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CONTENTS Issue No 186 - 2013

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: On foot in Central Hawkes Bay - The Sea, Sky and Bush walks 2013 9 Health:F Free your feet and banish limiting back pain 10 New Zealand Walks: Beachcombing at Elliot Bay 14 New Zealand Walk: A walk back in time 17 Great Walks: Greatest season for F iordland Great Fiordland Walks 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walk: Tongariro Alpine Crossing reopened 20 Event: Walk your way to a birthday bash 22 Readers views: Blood pressure medications 23 Books: The W ay It W as Way Was 24 Event: Great F orest events Forest 26 My favourite walk: Raumati South to W anganui Wanganui along the beach in five days 28 Overseas Tours: Tour gives different German experiences 30 New Zealand walk: Nugget P oint walk Point 34 New Zealand walk: Around the shores of Lak e ake Tarawera 36 Overseas Walks and T ours Tours 38 Overseas Walks: Australia ’s Glass House Australia’s Mountains 41 Health: Putting the adventure back into exercise 42 Window on Waitakere: More Whiteheads released 43 Event: Night -time walking for a good cause Night-time 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 48 Nordic Walking 50 Contents for previous 14 issues 51 Weather forecast for July 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout NZ 56 Country Breaks 59 Green Prscription 60 Walking Stars

WALKING New Zealand Published Monthly PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Frank Goldingham: Phone 06-358-6863 CONTRIBUTORS: Ken Ring, Mary-Ann Moller, Kay Lindley, Andrew Healey, Iain Galloway, Alex and Jenny Davies, Liz Hibbs, Fraser Crichton, Joe Franklin and Barz Lowther ADVERTISING MANAGER: Michelle Smith 06-358-5088, 021-707-015 Email:michelle@walkingnewzealand.co.nz COMING EVENTS ADVERTISING: Frank Goldingham 0800-walking (925-546) Email walkingnz@xtra.co.nz SUBSCRIPTIONS:phone 0800-925-546 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: New Zealand Residents; 24 issues $132.50 posted, 12 issues $69.50 posted 6 issues $41.40 posted Australia: 12 issues: $130.00 Rest of World: $170.00 NEWSAGENT DISTRIBUTION: Gordon & Gotch (NZ Ltd WALKING NEW ZEALAND LTD, P O Box 1922, Palmerston North Telephone 06-358-6863 - Fax 06-358-6864 E-Mail: walkingnz@xtra.co.nz Website: www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz The information and views expressed by contributors are not necessarily agreed to by the editor or publisher, and while every effort will be made to ensure accuracy, no responsibility will be taken by the editor or publisher for inaccurate information.

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Prizewinners The winners of this month’s Walking New Zealand promotion are: A588 Pedometer - Bruice Agnus, Rotorua and a six month subscription extension to Walking New Zealand magazine, Sharon jordan, Waiuku.

Exciting Line-Up of Outdoor Adventures for 2013 to Explore Yosemite National Park announced Yosemite Conservancy unveiled an exciting line-up of Outdoor Adventures for 2013 that give visitors a rare opportunity to experience Yosemite National Park’s glorious backcountry, wilderness, geology, art and culture in small groups led by renowned experts.

“Professional photographers, artists, naturalists and historians lead our Outdoor Adventures to provide visitors of all ages and wilderness experience levels with an unforgettable experience in Yosemite National Park,” said Mike Tollefson, president of Yosemite Conservancy. More than 45 Outdoor Adventures are being offered in 2013 spanning the entire park geography. Each adventure is limited to 15 participants. Proceeds from Outdoor Adventures are poured into important restoration and protection work that Yosemite Conservancy supports in the park.

This year, the Conservancy added more dates for popular programmes that usually sell out such as backpacking trips to Half Dome and Cloud’s Rest, which Tollefson said are “perfect for first time backpackers in good shape.”

For less traveled routes, there is a backpacking excursion to Lyell Glacier, an exhilarating opportunity to experience a glacier in Yosemite National Park. Another hike involves viewing and learning about the park’s incredible wildflowers. Photography programs with noted experts like Keith Walklet, John Senser and Dave Wyman focus on capturing Yosemite’s changing seasonal splendor, rainbows captured at night known as moonbows, high country waterfalls and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.

“Yosemite Conservancy’s Outdoor Adventures create a deeper connection between visitors and the park, which encourages stewardship of this one-of-kind natural treasure,” said Don Neubacher, Superintendent of Yosemite National Park.

Custom adventures are also available for groups, families or individuals ranging from gentle one hour hikes to challenging treks. Register for an Outdoor Adventure or inquire about a customized experience at www.YosemiteConservancy.org/Adventures.

Through the support of donors, Yosemite Conservancy provides grants and support to Yosemite National Park to help preserve and protect Yosemite today and for future generations. The work funded by Yosemite Conservancy is visible throughout the park, from trail rehabilitation to wildlife protection and habitat restoration. Learn more at yosemiteconservancy.org.

Kiwi Burn Hut gets Dulux treatment Mavora’s Kiwi Burn Hut recently received an extreme make over, the first of many for huts in Fiordland thanks to a new partner ship between Depar tment of Conservation (DOC) and Dulux New Zealand.

Kiwi Burn is an easily accessed and well used hut, 1.5 hours walk from the Mavora Road, and part of the Te Araroa trail - a continuous 3,000km walking network from North Cape to Bluff. Over two sunny days DOC staff and two volunteers pitched in with Dulux paint from their Colours of New Zealand range to spruce up this popular weekend and short tramp destination. It now has a fresh

new look, and will be well protected from the elements.

This local paint job is part of a national ‘Protecting our Place’ partnership between DOC and Dulux New Zealand.

DOC looks after a network of 973 huts, providing shelter for New Zealander s when they are on public conservation land. Dulux is providing 45,000 litres of free paint and an additional 9,000 litres of woodcare products over the three year period.

Next on Fiordland’s list is Hope Arm Hut on Lake Manapouri, which will be painted early next season.

47 gardens in Taranaki garden spectacular Of the 47 premium Taranaki gardens in this year’s Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular, a quarter have been independently assessed as Gardens of Significance by the New Zealand Gardens Trust.

The 10-day festival running from November 1st to the 10th, has 12 gardens of significance including one garden of “International Significance”, six gardens of “National Significance” and five “Gardens of Significance”.

Now in its 26th year, and one of the countr y’s longest running garden festivals, the Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular continues to focus on offering visitors a diverse, inspiring and quality garden experience, says Festival manager, Lisa Ekdahl.

“Approximately 6,000 visitors paid more than 53,000 gardens visits in last year’s event,” says Ms. Ekdahl.

While details of the gardens in this year’s event, as well the guest speakers and events will be launched on July 4, Ms. Ekdahl says there are four new gardens in this year’s Festival.

“Each garden reflects the personality of its owner – and half the enjoyment for visitors is meeting the owners and sharing in their passion,” Ms. Ekdahl comments.

Hawk Dreaming Wilderness Lodge reopens APT’s luxury tented wilderness lodge, Hawk Dreaming, has officially reopened following the wet season. Hawk Dreaming is located at Cannon Hill, near Ubirr, in a restricted area of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

Through APT’s unique partnership with the traditional custodians, guests staying at the lodge are afforded the privilege of staying within Kakadu National Park, with its exclusive access to the vast array of Aboriginal rock art sites within close proximity.

Just 12 luxury tented cabins, all with private ensuites and decks, make up the accommodation, which is managed by dedicated lodge hosts. Delicious three course meals are served up in the al fresco dining room and evenings are spent around the campfire, absorbing the night time bush surrounds. During the day, guests can cruise the East Alligator River, take in ancient Aboriginal rock art and soak up the huge array of bird and wildlife the region is home to.

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Walk during the day to sleep better at night

Matangi will be the first Kiwi Ranger site in the North Island, and will be launched by the Supporters and DOC during Queen’s Birthday Weekend, 1-3 June. Well-known actress and environmental activist Lucy Lawless will be at the first day of the launch to give her support to the programme.

For a small charge, families can pick up a booklet which guides them through a mix of enjoyable and interesting activities on the Island. When the completed booklet is returned, the kids will be given a unique Tiri Kiwi Ranger badge. Different badges can be earned at each of the Kiwi Ranger sites.

We know we talk a lot about how important it is to get enough sleep and how vital it is to stay active.

Here's a reason why: You can't have one without the other reports Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and Michael F. Roizen, MD in a report named “Walk During the Day to Sleep Much Better at Night”.

This news didn't rock our world. We've long known that exercise helps you sleep better. But that fact just got highlighted in neon pink, thanks to very specific data from a study.

If you get more than 20 minutes (go for 30 minutes) of exercise a day, you won't just sleep better, you'll sleep much better, getting 65% more restorative REM sleep.

You'll also have energy to burn and you’ll be more alert, which means you’ll be less likely to zone out during meetings and more likely to know what your spouse said to you two minutes ago. Bonus: If you're prone to leg cramps at night, you can likely kiss those good-bye. Pretty slick for just 20 minutes of walking!

Other big benefits of getting eight hours of sleep every night: * You can stop fantasizing about naps. (You won’t need them.) * You'll look better. "Beauty sleep" is for real. When you're sleep deprived, not only do you ooze fatigue, you also look measurably less attractive. * You'll be younger and healthier. Averaging less than six hours of ZZZs makes you prone to high C-reactive protein, a warning of aging and inflammation that threaten your heart, brain, and arteries in ways that invite cancer, arthritis, and diabetes. * You'll be slimmer. Sleep shortages stimulate your appetite, so you risk becoming tired and flabby.

Gippsland embraces the great outdoors Gippsland, Australia, has been given the all clear from the summer bush fires and are ready to welcome visitors back to its alpine areas.

A range of diverse and inspiring tourism experiences await adrenaline seekers, keen hikers and nature lovers. There is plenty of Gippsland to explore -in particular the striking alpine areas of Mt Baw Baw, Walhalla, Dargo, Licola and Omeo, where visitors can be inspired by the fresh air and great outdoors.

The cooler air heralds the start of the walking season, with a new audio guided walk experience now available at Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort.

Gippsland's beautiful Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort offers a range of walking trails and tours that traverse the stunning alpine landscape.

With a total of 10 kilometres of trails, the walks vary in length and difficulty for all ages and abilities, twisting around snow gum forests, giant granite boulders and colourful wildflowers.

Visitors can take a short walk around the Latrobe Trail or a full day expedition to the magnificent Mushroom Rocks. The alpine resort recently released self-guided audio tours of the walking trails.

Where: Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort, 120 km east of Melbourne www.mountbawbaw.com.au/summer/bush-walking/ www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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On foot in Central Hawkes Bay The Sea, Sky and Bush walks, 2013

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hree bus loads of walkers, hailing from places well away from Waipukurau, are winding into the hills between Waipawa and the coast.

Spirits are high, even if low cloud threatens to give the parched landscape of a Hawkes Bay summer a light sprinkling. Past Elsthorpe at Paeroa Station, we pile out and get ready to head for the hills.

We are on the first day, “Sea”, of the three day “Sea, Sky, Bush” walk that is run as a fundraiser for the Waipukurau Rotary Club.

Left: Overlooking Waimoana Beach.

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Our first stop is to overview a dam, which our guides explain was built to protect the valley below from flash flooding. But the dam soon filled with silt run off from upstream and is now useless.

The cloud continues to hang around the hills as the group spreads out and snakes up ever higher past a group of nikau palms standing alone in a grassy hillside and reflected in a farm dam, and a giant eroded gash that cuts deep into the ancient sea floor that is now heaved up to form these hills.

The lunch stop was chosen to take advantage of a spectacular view of the sea.

At this stage, we just have to imagine this, lost in the mist. A herd of black cattle, unperturbed, and curious, watch as we select

Above: The Ruahine Range is a backdrop to Smedley Station.

our hearty filled rolls from the truck that has found its own route to this spot. Ladies, over the hill to the left, men, over to the right, are the instructions. Better get that right.

From now on it’s all downhill to the coast, and a sombre marine horizon comes in to view.

We pass stockyards where dogs are demonstrating their skills in penning a large flock of sheep Four roan horses, excited by the sudden arrival of more humans than they have ever seen, pace around as we make the final descent to Te Apiti, part of Waimarama Station.

The buses are waiting, but everyone is keen to get to the sea so off we go to a clifftop

Above: Walkers, sheep, bikes and the Wakarara Range.

These walking weekends have been going since 1999, and every year a resourceful team has planned the logistics to accommodate, feed and transport several hundred walkers, as well as negotiating access and routes over farms.

The whole district has to get involved. Each walk is a unique journey; so far none has been repeated.

We soon find that the terrain is far from flat. In recent years the steep contours have resulted in much damage from periodic heavy rainfall, and on occasions whole hillsides have disappeared.

Above right: A welcome lunch break, with spectators.

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Left: On the way back to the homestead.

On foot in Central Hawkes Bay above Waimoana Beach. We are looking south along the coast to Paoanui Point in the distance.

The curiously shaped Hinemahanga Rocks just offshore look like part of some fantasy, and sure enough, the tale is told; someone’s daughters frozen in stone. Perhaps this is easier to understand than the story that the islands were formed as part of a mid-ocean ridge and are about to disappear under the edge of a continent.

