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NEW ZEALAND’S RECREATION WALKING MAGAZINE

ISSUE No 179 - 2012

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CONTENTS Issue No 179 - 2012

4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Whareama Wonderland!

8 Window on Waitakere: The first Kokako nest in 80 years!

8 New Zealand walk: Secret Art Walk 10 Overseas walks: Australia ’s Big 10 Australia’s 14 Great Walks: Whanganui Journey - a personal perspective 17 Books: Exploring Aotearoa 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas walks: Newfoundland - a new global hotspot 22 New Zealand walks: Te P uia L odge and the hot Puia Lodge springs 26 New Zealand walks: Dargaville groups adventure in Bay of Islands 28 New Zealand walks: Headland Sculpture on the Gulf - a walking event 26 Overseas walk: Alaska, Canada and the bears!

33 Global search for the Great W alk er Walk alker 34 High achievers: Up the river and down the river with the River Queens 36 High achiever: Dan ’s 2km triumph Dan’s 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 Event: Moro Marathon events 40 New Zealand walks: Mangakino - the secret’s out 40 Health: Adrenal fatigue - today no reference in text books 42 New Zealand walks: Great walking in the Wellington region this Summer 44 New Zealand walks: Walking surprises at Tuatapere 45 Podiatry: Socks,socks, socks 46 New Zealand coming events 49 Nordic W alking Calendars Walking 50 Weather forecast for December 50 Event: Damp and wet conditions for marathon entrants 51 Marketplace: Travel size Medicine Kit 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout NZ 56 Country Breaks 60 Pak a Roo Jackets

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Walk talk

Climbed all world’s highest mountains Alan Hinkes, the celebrated mountaineer, is the first Briton to climb all the world's highest mountains.

These are the fourteen 8000m peaks, all of which are in the 'death zone', where human survival rate is measured in hours.

Prizewinners The winners of the this month’s Walking New Zealand promotion are: A588 Pedometer - Sue Brookland, Waterview, Auckland and a six month subscription extension to Walking New Zealand magazine, Jamie Muller, Royal Oak, Auckland.

Congratulations to both winners.

to Gretas Stream is now public conservation land. An existing walk up Ben Ohau/Ruataniwha Peak has been extended as a circuit track and is called Greta Track.

A 4WD track provides access to the airstrip below Flanagan Pass and mountain bikers will enjoy the Flanagan Pass Trail. DOC has also carried out some maintenance work on Greta Lodge while managing to keep the character locals have come to love.

Detailed fact sheets and colour maps are available from DOC.

Walking Access Mapping System enhancements The Walking Access Mapping System (www.wams.org.nz) has been designed to help New Zealanders and overseas visitors identify land in New Zealand that is publically accessible.

The New Zealand Walking Access Commission began developing the mapping system in November 2010 to help fulfil its core purpose of retaining and enhancing access to New Zealand’s outdoors.

In October further enhancements were launched that include an improved user interface and mobile functionality that allows users to access the system on smartphones and tablet computers. A new component has also been added to enable third party organisations, such as the Department of Conservation and Surf Life Saving New Zealand, to display their own access-related information to the public.

Users can view the system using three map views: cadastral (basic map), topographical map or aerial

photography.

The cadastral layer displays land title and boundar y infor mation derived from Landonline, which is the authoritative titles register and digital cadastre held by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).

The topographical layer displays topographical maps, also sourced from LINZ, while the aerial photography layer displays aerial imagery provided

by Terralink.

The heart of the mapping system is the colour coded public access information that shows the land that can be expected to be open to the public for recreational access.

The public does not have a legal right of access through private land and anybody wishing to cross it will need to negotiate access with the owner or manager.

Paul bags his 1100th hut Paul Kilgour from Takaka has been keeping a record of the huts he visits.

On his recent trip here he bagged the East Ahur iri Hut in Ahuriri Conservation Park as hut number 1100!

He has been tramping since 1970

Above: Paul at Riordan Hut. Photo by G Spearpoint

and counts huts visited on public conservation land and private land.

He warns that it is the big adventure undertaken with each hut visit that counts— not the hut itself.

New eco-tours in Australia’s Victoria Australia’s Victoria is home to a diverse landscape of natural wonders from dramatic coastlines and white beaches to snowcapped mountains, rainforests, rolling valleys and beautiful park lands. To help nature lovers traverse and discover Victoria’s natural playgrounds, several new eco-tours have recently been launched.

Walking Errinundra Plateau Gippsland High Country Tours will run a four-day guided walking tour in the magnificent forests of Errinundra Plateau in East Gippsland where visitors can marvel over towering eucalypts, the crimson blooms of Gippsland Waratahs and walk through ferny rainforests.

Bush Tucker Tours Winner of Best Tourist Attraction in the 2011 RACV Victorian Tourism Awards, Rhyll Trout & Bush Tucker Farm has introduced three new guided bush tucker tours. Just 90 minutes drive from Melbourne on Phillip Island, each tour offers hands-on and educational experiences for visitors wanting to discover the native produce and history of the region.

Participants can touch, taste and learn about thousands of indigenous food plants on the Bush Tucker Tour, pick and brew native tea plants on the Bush Tea Trail and hand-pick spinach for a gourmet bush tucker lunch on the Bush Spinach Walk.

Tours run daily, prices for adults range from $13 to $23 per person.

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Echidna Walkabout Accredited eco-tour operator, Echidna Walkabout runs a variety of eco-tours focused on the conservation of Victorian wildlife.

Two new tours commencing in April 2013, Koalas & Kangaroos in the Wild and the Wildlife Conservation Journey (replacing the Wildlife Walkabout Tour), will allow visitors to help with research and habitat conservation programs. Participants will experience the diverse natural environments of East Gippsland, exploring the area’s magnificent giant eucalyptus forests, untouched ocean beaches, rainforests and secluded rivers and waterways.

Koalas & Kangaroos in the Wild tours depart Melbourne daily, price for adults $190 per person. Wildlife Conservation Journey tours depart Sundays – Wednesdays, $150 per person.

South Bay Eco Adventures in the Mud Islands Eco-tourism operator South Bay Eco Adventures, which specialises in sightseeing boat tours along the picturesque coastal landscape of Southern Port Phillip Bay, has introduced guided walks around Mud Islands, a group of three sand islands at southern Port Phillip Bay. The islands are an essential breeding area for colonies of ibis, pelicans, spoonbills, cormorants, silver gulls and terns making them a perfect place for twitchers and bird-enthusiasts.

Tours depart from Queenscliff harbour and cost $65 per person for adults. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Te Urewera to be managed by crown agencies and iwi The Federated Mountain Clubs say they would be keen to support the iwi and crown agencies manage Te Urewera now that the Ngai Tuhoe settlement has been reached.

Although the land remains the same, the management regime will change with both crown agencies and iwi managing the area, taking trampers, who have long used the park, into uncharted territory.

"The settlement introduces a whole new way of managing an area we love to go tramping in", says Federated Mountain Clubs President, Robin McNeill. "We would welcome being able to work with Ngai Tuhoe, as we do with DOC, to provide a recreation perspective", he said.

With Te Urewera to be managed under rules that have yet to be finalised, the Federation would be keen to think afresh as to how trampers could best enjoy the area and to consider innovative ways to manage it for tramping.

The Federation is not concerned that Te Urewera will no longer be owned by the crown, as long as its guardians take New Zealanders with them and keep its core national park values, something New Zealanders are passionate about.

"The bottom line is that access to the area will remain unrestricted and free, which is vitally important to us", Mr McNeill says. "The National Parks Act provided a good minimum set of values and Ngai Tuhoe could build even more protection on top of that".

That Te Urewera could become a UNESCO biosphere reser ve was particularly attractive, in effect making it a national park in the truest sense of the word.

Tongariro Alpine Crossing now partially open The Department of Conservation have recently revised a number of track closures that had been in place since the Tongariro eruption.

As of 7 September, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing (including Mangatepopo Above:View down lower flow. DOC Photo Road) has been partially reopened from Mangatepopo Road to the Red Crater.

The Mangatepopo Track that links the southern end of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing to the Ruapehu Chateau has also been re-opened.

The northern part of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing between the Red Crater and the Ketetahi exit remains closed Until futher revision the Te Araroa route now follows SH47 from where Te Araroa exits the Tongariro Forest, goes up Mangatepopo Road and enters the early part of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, then reconnects to the original route via the Mangatepopo Track to the Ruapehu Chateau. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Above left: A view from the top on the Whareama Coastal Walk.

Above right: A cray fish pot beside the fence.

Whareama Wonderland!

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hey say it takes a village to raise a child, but in the case of the Whareama Coastal Walk, it takes neighbourly goodwill to produce a two-day two-night walk with stunning views of the Castlepoint coast and access over otherwise inaccessible private farmland.

Carmen and Dick Tredwell, with the approval of six neighbouring farms, have

developed a fully-catered walk which starts and finishes at their comfortable lodgings at Whareama. Modelled unashamedly on the very popular Tora Coastal Walk, Carmen wanted to showcase the wonderful scenery in Whareama and is understandably really proud of the result.

I will admit that I haven’t done the full walk, but Dick and Carmen took me on the easy

route showing me some of the most amazing views from the track.

The first night is spent at Golden Downs, a refurbished cottage which can sleep up to 14 people. Full BBQ provisions, salads and desserts are provided as well as a full briefing for the first day’s walk of 18kms. Walkers fill their own lunchboxes from provisions provided in the cottage. So all you need to carry is a day pack with your lunch and a drink bottle.

The ‘wow’ moment is at the top of a ridge about two thirds through the first day’s walk.

The Castlepoint/Otahome coast suddenly appears when you crest a ridge and the view to Castle Rock is breathtaking.

Night two is spent at the Wai Ngaio Retreat on Castlepoint Station. Newly renovated and refurbished, the Retreat has two very comfortable bunk rooms, a twin room and one queen room – all the bunks and beds are king singles! There is a massive TV with Freeview – but to be honest I’d say that the evening Left: Golden Downs Cottage.

Whareama Coastal Walk

TWO DAY ADVENTURE! This is a stimulating and breath-taking 2-night 2-day fully catered walk over private farmland and isolated Wairarapa coastline.

Price from $275 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

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Above left: A beach scene along the Wairarapa Coastine.

Above right: The walking track follows down to the coastline.

Right: A wharf on the Whareama River.

would be spent on the deck looking out to sea with a glass in hand.

Again, all food is provided and your bags and drinks are transported for you. I think the term for this sort of travel is ‘glamping’ – glamorous camping.

Day two’s walk is shorter (14kms) and is through regenerating native bush and open farmland with fantastic rural views. Currently a little of the walk is along a gravel road but when conditions are right, Dick and Carmen incorporate a river crossing of the Whareama River near the end.

Fact file

Above: A cottage on Wai Ngaio.

Below: A plank for a stream crossing.

Below: Awesome views as the track goes up high into the hills.

Whareama Coastal Walk Carmen & Dick Tredwell Ph 06 372 3722 www.whareamawalk.co.nz From $275.00 per person

Below: A stream crossing.

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Window on Waitakere

The first Kokako

nest in 80 years!

By Kay Lindley

E

asing themselves onto the rimu leaflittered ground, they kept their eyes on the slightly darker, denser collection of branches in the canopy that one of the Ark in the Park members had pointed out to them.

To confirm the direction, sighting along two blue tapes tied to twigs assisted slightly, but the scrappy collection of sticks was greatly obscured by hanging supplejack. Having settled down on site, one of the workers departed to install another sound recorder.

Others were having their first session on nest watch near a boundary of the Ark territory where only a week before, the first Kokako nest in the Waitakere Ranges in perhaps as much as 80 years had been seen.

The walk initially along an easy trail was interesting with its flora being slightly different to that in lower altitudes of much of the Ark. With its upright bottlebrush-like racemes of small white flowers, specimens of Tawheowheo [Quintinia serrata] were distinctive. Their curly edged leaves, green when new but red with age, give the trees red highlights.

Whether green or red, the leaves always have a cold, vinyl-like texture. The slight lime citrus smell of hangehange is here and throughout the ranges at this time of year, but visually spectacular was Tawari.

Lime-green stamen reaching beyond ivory white petals in pentametric symmetry , the large flowers were used as adornment by Maori and the flowers were one of few they gave a specific name to, whakou, separate from that of the tree.

The pair of Kokako being watched by the Ark members though, had chosen another sub-canopy species - a mature Heketara festooned with Supplejack. The Ark members had come prepared to monitor for at least two hours, but within five minutes of settling in, a soft “dook dook” alerted them to the presence of Kokako.

A movement of leaves, a branch bent and released, a grey shape showing, feeding on the leaves of an adjacent tree. One leg viewed,

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luckily the right one with band combination seen, then the bird vanished,only to appear from behind the tangled canopy within half a minute.

Here, though, its presence was noted more by interruption to shafts of light between leaf clusters, which darkened then reappeared, rather than by any definite shape. A slight rising and falling of perhaps tail feathers over the nest edge and all was quiet – or nearly so.

