies, and historic lookouts. This walk is great for families especially if you are not sure how long the kids will go before they get exhausted or demand to be carried. You can exit the walk in about 20 different places.

more challenging, climbing uphill and presenting a tough climb of steps towards OlympianRock and across a high concrete bridge to Elysian Rock. Yes, they like rocks up this way. From here, the walk follows the cliff line all the way to Millamurra and Tallawarra Lookouts, both speccy and both presenting sweeping ■ views over the valley while you catch your breath. The last part of the climb will see you reach the stunning rock towers at Echo Point, known as the Three Sisters. This last climb is long but steady and the 180 to 270 degree view of the Jamison Valley on show from this lookout is seriously incred-

Below left: A bridge adds variety along the walkway. Below right: The trees on the right were hit by last year’s fires.

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ible, you can see for miles and miles. From Echo Point there are numerous walks to take, including the exhilarating descent from Echo Point to the Scenic Railway via the Giant Staircase. The many other walking tracks in Katoomba and Leura areas that were designed to follow the natural landscape: along cliff tops, down gullies and canyons and along valley floors. Many involve steep steps and stairs and can make for strenuous walking, but shorter walks are also available. Some tracks are historic routes, built for mining in earlier times, while others are planned tourist tracks. Weather conditions can change suddenly in the mountains and all walkers should carry warm, waterproof clothing and some food and water. Check the difficulty of any walk attempted and make sure it is within the capabilities of all members of your group. Also carry a bag for litter as there are no rubbish bins within the park. Take extreme care near lookouts and cliffs.

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Above left and above right: The tracks around Echo Point are popular with visitors.

Above: The viewing point from Echo Point. Below: A busy day on the walkway.

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Walk in Burgundy and food and wine A

By Dawn Lamb

n organised walk in Burgundy is a wonderful combination of good food and wine, with enough exercise during the day to assauge any guilt pangs! We started in Beaune. This town is, by itself, worth a day’s exploring on foot. In 1364, the Duchy of Burgundy under Philippe the Bold became a wealthy independent state of considerable size – almost as big as the rest of France. The ramparts, that are still intact, were built Below: The spectacular chateau in the village of La Rochepot.

around Beaune not just for defence but so that the town could tax both the grapes being brought into the city and the barrels of wine made under the prestigious ‘Beaune’label which were going out. There are several interesting medieval buildings remaining from this age of plenty but the highlight, and well worth a private tour, is the famous Hospice de Beaune. From Beaune the first day’s walk goes 14km south to Puligny Montrachet through a gently rolling landscape of vineyards, the stone walls that mark each vintner’s terroir, and famous wine villages like Pommard.

The second day’s 16km were more challenging. The day began with a transfer to the village of Nolay with its lovely medieval covered market. The boulangerie where we bought lunch supplies was festooned with r ugby paraphenalia – the proprietors might not be quite so welcoming now! The walk begins with an amble through gardens but then gradually climbed through forest paths to a final scramble up the white limestone Cormot Cliffs where you are rewarded with great views of the Cote de Beaune from

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Above: Walking in a vineyard with magnificent views of the Burgundy countryside.

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Walk in Burgundy and experience good food and wine the top. Long, straight, grassy forest roads then take you to a huge quarry and down to the village of La Rochepot with its spectacular chateau. The third day’s walk of 12 km begins up in the Hautes Cotes de Beaune so most of it is downhill. It starts from the Pas St Martin where, legend has it, St Martin jumped off the cliff while being chased by a dragon. The ‘cote’ is an area about 500m above the Saone plains of open fields interspersed with areas of low trees – Oak, Hazelnut, Black Pine – good truffle producing territory. The views as we descend are panoramic. The final day, a walk of 13 km, was partly through the vineyards of the Cote d’Or and partly on forest paths. French forests are mostly State owned. The first state administrative body for water and forests was created in 1291 and in spite of massive deforestation in the 1800’s there are still considerable areas of woodland which have an intricate network of old public walking paths. The day’s walk finished in the wine town of Nuits St Georges. The landscape is very similar to the Champagne area and it is relatively easy walking for those used to New Zealand tramps. As part of a holiday it is an area that has

Above: The lovely medieval covered market in the village of Nolay.

much to offer. It is uncrowded, the local food and wine are wonderful, there is a variety of good accommodation available and there is that patina of class and age which makes European travel so very special.

Below: There are many medieval buildings remaining from the age of plenty including the Hospice de Beaune.

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Above: The group above the Saone plains in an area interspersed with low trees, like Oak, Hazelnut and Black Pine. Below left: Looking back from Clos des Lambrays to an area of flat countryside. Below right: A medieval castle complete with drawbride and moat.

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Taieri Gorge rail walk co tres in length are also negotiated. The walk provides a uniquely enjoyable experience with the close proximity of the Taieri River far below, deep in the gorge, and the closeness of the very steep and scenic Taieri Gorge. The eight kilometre walk can take up to two hours. The walk is along the historic railway line, with all walkers proceeding from east to west to Deep Stream or Machine Creek, depending on fitness. The route is relatively flat and will appeal to all age groups. Because of the narrowness of the railway cuttings and the steep fall off from the railway sleepers and ballast, the walk is somewhat arduous. Children are not encouraged because of the danger of falls and slips. Should children attend they must be closely supervised by an accompanying adult. Moderate fitness and sturdy footwear (preferably boots) is recommended. A strong torch is advisable for use whilst in the tunnels. Wet weather gear is recommended. However, should the day be fine it will be possible Above: These walkers on last year’s event are all smiles!. to leave surplus clothing in the train for picking up on re-boarding. Tickets must be purchased prior to the day he Lions club of Dunedin South and Participants will board the Taieri Gorge of the walk and will be available the Taieri Gorge Railway will be open Train at Dunedin Railway Station and from the Taieri Gorge Railway ing a section of the famous Taieri travel up the picturesque Taieri Gorge. Ltd at the Dunedin Railway StaGorge as a walkway on Sunday 6 May 2012. The Taieri Gorge Railway Ltd will tion. The cost for the trip is $65 These two organisations have continued to disembark all walkers from the train per person and the price includes work closely together to make this event pos- at Flat Stream. From here the walkers barbecued sausages at Hindon at sible. will proceed along the rail line, crossthe end of the walk. Food will This project has become an annual fund ing over five spectacular bridges, varybe available for purchase from raising event for charity. Last year’s proceeds ing in length from 60 to 120 metres ■ the Buffet car on the train. Walkwent to Youthline Otago, for the purchase of long and up to 23 metres above the ers are encouraged to carry their a van, enabling volunteers to travel to courses respective stream beds. and providing a back up in areas when needed. Three tunnels of approximately 100 me- own water and snacks whilst off the train.

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oming up This is the fourth year of the Taieri Gorge Rail walk and we have been fortunate in having lovely sunny days. The walk is mainly flat with the occasional incline, treading on ballast and small stones. People are able to walk at their own pace and the general feedback was positive. The day provided an invigorating walk and a pleasant ride on the train. The train will depart Dunedin Railway at 9am and return to Dunedin at approximately 3pm. Right: Walkers walk over one of the bridges. Below: Time for a stop at Arthurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knob.

Below: A group enter in one of the tunnels on the walk.

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Walking t Above: The town of Jerome Arizona on a hillside with a mining cart next to my Runabout Stroller.

Gary Hauseman who works is walking the world and so far has walked about 24,000 miles across USA, Europe, United Kingdom, Central America, South America, Australia and New Zealand. He has about 14,000 miles to walk across Asia, Africa and South America to break the Guiness Book World Record set by Arthur Blessit. Here are his experiences walking from:

Prescott Arizona to Globe Arizona via Phoenix 233 miles, 24,271. Total World Walk Miles. ad a good week off for Thanksgiving down in Puerto Penasco Mexico. Met my girlfriend and her kids in Prescott, and drove down with them to a cool beach resort at the tip of the gulf of California. We took some nice walks on the beach, went swimming in the cold ocean water, played mini golf at the condo course, and had turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Back on the road walking south from Prescott and down out of the mountains of around 5,000 feet to the desert floor of 2,000 feet. Days are warmer now, 50 to 75 F, and nights 30 to 45 F. Mostly Creosote bushes, Palo Verde trees, Sahuaro Cactus, and other prickly plants. I can usually hear the coyotes yipping every night. I did have two cold fronts blow through and cool things down a bit, but no snow or rain where I was. One day at 72 F I had to get my sun robe (bed sheet folded in half, hole cut for head, and sleeves sewed up for arms) out to keep cool. I also soak a wash cloth with water and tie it down on top of my hat with a bandana to keep my head cool. Finding lots of neat stuff on the roadside. My girlfriend came up with the idea of exchanging Christmas presents we found on the roadside this year. So before I left Page we went out and found a bunch of stuff that just needed to be washed and mended in a few places. One stretch of road that just had a bicycle race last week had me finding all kinds of gloves, windbreakers, and other bike misc stuff to give away. Into Phoenix and all the way across the Valley of the Sun took me five days and about 90 miles from Sun City to Apache Junction.