Back at the buses, there is time for a beer while the farm manager explains how to balance production with the problems of this precarious landscape.

Next day, a bigger fleet of buses than yesterday is heading inland across the Ruataniwha plains. Each bus has an enthusiastic guide and ours is telling us about

the irrigation scheme and the dam site we will see in the course of the day. The sky has cleared so as we start to wind our way through the pine plantations of Guavas Forest and to climb through native bush over the Wakarara Range we are keen to start the walk.

Our guide explains what a “logging skid site” is and that’s where the buses manage to park. Then it’s off into farmland, carefully farmed with many huge old-growth trees still standing, mainly Black Beech and some Rimu, Matai and Kahikatea.

Our trail joins farm tracks which fourwheeler farm bikes can use and are on hand to assist anyone dropping behind.

This is the back country part of the 5000 hectare Smedley Station, which lies at the southern end of the Wakarara Range. Each year 11 cadets are admitted to a two year course, training them in all aspects of hill country farming, with costs borne by the station itself.

Our first stop is by a sign attached to a fence. “High Tide”, it says. We could, within a few years, be standing on the edge of a huge lake. The stored water would keep the grass

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growth up for dairy cows in the hot, dry Hawkes Bay summers. When the lake is full, we would be able to complete our walk by kayak.

Instead, we continue on foot, mainly on farm tracks till we reach Middle Whare where there is rough accommodation for the cadets when they are out here at lambing time. There is also the now familiar and always welcome sight of the lunch truck.

On the way back, we deviate from the farm track to a fine view overlooking the Makaroro River, a tributary of the Waipawa River, and across to the Ruahine Range. It’s a stretch of the imagination to see a huge earth dam and a lake backing up the valley further than the start of our walk.

Our presenter is confident of the economic success of this venture. Our return route along a terrace paralleling the river has markers well above our heads showing that the river at the bottom of the bank below may soon be no more. So don’t keep putting off that walk you plan to do one day — you may be too late.

On the Monday, lots of walkers had to be back home to work, but the lucky ones drove our cars south to Wallingford Homestead where we assembled before leaving for a short walk on the property of Johnny and Jen Ormond, who are the fourth generation of Ormonds to farm their block of 1200 hectares in a much more benign part of Hawkes Bay than we saw in the first two days.

On the airstrip that overlooks the cricket ground and the homestead, Alistair pointed out a flock of six Royal Spoonbills flying above the dam below us. Back near the house, Johnny explained his venture into truffle growing and we saw the Oak trees used to propagate these valuable fungi on their roots.

We were invited by Jen Ormond to explore the maze of hallways and elegantly furnished rooms of her home. Built in 1853, it has grown several wings and is purported to be the largest single story wooden building in the Southern Hemisphere. Expansion has been necessary to accommodate the large families of Ormonds that have grown up here. Jen and Johnny were gracious hosts.

Meanwhile the Rotary team had been busy setting up the barbeques and soon we were enjoying a lunch on the lawn. On other Sea, Sky and Bush walks, we have been able to see several of the remarkable stately homes hidden round Hawkes Bay. We look forward to discover what the enterprising Waipukurau Rotary have planned for us in 2014. Their fundraising is now to help develop a local walkway. It’s great to support them. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Health

Free your feet and banish limiting back pain L ove walking and hiking but often feel limited by severe back pain? Well new Natures Support could see you making every stride with gusto all the while working to reduce your back pain.

This cosy possum fur belt, fronted by champion rower Mahe Drysdale, has stepped in as a welcome solution to help meet your penchant for being active, minus the back pain.

The new Natures Support™ belt is designed to relax muscles and promote blood supply to the back area, providing a muchneeded reprieve to the eight* out of ten Kiwis who suffer from back pain.

Easily rolled into a compact size, the product is the perfect portable option for when you’re tramping or enjoying other recreational w a l k i n g activities, as it can be easily stored in your backpack.

The comfy belt is also intentionally designed to be worn conservatively beneath your clothes – so you can still wear preferred sporting equipment.

So say goodbye to long hot showers, physio appointments and herbal remedies in the bathroom cabinet – Natures Support could be just the life-changing product you’ve been looking for.

Indeed, that has been the case for Mahe Drysdale, who has suffered from back pain as a result of more than a decade of professional rowing.

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osteoarthritis of the spine in 2010, tested early prototypes of the Natures Support™ product, providing feedback until the design was perfected.

“From that point I have worn the belt daily,” he says. “I wanted it to be comfortable and not noticeable so I could wear it underneath my shirt when I’m rowing.

“Now, it’s a fundamental part of my day.

There’s always a slight lump around my stomach, but it’s not a fat roll,” he says.

When Drysdale last collected gold, he was wearing Natures Support™ - the ultimate accolade for product and professional athlete alike.

“I’ve tried many different products and therapies and this is the one thing that has worked for me. It helps me tremendously during training and sporting events, and I’m thrilled that it is now available to Kiwis,” he says.

“Natures Support has enabled me to continue with my career – without it I doubt I would have achieved my recent World Championship win.”

And what a relief – Natures Support™ isn’t just kind to your back, its kind to the environment too!

Possums, a national pest, are destroying our native trees and wildlife, posing a significant threat to our favourite walking spots.

By using possums’ fur, Natures Support is helping to protect our agricultural industries and our unique natural environment; by turning the pest from an environmental liability into a resource.

The eco-friendly product is also made free of chemicals by using a unique totally natural process which draws on techniques employed

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That means you can get all the benefits the product has on offer without the risk of skin irritation.

Natures Support™ Managing Director, Jeremy Kerr, says the innovative new product is ideal for back pain sufferers from all walks of life.

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There are, in fact, over 35 spectacular walks

By Andrew Healey in the Bay of Islands, yet the region isn’t widely n case you haven’t heard, the very first Bay known as a walking destination — something of Island’s Walking Weekend will be held on the fourth, fifth and sixth of October this year. There will be 20 unique walks on offer to suit all levels of fitness and prices range from $10 to $95. One walk of particular interest is a return trip on the yacht Phantom to Urupukapuka Island, an island which is part of a conservation effort to restore it to its preEuropean state.

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Opposite page top: A tree stands out on a wide sandy beach at Elliot Bay. Above: Walkers on a sandy beach at Elliot Bay.

Riki and the other organisers intend to change.

One of the walks during the weekend is the Elliot Elegance walk where participants will get the opportunity to explore the beautiful Elliot Bay. Elliot Bay lies on the east coast of Cape Brett Peninsula, about 30 minutes’ drive from Russell in the Bay of Islands. With its beach exposed to the elements, it is a popular spot for surfers.

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could experience the Elliot Elegance walk for myself and then write about what it was like.

As it happens, my parents (John and Muriel) were staying nearby in Tapeka at the time, so they decided to tag along.

Apart from enjoying nature and getting exercise at the same time, walking is very much a social pursuit. On this walk, Mum, Dad and I were accompanied by our guide, local school principal, William Fuller and several other walkers — two of them from New Caledonia and one from England. So, the mix of people made for some interesting conversations during the day.

One important thing to note about all of the walks during the weekend is that they will include a local guide, so there is very much an educational element.

Level of difficulty Elliot Elegance takes about five hours to complete and is rated as medium difficulty,

suitable for children over 10 years of age. As a not-so-fit person, I found it easy going and, in fact, most of our group was in the 60-plus age bracket and they managed it without too many problems. The hardest part was the frequent climbs up steep grassy inclines.

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Beachcombing at Elliot Bay Of all the walks I have done in the Bay of Islands, the Elliot Elegance walk was one of the most enjoyable. Much of the time was spent ambling along the beach, where apparently you

are allowed to camp, and climb over rocks.

There are some wonderful rock pools there, which I can imagine would be ideal for enjoying a relaxing outdoor soak.

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On the beach we saw a large flock of terns (small seabirds) hovering above the sea and then congregating on the sand just out from the waves —“fishing” according to William.

And there were definitely fish out there: we were startled when a reasonably large fish sprang out of the water and lay flapping on the beach. Not wishing the fish to remain stranded on the sand, one of our group picked it up and tossed it back into the sea.

Mum particularly enjoyed it when William led us through a hillside cave. It occurred to me while passing through, that it was very much like the cave leading to the Gold Rush

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ride at Rainbow’s End except, of course, this was real and not made of fibreglass.

The highlight for me was the short climb through bush to a hilltop for lunch. At the summit, where we gathered near a large pohutukawa tree to unwrap our sandwiches, the views were simply breathtaking. To the north, were the remains of the old whaling station which dates back

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to the early 1880s at Whangamumu Harbour.

We could see a lone figure walking along the beach. “The busiest I’ve seen that beach in a long time,” commented William.

Farther afield was Cape Brett Peninsula and to the north east, Whangamumu Peninsula.

After we’d finished lunch we then backtracked the way we had come.

I really enjoyed the Elliot Elegance walk.

It seems to have it all: sea, bush and fantastic views. I’d definitely like to do it again — maybe during the Bay of Island’s Walking Weekend.

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Have you ever wondered what the world was like before people arrived?

One recent afternoon Liz Hibbs went to Zealandia to find out. Here in a sheltered valley in Wellington, dedicated staff and volunteers have been working for 13 years on this 500-year vision – creating a mainland sanctuary for a wealth of endangered native birds, reptiles and insects. Here Liz found this . . .

A walk back in time Have you ever wondered what the world was like before people arrived?

Last Saturday afternoon I went to Zealandia to find out. Here in a sheltered valley in Wellington, dedicated staff and volunteers

have been working for 13 years on this 500year vision – creating a mainland sanctuary for a wealth of endangered native birds, reptiles and insects.

Behind the 2.2 metre high, predator-proof

Photos by Fraser Crichton fence is another world, where Tuatara lounge in the sun outside their burrows and takahe stroll by the shores of the lake. There are 32 kilometres of well-signposted tracks, with something to please everyone from the dedicated tramper to the parents with toddlers in tow. At the gate we were greeted by the cheerful volunteer bag-check staff, and like visitors to any wildlife sanctuary we checked our bags and pockets carefully for stowaway pests before making our way through the double gates to the green world within.

The short, introductory two-hour track is easy walking and will take you through the central valley, past the Tuatara burrows, Gecko enclosures, and feeding stations for Bellbirds, Hihi and Kaka, up to the Upper Dam where a giddying walkway gives beautiful views up and down the lush green valley.

But we opted for a more challenging route: the Valley View Track, a medium fitness walk up the eastern side of the sanctuary. This track, while steep in parts, is still suitable for a family walk, but for a full day’s serious tramping you can branch off where it reaches the Upper Dam to the Round the Lake track, and onwards to the steeper Turbine and Tui Glen tramping tracks.

On the Valley View Track, signs of replanting are everywhere, and the undergrowth is lush. Kaka soared overhead, squawking raucously. We saw Tui, Fantails, and a Grey Warbler and heard many more birds we were unsure of.

Right: A path winds its way through trees around the sanctuary.

Below A group at a feeding session.

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This is a good reason to time your walk for the morning, joining in the free 11:15am “Walk and Talk” from the pontoon in the lower valley before choosing your route for the day. That way you have a knowledgeable guide on hand to help you identify the birds you hear - though guides and rangers roam the valley all day and are more than happy to answer your questions.

Calls can also be played at the ‘Bird Song Gully’ interactive display. At one point we heard the tell-tale sounds of tree pruning off the track, and decided to stop and ask the staff to tell us which bird the peculiar call we were hearing belonged to - only to find, as we peered through the trees, that it was no ranger.

A Kaka was hard at work, intently ripping a branch right off a tree! These delightful birds are related to the mischievious Alpine Kea but are forest-dwellers, less stocky and with rich brown feathers and dramatic red under-wings.

These are North Island Kaka which were once very common but are now a threatened species in the wild.

The 200-strong population based at Zealandia are thriving now that they have a safe place to breed and nest, protected from the stoats and rats that prey on their eggs and chicks in the wild.

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us curiously, running up and down the tree trunks while we laughed at their antics and took a well-earned breather.

Forty different species of native birds have been recorded inside Zealandia’s fence, more than half of them endemic (found nowhere else in the world).

Many like the Kaka have been introduced, including little Spotted Kiwi, Bellbirds, Saddlebacks, and Hihi (Stitchbirds) and these are closely monitored, with nesting boxes and supplementary food provided to encourage

Above: Houses in Karori can be seen from Zealandia.

Below: The track crosses over a dam.

them to stay within the fence’s safety.

There are plenty of freeloaders at Zealandia too, as we found when we crouched breathlessly at the side of the track looking to see if it we’d found a Kiwi scratching around in the undergrowth. No. A Blackbird. All the suburban birds of Wellington seem to know where to go for a break from modern life!

If you do want to see Kiwi there are night

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Fact file Zealandia is open every day except Christmas Day 10am – 5pm (Summer weekend closing 6pm, 5 Jan – 31 Mar) Valley entry for child/adult/family: $9/$18.50/$46 Under 5s go free. Discounts for seniors and students.

Annual membership from $54.