Tui called with lots of staccato wing flapping and noisy flights; fantails flitted constantly with sharp “tweets”; occasional waxeyes, four or five at a time; Grey Warblers in ones or twos. Blackbirds sang, Kereru passed by with their “wump wump wump,” and even a tomtit visited with its “olly olly olly”.

At 25 – 30 minute intervals, the kokako left her nest, often with the male attending, and he sometimes giving full song sequences, but more commonly, soft vocalisations between the pair were heard. What most impressed was the secretiveness of approach and departure.

Sneaking noiselessly through the wellcamouflaged canopy of the olearia with barely a twig disturbed, the bird waited until at least 20m away before vocalising with her mate.

Later, the Ark members realised this frequency of departure and return implied that chicks were probably being fed, yet never a peep was heard ascommonly occurs in many other species when the parent brings food to chicks.

What a thrill to see this in the Waitakere Ranges – and how easy for the Ark members, but finding this nest initially was the combination of many, many weeks of effort.

As reported in previous issues of Walking New Zealand, sound recorders had been set up and recorded for periods of hours over several days at a time and the resulting spectrograms scanned for consistent Kokako presence. Radio-trackers plotted the movements of those birds with transmitters, and dedicated searchers followed up.

For the opportunity to hear and see our wonderful diverse ranges, and to go on the Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks series, please email me on: kaylindley@xtra.co.nz.

Horsebreaker in Murder Red Country.

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new walking tour uncovering quirky artwork hidden in buildings around Wellington’s CBD has been launched

by Property Council New Zealand this week, in time for The World of Wearable Arts.

Months of planning and bargaining with building owners has resulted in 30 office block foyers and iconic landmarks in Wellington being identified, and permission sought from owners for their works of art on display to be In the Majestic Towers.

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A painting by Simon McIntyre.

included in the tour.

Stops along the tour will include the stunning copper and timber dome in the Supreme Court’s main courtroom, the “music has charms” mural by Piera McArthur in the City Chambers building, and the interesting Te Aro pa display containing the preserved foundations of two ponga buildingsfrom the 1840s on Taranaki Street.

The art tour will finish at the Museum Art Hotel in Cable Street which houses over 80 pieces of contemporary artwork collected by owner Chris Parkin, as well as award-winning restaurant and bar Hippopotamus – the perfect place to end the tour. It is designed to take between two and a half to four hours.

Organised by members of Property

Colours of Fun - Michelle Bellamy

Council’s Wellington Branch Executive and supported by Positively Wellington Tourism and engineering consultancy BECA, this tour is designed to showcase hidden gems in the city while building the profile of Wellington as a tourism destination.

It will be a self-guided activity for visitors to the city and will offer the freedom to explore sections of the tour that works within the day, says Brent Slater, a member of the branch executive. “It is hoped people may stay an extra day in town to take in a new perspective of the creative arts capital.”

“Wellington has by far the greatest concentration of multi storey buildings in a New Zealand city,” said Mr Slater. “There is

now an opportunity to take advantage of this geographical intensity by having building owners hang or install outstanding art works in their foyers then opening their premises to the public during normal business hours.”

Chris Parkin, owner of the Museum Art Hotel and also a member of the Wellington Executive, is delighted to be part of the Secret Art Tour. “It’s another opportunity for visitors to gain a real insight into the Capital’s unique and individual nature,” Mr Parkin said.

“The tour is easily navigable on foot and at no cost. It’s an outstanding initiative by Property Council as it enables us to show off our beautiful landmarks and hidden pieces of art,” said Mr Parkin.

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Australia’s Big10 A

frica has its “Big 5” but did you know that Australia has the “Big 10”? And the best bit is that they can all be seen on a walking holiday.

Kangar oo Kangaroo The kangaroo features proudly on Australia’s Coat of Arms. There are a few different species but it’s fair to say they are widely spread across the continent. The poor females are continually pregnant. When a joey is born it is only the size of a jelly bean and it crawls up into its mother’s pouch and latches onto one of her two special teats. This teat produces milk that is high in fat content for the new joey.

After a few months the joey will leave the pouch but will continue to drink its mother’s milk, until it is about a year old. However, it will switch to mum’s other teat, as this produces a milk that is high in carbohydrates suitable for older joeys. This makes way for mum to give birth to another jelly bean-sized joey. So mum can take care of three at once – the newborn one attached to the teat, a young joey that comes and goes and drinks from the other teat, and the unborn one inside her womb who is waiting for the newborn to move on. And what’s dad doing all this time you might ask?

It’s a special feeling when a kangaroo Above right: Mt Hassel on the Stirling Ranges.

Below left: Hiking on the Great Ocean Walk.

Below right: The Remarkable Rocks.

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bounds across the track a metre or two away from you and this can be experienced in many Australian walking destinations. In the Grampians in Victoria you’ll just about trip over them; there are so many! It’s the same with its namesake, Kangaroo Island. Other excellent encounters can be had on the Bibbulmun Track in Western Australia, the Flinders Ranges in South Australia and the Great South West Walk in Victoria.

Koala A koala is not a bear; if fact, it’s related to

Kangaroos and Wombats. Koalas look cute and cuddly, just like a teddy bear but don’t get too close as those claws and teeth are very sharp. They eat between ½ and one kilo of eucalyptus leaves every day and manage to find about 19 hours to sleep as well. This is because the leaves don’t have a lot of nutritional value.

It’s a bit akin to you living on a diet of lettuce leaves. Yes, you’ll feel tired and want 19 hours of kip too!

Interestingly, the word “koala” means “no drink” in many Aboriginal languages. Koalas

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Platypus The platypus is the other one of our monotremes. It’s a strange looking creature that has a bill and webbed feet like a duck, a tail like a beaver and the body and fur of an otter. Joseph Banks, after whom Australia’s banksias are named, was on Captain James Cook’s first voyage of discovery into the South Pacific Ocean.

They spent time in Australia, where Banks collected many samples to bring back to London. One of those samples was a platypus.

When he turned up with his specimen, the science community thought he’d stitched together parts from different animals and tried quite hard to have him declared insane. Here’s a bit of trivia for you. I’ve guided many American walkers over the years and they are all surprised to discover that a platypus is only 50-60 centimetres long. I’ve no idea why, but they are all expecting something more like the size of a dolphin!

Seeing a platypus in the wild is not an easy thing and the vast majority of Aussies won’t have achieved this. However, if you know where to go ..... There’s a spot in the wilderness of Tasmania near Maydena where you’ll have a 95% chance. And another on the Atherton Tablelands in Tropical Queensland. You’ll need patience though, and a willingness to go looking at dawn or dusk.

Cr ocodile Crocodile

do not need to drink as they obtain the moisture they need from their diet of leaves.

If you want to see koalas in the wild you’ll need to learn to look for their small, dry droppings and then look up. They are usually quite obvious as a koala will stay in the same tree for many days. You’ll quickly end up with a case of “Koala neck” after all that time looking to the treetops.

Better to know where to find them in lower trees, and the very best place is on the Great Ocean Walk in Victoria. Every time I’ve taken groups to the Great Ocean Walk we’ve seen lots of koalas, so that’s as close to a guarantee as you’ll get anywhere.

Australia’s two monotremes, or egg-laying Australia has two types of crocodiles. The mammals. Female echidnas lay a single egg in Estuarine crocs, often called “salties”, are the their pouch and after ten days the egg hatches world’s largest reptiles. As their name suggests, and the baby, called a “puggle”, is they usually live in salt water but can survive born. The puggle will stay in the pouch for about a month, living off the mother’s milk. But then it starts to develop sharp spines and that’s the end of its time in the pouch. Ouch!

The spines will continue to grow and become the echidna’s defence mechanism.

If you see an echidna while out walking, approach as quietly as possible or else it will curl itself into a ball with its sharp spike protruding and begin to burrow its way into Echidna the ground.

Echidnas are widespread around Australia The echidna is unusual in that it is one of and can live in many different types of environments. That said, they are not all that commonly seen as they have excellent camouflage. Good viewing possibilities include Flinders Island in Tasmania, the Grampians in Victoria, the Great Ocean Walk in Victoria and Tasmania’s coastal regions.

Left: An Echidna.

Right: A Koala with joey on back.

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Australia’s Big10 in fresh water. The others are Freshwater crocs, often called “freshies”. They’re a whole lot smaller and are quite shy.

If you should ever get to see a crocodile’s intestines, remember this Aboriginal creation story. It’s about a man who was killed by Ginga,

the first croc. A man and his wife were hunting for turtle. The wife knew her husband was dead when she saw his intestines floating in the water. Today, if you cut a crocodile open, its intestines will resemble the skull of the man that was killed. So, young people are not allowed to eat crocodile intestines – they are reserved for the old people who fill them with crocodile fat and roast them! Yummy?

Now I did start this article saying you can see Australia’s Top 10 on a walking holiday.

You’ll be pleased to know that we prefer to see crocodiles from a boat, not whilst on foot!

Mind you, we did see one crossing a walking track in the Top End not long ago. Fortunately he’d had a good feed and happily posed for our cameras. So the Top End in the Northern Territory is one of the best places to see crocodiles in the wild. There are about as many crocs as people living in the Territory so it’s a cast iron guarantee.

The other place where we always see them is in the Daintree in Queensland’s Tropics. As well as seeing them in the wild on a boat trip, the accommodation property we stay at has a pet one. In an enclosure with a very high fence that is!

Cassowar Cassowaryy Cassowaries are flightless birds that stand about two metres tall and weigh up to 85kg.

Now that’s a big bird! They are fruit eaters so imagine how much fruit they have to find.

Fortunately, many of the fruits of the rainforest are quite large. The cassowary Above: Looking out over Solution Pipes Bay .

Below: A Platypus swimming in water.

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swallows the fruits whole, only digesting the fleshy parts. This means the seeds remain intact until excreted, when they will usually grow into new plants, helped along by a bit of cassowary fertiliser. During the time it takes for the seeds to pass through the gut, the cassowary can have travelled 30-40km.

About 100 species of plants depend on cassowaries to disperse their seeds in this manner. Cassowaries are solitary birds, only tolerating company during the breeding season. The male is the hardest worker in the family. He never leaves during the incubation period, often going without food for 50 days.

Then raises the chicks by himself.

You’ll only find a cassowary in some tropical areas of Far North Queensland. Their status has recently been changed from vulnerable to endangered, due mainly to loss of habitat and too many getting run over by cars. The best places to see them are at Mission Beach, the Daintree Rainforest and the Atherton Tablelands. It’s often a challenge, but I don’t think there’s been a Tropical Hiker trip I’ve guided where we haven’t seen at least one.

A few weeks ago we were treated to a whole family including young chicks!

Tchingal, hatched an enormous egg. One day, Tchingal was away from the nest when a crow flew past and, being hungry, had a peck at the egg. The monster emu was furious and chased after the crow, during which many features of the Grampians were formed.

War raged and eventually the emu was killed. The Creator Spirit, Bunjil, took the feathers off the emu and divided them into two piles, declaring that in future, all emus would be smaller. The dual feather is a reminder of this. Bunjil also decided that it would be better if emus laid more than one egg at a time so they would not become so jealous of their single egg.

Emus are widespread all over Australia, although they tend to avoid dense forest and arid areas. They are very inquisitive birds and it is quite often possible to get up close and personal, whether you want to or not. It’s not a good idea to have a picnic lunch around an emu as you’re likely to lose some of your goodies. Great walking areas to see emus include the Grampians in Victoria and Kangaroo Island in South Australia.

Wombat Wombats are the largest burrowing marsupials in Australia. They build enormous burrows from two to 30 metres long. Like the koala it has a backwards opening pouch so dirt doesn’t get in whilst it’s digging. Wombat poo is quite unique in that its cube shaped and wombats will pile it up on top of logs, rocks or other high places along walking tracks. The shape stops the poo rolling off high points where it’s deposited to mark territory.

There’s a poem I love to share on our tours called “Wombat has a secret” by Molly Greaves. It has many verses but here’s a bit of it: So………what’s Wombat’s secret?

Well, actually, it happens when he does a Number Two For it doesn’t matter how he tries – He does a cubic poo!

He’d like to do a round one or maybe thin and long Just as all his cobbers do, he wants to, right or wrong But Wombat isn’t like them, ‘cause somehow his body’s strange And sends out poo in little blocks, completely rearranged.

Wombats can be found in quite a few areas of Australia. The best place I know of to see wombats in the wild is near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania. Another good place to look for them is our alpine walks, both in Victoria and New South Wales.

Dingo Dingoes are native dogs that were originally brought to Australia by Aboriginal people when sea levels were higher and they were able to island hop south to this country. There are not many pure breed dingoes left in Australia as they tend to breed with feral domestic dogs.