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Phoenix is right in the middle of about 30 or 40 other cities, but most people just refer to the By Gary whole mess as Phoenix or the valley. Hauseman Stopped to visit a nice couple in Mesa that I used to work with up at Lake Powell. Always nice to visit friends and have a home cooked meal, hot shower, warm bed, and get to do laundry. Got to meet the kids and grandmother again too. Almost had warm homemade chocolate chip cookies too, but we forgot about them and they got burned pretty badly. Had one the next morning dunked in my coffee that was not too bad. Always great when someone invites me into their home and I get all the simple things that I miss on the road. Gas station at Florence Junction was closed down. Had hoped to fill up my water bottles there, but luckily some road workers had some extra water that they were able to fill me up with. One guy had a gallon of water that was half ice from his freezer. Pretty much everybody in the southwest carries with them (or should), extra water, sleeping bag, tent, shovel, food, emergency medical kit, portable CB, and other misc stuff. I am always amazed when I hear about people stuck in the wilderness with nothing. They try to call 911 on their cell phone, but get no signal, and usually do not know where they are if they get the police. News of the Weird website has a category they call thinning of the herd about stupid things some people do. Stopped in Superior to find a wi-fi signal for my iPad. Nice man gave me directions and invited me into his yard to meet his dog Carson and have a cold drink. Always nice to hear some of the local stories from somebody who lives there. The mining boom and bust cycle here is hard on these small towns. Copper was down to 86 cents a pound back 20 years ago, and now up to $4 a pound. So lots of mines are reopening and hiring people. Lots of health problems from all the chemicals and smoke the mining companies put out though. Houses are real cheap in some of these towns, but you have to pay cash or get owner financing as the banks do not like old houses with all kinds of superfund waste site possibilities looming. Up a steep switchback road to "Top of the World" Arizona. I remember climbing this road on a bicycle tour 25 years ago. Rain at the bottom, sleet half way up, and snowing when I reached the top. I really felt like I had reached the top of the world, and the descent down into Globe was worse with an icy road and brakes not working very well wet. This time I had a nice sunny day, but a killer headwind of about 20 mph. Superior is 2843 feet high, then eight miles up to the top at 4600 feet, then down to 3524 feet in 10 miles to Miami-Globe area. Stopped at the local Top of the World trading post and had a 50 cent cup of coffee inside by a wood stove with two men playing dominoes. Bicycle tourist Jakob stopped to chat and ask some questions about the road ahead. He was low on money ($80 left) and I told him about seasonal work at National Parks, ski resorts, and other places that you can find on www.coolworks.com . Some have employee housing and food, so you can save most of what you earn. As long as you do not spend it on alcohol, smokes, drugs and other vices like a lot of the young kids I work with. I also told him about a great hot springs just outside Holtville California, I think it is right by www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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the World exit 118 on Interstate 8. Lots of retired people camp there all winter long for $100 for six months to the BLM for the campground. Just a basic no hookups campground with a couple dumpsters, rest room, and a killer hot springs. Natural hot pool surrounded by palm trees, piped into a cement hot pool with a shower pipe you can sit under. I usually soak for two or three hours every time I stop. Last time I was there all the retired people were complaining that the BLM had just raised the six month camping permit from $50 to $100. Thats a real cheap place to stay. Jakob later emailed me that he had a great soak at the hot springs, but later got one of his panniers stolen at McDonalds by this crazy as a loon bicycle tourist he met. I like my Runabout Stroller setup better than a bike because I can padlock most of my stuff in my footlocker and lock up the stroller with a steel u-bolt lock. Stopped at one Circle K mini mart for a coffee refill in Miami. Shirley the clerk was taking a break outside and started asking me questions about my world walk. She offered to treat me to a free coffee refill and directed me to the restroom. Often when I pull up to a mini mart or gas station for a coffee refill in my thermos cup the clerk says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the house. I usually ask as I go in how much refills are, sometimes it is posted, and sometimes not. Once I had to pay $2.50 for a cup in California, which is a little expensive if you ask me. I have a jar of instant coffee with me and I usually make a hot cup of instant coffee in the morning in my tent for about 5 cents. So it feels kind of strange to pay $3 to $5 for a cup of coffee at some of those fancy coffee shops. Mostly I stop at McDonalds for their $1 coffee. Lately I have been asking for the senior discount, which makes it only 75 cents. Got my AARP card (American Association of Retired People) when I turned 50, so I figured I might as well use it, although they never ask. I guess I have been travelling thriftily for 32 years now biking and walking, so its hard to break the habit of always watching how much I spend. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always amazing when I hear people complaining about the cost of everything and how they are having a hard time surviving on what they make. I eat on about $5 a day, camp out free every night, get free water at gas station or McDonalds sinks, and enjoy all the free sights that nature provides. My main entertainment is paperback books I buy at thrift stores for 25 cents usually. I really have got to try and get my book published this next summer. My title will be "How to Quit Your Job and Walk or Bicycle the World on $5 a Day. I just finished this great book "The Butterfly and the Diving Bell" by this French paraplegic. After a stroke the only muscle he can move in his body is his left eye lid and his neck. So he wrote his book by blinking his eyelid when an aide read a list letters in order of most commonly used. He would think about what he wanted to write all day, get it edited in his head and then blink away for two hours and get maybe two or three paragraphs written a day. I think it took him a year or two to write a short book by this method. He was a famous magazine editor when he had a stroke so I guess that helped a lot. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Above: A Gypsy Wagon I saw in Jerome.

One man stopped to chat in Globe and thanked me for what I was doing. He said he had seen me on TV, probably "Arizona Highways with Don Davis", which I was on last year. I should have asked him what he meant. I think some people think it is great that I am walking around the world so simply, writing about it, and kind of showing by example how easy and simple life can be. You really do not need all kinds of material possessions. You can get by on very little money, meet lots of nice people, keep in good shape, and have a smaller impact on the earth and its natural resources. Nowadays people use so much water, energy, natural resources, and create so much waste, sewage, pollution, and impact on the earth. There is no way we can keep on sustaining the population of the earth the way the USA and other developed countries are consuming. All the poor countries want our way of life when they see it on TV. Headed south for Tucson and a bunch of small communities in southern Arizona. Below: One way of how I cook inside my tent on my tuna can alcohol stove.

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Health

Does adding more calcium in the diet prevent Osteoporosis? Statement:

cium but not much else in the way Osteoporosis is caused of nutrient minerals. by a lack of calcium in the Question: diet. If flour is the main ingredient Of course that’s right? It must in your cake recipe, will you get a be because that’s what the experts better cake by adding more flour? have been telling us for the last 30 Answer: years. Or is it? No - you will get a mess of a Question: Name one country that has one cake that nobody will eat. of the highest rates of osteoporosis on the planet? Answer:

New Zealand Question:

Question:

If sand is the main ingredient of concrete, will adding more sand give you stronger concrete? Answer:

No - you will get a crumbling Physical labour, no sunscreen structure and probably be prosand a wonderfulwholefoods diet ecuted. = Strong Samoan bones. Name one country that has one Question: If calcium is the main ingrediof the highest dietary intakes of ent of bone, will adding more calcalcium? cium make for stronger bones? Answer: New Zealand - the land of the cow. A land that is awash with cal-

Answer:

No - you will get weaker bones

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and other problems such as fatigue, low thyroid, fibromyalgia, arthritis, insomnia, dry skin, heart attack, dementia and stroke - to name a few.

strong? Answer:

A diet that is actually quite low in calcium and relatively much higher Question: in trace minerals, Which race, it is said, including magnehas the highest bone densium, potassium, sity on the planet? sodium, phosphoby Gary Moller rus - over 80 minAnswer: Dip Ph Ed PG Dip Rehab PG Dip erals in total. Plus Sport Med (Otago) FCE The Polynesian - the small amounts of Samoans and Tongans to quality fats and protein 3-4 times be specific. a day, whole-foods rich in vitamins Question: and plenty of exposure of the Can you identify the calcium in body to pure sunshine! the traditional Polynesian diet? Oh - and a little daily exercise Answer: such as a brisk walk and some upHmmm .... Where is the cal- per body exercise. Or - doing the cium? I can find lots and lots of grocery shopping without a car, the “dreadful” saturated fats (co- hanging the washing, mowing the conut oil), lots of phosphorus and lawns with a hand mower, gardenprotein (reef fish and other crea- ing or wrestling the kids. tures) and lots of minerals from These, when combined in balvegetables grown in rich volcanic ance, are the perfect recipe for soil - plus seaweed. making very strong bones regardIs the calcium in the coconut? less of age. Canned coconut cream has a On the subject of vitamin D good range of B vitamins except Please avoid megadoses of B12, with one cup providing only synthetic vitamin D that many Drs 3 mg of calcium, 1.5 mg. of iron, are enthusiastically dishing out 50.3 mg of magnesium, 299 mg nowadays. potassium, and 1.8 mg. of zinc. This presents the same kind of Figures for fresh coconut problem as having too much calcream are presumably higher. So, cium. not much calcium but generous Too much vitamin D and you amounts of other trace minerals. get the opposite result, including On a related matter, there’s lots skin rashes, fibromyalgia and faand lots and lots of sunshine (vi- tigue. tamin D) in the traditional It is best to dribble in nutrients Polynesian lifestyle. rather than swamp the body with No hats and no sunscreen. a monthly or weekly tsunami. And often no shirts. In the case of vitamin D, a daily dribble of 1-2,000iu is more than Question: If its not calcium, then what is enough for most adults - and less the secret for keeping bones for a child.

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Podiatry

Painful forefoot? By Rachel Carle

Mortons Neuroma, causes, treatment and prevention.

ave you ever gone for a long walk and got a sharp shooting pain going from the balls of your feet into your toes? Or a numb or painful forefoot, which is relieved by taking your shoes off and rubbing your foot? If so you may be suffering from a ‘Morton’s Neuroma’. A Morton’s Neuroma is a noncancerous tumour growing from a plantar nerve of the foot. They consists mainly of nerve fibres and nerve cells which form a bulbous shape. It typically affects the nerve running between the third and fourth metatarsal bones, which is the long bones towards the toes.

Signs and Symptoms The symptoms of a mortons neuroma varies depending upon its size and its location. Occasionally it feels as though there is a ‘stone in the foot’, or a lump in your sock when there isn’t one. Sometimes it develops as a numbness, tingling or a shooting pain in certain footwear or at the end of the day. The symptoms can also move into the toes. Often the pain is relieved when there is less pressure on the fore-

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foot, such as when it is not in footwear, especially high heels.

Cause Mortons neuroma’s are thought to be caused by microtrauma to the nerve running between the metatarsals. It develops over a long period of time. Things that increase your likelyhood of developing a mortons neuroma include wearing high heels, especially ones with a tight toe box, having a ‘flat’ foot type or a very highly arched foot type and forefoot problems including bunions and hammertoes. All of these place increased stress onto you forefoot, leading to microtrauma in the forefoot area.

Diagnosis Nueromas can be identified on ultrasound and on MRI.

Treatment Non-surgical treatment should always be attempted first and can include: Orthotic therapy (inserts within your shoes to support your foot) Accupuncture Padding therapy in the forefoot in shoes

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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 28 Overseas: Hiking up an Austrian 46 Overseas coming events Alp 48 Nordic Walking Calendars 36 Overseas walks: Outdoor 49 Event: Birds a plenty at Bay sculptures a growing tourist 50 New Zealand walk: Dome Forest attraction and Totara Scenic Reserve 37 Podiatry: Verrucae walks 38 Window on Waitakere: Hihi 51 Overseas walks and tours update 52 Directory: Walking groups 38 Event: A fresh start in Taupo for throughout New Zealand half marathon 59 GPx Need help to get active 40 Event: Perfect conditions at 60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half Kinloch Marathon 41 Health: The 21 day rule of AUGUST 2011 163 thumb 4 Walk talk 43 Weather forecast for November 6 New Zealand walk: Mangawhai 44 New Zealand coming events Heads Lookout 49 Nordic Walking: How Nordic 8 New Zealand walk: Clevedon Walking developed Scenic Reserve has significant 50 Overseas walks: Art, history heritage value and architecture in Sacramento 10 Te Araroa Trail: Ocean to Ocean walking tours leg soon to go 51 Overseas walks and tours 10 Te Araro Trail: Levin to 56 Country Breaks Wellington link now open 59 Buller Gorge Half Marathon 12 Overseas walks: Innsbruck 60 Great New Zealand Trek hiking boots or high heels? OCTOBER 2011 165 13 Canterbury walks: New walkway 4 Birkenhead War Memorial Park in Canterbury walk 14 New Zealand walk: Te Anau - a 4 Walk talk place in paradise 6 New Zealand walks: Walks from16 New Zealand walk: Walks the Waioeka Gorge around Lake Mangamahoe 10 Testimonials from people saved 20 Digital Photo Contest winners by using a McMurdo 22 New Zealand walks: Waiheke emergency locator beacon plans second walking festival 12 New Zealand walks; 22 News: New bridges improve the Compresensive range of walks Pouakai Circuit at Waiheke Festival 23 Event: Coundown is on for the 14 New Zealand walks: Catered Taupo Half Marathon Coast Walks - discovering 24 Overseas walks: Walking on the hidden gems in Northland unique island of Guernsey and 19 New Zealand walks: Te Aroha Sark Wetlands 29 High achiever: Motivated man in 20 Digital Photo Contest winners walking back to happiness 22 Te Araroa Trail: Another section 30 Overseas walk: Two weeks in of Te Araroa Trail opened Annapurna 24 Harbour Bridge Pathway - what 36 Window on Waitakere: Further do you think? expansion 26 Event: Auckland classic back for36 Books: Walking the Waitakere its 10th year Ranges 27 More people in Nelson and 37 Podiatry: Diabetes and feet Tasman about to “Get moving” what’s the connection? 28 Overseas: Venice and beyond 38 Long walk: Walking the World by bike and barge 40 Health: The controllable factors 34 Event: SBS Marathon defies the in aging earthquakes 43 Weather forecast for August 35 Event: Fast walking in 44 New Zealand coming events Wellington 47 Overseas coming events 36 High achiever: I feel more than 51 Overseas walks and tours good! 52 Directory: Walking groups 37 Podiatry: DOMS: Delayed onset throughout New Zealand muscle soreness 59 GPx Need help to get active 38 New Zealand walk: Step out 60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half and enjoy this slice of rural life Marathon 39 New Zealand walk: Mangati/ JULY 2011 162 Hickford Park 4 Walk talk 40 Health: Reversing 6 My favourite walk: Manawatu cardiovascular discease risk Gorge Track and quality of life 8 New Zealand walk: Walk among 43 Weather forecast for October the native plants 44 New Zealand coming events 9 Event: New trail event in Nelson 50 Window on Waitakere: Kauri sanctuary dieback: a far more serious 10 New Zealand walks: Four short threat to the park than we Bay of Islands walks think! 12 Canterbury walks: Top places to 51 Overseas walks and tours propose to your princess 52 Directory: Walking groups 13 Canterbury walks: Canterbury throughout New Zealand ready, willing and able to show 59 Mizuno Offroad Marathon Taupo visitors a great time 60 GPx Need help to get active 13 News: Tawa shared pathway SEPTEMBER 2011 164 starts to take shape 4 Walk talk 14 New Zealand walk: Parry Kauri 6 New Zealand walk: Mayor Park Island 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 9 Readers views: Signs and the 22 New Zealand walks: The Great visually impaired pedestrian New Zealand Trek - Stage six 10 Event: Where the field meets 26 New Zealand walk: Walk the the forest capital’s Sculpture Trail 11 New Zealand walk; Deans Bank 28 Overseas walks: The Dreampath Track - a walk from Munich to Venice 12 New Zealand walks; 34 New Zealand walk: A few Coromandel coastal walking surprises for BNZ Active tour Walkers at Green Lake 16 New Zealand walks: Waterfall 37 Window on Waitakere: The high walks ground 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 37 News: New cycle trail will 22 New Zealand walks: Akitiobenefit walkers Glenora Walk - New Zealand’s 38 Long walk: Walking the World newest private walk 39 Event: Feilding to Palmerston 28 Overseas walks: Revamped North event Goldfields Track relaunched 40 Event: Taupo half marathons 30 Overseas walk: Four days back for 2011 exploring Yosemite National 42 Index over previous 14 issues Park 43 Weather forecast for July 34 New Zealand walks: Warkwoth 44 New Zealand coming events walks - more walks worth 46 Overseas coming events doing 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 36 High achiever: Mobile scooter 51 My favourite walk: Wellington’s to walking around town Eastern Walkway 37 Podiatry: Haglunds deformity 52 Directory: Walking groups 38 Long walk: Walking the World throughout New Zealand 39 Window on Waitakere: Better 59 GPx Need help to get active