Well-served by public bus (route #3 and #23), Free shuttle details on website. www.visitzealandia.com

A walk back in time tours available, where a guide will take your group on a torch-lit tour listening for the calls of Kiwi and across the valley, and there is a good chance you may see one if you are quiet enough, with around 120 little Spotted Kiwi making their home at Zealandia.

Other nocturnal residents include Brown Teal, glowworms, Cook Strait Giant Weta and the rare Maud Island frogs, and some night groups have even been lucky enough to see a tuatara on the path.

Emerging from the trees we found ourselves at the Upper Dam, and looking at the map we’d been given at the Visitor Centre I wished we had allowed more time to explore this beautiful place.

The network of tracks is intriguing and we could easily have spent a whole day here in the bush. It really was like walking back in time.

We took the Swamp Track back down which was a different feel again, leafy and enclosed with a dappled afternoon light. This took us to the Kaka feeders, where volunteers restock the food and sugar water daily and visitors can sit and watch. This is a hub from which several tracks branch out and is well worth a visit, with a talk about the Kaka every day at 2:15pm.

On our way back down the central valley we stopped off at the Te Mahanga Track bridge to see the Longfin Eels fed at 3.15pm and listen to the eel talk – once again the guide’s knowledge and enthusiasm was impressive and it was great to see the eels in action and hear their fascinating story. These feeding talks, free with admission, are scheduled throughout the day along with a series of guided walks and it is certainly worth setting aside a whole day to take full advantage of them as you explore.

Many of the animals and plants at Zealandia are critically threatened or endangered but some, like the Takahe, are practically extinct in the wild.

Takahe had actually been pronounced extinct when a small population was rediscovered in the 1940s. Two of these rare birds now have their home beside the wetlands, and are commonly seen by the picnic spot there. They are flightless and certainly hard to miss, as they are sizeable birds with red beaks and enormous red feet – like huge inflated

Pukeko (to whom they are related).

At 1:15pm fresh feed is set out for the Takahe and this is a good time to get a proper look and a photo of these unique, pre-historic looking birds.

As we walked across the wetland area we found another volunteer opening up a small aquarium to feed the fish, and we spent some time there with the highly endangered Banded Kokopu, one of five species that grow to adulthood from the juvenile whitebait. All five species’ numbers have declined in the wild due to habitat loss, pollution and harvesting, but the banded kokopu are re-establishing at Zealandia now that pest fish have been eradicated from the Upper Lake and tributaries. As a nocturnal species they are not often seen so it was a privilege to view them as they chased their worms around the tank.

It’s hard to believe this beautiful 225hectare valley and its precious residents are only a short bus ride away from central Wellington.

It’s well worth the visit and we left at closing time refreshed and inspired, with a new perspective on the history of our land - and its future.

Above: A suspension bridge crosses the valley.

Left: A Kea at feeding time.

Right: There are forty different native birds at Zealandia The bottom one is a Takahe.

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Greatest Season for PAK-A-ROO Fiordland Great Walks PADDOCK JACKET High visitor numbers and high visitor satisfaction have been highlights of Fiordland’s summer Great Walks Season, which finished on 30 April 2013. The Department of Conservation is now preparing to convert the huts and tracks into winter mode.

What makes for the greatest Great Walk’s season? The friendly and competent Conservation rangers are a key component, and visitors love them.

During the season (OctoberApril) Fordland’s Great Walk tracks are staffed by DOC rangers. They do everything from helping first time trampers with advice and support, to making sure the huts are clean and keeping the sewage treated.

They clear vegetation, maintain the tracks, trap pests (like possums, stoats and rats) and are experts on their patch of Fiordland.

They ensure huts are warm and welcoming for the daily influx of new arrivals, keep the weather reports up to date, and give informative hut talks in the evenings – as well as ensuring everyone has arrived safely.

This season saw higher walker numbers than usual. Despite some dramatic weather in January, it has been a great summer for getting out into public conservation land, and people have been doing just that.

Compared with the 2011/12 summer, 1471 more people walked the Routeburn and 1422 more walked the Kepler. There was a 1% decrease in walkers on the Milford Track this year, mainly due to weather related January cancellations on a usually fully booked track.

Bookings for next season have already opened.

An increase in walker numbers reflects an increase in awareness about Great Walks, thanks to national promotions like the Air New Zealand safety video featuring Bear Grylls and filmed on the Routeburn.

“It is fantastic to see an increasing number of people keen to get out into our national park,” said DOC Te Anau Area Manager, Reg Kemper. “This year has also been a good year for biodiversity on Fiordland Great Walks, with strong local and national business partnerships providing extra support and funding to protect these areas and their potential for biodiversity.”

The Kepler, Routeburn and Milford tracks are open to the public year round, but with reduced winter servicing and hut fees. DOC staff are currently preparing for winter. This involves closing the summer toilets and removing waste, turning off the gas at the huts, the rangers leaving residence and removing bridges that are located on avalanche paths. The tracks become more technical during winter months due to snowfall, avalanche risk, shorter daylight hours and no staff or communications available on the tracks. Trampers need to have a higher level of competency, carry their own communications, and be prepared for winter conditions.

While not staffed, DOC conservation rangers periodically visit huts during winter to check their condition and collect hut tickets.

Above: Clive Rule, Conservation Ranger on the Routeburn track.

Below: Walkers at Dumpling Hut on the Milford Track. Photos by Keri Moyle, www.signsoflife.co.nz.

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Monthly Photo Contest

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

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

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

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

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

In this contest only ONE emailed photo accepted per month per person.

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

Above: Nico with a big smile while backpacking down south, at sunny Mt Cook. Photo by Lucas Man, Aotea, Porirua.

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Above: My daughter and I walked the Tongariro Crossing last month, this is one of my favourite photos from that walk. Photo

by Patrice, Ashburton.

Right: On the way to Lake Sylvan near Glenorchy. It was a good length for our five and three year olds and the one year old enjoyed the view from his backpack. Photo by Carolyn Blackett, Glenfield, Auckland.

Below right: Heather Bryant walking amongst the giant Beech trees, on our ‘Great Walk’ along Lake Waikaremoana track in February. Photo by Meryl Finlayson, Waiuku.

Below left: Amazing colours in Rainbow Valley, Kalbarri National Park, Western Australia. Photo by Lorraine Thomson, Timaru.

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he Department of Conservation has announced the reopening of the northern section of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. This will allow walkers to walk the full length of the track from Mangatepopo car-park to the Ketetahi car-park.

Ruapehu Area Manager Jonathan Maxwell said that this was great news for the tourism industry in the central North Island and for New Zealand as a whole. "Our staff have put a great deal of work into ensuring that robust risk assessment has been applied before the Tongariro Alpine Crossing is reopened.

“There is improved, on-going monitoring of volcanic activity on Mt Tongariro and DOC will continue to improve other risk management including working closely with GNS Science to develop automated early warning systems", said Jonathan.

The Mangatepopo Road and car-park and the Ketetahi Road and car-park will be reopened and local bus concessionaires will continue to provide transport to and from these car parks as was done prior to the eruptions of Te Maari in 2012.

Additional toilets have been put in at the Soda Springs and temporary repairs have been made to the Ketetahi Hut which will now act as a day shelter until it is replaced with a new day shelter in 2014.

Visitors are asked to carefully read the warning signs and to at all times be aware that they are in an active volcanic zone when they are on the section of track from Blue Lake to most of the way to the Ketetahi car-park. Prior to next October additional signage will be put in place to help improve visitor safety. The aim is also to install electronic sign boards which will be rapidly updated if volcanic unrest increases.

Jonathan also said that "Visitors should talk with their bus driver or guide to get advice on what action to take should a volcanic event happen. It is important to read the safety brochure provided by the bus drivers and guides and also available in the car parks.

‘We want our visitors to come and enjoy themselves in this exciting living landscape but they also need to do all they can to keep themselves safe."

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Walkers at the start of last year’s Taupo Half Marathon.

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his year a special birthday party will be taking to the streets of Taupo and everyone is invited! Not only that – everyone gets presents!

On Sunday 4th August the annual Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon will be celebrating its 20th birthday.

Regarded and respected as the country’s largest pure half marathon event, it is now also one of the longest running events and this year plans are in place for a great party, including gifting a medal and technical event tee for every finisher.

Among the starters will be a special group walking the 21.1km course. The Boobop Babes from The Bay of Plenty will be back to defend their ‘best dressed teams’ prize. We caught up with one of the group leaders to find out a bit more about their group and their next walking challenge.

What is the Boobop Babes all about and when did it start?

“The Boobop babes are 10 years old in June; we are the Bay of Plenty Breast cancer Dragon Boat Team, all Breast cancer survivors www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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r way to a birthday bash “This is always a great event run brilliantly sometimes the weather can be a challenge!!!!

The satisfaction from the team on the finish line as they discuss their success. Last year winning best dressed was added bonus for the team. Taupo is a lovely place for a weekend away we all look forward to competing in this event another medal to add to our wonderful collection this season”.

How did the Boobop Babes get involved in the Taupo Half Marathon?

“Our team captain found a lump 12 years ago on the Friday before doing the Taupo Half Marathon and wanted to celebrate her 10 year clearance by doing the Taupo Half again. The team took the challenge to train and share the celebration with her and now it has become an annual event on the Boobop Babes Calendar. So much more than just paddlers the camaraderie is extremely special”.

Like previous years, profits from the event will be directed back to the community. Last year the society raised over $20,000 that assisted with young and talented athletes with chasing their sporting aspirations.

The Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon is the second event in the 63.3 series, a challenge of completing three half marathons over three months, in three stunning destinations in the greater Taupo area. All finishers of the three events receive a commemorative shirt. More information can be found at 633.co.nz. all with different breast cancer journeys and we are the best of buddies”.

Who started it and why?

“The idea of dragon boating for breast cancer survivors was started by Doctor Don McKenzie in Canada who did an experiment to see if women would benefit from exercise after Breast Cancer surgery. The ■ sport has now grown worldwide.

Boobops started 10 years ago after a couple of ladies read an article from Don McKenzie we paddled because we could and were always proud to be a Boobop Paddler.

We have improved over the years and have just completed a hat trick with the National title for three years running”.

How many are you expecting at the Taupo Half marathon this year?

“There will be more than 10 of us competing this year, it keeps the team fit and focussed over the winter, training together in weekends doing all sorts of treks throughout the Bay of Plenty. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

It is a fantastic focus for our team for the off season although we try to paddle twice a month as well. Some for the first time and a lot returning to better their times”.

What do you most enjoy at the Taupo Half Marathon?

Fact file Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon 20th anniversary on Sunday 4th August 2013 All finishers receive a medal and technical event tee! www.taupohalfmarathon.org.nz.

Boopop Babes at last year’s Taupo Half Marathon.

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Readers views

Blood pressure medications As a keen reader of your magazine I was very concerned to read the May 2013 article

by Gary Moller, suggesting that most blood pressure medications do not work and that many blood pressure medicines cause weight gain around the waist and therefore increase the risk of heart attack.

These and other statements in his article display an inadequate knowledge of the high blood pressure and a woefully inadequate knowledge of how blood pressure medications work.

There is a high risk that a gullible reader might stop their blood pressure medication and suffer a heart attack or, possibly more likely, a stroke.

I am amazed that Mr Moller can blithely comment that he cannot back up his 'sweeping statement' with research yet continue to disparage blood pressure medication.

I advise that you: 1. Consult the NZ Heart and Stroke Foundations for their comments about the article 2. Publish a statement that the opinions expressed in the article are not necessarily the opinions ot the magazine 3 Advise your readers that anyone who follows Mr Moller's advice and suffers a heart attack or stroke report Mr Moller to the Health and Disability Commissioner.

Thank you. I look forward to your response.

(Dr) Murray Shaw, General Practitioner Amesbury Health Centre, Palmerston North.

Gary’s reply Thank you, Dr Shaw, for raising these concerns regarding my article about blood pressure medication. I appreciate your concerns which I am happy to respond to.

Weight gain around the midriff is one of the best predictors of heart attack risk. This kind of weight gain is one of the most commonly seen consequences of long term use of blood pressure medication.

There is no denying this and it should be of considerable concern for patients and physicians alike. Take beta blockers for instance: ”Australian researchers found that among more than 11,400 adults with high blood pressure and/or diabetes, those on betablockers weighed more, on average, and had larger waistlines.

And in a separate look at 30 patients with

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high blood pressure, they found that people on beta-blockers generally burned fewer calories and fat after a meal — measured by a device called acalorimeter.

The patients on beta blockers also reported lower physical activity levels in their day-today lives.(Beta blockers are suspected of curbing people’s physical activity because the drugs slow the heart rate and may cause people to tire more easily.)

Together, the findings suggest that beta blockers lead to weight gain by curbing people’s calorie expenditure, according to the researchers, led by Dr. Paul Lee of St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.”

International Journal of Obesity, online February 8, 2011 quoted in a Reuters report March 10 2011 A Google search with the key words “blood pressure medication weight gain” will yield over 26 million search results, many of which are from reputable sources such as the Mayo Clinic.

“If your waist measurement is greater than... you are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and developing type 2 diabetes.”Nutrition Foundation (http:// www.nutritionfoundation.org.nz).