Dingoes are very flexible animals. They can rotate their wrists so well that they can turn door knobs. They can also turn their heads

Emu The emu is also on the Australian Coat of Arms. It’s the world’s third largest bird, being a bit smaller than the cassowary. It’s also a flightless bird but it can sprint at up to 50km per hour. Farm fences are no problem as the emu’s 2.5 metre stride allows it to effortlessly hurdle over the top of them. Emu feathers are unusual in that they start off as a single shaft then split into two separate feathers.

In the Grampians, the indigenous people have a story to explain that. It’s quite long, but the gist of it is that a giant emu, known as Above left: The Cassowary bird.

Above right: A Kookaburra.

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Above: The Australian Wombat.

Australia’s Big10 about 180 degrees in both directions.

One way to be sure you’re looking at a dingo rather than a domestic dog is to listen – dingoes can’t bark, they howl. Did a dingo eat Azaria Chamberlain? I guess we’ll never really know. It’s a great conversation opener as we watch the sun set over Uluru, champagne in hand!

Dingoes love the desert so it’ll come as no surprise that the Red Centre is the place to see them, often alongside feral camels.

Kookaburra I’ll bet you learned the song “Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree” at school? Along with the other half of the world. The kookaburra is Australia’s favourite bird, unless you are cooking sausages on the barbie and get raided.

I’ve seen these magnificent birds work cooperatively in small groups, some creating a distraction whilst the others steal the meat. In the southern and eastern states we have the Laughing Kookaburra, the largest member of the Kingfisher family. It’s the one with the distinctive laugh that made the song famous.

Then up north there’s the Blue-Winged Kookaburra. It’s slightly smaller, has a totally different song and features a brilliant patch of iridescent blue on its wings.

The best walking areas to see the BlueWinged Kookaburra are the tropics in North Queensland and the top end in the Northern Territory. As for the Laughing Kookaburra, he’s so widespread that you’ve got a good chance anywhere there’s good walking to be had.

The Whanganui River winds its way from the mountains to the Tasman Sea through countless hills and valleys. Lowland forest surrounds the river in its middle and lower reaches, forming the heart of Whanganui National Park.

The 145km journey from Taumarunui to Pipiriki takes an average of five days to complete by canoe. A shorter, three day journey from Whakahoro to Pipiriki (87km) is also possible.

Although a river journey, the Whanganui is part of New Zealand’s “Great Walks” network.

Traditional entry or exit points for the Whanganui Journey are Taumarunui, Ohinepane, Whakahoro and Pipiriki. Most facilities and services that cater for river travellers are found in Taumarunui and Whanganui, although some facilities are also found at Raetihi, Ohakune and National Park village. There are no shops at Whakahoro or Pipiriki.

Whanganui personal perspective

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he warm sun struck the water at that annoying angle that makes you squint!

Still, it was good to see the golden orb reflected in Retäruke River where we slipped the canoes in at Whakahoro.

Anyway we might not see too much sun over the following few days if the weather Below: The Mangawaiiti departure point.

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Journey - A forecast was anything to go by.

It was early November and my wife and I were doing the Whanganui canoe trip with four friends in an organised tour. There were others in the party who had joined independently, bringing the total to ten of us plus three guides.

Jamie, our chief guide had just bought a couple of new boats to supplement his fleet so before we got underway, a naming ceremony was called for and we toasted the new vessels before loading and drifting downstream to join the Whanganui.

Doing an early season trip on the Whanganui River is a good way to have the place to your selves and after the party settled down to good paddling technique, we had time to enjoy our stunning surroundings and our

own company. My wife was in the front of the canoe so it was easy for me to shirk from paddling because she couldn’t tell what I was doing. That didn’t last long!

We had chosen to camp so we had tents and other camping equipment that filled the central parts of our double canoes. That’s the thing about a canoe! You don’t have to carry anything on your back so there is no compromise in the quantity or quality of the food you take with you.

Evening meals were always a delight with plenty of treats and we were always surprised at what the guides popped out of the canoes to keep hunger at bay while we waited for the main meal to cook.

All campsites and huts have a water supply

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the river.

We clambered up into the beech forest and broke out to the ridge with views to the west across rows of dissected hills and east towards Ruapehu. The sun had not deserted us and after a bumpy descent, a swim in the river was just the perfect end to a day’s simple exercise.

Further downstream the next day, the stop at the Bridge to Nowhere was a revelation.

Today it gets more use than it did when it was first built.

It is the unofficial flagship of Whanganui National Park and a major visitor attraction on the Whanganui Journey getting even more use now that it is an integral part of the Mountains to Sea cycle way.

This simple concrete bridge symbolises a failed attempt at back country pioneering in the Mangaparua Valley -”the valley of abandoned dreams”- by a community of returned World War 1 servicemen.

In 1917 the first pioneer settlers started taking up the available holdings. At the peak of settlement there were 46 farms in the area and for a number of years the community thrived. around at the tall Kahikatea and Rimu and In 1936 the new steel-reinforced concrete Tötara forest that stands majestically on the bridge was finally opened. Serious erosion riverside above the steep clay banks that mark (caused by the clearing of bush), flooding and the edges of this venerable muddy waterway.

Don’t expect endless crystal clear water. Above left Apple-time on the Whanganui This river cuts through mudstone that keeps River. the water slightly murky but therein lays the very soul of the river and the stories that travel with it.

Historically, before roads or rail, this river had been the main thoroughfare to the central North Island from the coast. It was a valuable trading route in pre-European times and remained the lifeblood of the North Island well into the 20th century before the main trunk railroad pushed across the volcanic plateau After a second day of paddling, Jamie called a stop to do a side trip from the Mangawaiiti Campsite to the ridgeline above

Whanganui Journey A personal perspective with a table and benches for cooking, while huts have bunks with mattresses, stoves, benches, tables and cooking facilities.

Bottled gas is provided in huts for cooking and heating. During the winter off- season the designated campsites are free of charge.

Spring is a good time to be in the bush, to be part of the renewal of nature around you.

The Rata was in bloom, the Clematis was climbing through the forest canopy and the cacophony of birdcalls was so heart warming.

Bellbird and Tui were incessant and Warblers and Robins called. Then, every so often, the air would be ripped by a long tail Cuckoo’s shriek with a harsh clattering finish! You just have to love it!

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Tieke Kaianga accommodation beside the Whanganui River.

poor road access meant that the settlers could no longer survive the harsh conditions and by 1942 only three of the farmers remained in the valley and the bush began to reclaim its former territory.

The final night at Tïeke Käinga was characterised by pouring rain and lots of laughs! We took advantage of the cosy accommodation option and spent an evening telling tall tales and reliving the last few days.

The next half-day paddle to Pipiriki was filled with riding rapids and looking forward to a dry change!

The Whanganui Journey is not a journey that needed to be hurried and in fact all relished the more sedate pace. Time doing day trips made a real difference to an appreciation of this fascinating part of our historic and natural heritage.

Well, that’s off the bucket list but I think I’ll put it back on…

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Distances between campsites and huts The 145 kilometre river journey from Taumarunui to Pipiriki takes an average five days to complete by canoe. A shorter three day journey from Whakahoro to Pipiriki is also possible. Although a river journey, the Whanganui is part of New Zealand's Great Walks network. Distances between campsites and huts are as follows: Cherry Grove, Taumarunui to Ohinepane campsite - 22 kilometres Ohinepane to Poukaria campsite - 14 kilometres Poukaria to Maharanui campsite - 17 kilometres Maharanui to Whakahoro campsite - 4 kilometres Whakahoro to Mangapapa campsite - 11 kilometres Mangapapa to Ohauora campsite - 16 kilometres Ohauora to John Coull Hut - 10.5 kilometres John Coull Hut to Mangawaiiti campsite - 9.5 kilometres Mangawaiiti to Mangapurua campsite - 9 kilometres Mangapurua to Tieke Kainga - 10.5 kilometres Tieke to Ngaporo campsite - 12.5 kilometres Ngaporo to Pipiriki - 8 kilometres

By Peter Janssen Take a short walk with this book and see the Maori landscape through fresh eyes.

Maori culture has close ties with the landscape, in pa and early battle sites, and in myths and legends. From north to south, nearly 200 of the most accessible and memorable landmarks can be visited including volcanic summits, headlands, lakes and islands as well as pa sites urupa (graveyards), and hunting and fishing grounds.

Where relevant, the text provides a brief history of battlefields where fierce fighting erupted between tribes or between Maori and Pakeha.

Exploring Aotearoa has been researched, walked and written by popular outdoorsman Peter Janssen; it extends his successful short walks book series, while also tapping into the growth and interest in Maori tourism.

Every entry in the book is linked to a short walk that, in most cases, will be well within the scope of all age groups and fitness levels. Details of the grade, duration and directions for the walk complete the entry.

All the walks are on well-maintained tracks with good signage and on public land.

Most walks take 30 minutes to an hour-and no walks are more than three hours.

Author Auckland writer Peter Janssen has travelled extensively throughout New Zealand and has worked for many years in the publishing industry. He is the author of Excellent Short Walks in the North Island and Excellent Short Walks in the South Island, and Best Short Nature Walks in New Zealand published by New Holland.

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Photo contest

Monthly Photo Contest Above right: A windy trip to Pencarrow Lighthouse by a Wanganui Tramping Club group. Photo by Margaret Walford, Wanganui.

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.

Opposite page right: Viviene and two sisters tramping The Humpridge Track – one of the most awesome tramps/walks we have done – brilliant scenery – just stunning!! Please note that we are all dressed the same – not intended!! Set off on a brilliant sunny day and ended up in beanies, jackets and total white out/foggy conditions – not even the helicopter could make it up to deliver our packs – what a fun stay!! We had a ball! Sisters as from bottom to top, me (Vivienne Pearse), Bev Kerr and Jenny Kelly (top). Photo by Vivienne Pearse, Havelock North.

Above left: Pyrenees early morning. My friend Jenny and I recently returned from two and a half months trekking in France, where we walked the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean following the GR10. There were many beautiful vistas, this was a cool, fresh morning, very calm. Photo

by Marilyn Oxenham, Mt Maunganui.

Right: My mate Bruce laughing at the narrow width of browns Track , going off Cattle Ridge track in the Orongorongo’s recently. Photo by Mike Barry, Plimmerton.

We are looking for the best digital photos each month depicting walking.

Now is the time to get your digital camera out or look through your digital images and enter the

Walking New Zealand Digital Photo Contest

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

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

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

Email your entries to: walkingnz@xtra.co.nz with subject line “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest”

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Top right: This photo captures my friend walking up an impressive staircase on the way up Mt. Egmont. This was the final stage before reaching the summit and the weather could not of been better. It was one magical day. Photo by Klara Moserova, Hanmer Springs.

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Right: A walker in the Boreal Forest.

Newfoundland - a new global hotspot N

ewfoundland could well be the world’s best-kept secret. If you haven’t heard of it don’t feel bad because not many New Zealanders have.

This is what the Lonely Planet had to say: “Rocks and bogs be damned because travel industry mavens just picked Newfoundland as the new global hot spot.”

Newfoundland (Pronounced Newf ’ndland) lies off the east coast of mainland Canada.

It was inhabited by indigenous people for nearly 8,000 years and the first Europeans, the

Vikings, stepped onto its rocky shores just over 1,000 years ago — many years before Columbus discovered America. Today, most of the island’s 515,000 people originate from Irish and West-English settlers.

Earlier this year, Bush & Beyond owner/ operators, Bill Rooke and Maryann Ewers, travelled to Newfoundland for the first time with Maryann’s son, Kieran, and his partner, Becky.

During their big O.E., Kieran and Becky had discovered and fallen in love with the

island and spent a year there in 2010, with Kieran, who works for DOC in NZ, working on the East Coast Trail maintenance team.

Next year from July 1 to July 19, Bush & Beyond will host a 19-day walking tour of their new discovery.

“It will suit average walkers with an interest in natural history and there will be a walk each day, ranging from a stroll to a hike,” says Bill.

He says that Newfoundland’s culture is vastly different from anything else in North America, so learning about the people and history is an important part of the trip.

The group will include a maximum of 12 guests plus three guides. Depending on the location, accommodation will be in motels, inns or cottages.

The tour will cross the entire island with most hiking done on the East Coast Trail.

Highlights include: Whale watching from trail and boat, inspecting the world’s oldest deep-water marine fossils at Mistaken Point, visiting Cape Race, where the Titanic’s distress call was first picked up, touring L’anse aux Meadows, where the Vikings landed 1,000 years ago, and hiking in the World Heritage Area of Gros Morne National Park.

The East Coast TTrail rail There are sights along the east Coast Trail that you will never see in New Zealand — moose, otters, squirrels — and because it closely follows the coastline, whales and dolphins make a regular appearance.

Newfoundland had a thriving cod-fishing industry prior to its collapse towards the end of last century. Subsequently, there are many Left: Ponds in Gros Morne National Park.

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Above left: View from summit of Gros Morne Mountain.

Above right: Quidi Vidi harbour, East Coast Trail.

old fishing villages dotted along Avalon Peninsula on the east coast of the island.