CONTENTS for previous 14 issues MARCH 2012 170 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: A taste of a mountain track 9 Tell someone where you are going and returning 10 New Zealand guided walks: Fiordland Coast Walks Exploring a land unknown 12 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy and beyond 15 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy Gateway to paradise 16 Te Araroa Trail - One of world’s greatest walks opened 19 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand guided walks: Kahurangi Guided Walks Walking with Nature 23 New Zealand guided walks: South Island has it all! 24 New Zealand walks: Queen Elizabeth Park halfway between Paraparaumu and Paekakariki 26 Overseas guided walks: Contrasts and contraditions part of Sicily’s charm 31 Readers Views: Karangahape Road footpath waterfalls 31 New Zealand walk: Rare opportunity for winners to visit iconic Whale Island 32 Overseas walks: Walking the Pacific Crest Trail 37 Podiatry: Pre- walking warm up routine 38 Overseas walks: Is Azerbaijan the new Gold Coast? 39 Window on Waitakere: Rare plants for rare fauna 40 Health: Vitamins and minerals do work - Case in point - Psoriasis 41 Overseas walks and tours 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for February 44 New Zealand coming events 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 51 Nordic Walking Nordic Walking - Just what the doctor ordered 52 Directory: Walking groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Rotorua Marathon FEBRUARY 2012 169 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: A taste of a mountain track 9 Tell someone where you are going and returning 10 New Zealand guided walks: Fiordland Coast Walks Exploring a land unknown 12 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy and beyond 15 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy Gateway to paradise 16 Te Araroa Trail - One of world’s greatest walks opened 19 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand guided walks: Kahurangi Guided Walks Walking with Nature 23 New Zealand guided walks: South Island has it all! 24 New Zealand walks: Queen Elizabeth Park 26 Overseas guided walks: Contrasts and contraditions part of Sicily’s charm 31 Readers Views: Karangahape Road footpath waterfalls 31 New Zealand walk: Rare opportunity for winners to visit iconic Whale Island 32 Overseas walks: Walking the Pacific Crest Trail 37 Podiatry: Pre- walking warm up routine 38 Overseas walks: Is Azerbaijan the new Gold Coast? 39 Window on Waitakere: Rare plants for rare fauna 40 Health: Vitamins and minerals do work - Case in point - Psoriasis 41 Overseas walks and tours 43 Weather forecast for February 44 New Zealand coming events 51 Nordic Walking Nordic Walking - Just what the doctor ordered 52 Directory: Walking groups 56 Country Breaks 59 Xterra Rotorua JANUARY 2012 168 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Inspirational Northland forest walk 9 ABC of walking 10 New Zealand walks: Waikato River Trail opened 12 New Zealand walks: Million dollar walk, view and cruise

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16 My favourite walk: Duder Regional Park walks 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand guided walks: Routeburn and Milford favoured top walking attractions 22 New Zealand guided walks: Kaikoura Wilderness Walks an ultimate wilderness experience 24 Overseas guided walks: Walking in the wilderness of Patagonia 28 Event: Sunset Coast Walk has amazine views 28 Overseas guided walks: Walk Europe or China in style in 2012 30 Overseas walks: Southern Spain - in the footsteps of the Moors 34 New Zealand walks: Walk in Taupo’s secret bush-garden 36 New Zealand walks: Goldfields Heritage Trust 37 Podiatry: Stress fractures 38 High achiever: The Golden Gate Bridge was an achievement 40 Window on Waitakere: Canopy Corps 40 Health: Massage: Essential for performance and career longevity 43 Weather forecast for January 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Nordic Walking Calendars 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 60 Great New Zealand Trek DECEMBER 2011 167 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Walk the trail of the gold miners 8 New Zealand walks:What walks are planned for next Sea, Sky and Bush Walk 10 New Zealand walks: New scenic walkway in Bay of Islands 13 The many uses of walking poles 14 New Zealand walks: Rangitoro Island Scenic Reserve 18 New Zealand walks: Piriharaeke Walkway opened 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Daylight saving signals start! 23 New Zealand walk: Sutton Salt Lake walk 24 Overseas walks: Trekking China’s Tiger Leaping Gorge 30 Overseas walks: Walking tropical islands of Queensland 34 Books: Walks to Waterfalls 35 Books: New day walks guides published 36 Overseas: Kiwis conqueor Kilimanjaro for Christchurch earthquake 37 Podiatry:Shin splints 38 Take a kid tramping 38 Event: Moro Marathon events 40 Window on Waitakere: Moby and Punga 40 Poor footwear link to foot impairment 41 Health: Training advice for the Oxfam Trailwalk 43 Weather forecast for December 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 56 Country Breaks 59 Buller Gorge Half Marathon 60 Great New Zealand Trek NOVEMBER 2011 166 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 re-creathed 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

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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 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 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking burns more kilojoules 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 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 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

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APRIL WEATHER FORECAST APRIL 1 TO APRIL 30 2012 Daily Summary 1st–10th April 2012 This period is mainly southerly with anticyclonic interludes on the 1st, 2nd and 7th. Over the next four weeks, the pattern is marked by more anticyclones over the northern New Zealand with westerly flows over the South Island, especially during the second half of this outlook period. This pattern brings very dry and sunny, mild conditions to eastern and central regions of New Zealand, with cooler, wetter weather in Fiordland. Very low rainfall may occur in northern and eastern regions of the South Island. Amongst the driest may be Nelson and South Canterbury. Other dry areas may be Timaru and Dunedin. This continuation of very dry conditions extends the dryness experienced already by Northland and Hawke’s Bay, with rainfall only half average. Further south, rainfall may be only a quarter to a third average, for instance in Horowhenua, Wairarapa and Wellington. The only places to record high rainfall during this outlook period may be eastern Bay of Plenty, Coromandel and Fiordland. Whakatane may have twice the average as well as southern Fiordland. Much of eastern Bay of Plenty’s high rainfall may come during the two northeasterly events of mid-April and in the first week of May. Hours of bright sunshine may be above average in this outlook period in Auckland, Waikato and all east coast regions, including Nelson and Wellington, with many places receiving about 25% more sunshine than usual. Temperatures may be slightly above average in inland areas of Canterbury and Otago and along much of the east coast south of Hawke’s Bay, including Nelson and Wellington. However, in Fiordland, westerlies should keep temperatures slightly below average. Elsewhere, they may be mostly near average. 11th–17th April 2012 An anticyclone forms with westerlies to the far south, followed by a subtropical depression on the 12th that moves quickly south to pass over Auckland and Bay of Plenty. Southwesterlies follow on the 14th, with high pressures the next day as a large anticyclone moves onto New Zealand. 12th April 2012 Chance of heavy rainfall in Coromandel and Whitianga. 12th–13th April 2012 Chance of heavy rain in Whakatane. 18th–22nd April 2012 Northerlies prevail at first, then turn northeasterly by the 20th as a trough develops northwest of Auckland. 23rd April 2012 Possible hot northwesterly conditions for Napier and Havelock North. 23rd–27th April 2012 Westerlies to the south with northerlies over the North Island ahead of a trough in the Tasman Sea. Southwesterlies follow from the 26th, with anticyclonic conditions by the 27th. 25th April 2012 Chance of heavy rain near East Cape. 30th April 2012 Gale northwesterlies may buffet the West Coast and Canterbury, possibly causing damage with trees blown down. Heavy gusts may also reach Milford Sound. Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 7th(full moon), 8th(perigee), 21st(new moon) and 23rd (apogee)21st New moon www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Coming events Ramblers, Christchurch 8 Sportswear Summmer Series, 10km, 6km & 3km, Auckland Domain 10 Motatapu Marathon, 49km & 15km, Queenstown 10 Motatapu Arrow.com Miner’s Trail Run, Arrowtown 11 Olex Fun Run/Walk, 2.5km, 5km, 10km, Eltham 12 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 12 Northcote Tavern 5km Walk, Auckland 12 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 13 Ruamahanga Ramblers, Walkers and Running Group Summer Twilight 5km Series, Dalefield Hall 13 Eastside 5km Series, Hamilton 13 Clubhouse Summer Run Run/Walk, 4.5km, Cambridge 14 Pegasus Beach to Waikuku Beach, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 15 Sportswear Summmer Series, 10km, 6km & 3km, Auckland Domain 17 Te Houtaewa Challenge 90-Mile Beach Marathon, Kaitaia 17 Kaiteriteri Gold Half Marathon, Kaiteriteri