The evidence that blood pressure medications actually provide health benefits over the long term is far from convincing.

While there is research showing that blood pressure may be lowered by various drugs, where is the evidence that this mechanism makes a person feel healthier and less at risk of dying over the long term?

Where is proof of long term benefits including improvements in quality of life and life expectancy? When one looks at “all causes” mortality, the slight lowering of heart attack and stroke is more than negated by other causes of death.

A person on blood pressure or cholesterol lowering medication may be slightly less likely to die of heart attack or stroke but may be more likely to die of heart failure. A Google search: “beta blockers cause heart failure” will reveal more than seven million results.

While we are discussing blood pressure medication, we really should have a quick look at the miracle statin drugs, like Lipex and Lipitor, which are widely prescribed with blood pressure pills.

Here’s a quote from Dr Dach about statins, a group of drugs which claim to reduce heart attack risk by lowering cholesterol; but the evidence in support is starting to look very shaky indeed: ”...the absolute mortality benefit in the best case scenario, in secondary prevention trials, is only 0.5% – 0.6% per year. This benefit is underwhelming, and actually quite shocking that it is such a minimal benefit when the drug company marketing would suggest much larger benefits.”

”So in conclusion, Statin drugs do have a mortality benefit, however, this is restricted to men with known heart disease amounting to about 0.5% per year reduction in mortality compared to a placebo. This benefit is so miniscule that one wonders why statin drugs are recommended at all, considering their severe adverse side effects with memory loss, neuropathy, muscle pain and weakness.

For women, the elderly, and all men without underlying heart disease, Dr Sinatra reminds us that statin drugs are unnecessary and potentially harmful.”

Source: www:jeffreydachmd.com/statindrugs-revisited/ I have a question: If a person at risk of heart attack or stroke consequently dies of heart failure caused by the medication and not a heart attack or stroke will this be chalked up as a treatment failure or a treatment success?

“The treatment was a success: However the patient died” Doctors and the public alike are being oversold past the point of being misled about the benefits of drugs, such as those for blood pressure and cholesterol, by talk of dramatic relative risk reduction when the absolute risk reduction is close to non-existent.

Most of the information that people, including doctors, receive on this subject is provided directly or indirectly by influential pharmaceutical companies. This information is heavily biased, of course, toward increasing company profits, with a disregard for peoples’ health. This includes slick marketing to shape the opinions of both doctors and patients that drugs are the only solution for health problem and all alternatives are ineffective and unsafe.

The stakes are high: Worldwide statin drugs sales, for example, exceed US$29 billion annually to the pharmaceutical industry and growing. That they don’t really work has not stopped doctors prescribing them. There are 29 billion reasons to keep selling them!

Blood pressure medications are far from benign drugs. Each drug comes with a long list of unpleasant side effects that has the potential to make a person feel very ill and very tired (this may be why people on beta blockers are less active and put on so much fat around the midriff).

It is more usual than not for two, three or four of these drugs to be prescribed in combination - along with statins. When this is done the range of possible nasty interactions and side effects is mind-boggling!

I have been in the business of health for more than 30 years and this must count for something. Observation in the field and practical experience must count for something.

The day health practitioners rely only upon the randomised controlled trial and official “best practice” is the day we might as well hand www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Readers views health care over to computers and robots.

Unless it is immediate and dramatic, it is almost impossible for a patient to have an adverse reaction to a drug or medical procedure recorded on an official database.

Most adverse events are of very gradual onset, very subtle and often delayed. If an association is noted, then the patient must convince the prescribing doctor and rely on the doctor reporting it.

An example is that I have noticed what appears to be the accelerated onset of arthritis associated with the long term use of ACE blood pressure drugs. It takes years for the arthritis to set in and it is as good as impossible to prove that the drugs played a part.

The consequence is gross under-reporting.

Only about 10% of adverse events ever get recorded. Some cynics believe the real figure is as low as 1%. I go with 1%. If your doctor advises that, say, less than one in one hundred patients have trouble with the blood pressure medication you are about to be prescribed, you know that the true figure is far worse than that!

Medical error, including drug induced deaths, are now the third leading cause of death in the USA (http://www.jhsph.edu/ sebin/s/k/2000_JAMA_Starfield.pdf), yet there is no great outcry. Nothing is being done about it other than some bureaucratic wallpapering.

Here is a good article that touches on this matter, including the inadequacies of the randomised controlled trial: www:davidhealy.org/not-so-bad-pharma/ The longer a person is on a drug, the more likely it is that some of these many nasty side effects will begin expressing themselves. If a person is placed on blood pressure drugs, this should be on the proviso that the prescribing doctor has a Patient Management Plan (sometimes called a “Case Management Plan”) which includes monitoring the safety and effectiveness of the medication.

The plan should include the steps for gradually transitioning the patient onto a nondr ugs blood pressure management programme, so that there is not long term reliance on medication.

In my experience, Patient Management Plans rarely exist. What predominates are open-ended “Let’s try this and see how it goes” exercises which are irresponsible and unsafe.

No wonder medical error and drug-induced deaths is Number Three behind cancer and heart disease!

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By Tom Brough As former prime minister Jim Bolger writes about his friend of 40 years in the book's Foreword: "You don't have to be a romantic for the land and life distant from city and town light to find this book inspirational".

The Way It Was is the down-to-earth, very readable story of Tom brough - man of many coats. After a challenging childhood in the king Country backblocks and minimal schooling, Tom Brough became a champion shearer (sending a million sheep down the chute), successful far mer (turning unproductive country into a model farm) and noted hunter of pigs, deer and more exotic animals on several continents.

Tom Brough won the Golden Shears Open Championship in 1976 and was a finalist on seven other occasions, coming second four times. He was also a judge at World Shearing Championships on several occasions. He was from gullible. And they are not going to be so stupid as to completely misread what I have written and suddenly stop taking their drugs.

As far as I can tell, nothing that I have written about blood pressure is unsafe. Far from telling readers to stop taking their blood pressure drugs, I am acting responsibly by asking readers, who may be on blood pressure pills, to regularly monitor their blood pressures at home and, by doing so, getting some accurate measures of the effectiveness or otherwise of their medication.

I have even invited readers to send their readings to me in a spreadsheet and offered to help interpret it for them - for free by the way. Actually, it is preferable that they discuss the results with their doctor. If the recordings indicate there may be a problem, my most likely advice is to refer them to their doctor anyway.

How could anybody, including Dr Shaw, be opposed to this? Every doctor should be doing this right now with every patient. The machines for accurate self-monitoring are now widely available, so why is this not happening?

Perhaps the Emperor has no clothes?

Perhaps there are safer alternatives to side effect riddled drugs?

Start the monitoring today folks, send me your readings, and let’s see what eventuates.

Keep taking your medicines.

Finally, the articles I write are my opinion and not that of the Editor of Walking, or anybody else for that matter.

King Country Farmer of the Year in 1982.

Tom and Larraine Brough have visited 80 countries and he has trekked in the Himalayas and rafted the Colorado River.

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Possible rain did not put off a record number of entrants for the 25th Great Forest, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km events held in a forest at Waitarere near Levin.

Over 3000 took part in ideal walking conditions in this off road. medal event.

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My Favourite Walk

Joe Franklin and friends completed a 130km walk from Raumati South to Wanganui over Easter. He said it was a great experience with a good potential for other recreational walkers but he hasn’t heard of anyone else who has done it. The many river crossing are probably a deterrent, he says, but as his story shows it is certainly a do-able adventure and a great walk option from . . .

Raumati South to Wanganui along the beach, in five days The Plan An Easter stroll from Raumati South to Wanganui via State Highway 1 would be a challenge, but ‘State Highway 1’ circa 1860 is even more so. The beach was the main road north for 19th Century pioneers, when the mail coaches, freight, settlers and livestock were unable to negotiate the thick inland bush that then prevailed. Today with the right gear and friendly tides the beaches indeed provide a Great Walk.

Fascinated by historic accounts of pioneer journeys, Raumati South resident, Joe Franklin, drew up a detailed plan some years ago to do the trek himself; about 130kms with at least 13 river crossings, but going it alone was a deterrent as were age (76) and arthritis.

He mentioned his lingering desire to an old friend, Bazz Bailey at Christmas. Bazz, prior to retirement, was inspector in charge of major operations planning at Wellington Police Headquarters and is a keen tramper.

He’s also an action man and before long he had reconnoitred the route and made the task seem a lot more manageable.

For Joe, Bazz’s action plan brought a touch of deja vous. In the early 1990s Joe told Bazz he had always hankered to run from Lower Hutt to Napier, his old home town.

“Next minute there was a plan with daily sections and accommodation organised and off we went, covering 60kms a day and got there in five days.

Not content with that, the following year, Bazz organised a run from the Porirua Police College to Rotorua which took seven days and on the eighth day we ran the Rotorua Marathon in just over four hours. That equalled 11.5 marathon distances in eight days,” Joe said.

Then in 1996 Joe ran 60km to mark his 60th birthday and Bazz insisted on doing it with him so they ran from the old Athletic Park in Wellington to Raumati South.

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Lindsay Duncan of Pinehaven, joined them but being injured now and knowing he would be unable to hang with them on the beach, he volunteered to be their logistics support man on the Whanganui trek. Jackie Mulligan, a long time tramping associate of the group also volunteered to join the fun.

The Easter extended break suited them all and they planned to set off on Good Friday.

They would average 26kms of beach each day for five days, covering 130km, the equivalent distance of three marathons. They touched the Whanganui River at the south bank at midday on Tuesday April 2.

The Trek Day One – Raumati South to Otaki – the longest leg, 34kms and 6.5hrs.

Lindsay took them to the beach at Raumati South at 6am on Good Friday. The two major obstacles were the distance and the river crossings. While Bazz, Lindsay and Jackie had recce’d some of the latter earlier where vehicle access was available, it remained a matter of looking at situations as they were, as they got to each crossing. They were fortunate the Easter break coincided with low tides around 7am each day and the long dry period had diminished the waterways so the first crossings, the Waikanae River and Mangaone Stream, provided only wet feet.

Beaches south of Te Horo are rough and by then the tide had come in which pushed them up onto really hard going. Each had a trekking pole and it was invaluable over rough ground. The tide was full by the time they reached the Otaki River mouth and too deep and swift to cross at that point, but they were able to ford it about 1km upstream and carried on to spend their first night at the Otaki Holiday Park.

Day two’s trek from Otaki to Waiterere The shortest leg (24kms), they needed to cross the Ohau River at Waikawa Beach. Ian

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McLachlan, a colleague of Bazz’s and Lindsay’s from the police college has a property at Waikawa and he met them on the beach before the crossing with a picnic table and tea, coffee and bacon and egg sandwiches, which were most welcome. They couldn’t tarry though as they needed to cross the river while the tide was out and did so, thigh deep, without problems. The beach was busy with holiday makers and fishers.

As the tide advanced the beach got progressively softer and uneven. Joe was developing a blister on his left forefoot. Bazz and Jackie had sensibly opted for boots and short gaiters, which kept the sand out but Joe, thinking he was smarter chose lighter running shoe which proved a mistake and the sand got in through the aerated area at the top of the shoe and built up inside his sock especially in waterways grinding away at the flesh. (The upstream foot disturbs the sand and the downstream foot cops it.)

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My Favourite Walk welcome sight and the caravan and awning were rigged in short order and the rest of the day was spent in recovery mode and was topped off with a pleasant couple of hours at the Sail On Inn restaurant.

There was an amusing interlude there; Joe noticed an attractive woman repeatedly eying him from another table and he thought to himself, “I’m pushing 77 but I must still have something!”

A while later she approached the table but instead of talking to Joe she asked Lindsay if he was police officer and if he had served in the Solomons. He confirmed he had and it turned out she was an army major and had also served there, and thought she recognised Lindsay.

So she had been focussing on him, not Joe and Joe’s illusion of his enduring machismo took a big hit!

Day Three’s trek from Waiterere to Tangimoana This was a 29km leg and took seven and a half hours including stops. The big obstacle was the Manawatu River, which they knew wasn’t fordable. They walked about 8kms north from Waiterere to the river where they were picked up by Lindsay and driven back along the beach, then north through Foxton and down to the coast car park to a welcome respite where Jackie’s sister Ann and family provided a sumptuous home baked morning tea – a real luxury. Then Lindsay drove them south along the beach to the north bank of the Manawatu and the walk began again.

This was a tough day with the beach turning to heavy black iron sand then strong northerlies arrived and eventually heavy rain.

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Tangimoana and fortunately Lindsay had erected the caravan and awning at the camping ground before the squalls hit.

Mercifully the sun reappeared soon after their arrival and after showering, they were able to utilise the washing machines and dryers.

Day four, Tangimoana to Koitiata This was a 24km trek and took six hours 10 minutes. The Rangitikei River, near the motor camp, was too deep and swift to ford even at low tide and the plan had been to be driven inland to Bulls, then back down the beach to the river to restart north.

However, luck struck. The camping ground manager organised her husband Ross and his son Mike to ferry them across the river in Swann-ee, their outboard dinghy. This saved at least one and a half hours and probably a lot of extra walking as the vehicle may not have got them all the way back down the beach to the north bank.