The East Coast Trail, which was officially opened in 2001, links these villages and provides 270 km of world-class walking trail.

Bill says that the trail can be accessed from about a dozen locations, so they have selected the best walks for the trip.

“Only three of the days are seven to nine hours of walking, with the others being more

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leisurely,” he says. “However, people can have by glaciers and at first looks very baron. a day off if they wish, or take the option of a However, once you explore it, you discover that it is covered in unusual vegetation, lakes shorter walk.” and wildlife.

Gr os Morne National Park Gros Wildlife in the park includes lynx, black bear Gros Morne National Park became a World and moose; whales and sea ducks can be seen Heritage Site in 1987. It’s located on the west on the coast.

To get amazing 360-degree views of the coast of Newfoundland and is vastly different park you can climb the 806m-high Gros Morne to The East Coast Trail.

“It has an incredible geological history,” Mountain.

Bill: “It’s a truly unique place and we’re says Bill. At the park there is a rare opportunity to see how the continental drift works, with looking forward to sharing it.”

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Te Puia Lodge and the hot springs

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magine. You have just completed an energetic and scenic walk into the bush.

You arrive at your hut destination, shed your pack and change into swimming clothes.

You have a quick dip in the river and the a further walk takes you to two pools, brimming with hot water, naturally fed from an underground source.

You control the temperature simply by turning the PVC pipe that feeds the water into the pools. You enter the pools and relax … sublime.

Imagine. You enjoy a nights rest in a hut or tent and return to the car park. You remove your pack and walk to yet another hot pool, just like the first. What better way to end a walk.

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Fanciful? Not at all. This experience awaits anyone in the Kaweka Ranges, just inland and north of Napier.

The walk starts at The Gums car park located at the end of Makahu Road. The drive in (see directions at the end) is itself an experience, the final ten kilometres or so being over a narrow and interesting road. Although we visited in the peak of summer, the hills appeared covered with a light coating of snow – a sight created by the manuka being in full flower.

The car park, with shelter, toilet and picnic table, is sited above the mighty Mohaka River and the walk follows the river for most of the way. But follows does not mean along the bank. The track is generally high above the river but allows magnificent glimpses of the rugged country. However, there are times when it does drop to river level allowing the walker the opportunity of a dip in one of the swimming holes available.

Fishermen can be seen looking to hook one of the plentiful brown trout that can be clearly seen in the crystal clear waters of the river.

The track is varied and undulating.

Classified as ‘easy’ it certainly is in most places

By Judy and Keith Hitchcock

Above left: The hills covered with Manuka in flower.

Above: Looking down on the Mohaka River.

Below left: Part of the bank of pumice carvings.

Right opposite page: Te Puia Lodge.

as it wends its way among the Manuka, Kanuka and Beech trees, At times the track is leafy and sandy; at others it is rocky and slippery.

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Above: The entrance to Mangatainoka Hot Springs.

Above: The track wanders with ferns on both sides.

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and the hot springs difficult on the descent. Care is required and a rope would not be out of place.

There are some decent climbs which test the aerobic capacity, but that is where the hot pools can be keenly anticipated.

The walk is rated as from two to three hours from the car park to Te Puia Lodge. The harder part starts just over half way through, at a point where the track meets the river and allows a sizeable resting area – with easy swimming and fishing.

The lodge sleeps 24 and provides

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comfortable over night accommodation, with gas cookers and gas heating available. It is beautifully sited on the bank of the river with a surprisingly large sandy beach area. There is a charge (currently $15 per person) and tickets need to be pre-purchased from DOC. Alternatively, there is good free camping space available at the Hot Springs.

It is a delightful 45 minute walk along mainly flat track (one small but steep climb) to the Mangatainoka Hot Springs, found where the Mangatainoka Stream meets the Mohaka.

Take full and free use of the deck surrounded pools, observe the feature bank of pumice carvings, perhaps even create your own, explore the surrounding area, view the Rimu, Matai and Kahikatea, marvel at the clarity of the river and take a dip if you wish.

The camping facilities are well set out with a barbecue and many private spots to set up a tent.

Whilst most will return to the car park by the same route, there is an alternative via the Makino Track. This requires a steep climb to the ridges then drops down to the road from where you walk back to the start.

We, and others we spoke to at the end, all found the return journey to be much quicker than the walk in, partly we suspect because the tricky parts earlier described were easier to ascend that descend.

About 200 metres from the road end is a nice camping area and further along the road is the entrance to the Mangatutu Hot Springs – a duplicate of the Mangatainoka. Visitors here have started a wall of pumice carvings, duplicating that at Mangatainoka. Enjoy a refreshing and relaxing wind down before Below left: The boardwalk to the pools.

Below right: Soaking in the polls at Mangatainoka Hot Springs.

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leaving this enchanting spot.

This walk has it all; stunning scenery, a clearly marked track, swimming and fishing opportunities, a variety of bird life (you may see and will probably hear the whio or blue duck), some enchanting glens and fern filled valleys, and a strenuous walk but with the ability to soak those weary bones and muscles in a hot pool. A rewarding experience.

How to get there.

From Napier, take Puketitiri Road to Puketitiri. About four kilometres past the small settlement, the seal ends and after that the road forks. Take the right turn into Pakaututu Road and after ten kilometres turn left into Makahu Road. The car park is ten kilometres down this narrow and windy road. In all, allow 90 minutes

from Napier.

If travelling from the north along SH2, turn into Bay View and follow Hill Road. Turn left into Seafield Road and turn right when it ends at Puketitiri Road.

From the Taupo-Napier Road (SH5) there are three options. Option one, the shortest, is to turn left into Glengarry Road (about 14 kms past Te Pohue) which takes you through to

Above: The track wanders through Beech trees.

Puketitiri Road. Turn right.

Option two is to turn into Hedgely Road (by the church in the Esk Valley) which takes you to Seafield Road. Turn right.

Option three is to follow Hill Road and turn right into the start of Seafield Road.

Above left: A sandy beach by Te Puia Lodge.

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Dargaville groups adven Bay of Islands

By Maxine Stringer

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ixteen members of the Dargaville We set off all excited as Jenny Bishop was Tramping Group took off for a walk the only one that had done this walk previous, ing adventure in the Bay of Islands in so for the rest of us it was to be a six hour June walking from Paihia to Opua and then adventure. Every section had its surprises. from Okiato to Russell.

It was perfect weather, warm with very

little wind. It didn’t cool off until about 4pm when the wind got up.We realized we took a gamble to go ahead with the tramp and it paid off, because the weather forecast was for heavy rain.

â– Above: Members of the Dargaville Tramping Group on the wharf after their ferry trip in the Bay of Islands.

Below: After a walk throuigh the bush a bridge was a welcome sight.

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nture in Paihia to Opua From Paihia you have the option, if the tide is out, walking around the rocks to the next bay.

In our case after Jenny had checked out the “rocks” the tide was too high so it was suggested we take the road up and over to the next bay.

Easy going as this was all footpath walking.

When we got to the bay we could have a short walk along the sand or grass, until we came to the start of the bush.

There has been plenty of rain, on this track which was clay based, sticky and wet. You had to be careful as your boots clogged up with the stuff. For the ones who took their walking poles well done. Some of us in the group used our kiwi initiative and broke off the dead flax sticks and used that. There was plenty of scrub or trees to swing off to keep your balance along the way.

The track wasn’t like this all the way thankfully because if you you concentrate so much where you are going you miss out on taking in the sights. It was such a delight seeing your traditional kiwi batches tucked away in the most idyllic places. Lots of dinghies parked up, lots of boats moored and people fishing. These sights were great as we

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wandered along the track in and out of the bush until we got to the ferry at Opua.

Above: The boardwalk makes it easy walking.

Opua to Okiato

takes us through a section of Manchurian Rice Grass which reminds me of our Dargaville river bank. After a while back onto the road again.

Then we go off the road and pass along what looks like the recycle centre/dump. Back on the road again and at this point we are heading into the township and we can all smell that our reward coffee is not too far away. It is now 3.30pm and we all have hot drinks waiting to go back over to Paihia on the 4pm passenger ferry.

The fer ry over is $7.00 one way as an individual ticket. Steve and Rhonda purchased two concession tickets which made our fares just over half price each.

Rhonda had a container of small change from us all. Back at Paihia and our final walk back to our cars for home.

This walk was fantastic, brilliant, awesome and covered all sorts of terrain. I love the company, the laughs, the fun. Thank you.

We all crossed on the ferry $1.00 each.

Coming into Okiato on the ferry was a bonus we didn’t expect. Our lady operator got the ferry stuck at an angle on the edge of the concrete ramp and could not get the ferry free.

After much reversing etc she decided that some of the vehicles on board needed to reverse to the back of the ferry to take the weight off the front. She got it all sorted and then we were all off again.

Okiato to Russell At this point we met up with Bev and Graham Jones, our group number now 18.

Short walk up the footpath and then back into the bush again. This bush was different from the last one. In all sections there are plenty of board walks which I just love. Very thick bush. Lots of steps up and lots of steps down.

At this point I’m in awe of Graham and Bev of their fitness. We stopped for lunch when we eventually came out of the bush onto a road. Then we were off again through a gate along a private road and back into the bush again.

I loved this part as it was all young tall trees.

Lots of up and down again. Eventually you came out onto another road. Cross over and you go back into the bush again. Lots more walking on board walks etc. You can appreciate just how much work has gone into erecting the board walks as there are quite a lot of them.

You get to a point when you have left all the bush behind for awhile and can enjoy the sights more like the oyster farms. We carry on and at some point enter the bush again. This

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Headland Sculpture on the Gulf - a walking event

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ext year marks the 10th anniversary of Headland Sculpture on the Gulf.

It was established in 2003 by the Waiheke Community Art Gallery and quickly became New Zealand’s premier outdoor sculpture exhibition.

This biennial event features 30 works along a spectacular coastal walk above Matiatia Bay and attracts visitors from around New Zealand and overseas. More than 32,000 attended the free, three week event in 2011.

In 2013 Headland Sculpture on the Gulf runs from 25 January to 17 February 2013.

The thirty works to be exhibited in 2013 have been chosen from more than 100 entries by a distinguished panel of selectors - John Gow (co-founder of Sculpture on the Gulf and Connells Bay Sculpture Park), Sue Gardiner of the Chartwell Trust and Lara Strongman, an independent curator from Christchurch.

The selected sculptures are being judged independently by Rhana Davenport, Director of the Govett Brewster Gallery in New Plymouth. The winner of the Lexus Premier Award receives a grant of $20,000 with the winners of the Westpac Merit Award and genI Merit Award each receiving $10,000. The winner of the Parsons Brinckerhoff Award for Engineering Excellence also receives $10,000.

Visitors also have the opportunity to vote for their favourite sculpture. The winner of the Fullers People’s Choice Award is announced at the conclusion of the event and receives $5,000.

To celebrate the 10 th anniversary of Sculpture on the Gulf, the directors have made a number of changes which they believe greatly enhance the event, the most significant of which are reversing the direction of the walk and the inclusion of a large marquee complex on the foreshore at Matiatia, a short walk from the ferry wharf.

The Sculpture on the Gulf Pavilion provides visitors with a real “taste of Waiheke” with a full daily menu designed by Ana Schwarz (runner-up TVNZ Master Chef 2012) and prepared by French chef Nico Fini, both Waiheke residents.

Waiheke wines from selected vineyards Obsidian, Kennedy Point and Batch, the exclusive sparkling wine provider, are available

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with meals and by the glass. Craft beers, cider and ginger beer from Waiheke Island Brewery are on offer.

Island Coffee, Rangihoua Estate olive oils and Waiheke Aqua water are also featured, together with produce from many other local suppliers. A range of Waiheke produce is also

Waiheke Island Waiheke Island is in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf and is a scenic 35 minute ferry ride from the CBD of New Zealand’s biggest city. The island is known for its magnificent vistas, beaches and vineyards. It has a subtropical climate and a beautiful 100km coastline peppered with white sand beaches and steep and rocky shorelines.

Waiheke has a permanent population of around 8,000. The island is a popular holiday destination for both local and international tourists. The island can be accessed by private boat, public ferry services and by air (helicopter services are available).

available for sale.

Waiheke musicians and bands are also showcased in the Pavilion throughout the event.

The Sculpture on the Gulf Pavilion is open to the public from 8.30am until 5.30pm Monday to Wednesday, 8.30am until 10.30pm Thursday to Saturday and 8.30am to 8.30pm

Sundays.

In and around the Sculpture on the Gulf Pavilion are large sculptural works by invited artists including Virginia King, Paul Hartigan, Filipe Tohi, and Anah Dunsheath. The Pavilion also houses a large dedicated gallery space where a wide range of smaller sculptures, including maquettes of the walkway sculptures, are exhibited and for sale.