NEW ZEALAND EVENTS MARCH 2012 1 Sportswear Summmer Series, 10km, 6km & 3km, Auckland Domain 3-5 Sea, Sky and Bush Walk, Central Hawkes Bay 4 Rotorua Off Road Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon & 5km, Rotorua 4 Westfield Albany LakesFun Run/Walk, 5km & 2km, Albany 4 Bayley’s Mountain to Surf Marathon, New Plymouth 5 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 5 Northcote Tavern 5km Walk, Auckland 5 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 6 Eastside 5km Series, Hamilton 6 Clubhouse Summer Run Run/Walk, 4.5km, Cambridge 7 Allendale to Governors Bay, Bishopdale

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Beach, Nelson 17 Mt Lyford Challenge, Mt Lyford 17 Tarawera Ultramarathon, 100km, 85km, &60km, Rotorua 19 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 18 Skechers Coastville Clasic Half Marathon, 2km & 8km, Coatsville 19 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 19 Northcote Tavern 5km Walk, Auckland 20 Eastside 5km Series, Hamilton 20 Clubhouse Summer Run Run/Walk, 4.5km & 6.5km, Cambridge 22 Sportswear Summmer Series, 10km, 6km & 3km, Auckland Domain 24 Northburn 100 Ultra Mountain Run, 50km, 160km & 100km, Cromwell 24 The Dual Marathon, Motutapu - Rangitoto, Auckland 25 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 25 Mt Lowry Challenge 22km & 11.8km, Days Bay, Wellington 25 Opiki School Country Half Marathon, 10k, 5km & 2km, Opiki, Manawatu 26 The Honest Lawyer 5km, Nelson 26 Northcote Tavern 5km Walk, Auckland 26 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 27 Eastside 5km Series, Hamilton 28 Groynes Farm extension walk, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 29 - 1 April Mangawhai Walking Weekend, Mangawhai 29 Sportswear Summmer Series, 10km, 6km & 3km, Auckland Domain 31 Arrowsmith High Country Marathon, & 24km, Lake Heron, Nelson 31 Southern Lakes Half Marathon &10km, Wanaka 31 Ohope Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Ohope, BOP

APRIL 2012 1 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 2 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 4 Millenium Walkway, Oxford, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 11 Sign of the Takake, Port Hills walk, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 14 Great Forest Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Waitakere Beach 16 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau

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Coming events 15 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 15 Moonshine Half Marathon, Trentham 15 Heart 4 Heart Half Marathon, Tauranga 14 Paymark XTERRA Rotorua Festival Half Marathon, Rotorua 15 Hastings Half Marathon & 10km, Hastings 18 Lyttelton to Corsair Bay, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 21 Bush to Beach Half Marathon,Otama Beach, Coromandel 21 Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake, 25km, Lake Rotoiti 23 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 24 Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon, Wellingtgon 25 Ruamahanga Ramblers, Walkers and Running Group, Anzac Day, Dalefield Hall 25 Sefton Domain and environs walk, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 28 Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon, Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon & 5km, Rotorua 30 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau

MAY 2012 2 Dargarville Run/Walk, 12km,& 6.8km, Dargarville 6 Nelson Shoe Clinic Half Marathon, Nelson 6 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 12 Saint Clair Yineyard Half Marathon, Marlborough 13 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 20 Huntly Half Marathon, Huntly 27 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera

JUNE 2012 1 Hidden Trails Half Marathon, 12km & 4km, Kawerau 3 Christchurch Airport Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Christchurch 10 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 17 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 19 Balclutha Half Marathon, Balclutha 24 Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 1.5km, Wellington

JULY 2012 7/8 Auckland Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Auckland 8 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 15 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 21 Waikato Draught Palmerston North Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Palmerston North

AUGUST 2012 2 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 4 Waikato Draught Rotorua Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Rotorua 5 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland

18th Annual Woodville Lions Club

Manawatu Gorge Track & Tunnel Walk A Sunday in April/May 2012 See COMING EVENTS page on Walking New Zealand website after March 31 to find exact date of event. Website: www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Start times: 9.00am, 9.45am, 10.30am at Ashhurst Domain SH3, Ashhurst Approximately 8kms 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours walking time

Funds raised go to Cancer Care and local charities

Essential: • Moderate fitness • Sturdy footwear (preferably boots) • Wet weather clothing and a strong TORCH.

$25.00 (No gate sales). Minimium age 10 years

Strickly limited tickets (This popular event has sold out every year)

User pays BBQ and drinks available

Tickets available from I-Sites at: Woodville (Tararua) 06-376-0217, 0800-827-278, email info@tararua.com Palmerston North 06-350-1922, 0800-626-292, Email palmerstonnorth@i-site.org Phone bookings accepted, cheque, credit card and Visa debit

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Coming events

In its 23rd year

9 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 11 Waikato DraughtRotorua Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Rotorua 16 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 18 Waikato DraughtRotorua Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Rotorua 19 Petone Workingmens Club 5 Bridges Marathon, Wellington 23 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 26 BMW North Shore Marathon, Auckland 30 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt

SEPTEMBER 2012 6 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 9 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 9 Moro Marathon, Dunedin 15 Lydiard Legend Marathon, Auckland 16 Pelorus Trust Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Wellington 16 Carters Whangarei Run/Walk Festival Marathon, Whangarei 23 Tauranga City to Surf and Surf to Surf, Tauranga

OCTOBER 2012

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7 Wairarapa Country Marathon, Masterton 8 XTERRA Waitti Marathon, Waitti 13 Great Barrier Island Wharf to Wharf Marathon, Great Barrier Island 28 Adidas Auckland Marathon, Auckland

NOVEMBER 2012 10 Speight’s West Coaster Marathon, Auckland 11 Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon, Riverton

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.

DECEMBER 2012 1 New World Marlborough Marathon, Blenheim 8 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon, Wanganui

OVERSEAS EVENTS MARCH 2012 4 Sao Paulo International Half Marathon, Sao Paula, Brazil 4 Colour City Running Festival Half Marathon, 10km 4.8km Fun Run Walk, Orange, NSW, Australia 5 The Antarctica Marathon & Half Marathon, Antarctica 7 Running Fit Supersunset Series 2012 4km & 8km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 10 Six Foot Track Marathon, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia 11 King Island Imperial 20 32km Coast to Coast & 8km, King Island, Australia 11 International Women’s Day Fun Run Walk, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 16 Jerusalem Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Jerusalem, Israel 18 Seoul International Marathon, Seoule, South Korea 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 Great Volcanic Mountain Challenge, 11km, Mt Canobolas, Orange, NSW, Australia 25 Lisbon Half Marathon, Lisbon, Spain 25 Cliff 2 Cliff Fat Ass Marathon, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 31-1 April IML Two Day Walk, Canberra, ACT, Australia