The day was bleak with a strong northerly headwind and the odd shower, so they wore wet weather gear all day. This was perhaps the least scenic stretch with monotonous sand hills and a turbulent grey ocean. They lunched in a novel spot on the beach beneath a warning sign “Ohakea Airforce Bombing Range”. Keep out! And they did.

Reaching the Turakina River at Koitiata local surf casters were asked for advice regarding crossing there the following day and then the Whangaehu.

They said the Turakina was fordable at low tide but there ‘might be issues with the Whangaehu’ which sounded ominous. They recce’d the Turakina prior to departing Koitiata for Whanganui, where they were to spend the night but were not really any the wiser. It would be a matter of ‘sucking it and seeing’ when

they came back the following morning.

Day five – Koitiata to Whanganui The 20km and final leg took five and a quarter hours to the Whanganui River including stops. They left Wanganui just before 7am and drove back to Koitiata, with fine weather and 24 degrees predicted.

The Turakina was significantly lower than the previous afternoon and they were able to cross although the current was quite swift and the sand very soft underfoot. Joe said he would probably have fallen had it not been for the trekking pole.

Forty-five minutes walking to the north saw them on the bank of the Whangaehu River, to face the ‘issues’ predicted by the fishermen the previous day. This river mouth is remote with no road access and there would be problems if they couldn’t get across. Indeed it might have stumped them.

However, Bazz cast his experienced eyes over the fast flowing body of water and got them to link arms and do a text book river crossing drill. Again the trekking poles were invaluable and they got across, in spite of the current and shifting sands, wet to their thighs.

This crossing was a big relief as it had been the last major obstacle, except distance.

They tramped the rest of the beach and for the the next 8kms saw only two people and they had come from the north on a quad bike.

The day got progressively hotter towards the predicted 24 degrees and they had to stop and peel off the polyprops and wool. The beach at such a low tide was scenic, flat and firm and most enjoyable and they could see a large building at Whanganui airport some kilometres to the north.

They arrived at the Whanganui River just before midday. The south bank curves north to about the same latitude as Wanganui City.

Once they touched the water, they agreed they had achieved their objective.

However the trek wasn’t quite over and they still had a tough hour clambering inland, first through muddy riverside sand then over a mix of often steep and scrubby sand dunes and deep sand tracks to eventually get back to a point where we could link up with Lindsay and the vehicle.

“So it was all over. Bazz and Jackie remained chirpy but the finishing line was a great relief to me! My foot was badly blistered and I was pretty well done, but at the same time it had been a marvellous and rewarding experience. But I could not have done it without Bazz’s organisation and leadership, Jackie’s lovely company and Lindsay’s great logistic support and encouragement. 130kms is a lot of beach! We encountered beautiful weather, heavy rain, strong northerly Walking WalkingNew NewZealand, Zealand,issue issueno no186 186--2013 2013

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Raumati South to Wanganui along the beach, in five days headwinds, no wind and hot temperatures on the last day. Bazz and I had blistered lips and I had a big piece of skin hanging off the bottom of my left foot,” Joe said.

“At low tide there were many stretches where a passenger aircraft could have landed on the firm, wide, flat sand. And talking of aircraft, as we passed the RNZAF bombing range airforce light aircraft flew over apparently practicing formation drills. Fortunately they didn’t have to practice beach landings! On such flat beaches, the tide advances quickly though and in the latter half of each day we got pushed up into the soft, sloping sand and logs or heavy black iron sand at the top of the beach, which made for hard going.

“We speculated, as we walked, on how tough this ‘State Highway 1’ must have been for the early settlers driving their stock and their iron wheeled wagons, with no high tech, all-weather gear, no emergency locator beacon and no external support and sheltering under canvas overnight in the sand dunes in all weather.

“Fortunately it’s 2013 and we were supported by Lindsay with a car and a caravan and he met us at the end of each section and provided our logistical support. And we overnighted at nice camping grounds, had occasional access to cafes and fresh supplies and chilled beer (an absolute necessity).

“The pioneers have our great admiration. While they would have been accustomed to the spartan living conditions of the day they still must have been really tough and they must have suffered. But today, with the right gear and support and selecting the right tide times the trek is certainly ‘doable’ and is thoroughly recommended and could be included as one of New Zealand’s Great Walks.”

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Many people only think of castles like Neuschwanstein, beergardens, or museums when they think of Germany. Sidetracks takes you to prime examples of all these, but also shows you many other sides of the heart of Europe.

On the ‘Western Contrasts’ tour for example you get to see how Germany has transformed its industrial heritage sites into cultural spaces, including recreational areas as well as amazing artwork. One of the impressive sites is the ‘Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex’, an imposing former coal mine and coking plant that has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

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Left and above: Cycle tour options are available on mainly flat paths.

Right: A picturesque German town square of Aachen at early morning.

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man experiences But there is always a range of very different experiences you get to enjoy on a Sidetracks tour.

On the same 7-day regional tour through the West for example, you also go on a bike tour that takes you to romantic moated castles, stately manors, historic churches, and dreamy villages on the typical ‘Pättkes’ (mostly flat, well paved bike trails).

And then there are day trips to neighbouring countries. On the ‘Western Contrasts’ tour you see the fascinating underground world of the impressive Valkenburg Grotto in The Netherlands, as well as going on a sightseeing tour with a local guide in Brussels, Belgium’s multi-cultural capital.

Check out their very diverse week-long regional tours on www.sidetracksgermany.co.nz and pick the one you are most interested in, or combine several of them with your own individual travel components (like visits to friends or family in Europe), or link all six tours together for the ultimate tour of Germany!

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New Zealand Walk

The Nugget Point lighthouse stands at the end of a above a seething sea, writes Paul Rush.

Nugget Point

A well-graded path leads to the Nugget Point Lighthouse lookout.

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Nugget Point walk

Even on a calm day the sea breeze whips up spray on this wild coast.

Nugget Point, on the Catlins Coast of Southland is a 20-minute walk on a high-level, well-graded track that suits all ages. It starts from a coastal car park located halfway up the hill and is well signposted but very exposed to the elements.

I set off to walk the path to the lighthouse, which winds up to the ridge top with breathtaking views along the coast. Hardy shrubs that somehow tolerate the salt-laden atmosphere cling to steep inclines that fall away

to the coast. Overhead a flock of sooty shearwaters swarm in a wave of flailing wings, oblivious to the elements. This place has a wild, desolate and beautiful aura that inspires and excites poets, painters, writers and avid landscape photographers.

As I follow the course of the gravel path, firmly gripping my hat, I realise that I’m in a rug ged corner of New Zealand that’s powerfully ruled by the hand of nature. This place is untamed, unspoilt and epitomises the

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raw force of our wildest southern landscapes.

Without doubt this is the jagged edge of the most windswept and wave-battered coast in New Zealand, I’m facing the wrath of the Roaring Forties wind blowing straight from Antarctica. The wind is whipping spray and spume off the boiling sea and threatening to carry away my camera and anything not firmly in my grasp – it’s an overwhelming experience.

I use my binoculars to seek out the wildlife far below at the base of the near-vertical, wind shorn cliffs. There, stretched out on a large rock platform is a languorous colony of New Zealand fur seals. They appear to be sleeping, building up their energy for another fishing foray.

On a small beach at the base of an eroded cliff, a group of sea lions with tawny coats, are waving their heads to-and-fro as if the great, lumbering beasts are performing an elaborate ritual. Elsewhere there are sleekcoated seals lying in nooks and crannies around the wave platforms. They occasionally tussle for rock space but are almost indistinguishable from the surrounding rocks. Nugget Point has the distinction of being the only place on the mainland where New Zealand fur seals, Hooker sea lions and southern elephant seals co-exist.

The point consists of twenty rock stacks scattered around a jutting spine of land, which is topped with a classic white 19th century lighthouse. The name, Nugget Point, dates www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Above: Interpretative plaques add to the wildlife interest at Nugget Point.

from the whaling era and is thought to have originated because of the rock stack’s likeness to rough-hewn alluvial gold nuggets. The Maori name is Tokata, meaning southerly wind, a reference to the relentless winds off the Southern Ocean.

When I reach the lighthouse and walk out onto the viewing platform, I’m entranced by the churning seas. They surge up a canyon and crash against the cliff face, only to bounce back and merge with the next oncoming wave in a flurry of spray.

Long tendrils of bull kelp are swaying in a mesmerising dance as the tidal surges ebb and flow. There is a rough track down to the water’s edge where staunch fishermen might try their luck but not on this day.

The ocean is really wild, creating a dramatic seascape. This is the ideal place to reconnect with the wilderness and fall in love with nature.

And to cap it off, it’s almost exactly half-way between the Equator and the South Pole.

When I retrace my steps to the car park, nature has the final say. A gentle dusting of pure white, delicate snowflakes drifts onto my head and shoulders and tickles my nose.

Somewhere down in the gathering mists of sea spray are cute little penguins but I won’t be meeting them today. However, the wheeling, diving seagulls give me a noisy farewell. There

The Balclutha Bridge is crossed just before the Catlins turnoff.

are 40 species of ocean birds roaming this coast and finding refuge on its rocky shelves and crags. No one needs to feel lonely on the wild shores of Nugget Point.

The remarkable thing about this coastline is that, had I been standing on the point 180 million years ago, I would have been looking out over a broad forested river floodplain up to 10km wide. The coast line of the ancient super-continent Gondwanaland once stood far out to sea where the giant swells are rolling in.

In that era there were no birds or mammals, but it’s likely that a gnarly old tuatara lizard and a giant weta would have been creeping about in the forest.

Fact file The Catlins Coast forms the eastern part of the 440km Southern Scenic Route between Dunedin and Milford Sound. The main attractions are found within the region between Nugget Point and Waipapa Point.

Motorhome and caravan parks are located at Kaka Point, Curio Bay, Pounawea, Surat Bay and McLean Falls. Kaka Point Camping Ground at 39 Tarata Street is the nearest to Nugget Point and a ‘good port in a perfect storm’.

Websites: www.southernscenicroute.co.nz www.catlins.co.nz www.motorcamps.com/kaka-point

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n Anzac Day, a group of us walked from Tarawera Outlet, around the lake to Humphries Bay. To do this you need to first pick up a Forest Access Permit from the Information Centre at Kawerau.

The trail begins from the Outlet Campsite, and is well marked. We followed the path on the lake edge for half an hour, then stopped and stood in silence for two minutes to remember those killed in wartime. By Barbz Lowther The gentle lapping of the lake on the rocky shore Above: Mt Tarawera across the lake in the background.

Left: Following the track through a mossy glade.

Below: Lunch spot at Humphries Bay.

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Lake Tarawera confirmed just how lucky we are to be living in peace.

The trail then veered away from the lake, taking us through a mossy glade, under stands of Manuka and Kanuka.

We soon arrived at ‘Canyon Lands’ an area of dense Pungas and high cliffs.

After skirting a gully, we continued on an undulating leafy track under tall natives, for about ■ 45 minutes, until we reached the lake again.

In this patch there were lots of Tuis and Bellbirds.

We had a short walk beside the lake, before the path climbed to a benched track high above,

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Above left: The sign at Humphries Bay Campsite Above right: A view across the lake to Mt Tarawera.

Below left: Walking through the canyon area.

with views of the deep blue/green water. This led to Humphries Bay in less than half an hour – two hours 20 minutes in total.

After lunch we returned the way we had come, but it seemed a totally different walk. The sun now lit up mossy stones and boulders at the lake edge; and Mt Tarawera, shrouded in mist in the morning, was now visible, standing proud across the lake.

It is a really pretty walk.

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orth of Brisbane on Australia’s Sunshine Coast near the township of Glass house Mountains, is the Glass House Mountains lookout in Beerburrum State Forest This is a great location to look out over the Glass House Mountains National Park.

There is a short walk from the lookout and is rated as class 3 by Australian standards described as having a gently sloping, well-defined track with slight inclines or few steps where caution is needed on loose gravel surfaces and exposed natural lookouts and a reasonable level of fitness and ankle-supporting footwear is required.

Glass House Mountains Lookout TTrack rack Distance: 800 m return Time: 45 minutes The lookout is about 10 km from the Glass House Mountains township, in Beerburrum West State Forest. It offers panoramic views of the mountain peaks, Caloundra, Maroochydore, Brisbane and Moreton Island. A short walking track starting at the lookout leads you through open scribbly gum forest, down through a wet eucalypt forest gully and returns back to the lookout. There are picnic tables, toilets and free gas barbecues at the start of the track.

From Brisbane, follow the Bruce Highway north, take the Steve Irwin Way turnoff and follow the signs to the Glass House Mountains.

Wild Horse Mountain Lookout TTrack rack Elevation: 123 m Distance: 1.4 km return Time: One hour The Wild Horse Mountain lookout is in Beerburrum State Forest, east of the Bruce Highway. The turnoff is signed Wild Horse Mountain summit lookout exit, and Exit 171. Drive along Johnston

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Mountains Road to the lookout.

History Named after the brumbies (feral horses living in the wild) that once lived there, Wild Horse Mountain offers a paved track to the lookout from the car park. Enjoy 360-degree views of Pumicestone Passage, coastal plains, the Glass House Mountains and pine forestry plantations from the sheltered fire tower platform.