A number of subsidiary events and activities feature in the Pavilion. There are special dining events (e.g. on Valentine’s Day), daily wine tastings and talks with the selected headland artists (repeated twice), and Waiheke musicians entertain at lunch time and in the evenings.

Twilight walks are another special feature of the 2013 event, with the opportunity for visitors to enjoy Waiheke hospitality after their walk, while they watch the sun set over Matiatia Bay from the comfort of the Pavilion.

Numbers are limited for many of the subsidiary events, so bookings are recommended given the numbers likely to attend. Full details are available now on the website www.sculptureonthegulf.co.nz Reversing the direction of the walk means that visitors can be bussed directly from the Pavilion to what used to be the end of the walk. This provides a fresh perspective on the stunning 2.5 kilometre walk as visitors make their way, largely downhill, back to Matiatia Bay, the Pavilion and ferries.

These innovations mean visitors are assured not only of complete security of transport and a physically easier walk, but also

Waiheke sculpture by Chris Peacocke

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of a warm welcome and much more of a ‘Waiheke Experience’ than has been possible for most during past events.

The walking track is suitable for all ages. Comfortable, reasonably sturdy footwear is recommended.

Baby packs rather than prams are recommended as there are a number of steps. Well managed dogs are welcome on the walk, but health and safety regulations mean they are not allowed in the Pavilion.

Headland Sculpture on the Gulf is a free event. Organisers appreciate the donations that have been made by visitors in the past and ask for that support again in 2013. Donations can be made either when booking packages online or on the day.

How to get there Most visitors reach the island by way of the Fullers Ferry service that departs regularly from downtown Auckland and Devonport (on the North Shore). The ferry docks at Matiatia Bay, a short walk from the Pavilion.

Visit www.fullers.co.nz for timetables and pricing.

A regular bus service (every 15 to 20 minutes) is available to transport guests from the Pavilion to the beginning of the walking track. The service costs $5 per person and tickets can be purchased online or in the Pavilion.

Of particular interest to Eastern and South Auckland suburbs residents is SeaLink’s passenger (and car ferry) service departing regularly from Half Moon Bay in Pakuranga and docking at Kennedy Point on Waiheke. SeaLink is providing a bus service to transport guests from Kennedy Point to the Pavilion and back again, so visitors using this option also have seamless and worry-free transport to and from headland Sculpture on the Gulf in 2013.

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Alaska, Canada

and the bears!

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es, we have been abroad again this time to Canada, Alaska and then a few days in San Francisco.

We really enjoyed Canada and the Canadians. Mind you Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and then the Rocky Mountaineer to Vancouver can hardly be saying we’ve seen Canada? All well known tourist spots but somehow they managed to retain their integrity.

We had a free day in each town and went off on walks around the outskirts of the town.

We rarely saw anyone else and being oblivious to the Bear situation felt quite safe.

Having since talked to people who strolled into the path of a bear or two we realise that we should have been a little more circumspect.

We bought a bell and tinkled our way along only to be told by a fellow walker that the bears were now alert to “bells”. The noise just led them to their next meal! So who do you believe?

We climbed a mountain in Lake Louise and felt well pleased with ourselves.

As an aside, it seemed that every second Canadian carried a takeaway coffee with them everywhere, yes, even up a mountain! It amused us to see the people in front of us chugging up the mountain track and sipping at their coffee cup.

The views were spectacular – right out over the hanging glaciers with rivers of racing, tumbling milk coloured water chasing down into the Lake. Thousands of Christmas trees climbing right up to the snow line and then we would round a corner and find ourselves amidst a spread of colourful wild flowers.

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We found photo safe bears at the top of Grouse Mountain, visited super museums and generally enjoyed the scenery.

The Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island were mind blowing. Just ordinary flowers but beautifully put together. We strolled for three hours through the most wonderful corners, expanses and creations, marvelling at Jenny Butchart’s “gardening adventure”. Will our “Quarry” in Te Puna ever become a World Heritage Site?

And then we were off to Seattle to join our “Little Ship” – the Spirit of Yorktown.

Only 110 passengers and a captain and crew who looked out for wild life and either stopped the boat or turned around and went back so that we could all have a look. Can’t see one of those big cattle cruisers being able to do that!

The whales were amazing. They played like dolphins around the bow of our ship. So enormous and yet so smooth and graceful.

The sea otters were gorgeous, sailing along on their backs with their cracking stone clutched to their chests and sometimes sound asleep.

Seals galore on tiny islands, looking like gorgon’s tresses as they stretched and turned.

Bears and babies, sea eagles – we saw them up close and personal. Wonderful.

The glaciers were tremendous. The blue of the ice is spectacular. We have photos and photos and photos! Once again our little ship could get in so much closer than the “monster ships.

We met some really nice people on board, mostly Americans. Just us two NZers and eight Aussies. Usually we find it difficult to connect

Above:A view from the climb up the mountain at Lake Louise.

Below left: A squirrell poses for the photographer.

Below: Spectacular mini blue icebergs which we viewed from the ship.

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Below: We managed to very close to this bear at the top of Grouse mountain.

Below right: This whale played around the bow of our “little ship� The Spirit of Yorktown, which takes only 110 passegers.

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Overseas guided walks with Americans. Work is different, sport is different and one wouldn’t dare mention politics. The ones we met were interested and interesting and I guess we all had a common interest in seeing the great outdoors.

Sadly we can’t say the same about the ports of call. We were very disappointed in the cultural aspects of the journey. Tourism – all in upper case! It seemed to be truly out of control with either the inevitable “Native experience” which for the most part was genuine and friendly but the shops! Spare us.

Yards and yards of jewellers (three out of four shops?) and Chinese manufactured caps, tshirts, hoodies and trinkets.

Where the locals did their everyday shopping – who knows? Not a grocer or fruit shop in sight.

Sadly San Francisco felt much the same.

Fishermans Wharf was tourist shops gone mad. All selling the same thing and all at the same price. It was wonderful to find the Ferry Buildings and a proper market with boutique bakers, cheese shops and a wonderful kitchen shop. It’s a lovely city. You just have to find the right bits.

Then it was time to head for home.

San Francisco Airport was a dream after Los Angeles. We experienced none of the hassles and grouchiness of LA. Everyone was so polite and helpful. San Francisco for us every time from now on if we have to travel to the USA. Opposite page: A beautiful mirror scene.

Below left: This tall bright flower took my fancy.

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Global search for The Great Walker

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global search is underway to find four adventurers to take on the challenge of a lifetime by completing all of New Zealand’s nine famous Great Walks in just nine weeks.

Air New Zealand’s search for The Great Walker is being run in association with New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) and will see four global winners take on New Zealand’s premier DOC tracks; Abel Tasman Coast, Heaphy, Kepler, Lake Waikaremoana, Milford, Rakiura, Routeburn, Tongariro and Whanganui Journey.

The Great Walks span 550km of spectacular New Zealand terrain from alpine peaks to glacial valleys, native bush, rainforests and golden beaches.

Every year about 75,000 people from across New Zealand and around the world enjoy these internationally renowned wilderness experiences – each of which takes between three and five days to complete.

Both DOC and Air New Zealand are delighted to be able to share these tourism treasures with an even wider audience through this online competition which challenges keen walkers, trekkers and hikers to get creative and demonstrate why they believe they deserve to win a place on this wild adventure by uploading either a short YouTube video or a Pinterest board of inspiring images.

The four winners begin their journey at the

southern most point of the country with the first of the nine Great Walks – Rakiura Track on Stewart Island - and then make their way north conquering one track each week for nine weeks. As well as undertaking the Great Walks, the winners will also enjoy other Kiwi outdoor experiences including local wildlife encounters and adventure activities such as mountain biking, canyoning and jet boating.

Air New Zealand Head of Sponsorship and Community James Gibson describes the trip as a once in a lifetime experience. “New Zealand is internationally renowned for its stunning scenery and we’re thrilled to be able to offer people the chance to come and see it for themselves.

DOC Director Commercial Business Unit Dave Wilks says: “We are looking for Great Walkers with the total package - people with personality, creativity, a knack for blogging and story telling as well as a passion for outdoor adventure.

The competition follows the recent announcement of Air New Zealand’s three year commercial partnership with DOC. Entrants will be shortlisted and four winners chosen as judged by an official judging panel and by the public through the website.

The Great Walkers will then travel to New Zealand in February 2013 to complete the epic Kiwi adventure of a lifetime.

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High achievers

Up the river and down the with the River Queens

By Karen Williams

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hat started out as an annual Mother’s Day stroll has turned into two or three tramping trips a year for an energetic group of Taupo women - Joy Northcroft, Jo Johnson, Anna Bixley and Karen Williams.

Their latest outing, a five day trek around the Saint James Walkway in the Lewis Pass area, marked the 10th anniversary since the group who call themselves the River Queens hit the country’s trails.

An impressive number of wild places have been ticked off – from the Kaimai Ranges to the Kaimanawas and the Ruahines, the circuit of Ruapehu/Tongariro and the Queen

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Bandanas at the ready – Rangipo Hut, Mt Ruapehu, 2010.

Charlotte track.

The River Queens have walked the hills and beaches of Hawke’s Bay with dozens of others and also sampled the delights of gourmet tramping or ‘glamping’ but now shy away from these sorts of trips preferring to go it alone.

Climbing the 1000 metre high Mt Tauhara in their Taupo backyard is on the agenda at least twice a week especially when the next trip draws closer because they know you need to be fit if you want to have a good time on the trail.

It’s a tried and true foursome and there’s always lots of laughter. It’s a comfortable carload to a road end in the middle of nowhere

and on the track the group often splits into two but always with a watchful eye out for their mates.

Over the decade they’ve learned how to pick suitable tracks for their age and stage. The River Queens have walked more than 20 kilometres per day in the past but now figure about 15 ks and huts spaced within six hours walk of each other is a good recipe for success.

If the weather is good, they take long breaks and boil the billy, do a bit of bird watching, go swimming or just laze about midtramp.

“Isn’t that so beautiful” and “aren’t the colours amazing”, “is that a black or a mountain beech?” and “what’s that bird?” are a constant refrain throughout the day to the point of being absurd. But it’s for real, these kiwi women love the outdoors.

They once took turns to cook the evening meal and for a while the competition was fierce. Burgers or steak with all the trimmings, desserts of rhubarb and biscotti, Christmas pudding and custard! Candlelit ambience!

These days food has been stripped down to the essentials after one of the four came to a grinding halt weighed down by a 19 kg load.

Packs weigh in at close to 10kg for a weekend and for a longer trip, the goal is 12 to 14kg, and not a gram more.

Everyone has to front up for the weigh-in prior to setting out as one overweight pack can spoil the trip. Be warned, the digital scales do not lie and the guilty culprit may be asked to show and tell!

Vigilance is necessary as members of the party have been tempted to add extra items “just in case.” Some have tried to smuggle in lip salve ‘with colour’ under the guise of medication and once a red satin nightie made a cameo appearance! Who was she trying to impress?

Travelling light doesn’t mean the River Queens don’t eat well. In their many and varied zip lock bags you will find carefully weighed rations of 650 grams per day including chocolate, nuts and dried fruit snacks.

Depending on preference, breakfast is either muesli or porridge.

Out come the crackers at midday, but more to the point, the sundried tomatoes, cream cheese, pickles plus salmon or prosciutto.

For the main meal, especially on longer trips, it’s a matter of ‘just add water’ to a dehy meal. Stir fry beef is the current favourite. The www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Top: Rugged up in the Ruahines, 2007.

Middle: On the 10th anniversary tramp, the beautiful St James Walkway, 2012.

Below: One more river to cross – the River Queens in their element, 2010.

addition of a few tasty pre-dinner morsels like wasabi peas, parmesan cheese and olives are all designed to tickle the tastebuds.

The four friends deny being ‘gear freaks’ but like to make sure all the bases are covered.

Good boots, plenty of merino layers, waterproof parkas and overtrou are essential.

An all-purpose stretch bandana is voted the must-have item - ready to be whipped up in a howling gale, cover ‘hat hair’ or perhaps as a stunning accompaniment to the red satin nightie when sharing a hut with young hunters.

After rigorous field testing, the team has found that wine carried in plastic drink bottles to save weight does not taste like the real thing chilled in a glass at home. And so, until dehy wine is invented, the best bang for the buck is Stone’s Green Ginger.

The group delights in the people they meet along the way like the lovely gentleman from Nelson who carried a large lunchbox with enough sandwiches for five days and young Florian from Germany who dried damp firewood on top of the firebox almost burning down Mangaturuturu Hut in the process.

Then there was the guy who slept in his survival blanket and rustled like a possum in a chip packet all night.

After dinner, solving the Herald cryptic crossword is a favoured evening activity. With the combined skills of a teacher, librarian, writer and surveyor, they’re completed with ease although this can lead to wakeful nights for some in their bunks when a clue evades them.

Appropriately, the card game of choice is ‘Up the River and Down the River’, also known as “Oh Hell’. The games are hotly contested, played by head torch and candlelight, and are deliberately lengthy.