MOONSHINE 2012 Half Marathon & 10km Walk and Run

Sunday 22 April 2012

Trentham Memorial Park, Barton Road, Upper Hutt 10km walk & run: A flat, off-road course through park, bush and along the Hutt River trail, starting and finishing at Trentham Memorial Park. Suitable for walkers and runners of all ages and fitness levels. Half Marathon trail walk & run: A very scenic off-road trail with long, flat stretches along the Hutt River Trail at the beginning and end. In the middle, a challenging 5km hill section over Cannon Point Walkway provides spectacular views of the Hutt Valley and native bush. This event is most suited to experienced, long distance competitors with a high level of fitness. ½ M entry up to 5 April: $35 10k entry up to 5 April: $25 Late entry from 6 April: $40 Late entry from 6 April: $30 Online entry via http://www.trenthamunited.co.nz Enquiries: Michael Beaumont via events@trenthamunited.co.nz Trentham United Harriers & Walkers Club, PO Box 40 357 Upper Hutt

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Coming events

APRIL 2012 1 Hill to Harbour Half Marathon, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1 Newcastle Herald Hill 2 Harbour Challeng, 2km, 10km & 21km, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 15 Geelong Half Marathon, Geelong, Vic, Australia 15 The Canberra Times Canberra Marathon, Canberra, ACT, Australia 15 Southern Charity Challenge Half Marathon, 15km, 35km & 60km, SA, Australia 15 Marathon de Paris, Paris, France 15 Oxfam Southern Charity Challenge Half Marathon, Goolwa, SA, Australia 16 Boston Marathon, Boston, USA 18-19 IML Vancouver Two Day Walk, Vancouver, USA 22 Virgin London Marathon, London UK 22 Mt Mee Classic Trail Marathon, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 29 Gold Rush Marathon, Babinda Boulders, Qld, Australia

MAY 2012 5-6 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km & 42km, Blankenberge, Belgium 5-6 Wild Endurane Challenge 100kms 50km,

Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia 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 Three Waters Marathon, 50km, Marathon & Half Marathon, Bunbury, WA, Australia 13 Volkswago Prague Marathon, Prague, Czech Republic 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, Lorne to Apollo Bay, 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 BMA Mackay Marina Run, Half Marathon, 8km & 5km, Mackay, Qld, Australia 3 Asics Elleker Half Marathon, Elleker, WA, Australia 3 Traralgon Marathon, Half Marathon & Quarter Marathon, Traralgon, Vic, Australia 3 Queensland Half Marathon, Mackay, Qld, Australia 9-10 40th Townsville Road Runners Morning Run Celebrations 10 Rocky Hill Marathon, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia 10 Macleavy River Marathon, South-West Rocks, NSW, Australia 17 Perth Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia 23 Big Five Marathon, African Savannah, South Africa

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Taieri Gorge Rail Walk A unique opportunity Spectacular Scenery

SUNDAY 6th MAY 2012 Walk approximately 8km, and up to 2 hours; includes three tunnels five bridges /viaducts. Leave by train from Dunedin Railway Station 9am. Walk from Flat Stream to Deep Stream. Return to Dunedin by train arriving at Station at 3.00pm approximate. Buffet Car operating Essential: moderate fitness; substantial footwear; all weather clothing; a good torch; water and snacks

FARE only $65.00 PER PERSON Recommended as not suitable for children but if children do attend they must be closely supervised by an accompanying adult

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Coming events 23-24 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 40km & 45km, Viborg, Denmark 24 Pichi Richi Marathon, Flinders Ranges, SA, Australia 28-1 July IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland

JULY 2012 1 Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 8 Ulverstone Marathon, Ulverstone, Tas, Australia 8 Geraldton Harriers Marathon, Geraldton, WA, Australia 17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Nether-

lands 21 Wilco Round Island Relay, Efate, Vanuata 22 Hunter Valley Marathon, Pokolbin, NSW, Australia 22 Mt Haig Trail Marathon, Lake Tinaroo, Qld, Australia 28 Australian Outback Marathon, Half Marathon, 11km & 6km, NT, Australia 29 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon, Blacktown NSW, Australia 29 Bush Capital Bush Marathon, Canberra, ACT, Australia

19 Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 19 Alice Springs Community Bank Marathon, Alice Springs, NT, Australia 19 Mudgee Running Festival, Mudgee, NSW, Australia 25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km, Verdal, Norway 26 Shepparton Marathon, Shepparton, Vic, Australia 26 City to Surf Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia

AUGUST 2012

2 The Ross Marathon, Ross, Tas, Australia 8 Le Marathon du Medoc 2012, Medoc, France 8-9 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km, Arenzano, Italy 14-16 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km & 42km, Seefeld, Austria 16 Blackmores Sydney Marathon, Sydney, NSW, Australia 20-28 Round Rarotonga Road Race, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 22-23 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km, & 50km, Brno, Czech Republic 29 Lap the Lake - Penrith Lakes Marathon, Castlereagh, NSW, Australia 30 BMW Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany

4 Tony Ireland Holden Townsville Marathon, Townsville, Qld, Australia 5 Mizuno Brisbane Marathon, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 10-12 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km & 42km, Vaasa, Finland 19 The Athletes Foot Adelaide Marathon, Adelaide, SA, Australia

SEPTEMBER 2012

OCTOBER 2012 6 Fitzroy Falls Fire Trail Marathon, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 6-7 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda, Germany 7 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago, USA 20 Polar Circle Marathon, Greenland 20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 21 Toowoomba Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia 27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju, Korea 28 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, Rottnest Island, WA, Australia 29 Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2012 4 Port of Portland 3-Bays Marathon, Portland, Vic, Australia 4 Carcaor Cup Marathon, Carcoar, NSW, Australia 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km Higashimatsu-yama, Japan 10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Taiwan 11 RACV Maryville Marathon, Maryville, Vic, Australia 11 Deep Space Mountain Marathon, Namadgi Natiuonal Park, ACT, Australia 14 The Solar Eclipse Marathon, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 25 Glenbrrok Marathon, Glenbrook, NSW, Australia

DECEMBER 2012 Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia

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Window on Waitakere

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ake a pigtailed Kiwi, a Uni student, a British backpacker, add a German life guard and a Waitakere Ranges explorer and what do you get? You get a recent group of contractors who have blazed their way through the Ark in the Park final blocks of forest, making tracks of very high quality through the densest part of the Waitakere Ranges. After the Kokako that were released last year near the Cascades fled to this area some two kilometres away, the Ark team had to respond. The need for protection of the birds was transferred to a plan to develop a predator control grid different to their previous grid elsewhere in the Ark area. This plan, the basis of a Master’s thesis, was funded by the Biosecurity Division of the Auckland Regional Council and the call then went out for people able to navigate and cut tracks needed for the grid pattern. Few volunteers had the time to consistently do the hours required, and some volunteers and contractors found the going very tough. Nine to ten-hour days, forcing routes through reluctantly yielding Cutty Grass or Kie Kie, and doing this day after day meant that only a few people were up to the task.

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Previously, the bait lines were narrow trails with fewer stretches where one had to force one’s way through these dense undergrowth species, but here on the gentler slopes of the uplands of the Ranges difficulty was the norm. Perhaps the colder upland climate has slowed the regeneration of the regrowth since the timber extraction days in the early part of last century, the resulting lower and more sparse canopy giving more light and therefore a consequent perseverance of the dense undergrowth. Scott, he of the pigtail and ear ring and most recently working on bird counts in a proposed wind farm area, has spent many years working for the Department of Conservation. Living locally now, he has reveled in progressing the bait trails. Eric, studying engineering has had early experience at the Ark where his parents have been volunteers for many years, whereas Lee, with a background in Ecology from the United Kingdom went for a few weeks holiday then seemed to lose his way taking three years through Asia till arriving in New Zealand where he found his niche slashing Kie Kie! Exploring off tracks in the Waitakere Ranges has been a passion of Garry for over 20 years so volunteering for the Ark was an