Craggy volcanic peaks tower over a scenic patchwork of pine plantations, bushland and cultivated fields. Many of the peaks are protected in Glass House Mountains National Park, while the pine plantations and a range of native vegetation types are managed in several State forests and conservation parks near the park.

Named by James Cook during his epic voyage along Australia’s east coast, the Glass Houses are rhyolite plugs formed by volcanic activity millions of years ago. Remnants of the open eucalypt woodland and heath vegetation, which once covered the coastal plains, provide a home for an interesting variety of animals and plants, including 26 plant species of conservation significance.

The Glass House Mountains area was a special meeting place where many Aboriginal people gathered for ceremonies and trading. This place is considered spiritually significant with many ceremonial sites still present and protected today.

The Glass House Mountains Conservation Park was previously part of Beerburrum Forest Reserve and includes two sections—The Basin and Black Rock sections. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Above: From the Glass House Mountain Lookout with the mountains from left (The twins) Tunbubudala, and right Mt Miketeebumulgrai. The D’Aquilar Range is in the background.

Below:The lookout track below the Glass House Mountain Lookout.

Bottom: The Glass House Mountain Lookout building.

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Australia’s Glass House Mountains The Basin section is located between Wamuran and D’Aguilar on the former Caboolture—Kilcoy Rail Line. This area allows horseriding, mountain-bike riding and walking.

Best access points are O’Shea Road and Raeen Road.

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Above and below: A circular loop track runs below the lookout at the Glass House Mountains Lookout.

Park features The Black Rock section is located north east of Woodford township. This area is named after the colour of the underlying rock and features pockets of tall open blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) forest with a wildflower understory.

The extensive forest areas of Beerburrum and Beerwah State Forests are located on both sides of the Bruce Highway and extend north from Caboolture to Caloundra, and from Pumicestone Passage west to Woodford.

How to get there Traffic travelling north from Brisbane on the Bruce Highway can not turn right into Roys Road. Instead continue north to Caloundra interchange and return southbound on the Bruce Highway to the Roys Road turnoff.

Highest peak At 556 m above sea level, Mount Beerwah is the highest peak of the Glass House Mountains.

Climate The Glass House Mountains area has a mild, subtropical climate. In summer, the average daily temperature ranges from 18 to 28 °C and in winter from 11 to 20 °C. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Health

Putting the adventure back into exercise

by Mary-Ann Moller Mary-Ann Moller is a 4th year student at The University of Otago, majoring in Sport and Exercise Nutrition. With a passion for the outdoors, she has worked as a guide on the Heaphy Track in the Kahurangi National Park and also in the Nelson Lakes National Park.

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he most common complaint you hear is that people don’t have the time or money to exercise and lead a healthy lifestyle.

There seems to be a misconception here that you need an expensive gym membership, hours a day of intense exercise, and a good-looking personal trainer in order to get fit and lose those excess kilograms.

Boot Camp style workouts and high intensity interval training (HIIT) have been popularised by TV programmes such as The Biggest Loser. While these types of workouts do have their place, they are not necessarily relevant to everyday life and are neither enjoyable nor beneficial for the general population. And what is the relevance to everyday life of carrying out incredibly complex and confusing exercise routines that require constant supervision while you teeter on the edge of an over-sized ball? Unless you are training for the next Swiss-ball Olympics!

Exercise does not have to be, and should not be, boring or feel like a chore. While high intensity exercise is appropriate for certain training programmes, in terms of exercising for general health benefits, it is as simple as getting yourself moving and reducing time spent sedentary. Keep it simple and get back to basics!

Exercise is a fantastic opportunity to get into the outdoors and do something adventurous with friends and family.

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heart rate is elevated, but you can still carry out a conversation, is a great form of aerobic exercise.

The mobilisation and break down of fatty acids for energy requires oxygen and is a much slower process than that of breaking down carbohydrates.

For this reason, exercising at a lower intensity for longer periods of time is great for getting into your fat burning zone.

Time for exercise can be limited during the week due to work or family commitments. Yet commuting all or part-way to work on foot is one of the most efficient and effective ways in which you can incorporate exercise into your daily routine.

Weekends are perfect for doing something longer such as a half day or full day bush walk or hike.

Get a group of friends together and make it a social event, or make it some quality time spent with the family.

Plan to do a different walk each week or perhaps summit different peaks (for those wanting

something more hardcore!). Take a backpack with a picnic lunch and make a real day out of it (while also adding in some extra resistance training).

Perhaps you sit in an office all day, or have a strict training programme consisting of other modes of exercise.

A weekly bush walk can really

add variety to your week. You will be so busy soaking up the fresh air, marvelling at the views, and becoming one with nature that you will not even realise you are exercising, only to return home with a sense of achievement and feeling refreshed and revitalised!

And the great thing about living in New Zealand is that just about anywhere, you have access to walking tracks and nature right on your doorstep!

Left: The Ben Lomond saddle - Queenstown.

Below: At the top of the Ben Lomond track in Queenstown, overlooking Lake Wakatipu.

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Window on Waitakere

More Whiteheads released

By Kay Lindley

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lot of air time” laughs Jenny Waite as she describes the rough crossing to Tiritiri Matangi for the most recent translocation of birds to The Ark in the Park area of the Waitakere Ranges. Months of planning seemed destined to failure as stormy weather arrived.

The expected Sunday morning start was delayed further and further, but on Monday afternoon a bumpy crossing was eventually made.

Once there, some members of the team sorted out all the mist nets and other necessary equipment while others gathered leaf litter and berry-bearing branches for the three aviaries.

Along with the Ark in the Park volunteers and Tiri supporters were some volunteers from Moturoa Island restoration project [Bay of Islands] who were joining in to catch Whiteheads for their first translocation.

After the storm, however, Tuesday delivered calm, fine weather—ideal conditions for mist-net catching, and catch they

did. A dream run ensued with 92 be seen regularly although here in birds being caught and transferred the Waitakeres dispersal within 30 safely to the processing area by 000 hectares is possible and 2:30 pm. indeed sightings have been made Barely able to keep up with the at considerable distance from our input, Andy Warneford banded, release site. weighed, and recorded the sex of A family group of 10 seen at all the birds before they were the Ark just before this recent placed in the aviaries. Re-capture release was a positive indication of the birds in the aviaries was that even with dispersal; the birds much easier with 40 taken the next could find day to Moturoa, mates within and 50 to the this large area.

Ark on the Nevertheless, follow-ing day. a 10-year plan An unwith the eventful release Depar tment occurred o f although one Conservation bird, perhaps will likely harbouring a ensure the sense of more rapid indignation, flew Whitehead in hand. Photo Joseph Fraser. establishment immediately of Whitehead. from its transfer box, straight into The plan calls for an annual the head of one of the capture release of significant numbers of party. birds for up to 10 years, with an Previous releases of assessment at five years to decide Whitehead in 2004 and 2008 have on further continuation been made; however, for a dependant on the results of flocking bird with no strong monitoring. Annual surveys over territoriality, dispersal was a large number of sites within the expected and sightings since the ranges will be conducted and if releases have been infrequent. the trend shows significant Significant intervals after increases, then the full 10-year plan translocation of some species to will occur.

Tiritiri and other small islands Whitehead/popokotea often passed till the birds could (Mohoua albicilla) are widespread

and locally common in North Island beech forests, podocarp forest and old growth exotic plantation forests, however, their range has shrunk since European settlement and they have disappeared from places such as Northland.

The birds are around 15cm long and have black beaks and eyes. Males have white heads and under-parts, and pale brown upperparts, wings and tail.

Females and juveniles are similar, but have brown on their nape and tops of their head.

In summer, chattering flocks of these ‘bush canaries’ can be heard as the juvenile birds do their teenage thing. The Whitehead males weigh 18.5 grams and females 14.5 grams. Found in native and exotic forests, whiteheads have gone from some areas but are still widespread. They are abundant on predator-free islands, including Kapiti and Little Barrier.

Whiteheads build a nest in the forest canopy or lower shrubs.

Young birds from earlier clutches often help raise chicks.

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

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Night-time walking for a good cause

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n November, Auckland City will host a walking half marathon with a twist — it will happen at night.

Yes, on Saturday the 30th of November, walkers will gather at the Auckland Domain to walk 21 kilometres — at night time — in support of the Cancer Society of New Zealand.

British woman Mel Lloyd enjoyed nighttime marathons while living in the UK, but upon arriving in New Zealand, she discovered that there were no such events here. So, with her experience in fundraising and event planning behind her, she decided to do something about it.

In the UK, participants often dress up in extravagant outfits, like wigs and glowing accessories. For this event, Mel says people are welcome to wear whatever they feel comfortable in, though a torch is a must and participants will certainly be encouraged to have fun with their outfits and to accessorise with anything that shines bright.

Proceedings begin at 7.00pm when The Breeze radio station, the event’s main sponsor, will host a pre-event party to celebrate the occasion. “Because walkers will be finishing over a wide range of times, the party needs to be held before the event,” explains Mel. The pre-event party will continue until 8pm when there will be a safety briefing followed by a www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

warm-up. The walk itself is scheduled to start at sunset — about 8.24pm.

Though the actual walking circuit won’t be publicised until two weeks before the event, Mel can divulge that walkers will be taken on a “magical starlit walk through Auckland City.”

There is an early registration fee of $59 for those who register by 1st September (the fee for later registrations is $69). For this walkers get a yellow walker t-shirt, a $40 Shoe Science voucher, website access to training plans and healthy eating tips, a finisher’s medal, the Breeze training podcast, and the pre-event party. “There will also be refreshments and street entertainment during the walk and many spot prizes, including a Capture the Moment, photo competition,” says Mel. Mel explains that a large part of the event is about remembering loved ones and celebrating their lives, so participants will be given a back sign on which they can write any message they like. “People can write things like ‘Walking because I’m a survivor,’ or ‘Walking in memory of my mum.’ It’s very powerful,” she says.

Not everyone walks at the same pace, so when registering walkers will choose from

three categories: power walk, stride or stroll.

On the day, the power walkers will set off first followed by the striders and then the strollers.

Participants will be asked to set themselves a target of raising $150. “Some people don’t like ■ approaching others for sponsorship, so on our website we provide an A-Z guide on ways to raise money, such as book stalls, morning teas or loose-change jars in the workplace,” says Mel. Mel: “We plan to have fun for a serious cause. It’s not just about raising money; it’s also about raising awareness about the causes of cancer and how people can reduce the risk.”

For more information visit: www.walking stars.org.nz

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Coming Events

NEW ZEALAND JUNE 2013 1 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 1 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 2 Christchurch Airport Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 3km, Christchurch 2 Mt Joggers and Walkers Half Marathon, Mt Maunganui 2 Aurora Handicap Marathon, Wellington 5 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 5 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 5 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 8 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 8 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 9 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Northcote Point, Auckland 12 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 12 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 12 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 15 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 15 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 16 HB Trail Run Series, Half Marathom, 15km, 9km & 4km, Waipukurau 16 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Mid-Year Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 19 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 19 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 19 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden,

Auckland 22 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 23 Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon,, Half Marathon & 10km, Wellington 26 Walking Waitakere, Whites Track, North Piha, Auckland 26 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 26 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 26 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 29 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 29 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 30 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Western Springs, Auckland

JULY 2013 3 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 3 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 3 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 6 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 7 Tauhara Trail Run/Walk, Taupo 6 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 10 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 10 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 10 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 13 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 13 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 14 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Mid-Year Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 17 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson,

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Auckland 17 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 17 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 20 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 20 Furneaux Lodge Captain Cook’s Landing 26km, Picton 20 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 21 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Botany, Auckland 21 HB Trail Run Series, Half Marathom, 15km & 9km, Rissington 24 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 24 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 24 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 27 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 27 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 31 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 31 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 31 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland

AUGUST 2013 1 Brooks Shoe Clinic 5km Series, Petone 3 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 3 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 4 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Mid-Year Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland Mizuno Half Marathon, Taupo 7 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 7 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 7 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 8 Brooks Shoe Clinic 5km Series, Petone 10 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 10 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 13 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 14 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 14 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 14 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 15 Brooks Shoe Clinic 5km Series, Petone 17 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 17 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 18 5 Bridges Marathon, Wellington 18 Woodbourne Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Woodbourne, Blenheim 18 HB Trail Run Series, Half Marathom, 15km & 9km, Eskdale 18 Petone Workingman’s Club 5 Bridges Marathon, 10km & 5km, Lower Hutt 20 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 21 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 21 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 21 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 22 Brooks Shoe Clinic 5km Series, Petone 24 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 24 Haven Reality Sanctuary Run, 25km & 14km, Melson 24 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 28 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Coming Events 28 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 28 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 29 Brooks Shoe Clinic 5km Series, Petone 30 Great Nasby Water Race (1), 160km, Nasby 31 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 31 Great Nasby Water Race (2), 100km, 80km, 60km & 50km, Nasby 31 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 31 Whangamata Run Walk Festival, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Whangamata