After all, these young chicks don’t like to hit the pit before 8pm.

Where to next? This is always a hot topic as the River Queens work steadily through an ambitious list of 40 great tramping trips in Shaun Barnett’s ‘Tramping in New Zealand’.

Perhaps Great Barrier Island, Greenstone/ Caples, or maybe both!

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Dan’s 2km triumph Dan Carswell had a goal – to walk two kilometres in the Wanganui HEHA Round the Bridges Fun Run held in April 2012.

The 36 year old who suffers from cerebral palsy couldn’t manage more than two steps at a time a year ago. “I started training a year before the event and over the year I set myself goals and quickly went from walking short distances inside to walking outside around the local streets.”

With the combined help of the staff and my specialist rehab caregiver Mark, at the Laura Fergusson Rehabilitation Centre where he lives, Dan had the motivation to work steadily towards his goal.

Dan joined Green Prescription at Sport Wanganui and began a programme to increase his fitness. He started at the Splash Centre with pool walking and strength exercises in the hydro-therapy pool.

Things progressed well and Dan was able to walk further distances outside.

“The Green Prescription team kept in touch with me to support and check on my progress and was there on the day with friends and family to cheer me on” Dan pushed through the final metre of his gruelling 2km walk and fell to to the ground laughing. He had made it. “I have never done anything like this before and I did it!”

“The whole walk took me two hours and many rest stops in order to have a quick stretch and a drink of water and then I carried on.”

“I’m looking forward to achieving my next goal. Thanks to all my family and friends and Green Prescription for their support”.

Dan is now planning his next challenge and the Green Prescription team will be right there to support him.

For more information on Green Prescription contact your local support person – Phone 0800 ACTIVE or go to www.moh.govt.nz/greenprescription .

Left: Dan surrounded by friends.

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Event

Photos by Chris Sullivan from Seen in Dunedin

Moro Marathon events

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he 2012 Cadbury Moro Marathon plus Half Marathon Run and Half Marathon Recreational Walk held on Sunday September 9th was another hugely successful sporting occasion for Dunedin and for the Caversham Harrier and Athletic Club the event organisers.

The 2012 edition also provided a notable milestone for Cadbury Ltd now the major event sponsor for 25 years a remarkable achievement.

This year numbers over the three events totalled 1860 a good result considering the difficulties imposed on many by the current economic climate. Pleasingly the full marathon numbers totalled 204 again reversing the trend of recent years when a figure of around 80 was the maximum number expected for the full distance.

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Weather conditions on the day were fine if a trifle breezy however the sou-westerly wind direction meant competitors received assistance during their journey along the cycleway and State Highway 88 to Port Chalmers.

Out on the course everything seemed to flow smoothly with all traffic diversions working well and competitors being quick to follow instructions received from marshalls.

Unfortunately the expected extension in the cycleway from last year down to St Leonards was unable to be completed in time however this will definitely be in operation for next year.

The non extension of the cycleway caused a last minute change to the half marathon start point however this was accomplished with minimum disruption.

This year race headquarters were at the Forsyth Barr Stadium with competitors being able to collect their race packs from the main foyer and reconvene for the post event function in one of the spacious upstairs lounges. Hopefully the stadium will become a regular venue to host competitors for the Moro Marathon however this will largely depend on how the dates fit in with other events.

The 469 recreational walkers all seemed to enjoy their day out on the road with many positive comments received post race. Some impressive performances were recorded with

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New Zealand’s leading race walker Rozie Robinson of Hill City University first across the line in 2.00.15. Second was Roger Leslie of Caversham in 2.05.08 followed by Clubmate Julie Edmunds in 2.11.48. Hopefully everyone achieved their goals and are already looking forward to competing again in 2013.

The presentation ceremony and spot prize awards at Forsyth Barr Stadium were well attended and provided a relaxing climax to another long day for many. Once again the

organisers were grateful to the many local businesses and organisations who provided such a wonderful array of spot prizes for the lucky recipients.

In May this year the Caversham Harrier and Athletic Club were awarded the Delta Innovation In Sport Award at the 23rd Annual ASB Otago Sports Awards. The club received the award for developing and the growing of the Moro Marathon since taking over the organisation in 1985.

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

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he picturesque village of Mangakino hides many gems and as city slickers look for ways to escape, the word’s out.

Nestled beside the jewel-like waters of Lake Maraetai on the Waikato River, Mangakino was built as a settlement to house dam and power station workers during the 1940’s. It was meant to be temporary, but the beauty of the surroundings and promise of ongoing work meant people stayed.Today Mangakino is a popular weekend escape.

The secret has been let out and people have discovered the opportunities for hiking, watersports, scenic lake cruises, trout fishing, mountain biking and golf.

Holiday homes abound and many can be rented or there are local lodges, motels, B&B;s and

farm-stay options in the local area.

There’s great coffee and food at the café lake-front plus free camping for motorhomes, campervans and tents on the Mangakino Lakefront Reserve.

Donna Jarden, Marketing Manager for Destination Great Lake Taupo, says to escape the busy pace of city life, you can’t beat Mangakino. “You’ll feel yourself starting to relax as you pass by the dairy pastures of the South Waikato until you arrive lake-side and soak in the peace.

The Pureora Forest Park's 78,000 hectares hides numerous impressive bush walks beneath towering Totara, Rimu and Matai.

Somewhere amid the native bush is a plaque marking the centre of the North Island and New Zealand's largest Totara tree.

The popular attraction showcases the area’s wetlands

Above: A boardwalk over a wetlands.

along the banks of the Waikato River and Waikato Hydro lakes.

Mangakino/Whakamaru cycle and walking trails will cover 100km once completed. This trail is one of the seven start-up projects for the Governments National Cycleway initiative and is part of the network of tracks of New Zealand’s longest walks. It will potentially join the country’s list of “great walks.” There are nine “g reat walks” in New Zealand, six in the South Island and three in the North Island.

The Lake Maraetai section of the Waikato River Trails is a stunning weekend cycle ride for 12.2km along Lake Maraetai to the village of Whakamaru.

With dazzling lake views and a 70m long suspension bridge to cross, it’s a great day’s ride for the whole family.

“Steeped in hydro-electric history and flush with native flora and fauna it’s ever a place that the locals can’t wait to welcome you.

You’ll go home refreshed and revived,”commented Donna Jarden.

Mangakino can be reached through regular flights between Auckland, Wellington and Taupo, then a scenic 45 minute drive from Taupo via State Highway 32.

Driving from Auckland will take three hours 15 minutes via Tirau and Tokoroa.

Left: The supension bridge.

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“Gary, I would like your opinion about Adrenal Exhaustion / Fatigue. I note you’ve mentioned the term in previous articles and yet the medical fraternity tell me there is no such thing and “everyone gets tired”.

In 2005 I went from being in great shape, having just walked my third marathon, to barely being able to get out of bed.

I lost the energy to motivate myself to maintain a healthy diet or exercise. I can only describe it as having an empty “tank”.

The medical profession could offer no solution so after a year I sought alternative help and was told I had adrenal fatigue.

Through diet, sleep and adrenal support supplements, I can improve my energy levels but nowhere close to where I was in 2005.

I love tramping , but find I am extremely tired for days afterwards. High aerobic or weight bearing exercise is a real struggle.

Will this ever go away and why does the medical profession deny it exists when there are hundreds of sufferers around the world if you believe what you read on the Internet?

I’d also like advice on what sort of food would help me when tramping” ____________________ Gary: Fifty years ago every doctor knew of adrenal fatigue which was successfully treated with glandular extracts and herbs. Nowadays, there is no reference to adrenal fatigue in the medical text books, the last doctors with any training in the condition have long ago retired and not even the medical professors of today know of the condition.

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renal fatigue - today no reference

medical text books In 1950, one of the most significant advances in medicine happened with the synthesis of Prednisone. This powerful antiinflammatory drug spawned a multi-million dollar phar maceutical and medical industry for treating autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, Addison’s disease, and lupus.

Addison’s is the end-stage of adrenal fatigue (Its not really an autoimmune disease, by the way).

Herbs and glandular extracts can not be patented, so there’s no great commercial value in promoting them.

On the other hand, there are fortunes to be made with a patented drug, especially when it can be positioned to corner the market. Prednisone must be close to the being the most profitable drug of all time.

So, out went the herbs and glandulars and in came the patented drug; Predinisone. At the same time the idea of the adrenal glands gradually failing was replaced by - well - nothing!

As far as medicine was concerned, you either had healthy adrenals or non-functioning ones - nothing in-between.

The medical text books of today reflect this change of opinion and this is what modern doctors are taught. As the older doctors retired, all knowledge of adrenal fatigue went with them.

The changing of the guard - the cleansing of knowledge is now complete. Astonishing when you think about it!

Meanwhile, as many as 80% of adults in modern society have signs of adrenal fatigue. Adrenal fatigue is at the heart of the modern epidemic of thyroid problems.

The symptoms you are describing are consistent with adrenal fatigue. Medical treatment with steroids, such as Prednisone, is generally not a good idea. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Externally introduced steroids risks causing the already underfunctioning adrenal glands to further shut down.

Even just a matter of weeks of steroid use can bring about complete adrenal shut-down (Addison’s) and consequence per manent dependence on steroids.

Good for the pharmaceutical industry and you’ll keep a whole lot of doctor’s in employment; but very bad for you!

In cases of suspected adrenal fatigue, the best course of action is to seek the assistance of a health professional who is trained in its treatment with herbs, adrenal extracts and other nutrients. It is also necessary to identify causes of adrenal stress and exclude or mitigate them.

Stressors include excessive exercise, heat, cold, infection, injury and drugs. Work, home and relationship problems can be debilitating. Commuting can be a huge drain. Even joyous occasions like getting married can exhaust the adrenals!

Most people will show a good response to therapy within three months. More ingrained and severe cases may take several months to show a lasting improvement and supporting therapy may need to be ongoing.

Tramping can be restorative of the adrenals. It can also be exhausting. With the degree of adrenal fatigue symptoms that you are describing, I would follow the rule that all hikes be of a duration and difficulty that ensures the trips are exhilarating rather than exhausting.

No to-the-death Polar expeditions please! Not for now anyway. Not until you are absolutely certain that recovery is complete. That may take several years.

Nutrition is most important with adrenal fatigue. In addition

to the herbs and other supplements that your health professional may prescribe, I recommend that you have a scoop of my Super Smoothie formula each day. This supplies the proteins and nutrients that are essential for healthy glandular function.

When hiking, take a plastic bag with sufficient servings of Super Smoothie powder for the duration, plus a protein shaker.

Talk about light weight!

Most NZ alpine streams are safe to drink from. Fill up your

shaker with clean water and a generous ser ving of Super Smoothie, shake it up and have a delicious guzzle.

This is a refreshing addition to the usual tramping fare of scroggin, crackers and cheese.

If you are sweating heavily, carry a small bottle of pink Himalayan Salt and take a few pinches washed down with water now and then. Its a good idea to have refreshment breaks at least every few hours of the active day.

The harder the hike the closer the refreshment breaks.

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Pleasing both hardened walkers and those who are less outdoorsy can be tricky.

But the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Great Outdoors summer events programme does just that…

“The Wellington region has more than its fair share of spectacular landscapes – whether it’s East Harbour Regional Park rising to the east of Wellington Harbour or Kaitoke Regional Park’s lush rainforest. We want to help people to discover these special places, and the recreational opportunities that they offer,” says Greater Wellington’s Parks Manager, Amanda Cox. The Great Outdoors has more that 60 events, so Amanda reckons that everyone should be able to find at least one event that appeals.

“Guided walks in regional parks feature strongly in the Great Outdoors, usually led by Greater Wellington’s Park Rangers along with community volunteers and local experts.

“Newcomers to regional parks love the guided aspect – it gives them that confidence to try out a walk for the first time, plus they’re learning about the area – whether it’s cultural heritage or information on the flora and fauna.

“But Great Outdoors stalwarts enjoy having the guides as well… they usually learn something new with every repeat visit. Plus, it’s nice to do the walks with a bunch of other people.”

Amanda says that most events are either free or low-cost. “Accessibility is important to us and we want people of all incomes to feel that they can take part in the programme.”

Great walking in the

region this summer

Right: Walking along the top of Baring Head/O-rua-pouanui with a magnificent view of the entrance to Wellington Harbour, and Wellington city suburbs in the background.

Below: The stunning Lighthouse and Lakes Walk in the Parangarahu Lakes Area, East Harbour Regional Park. The Cook Strait is in the background.

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Physical accessibility is important too.

“Whatever your age or physical ability, we want you to enjoy the outdoors. So on the gentler side, we offer leisurely strolls with lots of stops, buggywalks, and events for school-age kids during the holidays. However, we also offer serious day-tramps for the fit only, such as the Belmont Traverse, taking trampers from Lower Hutt and over the hills of Belmont Regional Park through to Porirua,” says Amanda.