From Kay Lindley obvious choice then contracting to go boldly where no man has been before etc. was just the icing on his cake. Being a lifeguard at Hanmer Springs doesn’t obviously morph onto forest-trail blazing, yet for auto engineer Peter, this is merely part of his CV while on a working holiday from Germany. The remoteness of the new blocks from the Ark base at the northern part of the ranges led to another problem, particularly as the days became shorter with winter’s approach. Taking two hours walk to reach a start point, two hours back, and sometimes achieving only 2-400 metres a day, utilising the University Tramping Club hut situated conveniently near the new blocks led to great efficiencies. The new tracks, wider, with cross-trail barriers and ankle-tripping Kie Kie macheted and removed can be quite a joy to traverse and will make future baiting easier for either volunteers or contractors. To see the wonderful work done by Ark in the Park contractors, and for the opportunity to go on the Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks series, please email K ay on: kaylindley@xtra.co.nz. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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NORDIC KIWI NORDIC WALKING www.nordicwalking.NET.nz NORDIC WALKING GROUPS (2012) Sat 8am: Central Auckland & Environs Sat 9am: Takapuna/Auckland City - alternate weeks Sat 9am: St. Vincent’s MetLife Care, Remuera Sun 8am: Long Bay Sun 8am: Botanical Gardens/ Wattle Downs Mon 10am: Nordic Gold (Senior Citizens) Tues 11am: Parkinson’s & Neurological Class begin Wed 6pm: One Tree Hill Thu 6am: Auckland YMCA Thu 9am: Pakuranga Tues & Thu 6pm: Pt. Chevalier Beach. (Alternate weeks) Also at: Hamilton, Taupo, Whakatane, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Christchurch 0800 NORDIC (667 342)

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This lightweight walking jacket weighs only 8oz, made from Microft Dry a soft, elegant sportswear frabic woven from a fine, lightweight microfibre. •Water repellent and wind resistant, yet provides superior comfort, thanks to enhanced moisture permeability. •Thin and light with a soft, natural texture • A fabric structure that doesn’t make noise when they are rubbed together. • Complete with hood that is rolled up inside collar. Available this year in: * Marine Blue with Turquoise trim * Marine Blue * Burgundy Sizes S, M, L, XL,XXL

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plus $8.50 postage and packing Thumbs up to the Lightweight Walking Jackets from two satisfied customers who used them on the recent three month walk. “We used them a lot on the walk from Cape Reinga to Bluff and found them very light, warm against the wind, showerproof and comfortable to wear. They were screwed up and stuffed into our bum bags. Using the sleeves as ties they were tied round our middle. They were tossed on to the seat in the support vehicle and later sat on. After three months of this kind of treatment, the jackets still look great. They are now being used for tidy wear when a windjacket is required. We give our reccommendation to the value of these jackets”. Regards, Don and Sheena.

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17-Mar CHC-North New Brighton Broad Park, 2 wk course, 0212567 082 31-Mar Whangarei, Kensington Pk, Taster, Matthias 09-4320386 22-Mar Invercargill Queens Park, Taster, Judy 03-2186583 28-Mar Tutukaka Coast Ngunguru Sports Comp, T, 09-4344060 30-Mar Kerikeri Domain, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 30-Mar CHC-Shirley Burwood Park, N Brighton, T, 021-2567 082 30-Mar Hamilton Lake Domain, Starter, M Thomson 027-2471885 April 1 Balclutha Naish Park, Taster, Marion Gardner 03-4180645 1 Nelson, Washbourne Gardens, Jacqui Sinclair 03-544 1645 3 Hamilton Lake Domain, Course, M Thomson 027-2471885 3 Ruakaka, Surf Club, Taster, Barbara 09-4320386 3 Waipu Cove, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 5 Invercargill Queens Park, Taster, S Murray 03-2186583 7 AKL-Greenlane, Course, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 11 Blenheim, Oliver park, Taster, Sally Rainbird 03-5727377 14 AKL-Greenlane, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 14 AKL-Riverhead rugby fields, S, M Palmer 021-752556 15 AKL-Greenlane, Course, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 15 AKL-Greenlane, Starter, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 17 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, M Thomson 027-2471885 17 Orewa/Silverdale, i-Site Centre, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 17 Wellsford, Centennial Park, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 18 Tutukaka Coast Ngunguru Sports Comp, T, Robyn 09-4344060 18 Whangarei, Kensington Park, Taster, B Faust 09-4320386 24 Hamilton Lake Domain, Course, M Thomson 027-2471885 28 AKL-Greenlane, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 For further information and updates www.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz or call 0800-669 269 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 Orewa, i-site, Matthias Heffner 09-4320386 Tue AKL-Kohimarama, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 Tue Blenheim, Harling Park, Sally Rainbird 03-5727377 Tue Napier Ahuriri Cityfitenss, Marya Hopman 06-357058 Tue Havelock North River Rd Walkway, River Rd, 06-8782475 Wed Tutukaka Coast, Robyn Skerten 09-4344060 Wed Whangarei, Kensington Park, Barbara Faust 09-4320386 Thu Napier Ahuriri Cityfitenss, Marya Hopman 06-357058 Fri Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475 Sat AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 For further information and updates www.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz or call 0800-669 269

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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, 09437-8708

WHANGAREI KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Lee Taylor 09-4303470 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, Val Todd 09-579-8250, www.oacnz.org 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 09-576-1069

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 09-358-1296 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, 09-624-3281 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Marshall Piecy 09-4453808, www.oacnz.org 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

WEST AUCKLAND BLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Terry Wilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071, www.bluetopwalkers.org.nz 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)

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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 09-412-8914 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 09-8386665 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 09832-5692 RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09832-4069 RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 09-4129952 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, 09-836-8031 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 09-4255928 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 07-8556848 FLAGSTAFF WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Gillian Bartram 07-854-0069 WESTFIELD MALL WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM) Westfield Mall Chartwell HAMILTON MARATHON CLINIC:Tuesday (PM), Sunday (AM), Sharon 07-854-9214 TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM) MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029 BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Diana Ammann 07-823-6147 WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07827-3097 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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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 07-8809088 AFTERWORK WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (PM), Janis Jeffers, 07-889-7032 MATAMATA TRAMPING & WALKING GROUP: Shirley Hickson 07888-6054

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

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 07-357-5744

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 07-578-0016 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

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

NAPIER AHURIRI WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (I), Beverly Gillies 06-8436805 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

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

HAWERA

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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

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

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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

WHANGAMATA

WANGANUI

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

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

WHITIANGA

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

TOKOROA

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

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

HAWKES BAY

BAY OF PLENTY COROMANDEL 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 GROUP: First Monday of month, (AM), John Looney 07-315-5507

ROTORUA www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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 06-876-3371 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-8730971 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Jane 06877-0017 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette 06877-2114 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lyn 06-8777886 KIWI SENIORS: Eana Young 06-845-9333 x 708 RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Doug Clark 06878-2785, www.runwalkhb.org.nz

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

ELTHAM

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 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, 06354-3342 MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM),

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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

HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Jenny Raymond, 04-569-6232 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

MARTINBOROUGH

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

MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-3069226

NELSON

WELLINGTON

MOTUEKA

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) 04-479-5420 MIRAMAR WALKING GROUP: 04-388-1944 NEWLANDS COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING: Tuesday (AM), 04-4788799 TARARUA TRAMPING CLUB: www.ttc.org.nz WEA MIDWEEK WALKERS: Hanna Harwood WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY WALKERS: 04-388-1988 WELLINGTON CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: 04-934-4729 WELLINGTON HARRIER ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM) mid March to mid October, (BIA), Veronica Gould WELLINGTON MARATHON CLINIC: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Toni 04478-9201 WELLINGTON MID-WEEK WALKERS: Tues, Thursday (PM), Bart Jones 04-477-3746 or David Lonsdale 04-977-8990 WELLINGTON NORDIC WALKERS: Rod McColl 04-526-6833

LOWER HUTT WALK FOR HEALTH: Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Jean 04-589-7887 or Dave 04-970-5133 POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603 HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Pam McArthur 04-586-4088 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

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MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Nora Morris 03-528-6290