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7 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 7 Mizuno Kinloch Off-Road Challenge, Taupo 8 Cadbury Dunedin Marathon & Half Marathon, Dunedin 10 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 11 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 11 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 11 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 14 Arthur Lydiard Legend Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Waitakere Ranges, Auckland 14 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 14 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 15 Pelorous Trust Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Petone 15 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Mid-Year Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 17 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 18 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 18 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 18 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 21 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 21 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 24 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 25 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 25 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 25 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 28 Abel Tasman Coastal Classis 36km, Nelson Bays 28 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 28 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt

OCTOBER 2013 1 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 2 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 2 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 2 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 4-6 Bay of Islands Walking Weekend, Russell 5 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 5 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 5 Sterling Sports Rabbit Island Rampage, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Richmond, Nelson 6 Hamilton Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Hamilton 8 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 9 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 9 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 9 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 12 Great Barrier Wharf to Wharf Marathon & Half Marathon, Great Barrier Island 12 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 12 Subway Dun Run 22km, Maitai Dam, Nelson 12 Xterra Trail Challenge Waihi, 60km, Marathon, 19km & 13km, Waihi 12 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 13 Wairarapa Country Marathon, Masterton

12 Xterra Trail Challenge Marathon, Waihi 13 Wairarapa Country Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Masterton 15 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 16 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 16 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 16 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 19 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 19 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 20 100% Heathcote Appliances Morrinsville College Fun Run/Walk, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Morrinsville 20 Napier City Pak’n Save Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Napier 22 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 23 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 23 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 23 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 26 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 26 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 27 New World Marlborough Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Blenheim 29 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 30 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 30 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 30 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland

NOVEMBER 2013 2 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 2 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 3 Adidas Auckland Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 5 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 6 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 6 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 6 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 8 Steelformers Around the Mountain Relay, 150km, New Plymouth 9 The Taniwha, 58km, Marathon, Half Marathon & 14km, Waikato River, Tokoroa 9 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 9 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 9 Feilding Marathon & Half Marathon, Feilding 12 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 13 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 13 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 13 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 16 The Molesworth Run -Relay, Hanmer Springs 16 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 16 Waiheke Trailblazer Marathon, & Half Marathon, Waiheke Island 16 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 17 Ascoit Park Festival of Running Invercargill 17 Save the Children Fun Run, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Thames 19 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Coming Events Viaduct, Auckland 20 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 20 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 23 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 20 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 23 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 23 Speight’s West Coaster, Auckland 23 Ellesmere Road Runners Event Half Marathon & 10km, Leeston 23 The Great Cranleigh Kauri Run, 70km, 32km, Half Marathon & 13km, Coromandel Peninsula 24 RunMahana Half Marathon & 10km, Nelson 26 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 27 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 27 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 27 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 29 K2M Kura to Mount 25km, Auckland 30 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 30 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 30 Speights West Coaster, Marathon, 30km Half Marathon & 13km, Bethells Beach, Auckland 30 The Breeze Walking Stars Night-time Marathon, Auckland, www.walking stars.org.nz

DECEMBER 2013 1 Run Mahana Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Nelson 3 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 4 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 4 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 4 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 7 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 7 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 10 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 11 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 11 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 11 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 14 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland

14 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 14 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon & Half Marathon, Wanganui 14 Hanmer Springs Holiday Homes Alpine Marathon Hanmer Springs 17 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 18 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 18 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 18 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 21 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 21 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 24 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 28 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland

28 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt

JANUARY 2014 12 NBS Nelson Striders Half Marathon & 10km, Nelson

FEBRUARY 2014 27-1 March Manawatu Walking Festival, Palmerston North 22 Bedrock 50, 52km, Oxford MARCH 2014 8 Motatapu 49km Adventure Run

APRIL 2014 12 Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake, Nelson Lakes

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Coming Events

OVERSEAS EVENTS JUNE 2013 2 Stanwell Power Station Rocky River Run, Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia 2 BMA Mackay Marina Run, Half Marathon, 8km & 5km, Mackay, Qld, Australia 7-10 Serra Terror IV Southern Grampians Three Ranges Hike, Grampians, Vic, Australia 8-9 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switerland 9 Macleay River Marathon, South West Rocks, NSW, Australia 16 Pertyh Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia 16 Glow Worm Trail Marathon, Newnes, NSW, Australia 16 Traralgon Marathon, Traralgon, Vic, Australia 28-30 3 Marathons in 3 Days, Cairns, Qld, Australia 29-30 IML Two Day Walk, Viborg, Denmark 30 Pichi Marathon, Port Augusta, SA, Australia

JULY 2013 4-7 IML Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland 6-7 Gold Coast Airport Marathon, Half Marathon,10km, &5.7km, Surfers Paradise, Qld, Australia 7 Geraldton Marathon, Geraldton, WA, Australia 8 Big Red Dash, 250km 6-Day Stage Race, 100km Ultra Marathom, Marathon, Simpson Desert, Qld, Australia 14 Gold Rush Marathon, Babinda Boulders, Qld, Australia 16-19 IML Four Day Walk, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 20 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland 45km Mt Haig Marathon, Qld, Australia 21 Bush Capital Bush Marathon, Canberra, Australia 21 Run Melbourne Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 21 Airlie Beach Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Airlie Beach, Qld, Australa 21 Winery Running Festival Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia 27 Australian Outback Marathon, Half Marathon, 11km & 6km, Yulara, NT, Australia 28 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon, Blacktown, NSW, Australia 28 Ipswitch Park to Park, Half Marathon, 10km 5km & Family Challenge, Ipswitch, QLD, Australia

AUGUST 2013 4 Townsville Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Townsville, Qld, Australia 4 Mizuno Brisbane Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, %km & 2.2km, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 9-11 IML Three Day Walk, Vaasa, Finland

18 Sandy Point Marathon, Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Sandy Point, Vic, Australia 18 New Caledonia Marathon & Half Marathon, Noumea, New Caledonia 17 -18 Waga Wagga Trail Marathon Running Weekend, Half Maratrhon, Marathon relay, 10km & 5km, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 18 Alice Springs Community Bank Marathon, NT, Australia 24-25 IML Two Day Walk, Verdal, Norway 25 Sunshine Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, !0km & 5km, Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia 25 Shepparton Marathon, Shepparton, Vic, Australia 25 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland, 64km Kuranda to Port Douglas, ultra, Qld, Australia 25 Perth City to Surf Marathon, WA, Australia 25 The Athletes Foot Adelaide Parklands Marathon, Adelaide, SA, Australia 25 2013 De Castella 5km Walk, Kew, Vic, Australia

4 Carcoar Cup, Carcoar, NSW, Australia 9 Canegrowers Great Barrier Reef Marathon, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 9-10 IML Two Day Walk, Taipei, Taiwan 10 Deep Space Mountain Marathon, Canberra, Act, Australia

DECEMBER 2013 28 Summit Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia

Nordic Walking

SEPTEMBER 2013 1 The Ross Marathon, Tasmania, Australia 7-8 IML Two Day Walk, Arenzano, Italy 13-15 IML Three Day Walk, Seefeld, Austria 15 Christmas Island Marathon & Half Marathon, Christmas Island 15 The Bendigo Bak Coffs Harbour Running Festival, Coffs Harbour Qld, Australia 22 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, Sydney, NSW, Australia 27 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, WA, Australia 28 Lap the Lake Marathon, Penrith, NSW, Australia 28-29 IML Two Day Walk, Brno, Czech Republic

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5-6 IML Two Day Walk, Fulda, Germany 6 Toowoomba Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia 12 Fitzroy Falls FireTrail Marathon, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 13 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland Twin Bridges Half Marathon, Qld, Australia 19 Bribie Beach Dash, Bribie Island, Qld, Australia 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 26-27 IML Two Day Walk, Won-Ju

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2-4 IML Two Day Walk, Higashimatsuyama 3 Port of Portland 3-Bays Marathon, Portland, Vic, Australia 3 Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival, 74km, Half Marathon, & 10km, Port Douglas, Queensland

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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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CONTENTS for previous 14 issues JUNE 2013 185 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: The Waikato River Trail - creating great memories malong the way 10 New Zealand Walks:Waitangi: Forest to Ferns and Riverside Ramble 12 New Zealand Walks: Lake Coleridge becoming a popular destination for walkers 14 New Zealand Walk: Winter Wither Hills walking 17 Great Walks: Nine Great Walks in nine weeks 17 New Zealand walk: Moncktons Scenic Reserve 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 My favourite walk: Waitaki Valley vistas 24 Te Araroa Trail: First half on Paekakariki Escarpment Track open 26 Overseas Walks: Croatia’s contrary walks 29 Event: Challenge yourself in Wellington in June 29 Event: IIawarra Fly Treetop Walk turns five 30 Overseas Walk: The Great Ocean Walk - realisation of a dream 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Whirinaki Night Life Walk 39 Readers’ views: 40 Health: Eight secrets for a long and healthy life 42 Window on Waitakere: Bird song on popular walk 43 Event: Christchurch Marathon returning to pre quake entries 43 My Favourite Walk:Mount Manaia Track 44 New Zealand Coming Events 47 Overseas Coming Events 48 Nordic Walking 50 Contents for previous 14 issues 51 Weather forecast for June 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout NZ 56 Country Breaks 59 ChristchurchMarathon 60 Wellington Marathon MAY 2013 184 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: The pioneer walk - bush, sand and history 10 New Zealand Walks: Ngatuhoa Lodge - a winter weekend adventure 12 New Zealand Walks: Lake Coleridge becoming a popular destination for walkers 13 New Zealand Walk: Godley Head Track - back up and running 14 New Zealand Walk: Mt Kaukau a walk with magnificent views 17 Great Walks: More people talking on DOC’s Great Walks 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walk: Brills Hut one of DOC’s best kept secrets 22 My Favourite Walk: Decisions, dangers and deviations on the Heaphy Track 25 New Zealand Walk: Lake Coleridge becoming a popular destination for walkers 26 New Zealand Walk: Meandering to magical Munro Beach 29 Product Marketplace: Skechers gives walkers a new way to go 30 Overseas Walk: Zagoria - one of the world’s hidden treasures 35 Event: Great turnout for Round the Bays 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Blenheim’s riverside and hillside walks 40 Window on Waitakere: Los Voluntarios Mexicanos 40 New Product: Portable water filter - ideal for bush walking 41 Health: Monitoring high blood pressure 42 Long Walk: Walking the world Nogales to Gila Bend 44 New Zealand Coming Events 51 Weather forecast for May 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout NZ 56 Country Breaks 60 Wellington Marathon APRIL 2013 183 4 Walk Talk

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6 Great Walks: The Abel Tasman Coastal Walk 11 Event: Te Araroa Kids mark their achievement 12 Event: Great Barrier Island Walking Festival 14 Event: Rotorua Marathon oldest in Oceania 15 New Zealand Walk: New loop track opens in Manawatu Gorge 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walks: Whananaki Coast Walkway and Tutukaka Lighthouse 22 New Zealand Walk: Church Bay Track an island art trail 26 New Zealand Walk: Urupukapuka Island: an unspoiled paradise 28 Overseas Walk: Maroochy Wetland Sanctuary 30 Event: Taieri Gorge Rail Walk 32 Overseas Walk: Crete’s Samaria Gorge - a most spectacular walk 34 Event:BIG WALK aims to keep Kiwi kids on track 35 Podiatry: Knee pain with walking up or down stairs 36 Overseas walks and tours 38 Event: Striders Super Seven Series 40 Window on Waitakere: Helping hand 40 Event: Sunrise Walk for Hospice 40 Health: Advice for a man doing an ultra marathon 42 Overseas Walks: Exploring Ireland’s Skellig Islands 44 New Zealand coming events 51 Weather forecast for April 56 Country Breaks 60 Hastings Half Marathon MARCH 2013 182 4 Walk Talk 6 Great Walks: The Heaphy Track 10 Event: New walks planned in walking festival 11 Event: ECHO Walking Festival 12 Overseas Walks: County Clares ‘Eden’ - a walkers paradise 12 Overseas Walks: Sidetracks Germany 14 Te Araroa Trail: Wilderness run for Project Crimson 15 New Zealand Walks: Exploring Egmont National Park and Mt Taranaki 16 New Zealand Walks: Lake Hood Trail 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Event: Go one step beyond this April - Great Barrier Island Walking Festival 23 Te Araroa Trail: The power of walking 24 Event: High Country Musterers Walk 26 New Zealand Walk: Behind the scenes on the Banks Peninsula Track 30 Overseas Walks: The giants of Girraween 34 Event: Sea, Sky and Bush event so much more than a walk 35 Podiatry: In toeing and out toeing in children 36 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand Walks: Exploring the Bay of Island’s Kauri Ridge 40 Window on Waitakere: Joining the dots 40 Health: Strong feet by running barefoot in childhood 42 Long Walk: Walking the World 44 New Zealand coming events 48 Overseas coming events 51 Weather forecast for March 56 Country Breaks 60 High Country Musterers Walk FEBRUARY 2013 181 4 Walk Talk 6 Great Walks: The Milford Track the finest walk in the world 10 Great Walks: The Kepler Track - an adventure above the clouds 13 Great Walks: Aurora australis -Looking for the Southern Lights 16 Overseas Walks: Italian delight - Two weeks of walking, wine and food 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Event: Mangawhai Walking Weekend 22 Event: Amazing adventure for KiwiSeniors 24 Event: Shouting out about the Bay of Islands Walking weekend

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26 Overseas Walks: The TarkineTrail - a rainforest paradise 30 Overseas Walks: Alsace walk has something of the feel of a pilgrimage 35 The Country and Outdoor Recreation Calendar 36 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand Walks: Walking cavalcades 40 Window on Waitakere: Home grown 41 Health: Not healthy to go on a fat-free diet 42 Long Walk: Walking the World 44 New Zealand coming events 51 Weather forecast for February 56 Country Breaks 60 Sterling Sports Half Marathon JANUARY 2013 180 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Sanctuary of silence 9 Product Marketplace: Summer skin protection 10 Great Walks: The Kepler Track - an adventure above the clouds 13 Great Walks: The Routeburn Track - beautiful beyond words 17 Books: Calling them home, Untamed Coast, 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Noosa - a walk in the park 25 Event: A walk for all the family 26 Overseas Walks: The Inca Trail and beyond 29 New Zealand Walk: Solitude on Drift Bay walking track 30 New Zealand Walks: Take a hike and discover Queenstown this summer 34 New Zealand Walk: My idea of a real holiday!