“We haven’t missed the middle-ground either. People with good fitness can do a guided walk at the iconic Baring Head/Oruapouanui in East Harbour Regional Park. This site on Wainuiomata’s coast only recently came into public ownership and it’s a beauty – with cliffs, escarpments, marine terraces and the www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

New Zealand walks Baring Head Lighthouse complex.

Some of the walking events book out within weeks of being advertised, and Amanda says the Lighthouse and Lakes Tour is a classic example. Located in East Harbour Regional Park’s Parangarahu Lakes Area – a site comanaged by Greater Wellington and the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust – this walk takes in two beautiful coastal lakes and the Pencarrow Lighthouse, rewarding walkers with great views of Wellington Harbour.

Amanda says the Parangarahu Lakes Area is usually only accessible by walking or biking 7km to get to the beginning of the walk, but Lighthouse and Lakes participants are bussed there, for a small fee. “However – it’s worth doing the Parangarahu Lakes walk even if you don’t get a spot on the Lighthouse and Lakes tour. In fact, the Parangarahu Lakes Area is probably one of the region’s best-kept secrets.”

Amanda says that sur veys of Great Outdoors participants usually show that over 90% intend to revisit the park. “With those kinds of figures I know we’re doing our job; getting more people to enjoy what our regional parks have to offer.”

Bookings for the Great Outdoors summer events programme open Monday 3 December.

Visit www.gw.govt.nz/events

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Walking surprises at Tuatapere

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NZ Active Walkers KiwiSeniors from Eastern Southland had a trip across the region recently for what was, for many, an eye-opening experience.

As part of the group’s annual mystery trip they visited the opposite side of Southland and enjoyed what Western Southland had to offer. For some this was the first time that they had ever been to Tuatapere and a large number had not known that Tuatapere had such a fantastic walk right on its door step.

On arriving at Erskine Street they hopped off the bus and headed for the start of the walking track, which runs around the outside of the Tuatapere Domain and alongside the Waiau River. The domain and surroundings is in the midst of a podocarp forest.

Hidden in centre of the forest is a mighty Totara – possibly older than the combined age of all the participants on the bus! Its grandeur shows its age – with rough bark, roots above ground and mistletoe hanging gracefully.

Many of the walkers hug ged the tree acknowledging the superior age and commenting about its beauty. I’m sure that this isn’t the first ‘circumference hug’ that this tree has endured.

Story by Ann Robbie Active Lifestyles Advisor, Sport Southland

All the walkers paced themselves along this track and spread out enjoying the different aspects of the bush. Ferns more than six metres tall gave a guard of honour along the track and the small orchids were sprinkled alongside it.

When quizzed about the walk, very few KiwiSeniors even realised that this walk existed and when it popped out onto the centre of the domain and western edge of the Waiau they were surprised how close it was to the township.

There are a variety of walking options around the track our KiwiSeniors opted to take, which are suitable for all walking abilities and wheelchairs and the tracks are all clearly marked.

A new walkway has also been created along the small stream that meanders on the eastern side of the main road and this brings you close to the town centre and Humpridge base.

Many walkers viewed the Yesteryear Café with its amazing collection of wartime articles, another added bonus to their day prior to their beautiful lunch at the Waiau Town and country club. *Sport Southland co-ordinates BNZ Active Walkers KiwiSeniors groups in Invercargill, Eastern Southland, Te Anau and Northern Southland.

Top left : The group beside the giant Totara. Above right: Up and over the stop bank. Left middle: A bridge crossing the small stream.

Below left: Checking out the directions. Below right: Yesteryear café and Museum – amazing food and museum.

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Socks,socks, socks S

By Rachel Carle

ocks, they may not be the most inspiring piece of clothing you put on today, but a lot of technology actually has gone into their development over the years, and with good reason.

On an average day your feet will excrete about half a litre of sweat, even more on hot days or days when you are more physically active.

Socks can absorb sweat and draw it to areas where it can evaporate. They can decrease the chances of frostbite in cold conditions and help to prevent blistering.

Socks have been around for many centuries and have evolved from animal skins, to matted hair, wool, silk and cotton knitted, to nylon from the 1940’s.

These days socks can be made from a variety of newer materials including bamboo, linen, cashmere, possum fur, mohair and even spandex, acrylic and polypropylene.

There are many types of socks depending upon your activity styles.

ATHLETIC SOCKS Provide varying amounts of

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cushioning depending upon how technical and advanced the sock is. Come in varying lengths depending upon your needs from no-show, to ankle, to mid calf.

RUNNING SOCKS Similar to the athletic socks but typically have a more dense cushioning layer under the ball of the foot and heel for extra cushioning.

WALKING SOCKS Have cushioning and moisture reducing properties, along with varying amounts of cushioning.

LIGHTWEIGHT HIKING SOCKS Offer excellent moisture management to avoid blisters and have a mild amount of cushioning.

Have additional thickness and cushioning, which is particularly good for feet without a lot of fibro-fatty padding (‘bony feet’) and cushioning at the top of the foot and calf area, which is good for longer walks.

MOUNTAINEERING SOCKS

Heavy weight and able to withstand r ug ged and cold conditions.

DIABETIC SOCKS Are very similar to normal socks, but do not cut excessively at the calf, which can cause reduced circulation to the foot, and do not wrinkle, which can cause blisters, which can be problematic when sensation is reduced.

Other features to look for are arch supports, which can be helpful if you are high arched, or suffer from plantar fasciitis.

There are also some socks with calf suppor ts, which are particularly helpful if you suffer from swollen feet and ankles are they can help to encourage fluid to move from the ankle area to higher up the leg.

Also the material they are made out of will determine how well they will absorb moisture and therefore prevent blistering.

Cotton socks are the least effective, whilst some of the acrylic and hybrid sock varieties can be much more cushioning and prevent blistering.

I have found that getting the perfect sock can require some trial and error.

My favourite brands include Thorlos and Dr Comfort Merino TEC range.

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Coming events

NEW ZEALAND EVENTS NOVEMBER 2012

CHARITY RUN 2012 Sunday, 25th Nov 2012 5km, 10km & Half Marathon Mission Bay, Auckland www.adra.org.nz Help change the world, one life at a time.

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.

3 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt 3 Gladstone Scarecrow Scamper, 5km & 10km, Gladstone, Wairarapa 3 Twilight 10 5km & 10km, Pakuranga 4 Kokako Run Club 5km, Grey Lynn 5 Honest Lawyer Fun Run/Walk 5km, Nelson 5 Pakuranga 5km Run, Manukau 6 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 6 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 7 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 8 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 9 Queen Charlotte Ultramarathon, 71km, Ship Cove, Marlborough Sounds 9 Steelformers Around Mountain Relay, 150km, New Plymouth 10 Speight’s West Coaster Marathon, Auckland 10 Kathmandu Riverrun Trail Series,Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Hawea Track 10 Maratoto Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Paeroa 10 The Taniwha Marathon, Half Marathon 14km & 7km, Waikato River Trails, South Waikato/Taupo 10 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt 11 Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon, Half Marathon 10km & 5km, Riverton 11 Kokako Run Club 5km, Grey Lynn 11 Mitre 10 Mega Walk 28km & 15km, Hastings 11 Sri Chinmoy 6 and 12 Hour Walk Christchurch 12 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 12 Honest Lawyer Fun Run/Walk 5km, Nelson 13 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 13 Shoe Clinic Bluewater Series, 2km & 5km,

GREAT FOREST EVENTS 2013 WAITARERE FOREST, LEVIN

SATURDAY 13th APRIL 2013 NZ No. 1 OFF ROAD EVENTS Two circuit Marathon course run/ walk Half Marathon course run/walk 10km & 5km fun run/walk

Medals for all finishers Early Bird Entry Prize Enter by Friday 29 March 2013

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Napier 13 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 14 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 14 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 14 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 15 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 17 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt 17 The Great Cranleigh Kauri Run, 70km, 32km, 21.1km, &13km, Coromandel 17 Molesworth 84km , Ultradistance Marlborough 18 Thames Save the Children Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Thames 18 Peak Trail Bazer 12km, 6km & 2km, Auckland 18 New Zealand Home Loans Round the Bridges, 12, 6km & 2km, Hamilton 18 Sculpt Women’s 6km, Auckland 18 Kokako Run Club 5km, Grey Lynn 19 Honest Lawyer Fun Run/Walk 5km, Nelson 19 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 20 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 20 Shoe Clinic Bluewater Series, 2km & 5km, Napier 20 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 21 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 21 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 21 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 22 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 23 K2M - Kura to Mount Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Leeston 24 Ellesmere Road Runners Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Leeston 24 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt 24 Frontrunner Series, 5km & 10km, Queenstown 25 ADRA Charity Run, Mission Bay, Auckland 25 Kokako Run Club 5km, Grey Lynn 25 Mahana Half Marathon, 10km, 5km & 1.6km, Nelson 26 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 26 Honest Lawyer Fun Run/Walk 5km, NelsonHonest Lawyer Fun Run/Walk 5km, Nelson 27 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 27 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 27 Shoe Clinic Bluewater Series, 2km & 5km, Napier 28 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 28 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 28 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 28 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 28 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walkers, Upper Nihotupu Dam, Auckland 29 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland

DECEMBER 2012 1 New World Marlborough Marathon, Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Blenheim 1 The Goat Alpine Adventure Run, Tongariro 1 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt 2 Kokako Run Club 5km, Grey Lynn 3 Honest Lawyer Fun Run/Walk 5km, Nelson 3 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 4 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 4 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Coming events 5 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 5 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 5 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 5 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 6 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 8 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon & Half Marathon, Wanganui 8 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt 9 Korokoro Stream Half Marathon, 10km & 4km, Lower Hutt 9 Kokako Run Club 5km, Grey Lynn 10 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 10 Honest Lawyer Fun Run/Walk 5km, Nelson 11 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 11 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 11 Sri Chinmoy Christmas Dash 10km & 3.3km, Christchurch 12 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 12 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 12 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 12 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 13 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 15 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt 15 Hanmer Holiday Homes Alpine Marathon, & 10km, Hanmer Springs 16 Kokako Run Club 5km, Grey Lynn 16 Jingle Bells Jog 5km, Nelson 17 Honest Lawyer Fun Run/Walk 5km, Nelson 17 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 18 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 18 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 19 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walkers, Waitakere Dam, Auckland 19 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 19 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 19 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

JANUARY 2013 6 New Balance Race the Train, 5km &12km, Kingston 8 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 8 Nelson Striders 6pm Summer road Series, 3km, Nelson 9 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 9 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 9 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 10 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 13 Fullers Wharf2Wharf 25km & 13km, Waiheke Island 13 Nelson Striders Half Marathon & 10km Nelson 15 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 15 Nelson Striders 6pm Summer road Series, 3km, Nelson 16 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 16 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 16 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 17 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 19 Blackball Hilton Croesus Crossing 26km, Barrytown 20 Westfield Albany Lakes Summer Series, 10km & 5km, Albany 22 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km,

Run/Walk, Wellington 22 Nelson Striders 6pm Summer road Series, 5km, Nelson 23 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 23 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 23 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 24 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 26 The James Mountain Marathon 50km Ultradistance, Hanmer 29 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 29 Nelson Striders 6pm Summer road Series, 10km, Nelson 30 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 30 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 30 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 31 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland

FEBRUARY 2013 2 The Kaweka Mountain Marathon Marathon, 28km & 13km, Hastings 4 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 5 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 5 Nelson Striders 6pm Summer Road Series, 6km, Nelson 6 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 6 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland

19 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 20 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 22 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt 29 Lower Hutt Park Run, 5km, Lower Hutt

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Coming events 6 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 7 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 10 BNZ Surf to City, Invercargill 10 Botany Town Centre Summer Fun 5km & 10kn, Botany Town Centre, Auckland 10 Westfield Albany Lakes Summer Series, 10km, 5km & 2km, Albany, Auckland 11 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 12 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 13 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 13 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 13 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 14 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 16 Kathmandu Riverrun Trail Series,Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Clutha Track 17 AMI Round the Bays, 7km, Wellington 18 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 19 Nelson Striders 6pm Summer road Series, 6km, Nelson 19 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 20 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 20 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 20 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 21 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 24 Weedons Summer Stampede, 12km & 5km, Christchurch 25 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 26 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 26 Nelson Striders 6pm Summer road Series, 6km, Nelson 27 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 27 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 27 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 28 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland

MARCH 2013 3 Westfield Albany Lakes Summer Series, 10km, 5km & 2km, Albany, Auckland 4 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 5 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington

Annual Downhill Walking 2011 a 3 hour gentle downhill walk Saturday 10 November 2012 County Fayre