NELSON NELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West, 03-548-3655 NELSON KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), 03-548-1126 WAKEFIELD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lou Manson, 03541-8414 TAHUNA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), 03-548-1126 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), 03-9418999 AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 AVONSIDE KIWI SENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jan 03-389-2755 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, 03-3882593 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 03351-6681 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 03-338-3826 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 12 hour flat walks, John van Herpt, 03-980-5664 HEI HEI WALKERS: Thursday, Lee Tuki 03-373-8150 HERITAGE WALKS: Tuesday, (PM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-3388306 KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), Lyane Graham 03-327-5679 KAIAPOI NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburban groups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483 LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social group for gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-332-8724 LINWOOD AVENUE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Thursday (AM) (B), 03-389-5303 LINWOOD KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), Phyl 03-389-6130 LYTTELTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Lyttlelton, (BI), Ada Goodwin 03-328-7235 MAIREHAU LADIES PROBUS, Tuesday, Leah 03-385-6310 MARYVILLE KIWISENIORS:: Monday (AM), Valmai 03-377-8742 MERIVALE KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), June 03-355-8703 MT PLEASANT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Pauline 03-3844794 NEW BRIGHTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and strollers), Joy 03-383-4494 NEW BRIGHTON WORKING MENS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (I), Jenny Wilson 03-332-8818 NEW BRIGHTON ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Phil Bastion 03981-1798 NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery 03-388-7335 NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999 NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-3883237 NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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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 03-348-9351 ROWLEY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Lee Tuki 03-373-8150 ROVER HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BI), Steve Mitchell 03-3488195 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 03-337-1436 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 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, 03366-0689, 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), 03-94128999

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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

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

ALEXANDRA

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 HARRIER & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), April to October, John Thampson 03-448-7244, www.alexharriers.co.nz ALEXANDRA WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Ngaire Turnball, 03-448-8726

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 ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB: Diane Milne 03- 303-6250 METHERN & DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Helen 03-308-7011 MT SOMERS TRACKS: Warren Jowett 03-303-0880, www.doc.govt.nz MT SOMERS WALKWAY: Marilyn & Bruce Gray 03-303-0809 PACIFIC ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Ashburton Domain, Torika Patterson 03-308-5868 ST DAVIDS WALKING GROUP: Barbara Lischner 03-308-5174, www.st-davids.org.nz WALKING GROUP: Eileen Ward 03-307-0475 WALKING GROUP: Ethel Powell 03-308-9662

STH CANTERBURY PLEASANT POINT

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

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

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

WANAKA WANAKA WALKING Group: Monday (February - Mid-December (AM), (BI), Marion Barnett 03-443-1780

SOUTHLAND INVERCARGILL 60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Len Johnston, 03-231-3372, Don Todd, 03-217-5931 YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Joan Sutherland, 03-218-8738 BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Thursday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz

GORE BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: 3rd Tuesday, Susie Burrows 03-208-3846, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz HOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053

NORTHERN SOUTHLAND BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: 2nd and 4th Thursday, Ann Robbie 03211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz

TE ANAU BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Wednesday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz

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

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

DUNEDIN ACTIVE WALKERS: Monday (PM), Bill Brockie 03-467-9114 ARIKI WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Saturday (PM), Karen Martin 03-456-4223 CIVIL SERVICE: Saturday, (PM), Peter Smith 03-471-7127 CAVERSHAM HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Keiran Columb 03-489-4027 DUNEDIN CITY RAMBLERS: Wednesday,(AM) Alison St John 03476-2344 GREEN HUT TRACK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), George Sutherland 03-467-5999 HALFWAY BUSH WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (I), Pat Garth, 03-476-2579 HILL CITY WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Alex McEwan 03-4554851 KOPUTAI WALKING GROUP: 2nd Tuesday, (AM), Noeline Forgie, 03472-8302 LEITH WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Janette Anderson 03-476-2830 MORNINGTON MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (B), Kieran Hurring 03-453-4423 MULTI-PEAK FITNESS WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Marelda Gallaher 03-477-6057 or 027-222-3863 MOSGIEL 50's FORWARD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Roberta Telfer 03-488-3175

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GISBORNE

NORTHLAND

WAIHEKE ISLAND HEKERUA LODGE, Waiheke Island, situated in quiet bush near Oneroa. Relax in spa bath and jump in the pool. Various types of accommodation from 8 bed dorm to own chalet, with unsuite. Phone 09-3728990. WAIKATO

CAPE RUNAWAY

Two or Three Day Unguided Coast Walk Whangarei Heads, Northland, N.Z. Private and public tracks, ocean and harbour beaches Return to new, purpose-built accommodation each night Fabulous, fresh food Only three hours from Auckland CBD Check out our specials on-line

Phone: 09 434 0571

www.coastwalks.co.nz

NORTHLAND

Cape Runaway THAMES

WALKING IN THAMES Kauaeranga Valley or Goldtrail walks

Large farmhouse, 'Hayward's', available to rent. Sleeps 14 people, ideal for tramping, mountain biking groups etc to explore this area. Also great fishing. Fully equipped.

Sally & Jim Kemp 07 3253609 or ruku.kemp@xtra.co.nz

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND

S.C. Accomodation or B&B; ex. rates valley2view@xtra.co.nz Ph. 07 868 7213

How about a tramping weekend in the beautiful Bay of Islands? Gather your friends together and head North to The Bay of Islands Country Lodge where you will be treated to two 2-3 hour guided tramps through the Puketi Kauri Forest and along the Haruru Falls track to Waitangi with a Devonshire tea party awaiting you at the end. You will arrive and check in Saturday at around 12 pm then set off for the first of your walks through the magical Puketi forest ending up at the Waipapa River. That night you will be treated to a BBQ dinner and get together back at the Motel before spending the night in one of our newly re furbished rooms. Sunday morning you will wake up to a continental breakfast in your room then set off to the Haruru waterfalls to walk the lovely scenic track to Waitangi. Your guides Laraine Chase former competitive triathlete and Ironman and Ed Lyman former rugby player will look after you, not only out on the tracks, but back at their motel too.

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PRICE: $140 per person, minimum 2 people. You may wish to stay the Friday night also, cost $50 per person

Bookings essential 0800 4 country - www.boicountrylodge.co.nz Situated 10 minutes from Kerikeri and Paihia on 6 acres of garden and lawn with spa and pool.

www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND

Step iinto the 1RUWK ,VODQG·V +HDUW« Lake Waikaremoana, Whirinaki, Tongariro NEW ʹ Coromandel 4 day Walk

Great Group Deals & Piggy Back Special ʹ Kids go FREE! Ask for details

Ph: 0800 WALK NZ www.WalkingLegends.co.nz

WAIRARAPA

Akitio-Glenora Walk

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Whareama Coastal Walk

TWO DAY ADVENTURE!

Unguided 2 or 4 day walks

- New Zealands newest private walk, our best kept secret * October to March/April * Groups 4 - 8 people

This is a stimulating and breath-taking 2-night 2-day fully catered walk over private farmland and isolated Wairarapa coastline. Price from $250 pp. Please see website for details:

www.whareamawalk.co.nz 114 Langdale Road, RD 12, Masterton Phone: 06-372-3722 - Email: info@whareamawalk.co.nz

NELSON/WEST COAST

HEAPHY TRACK ABEL TASMAN

Spectacular northern Wairarapa countryside, coastal & Native bush.

Phone: 06 374 3513 for bookings (evenings) Website:www.akitio-glenorawalk.co.nz Email: bookings@akitioglenorawalk.co.nz TARANAKI

EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE

Walk with us on these Top Tracks Small Groups, Great Guides, Great Stories WAIRARAPA

If you love both walking and wildlife, then this is the walk for you. . .

THE TE MARA WALK “Bridge to Somewhere”

• 2 or 3 night getaways of moderate tramping in the very heart of the Eastern Taranaki backcountry. (2 to choose from) • Inclusive package of transport (from Stratford) accommodation and meals. • September to May best months. • Matemateaonga Track package of transport, jetboat, hut passes also arranged.

For further information contact: Carol or Dave Digby

Phone 06-765-7482 (evenings)

A new 3 day/2 night walk in the Wairarapa.The days are spent wandering through bush and farmland, while both nights hold something special. A lodge overlooking amazing wetlands and a rustic cabin with the added attraction of a hot spa set in the bush.

Phone 06-377-4802 email Shona@tararuawalk.co.nz www.tararuawalk.co.nz

Kawakawa Station Coastal Walk

email: eastern-taranaki@xtra.co.nz website: www.eastern-taranaki.co.nz

Please tell our advertisers you saw it advertised in Walking New Zealand magazine. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Our portering system makes it easy

www.kahurangiwalks.co.nz John Croxford, Takaka

Dodson Road, RD1, Tel/Fax 03-525-7177

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

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

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

www.kawakawastationwalk.co.nz

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

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

SIMON AND LYNDA HARVEY GLEN ORKNEY PB BLENHEIM 7240 Phone: 03 575 7361 Email: info@tussocktrack.co.nz

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