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

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5 Nelson Striders 6pm Summer road Series, 6km, Nelson 6 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 6 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 6 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 7 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 9 Motatapu Arrowtown.com Miners Trail Run/ Walk, Glencoe Station, Arrowtown 9 Motatapu Icebreaker Off Road Marathon, Arrowtown 11 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 12 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 13 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 13 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 13 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 14 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 17 Skechers Coatsville Classic Half marathon, Coastsville, Auckland 18 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 19 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 20 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 20 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 20 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 21 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 25 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 26 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 27 Porirua 5km Series, Porirua 27 Waimea Harriers Summer 5km Series, Nelson 27 Owai 3km in the Park, Mt Roskill, Auckland 28 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland

APRIL 2013 1 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 2 Lifestyle Sports Wellington Waterfront 5km, Run/Walk, Wellington 4 The Karhu Trots 5km Run/Walk Series, Auckland 4-7 Mangawhai Walking Festival, Mangawhai 7 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Remuera, Auckland 8 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 13 Kathmandu Riverrun Trail Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Outlet Track 15 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 22 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau 28 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Pakuranga, Auckland 29 Pakuranga 5km Fun Run, Manukau

MAY 2013 18 Kathmandu Riverrun Trail Series,Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Glendhu Bay Track 19 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Pakuranga, Auckland

JUNE 2013 9

Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km,

Northcote Point, Auckland 30 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Western Springs, Auckland

JULY 2013 21 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Botany, Auckland

SEPTEMBER 2013 1 Broderick North Shore Marathon, 10km & 5km, Takapuna, Auckland

OVERSEAS EVENTS OCTOBER 2012 6 Fitzroy Falls Fire Trail Marathon, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 6-7 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda, Germany 6-7 Trailblazer Challenge, 18km, 34km, 50km &100km, Adelaide, SA, Australia 7 Christmas Island Marathon, Christmas Island 7 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago, USA 14 Melbourne Marathon, 10km, 5.7km & 3km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 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 28 The Kokoda Challenge Melbourne, Vic, Australia 28 Maroubra Fun Run Walk, 4km & 8km, South Maroubra, NSW, Australia 29 Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2012 4 Port of Portland 3-Bays Marathon, Portland, Vic, Australia 4 ING New York City Marathon, New York, USA 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

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

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Coming events 14 The Solar Eclipse Marathon, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 25 Glenbrrok Marathon, Glenbrook, NSW, Australia

DECEMBER 2012 2 Angkor Half Marathon, Angkor, Cambodia 9 Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, Hawaii Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia

MARCH 2013 15-16 IML Two Day Walk, Gilboa, Israel King Island Imperial 20, 32km Coast to Coast, King Island, Vic, Australia

Coming events

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)

APRIL 2013 6-7 IML Two Day Walk, Canberra, ACT, Australia 27-28 IML Two Day Walk, Boras, Sweden

MAY 2013 4-5 IML Two Day Walk, Blankenberge, Belgium 10-12 IML ThreeDay Walk,Yatsushiro, Japan 11-12 IML Two Day Walk, Wellingborough, Eng;and 9-12 IML Four Day Walk, Chantonnay, France 18-19 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China 25-26 IML Two Day Walk, Diekirch, Luxembourg

NORDICWALKINGNZ.CO.NZ Nordic Walking Groups and Fitness Walks by day Mon AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 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 Wed Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475 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 Sally 027 203 2816

JUNE 2013 8-9 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switerland 29-30 IML Two Day Walk, Viborg, Denmark

JULY 2013 4-7 IML Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland 16-19 IML Four Day Walk, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

AUGUST 2013 9-11 IML Three Day Walk, Vaasa, Finland 24-25 IML Two Day Walk, Verdal, Norway

SEPTEMBER 2013 7-8 IML Two Day Walk, Arenzano, Italy 13-15 IML Three Day Walk, Seefeld, Austria 28-29 IML Two Day Walk, Brno, Czech Republic

OCTOBER 2013 5-6 IML Two Day Walk, Fulda, Germany 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 26-27 IML Two Day Walk, Won-Ju

Nordic contacts

Contact details for three groups in New Zealand promoting Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking New Zealand (NoWaNZ) Waipu Northland, Phone 09-432-0386 Email contact@NordicWalkingNz.co.nz Web www.nordicwalkingNZ.co.nz International Nordic Walking Assn (INWA) June Stevenson Phone 09-416-3917 0274-383-923 Email june.stevenson@xtra.co.nz Web www.nordicwalking.net.nz

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DECEMBER WEATHER FORECAST December 1 to December 30 2012

Daily Summary 1st December 2012 Northwesterlies with severe gales to central and eastern regions.

1st–2nd December 2012 Possible widespread heavy rain.

3rd December 2012 Change to southwesterly flow.

5th December 2012 Anticyclonic conditions.

7th–8th December 2012 Continuing anticyclonic but with northwesterlies in the south.

The following four weeks may be rather extraordinary with extremely low rainfall over much of the country. It may also be very sunny.

Temperatures may be close to average although cold in the southwest but mild in the northeast.

The four weeks ahead may be dominated by a series of anticyclones, often centred over or west of the North Island. Strong westerlies may blow to the south.

These may produce settled weather throughout the month except in the far southwest.

Extremely dry conditions may prevail over the entire North Island and most of the South Island except the far south.

Less than 10% of normal rainfall for this time year may occur in Whangarei, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, Motueka and central Marlborough. Very low rainfall may be collected in Kaikohe, Whangarei, Whakatane, Gisborne, Napier, Hastings and Motueka.

Temperatures may be below average on the West Coast and Fiordland, also in Southland and the southwest of the North Island.

In contrast, temperatures may be slightly above average in Bay of Plenty, and the remainder of the north and east of the North Island and in North Canterbury.

It may be a very sunny month in all regions except Northland and Auckland. Hawke’s Bay and coastal Otago and Southland may all record more than 130% of their average sunshine.

Invercargill may be especially sunny.

During this outlook period, extremely high temperatures may be recorded in Canterbury during hot, dry northwesterly conditions.

Kawarau, Timaru, Oamaru and Dunedin may also feel the heat.

11th–17th December 2012 Anticyclones may dominate over most of New Zealand with easterlies over Northland.

17th December 2012 Extremely high temperatures may bring heat intense enough to buckle railway tracks in Canterbury. High temperatures should continue in Canterbury and parts of the North Island for at least the following day.

17th–19th December 2012 Change to northwesterlies.

20th–21st December 2012 Unsettled with the passing of a trough.

21st–29th December 2012 Conditions mostly anticyclonic.

30th–31st December 2012 Persistent southwesterlies.

Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 13th(new moon), 13th(perigee), 26th (apogee) and 28th(full moon).

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Directory

Walking Group There’s a

near you

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 DARGARVILLE TRAMPING GROUP: Last Sunday of month (AM), Maxine Stringer 09-439-7815, 09-439-6029,stringer@infogen.net.nz

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), Helen Meyer 09-815-1444 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: Olive Andrews 09-634-4148 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

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GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM) and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230 GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne 09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867 GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300 HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM), Alene Couchman 09-818-2580 KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin 09-838-6553 KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin 09-818-6084 KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-412-8914 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: Browns Bay, Tuesday, Friday (AM), Pam Mattson 09-302-4882 or 021-1268-4154 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

NORDIC WALKING GROUPS Acacia Cove Nordic Walking Group: Sunday (AM) Jenny Wills 09267-5416 Bridge the Gap Nordic Walkers: Sunday (AM ), Sheila Milbourn/ Margaretha Sehnert 027-456-2233/021-141-3801 Cornwall Park Nordic Walking Group: Saturday (AM), June Stevenson 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923 Cornwall Park Nordic Gold (Senior Group) Monday (AM), June Stevenson 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923 North Shore Nordic Walkers Sunday (AM), Kay Livingstone 09-4734489 Pakuranga Nordic Walkers: Thursday (AM) Deidre Nielsen 09-2713324 YMCA Nordic Walkers Thursday (AM) June Stevenson 09-3616636 or 0274-383-923

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, 09-532-8442 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: Mark Leys 09-294-8927 TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Colin Johnstone 09-535-6231

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

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6848 FLAGSTAFF WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Gillian Bartram 07-854-0069 WESTFIELD MALL WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM) Westfield Mall Chartwell HAMILTON MARATHON CLINIC:Tuesday (PM), Sunday (AM), Sharon 07-854-9214 TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM) MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029 BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Diana Ammann 07-823-6147 WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07827-3097

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

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

MATAMATA MATAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday (AM), Ruth Stanley 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

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 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: Lynda 07-552-5359 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

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

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

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

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WHAKATANE

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

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), Ross Thomas 07-871-5022

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

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

EAST COAST GISBORNE

TOKOROA

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

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

HAWKES BAY

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HASTINGS

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BRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM), (BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285 FLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy

COROMANDEL TOWN WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM) 07-8667101or 07-866-8560 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

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

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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), 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 WOMEN’S AFTER 5.30 WALKING GROUP: 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

WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04567-5727 WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednesday (PM), 04-564-6019 HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04970-6901 TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04526-7440 LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918 HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: 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 WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Allison 04-563-6661

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

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MASTERTON

MARLBOROUGH

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

BLENHEIM 50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Colin 03-572-9423 or Joan 03-578-1922 PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991

MARTINBOROUGH

NELSON

MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-3069226

MOTUEKA

WELLINGTON WELLINGTON BROOKLYN WALKERS: Edith, 04-384-6799 BUGGY WALKING GROUP: First Thursday of month (AM), www.buggywalk.co.nz FOREST & BIRD: 04-567-7271 ORIENTAL BAY WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Christine Blakely 04-3836276 MT VICTORIA WALKING GROUP: Euan Harris 04-384-4770 WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 ISLAND BAY WALKING GROUP: Community Resource Centre, Island Bay, 04-383-7464 WALKING FOR LIFE: Lynne Waring, Miramar KARORI WALKING GROUP: Mavis Shaw, Kelburn KARORI ARTS & CRAFT WALKING GROUP: 04-934-8630 KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-479-5420 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

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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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery 03-388-7335 NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999 NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-3883237 NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494 NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-3855338 NEW BRIGHTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000 NZ VIVENDI SOCIETY: Sunday, Janet 03-389-1609 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’ TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-6840 OXFORD WALKING GROUP: Monday Thursday (AM), Coral Gilbertson 03-312-3155 OPAWA KIWISENIORS: Monday, Tuesday (AM), (BI), Carol 03-3325638 PAPANUI KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Elaine 03-352-7519 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-8999 PARKLANDS KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), (BI), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PARKLANDS WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), BIA), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PENINSULA TRAMPING CLUB: (Family Strollers Group), Sunday, Gloucester Street, (BIA), Rick Bolch 03-338-5156 PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-3227220 PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-3432216 PLEASURE WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (AM) (I), Colleen Cook 03-389-8607 PORT HILLS NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Chiaki Jagau 03-981-1433 PORT HILLS ATHLETIC WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Glen Watts 03-332-1964.Saturday (PM), Peter King 03-341-1154 QE11 MINI HIKERS: alternate Wednesday, QE11 Park, (BI), Beverley Church 03-388-5736 Q.E. PARK STROLLERS: Tuesday, John Plumridge 03-385-9710 RETIREES CLUB KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and stroller groups), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 RETIREES SOCIAL CLUB: Thursday (PM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ira Williams 03-342-8172 or Carol Roscoe 03-337-5901 RICCARTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Enid 03-348-9351 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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

LEITH WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Janette Anderson 03-476-2830 MORNINGTON MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (B), Kieran Hurring 03-453-4423 MULTI-PEAK FITNESS WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Marelda Gallaher 03-477-6057 or 027-222-3863 MOSGIEL 50's FORWARD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Roberta Telfer 03-488-3175 OTAGO TRAMPING/MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Ian Sime 03-453-6185 OVER 30’s TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Janice Hodges 03-4894071 PHOENIX CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nina Davidson 03-471-0114 PINEHILL WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Norman Vare 03-4738683 ST KILDA COMMUNITY CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (AM), Ngaire McIndoe 03-456-4478 TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Ian Fleming 03-489-8964 TRIXIE TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM), Alison Jones 03-489-8372 WEA OVER 50’s TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (A), Jenny Gonin 03-467-2711 WAIHOLA WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Elizabeth Jones 03-4898064 XY TRAMPING CLUB: 1st & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Cliff Donaldson 03467-9875 Y’S WALKING GROUP: Sunday (AM), Betty Booth 03-456-2000 60 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Judith Wright 03-4562080 60’s PLUS RAMBLERS: 1st & 3rd Tuesday, Vern Gould 03-476-4457 60’s PLUS TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Thursday, (A), >4 hours, Murray Bolt, 03-454-2211 60 PLUS HIKERS: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Moreen Hayes 03-4761545

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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 Thompson 03-448-7244, www.alexharriers.co.nz ALEXANDRA WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Ngaire Turnball, 03-448-8726

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

ASHBURTON ASHBURTON HARRIER CLUB: Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Merv & Jackie Gilbert 03-308-5894 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Wednesday (AM), (BI), two groups, Janice Cochrane, Sport Mid-Canterbury, 03-307-0475 ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB: 1st Sunday and 2nd Wednesday of month, (AM), 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

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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

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