36 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand Walk: New track at Mangawhai 40 Window on Waitakere: Deep mineral mystery 41 Health: Start walking before you get pregnant 42 New Zealand Walk: Schnell Wetlands new walk 43 New Zealand Walks: Untouched tussock on Fairlie alpine country track 44 Event: A shinning response to a stormy day 45 Podiatry: Differences in leg length common 46 New Zealand coming events 51 Weather forecast for January 56 Country Breaks 60 Waiheke Wharf to Wharf DECEMBER 2012 179 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 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 Puia Lodge and the hot 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 Walker 34 High achievers: Up the river and down the river with the River Queens 36 High achiever: Dan’s 2km triumph 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 50 Weather forecast for December 50 Event: Damp and wet conditions for marathon entrants 51 Marketplace: Travel size Medicine Kit 56 Country Breaks 60 Pak a Roo Jackets NOVEMBER 2012 178 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Albany Lakes Park - a walk after you shop 8 New Zealand walk: Exploring the Heaphy Track - gourmet style 10 Event:Forty walks in Waiheke Walking Festival 12 Macpac has gear for serious and leisure walkers 14 Event: Following in the footsteps of the Marines 16 New Zealand walk: Diverse landscape on K2K walk 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walks: Coromandel adventure 24 New Zealand walk: Walk back in history on Kawau Island 24 Cycling tours: Cycle the Alps to Ocean in comfort 26 Overseas walk: The Galapagos Islands of couse 29 Overseas walks and tours 30 Overseas walks: Village to village in Spain’s Moorish Alpujarras 36 New Zealand walks: A planned trip with an element of surprise 38 Event: Stunning weather for Taupo event 40 Marathon prize a fantastic walking holiday in Austria 41 Health: Ways to return to regular exercise after a sickness bout 43 Weather forecast for October 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Te Araroa Trail: New section goes under motorway 50 Event: Damp and wet conditions for marathon entrants 56 Country Breaks 60 Napier City Half Marathon OCTOBER 2012 177 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Albany Lakes Park - a walk after you shop 8 New Zealand walk: Exploring the Heaphy Track - gourmet style 10 Event:Forty walks in Waiheke Walking Festival 12 Macpac has gear for serious and leisure walkers 14 Event: Following in the footsteps of the Marines 16 New Zealand walk: Diverse landscape on K2K walk 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walks: Coromandel adventure 24 New Zealand walk: Walk back in history on Kawau Island 24 Cycling tours: Cycle the Alps to Ocean in comfort 26 Overseas walk: The Galapagos Islands of couse 30 Overseas walks: Village to village in Spain’s Moorish Alpujarras 36 New Zealand walks: A planned trip with an element of surprise 38 Event: Stunning weather for Taupo event 40 Marathon prize a fantastic walking holiday in Austria 41 Health: Ways to return to regular exercise after a sickness bout 43 Weather forecast for October 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Te Araroa Trail: New section goes under motorway 50 Event: Damp and wet conditions for marathon 52 Directory: Walking groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Napier City Half Marathon SEPTEMBER 2012 176 4 Walk talk 6 Event: Waiheke Walking Festival - a bucket list walking event 10 New Zealand walk: Up Shirt Tail - down by “Shirt Tale” 18 Event: Cadbury Moro Marathon - a major event on Dunedin calendar 14 High achiever: Finding myself

through walking through Wellington 16 New Zealand walk: The Rob Roy Glacier Walk 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walks: Warkworth Walks - now four years old 24 Overseas walk: Everest Base Camp - was the challenge I needed 28 New Zealand walk: Walking The Queen Charlotte Track - luxury lodges and gourmet dining 36 Podiatry: Ankle sprains - how to recover faster and strong 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 Overseas walk: An odd encounter on Sydney’s foreshore 40 Window on Waitakere: Kokako old and new 40 Product Marketplace: Bra designed for larger woman 41 Health: Here’s some simple advice to give relief from sore feet 43 Weather forecast for September 44 New Zealand coming events 28 New Zealand walk: Four Waikato short walks 56 Country Breaks 60 The Duke of Marlborough Hotel AUGUST 2012 175 4 Walk talk 6 My Favourite walk: Te Mata Peak popular with locals 9 New Zealand walk: Forest erntrance upgrade for Whakamarama 10 New Zealand walks: Te Rangiita River walk 12 Te Araroa Trail: The Wellington spectacular 13 Training: Warm up is important before walking 14 My favourite walk: Langs Beach walk 16 New Zealand walk: St James trail upgrade to benefit families 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Great New Zealand Trek: Tikokino to Akitio 24 New Zealand guided walks: Bush and Beyond now in their 20th summer of walks 27 Walking Access funds makes outdoor access easier 28 Overseas walks: Petra - a jewel in Jordan’s crown 36 Event: Asian walking groups set up in North Shore 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand walk: New Brighton Pier 39 Podiatry: Twenty interesting foot facts 40 Window on Waitakere: Our streams our dreams 40 My favourite walk: Mangaweka Scenic Reserve Track 41 Health: Get walking it’s easy as 1-2-3 43 Weather forecast for August 44 New Zealand coming events 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking and effective exercise option for diabetes 56 Country Breaks 60 The Duke of Marlborough Hotel JULY 2012 174 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: St Bathans walks 6 New Zealand walk: New Opotiki bridge encourages walkers and cyclists 8 New Zealand walk: Treading through the turbines 11 New Zealand walks: Raglan walks - Bryant Memorial Reserve walks 12 Overseas walks: Walking in Northern Italy and in the Dolomites 14 Book: Auckland’s Best Bush, Coast and City Walks 15 New Zealand walk: Moturiki Island walk 16 New Zealand walks: Walking Full Circle from The Duke and back 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Event: In the back and beyond Linton Station reigns supreme 22 New Zealand walks: Ruahine Forest Park has many walks 26 New Zealand walks: Cornwall Park One Tree Hill walks 30 Overseas walks: Shackelton’s Walk 34 Overseas guided walks: Climbing Myanmar’s Mt Victoria

36 Step it out campaign to encourage walking 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand walk: Nature’s highway in Landsdowne 39 Podiatry: Toe numbers with walking - possible causes and solutions 41 Training: Training for walking a half or full marathon 40 Window on Waitakere: Team Robin 43 Weather forecast for July 44 New Zealand coming events 50 Event: Feilding to Palmerston North events 52 Directory: Walking groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription JUNE 2012 173 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Korokoro Walkway 8 New Zealand walk: Ruamahanga River Bridge walk 10 New Zealand walk: Invercargill’s hidden walking treasure 12 New Zealand walks: From the city to Orokawa Scenic Reserve 14 New Zealand walk: Lake Hakaroa Walkway 17 New Zealand walk: New Arthur’s Pass walking track 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Cycle tours: Takaro Trails - fun on wheels 22 New Zealand walk: Tongariro River Lookout Track 24 Event: Record entries in Waitarere events 26 High achiever: Round the Bays was emotional and inspirational for group 27 New Zealand walk: Gillespies Beach walking tracks 28 Overseas walk: Enchanting Lake Bled 34 New Zealand walks: Christchurch Botanic Gardens 36 Walk away cancer 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 Walking the World: Sonoita, Arizona to Wilcox, Arizona 40 Window on Waitakere: Lizard monitoring 40 Te Araroa Trail: Weather bomb delays opening 41 Health: Discovering dental problems 43 Weather forecast for June 44 New Zealand coming events 48 Nordic Walking: Event popualr with Nordic walkers 49 News: Tongariro National Park 49 News: Porirua walking tracks get high-tech treatment 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription MAY 2012 172 6 New Zealand walk: Whananaki and Onekainga Tracks 8 New Zealand walk: Under the arches. . .

10 My favourite walk: Ohinetonga Loop Walk 13 New Zealand walks: Manawatu - more to offer than first meets the eye 16 New Zealand guided walks: Hiking to the World of the gods 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas guided walks: European Alps - a network of paths and trails 25 Te Araroa Trail: New Hamilton route opened 25 Overseas personal locator beacon helped find man in New Zealand 26 Overseas walks: Walking in the wilderness of Patagonia 28 Overseas guided walks: The roof of Australia 32 Overseas walks: Nepal is the perfect place to trek 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 Walking the World 39 Window on Waitakere: Wasp study 40 Health: Are you being bugged by parasites?

43 Weather forecast for May 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Nordic Walking Calendar 50 Podiatry: Common toenail problems 51 Product marketplace: Lightweight hiking shoe introduced 56 Country Breaks 60 Wellington Marathon

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JULY WEATHER FORECAST JULY 1 to JULY 31 2013

According to

Daily Summary

Ken Ring

Generally, much snow and rain for New Zealand throughout the month.

1st -10th JULY 2013 Westerlies followed by southwesterlies. Very low air temperatures may occur in inland South Canterbury and central Otago after a very cold southerly outbreak which may deposit a widespread blanket of snow at low levels.

3rd JULY 2013 Possible low temperature at Twizel.

4th JULY 2013 A ridge of high pressure brings brief period of settled weather.

6th JULY 2013 Disturbed westerly airflow prevails.

8th JULY 2013 Very cold southerly outbreak to the SI. 8th-9th JULY 2013 Heavy rain Waikato.

8th -10th JULY 2013 More snow to low levels throughout Otago and inland south Canterbury with major roads possibly closed and power outages.

9th JULY 2013 SI whiteout with snow Otago and Canterbury. Chance of snow in Queenstown and in Dunedin’s hill suburbs. Possible widespread electrical storms with heavy rain over the lower NI, potential for power cuts in central and southern Wellington.

10th JULY 2013 Heavy seas Cook Strait.

11th JULY 2013 Over the next four weeks: Frequent snow storms, severe frosts and record low temperatures.

Very wet in Southland and most northern and western regions.

More frequent depressions to the south and southeast of SI bring very cold, often polar southwesterly airflows to SI with milder, more westerly flows across NI. Extreme conditions are mostly inland and southern SI regions where snow to low levels may occur on about half the days of the next four weeks. Despite that, it may be mild, but wet and unsettled in north and west of NI with drier, sunnier conditions in many eastern regions.

The four weeks ahead may be unsettled with precipitation on most days in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Taranaki, King Country, Buller and along the west coast of SI and in Southland.

Coastal areas of Southland may be particularly wet. Invercargill’s rainfall may be high. Rain may be below normal along Kaikoura Coast and north Canterbury. It may also be drier than usual in Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa and Otago.

In Wellington sunshine may be well above normal, also sunnier in Auckland, Waikato and eastern regions from Wairarapa to Otago. Cloudier skies in Northland, Bay of Plenty, Tongariro, Gisborne, Buller and north Westland. Frequent southwesterly outbreaks followed by severe frosts may produce well below normal temperatures in all high country and southern SI regions. Black ice in central Otago and other southern areas may create dangerous driving conditions and water pipes might freeze in some areas. Mean temperatures may be low in inland and southern SI regions especially inland south Canterbury.

Other places with low temperatures may be Timaru, Wanaka, Dunedin, Queenstown, Gore and Invercargill. In contrast, NI temperatures may be slightly above normal in Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty and near normal in other regions.

11th JULY 2013 Near perfect skiing conditions Ruapehu.

11th -20th JULY 2013 Southerlies followed by a weak ridge of high pressure.

13th JULY 2013 Variable winds with a depression over the NI. 13th JULY 2013 Very low air temperature in central Otago, possibly Ophir.

14th Possible high temperature at Whakatane.

15th JULY 2013 Westerlies prevail. Chance of snow drifts in Queenstown, Wakatipu area after the storm of about a week previous.

17th JULY 2013 Cold polar southwesterlies. Snow and ice may close inland country passes and roads of the SI which includes Arthurs Pass. Many Southland roads may be closed due to ice and snow.

21st -28th JULY 2013 Westerlies.

22nd JULY 2013 Unsettled with cyclonic northerlies.

22nd JULY 2013 Snow may still be lying on Omarama from around a few days beforehand.

22nd-24th JULY 2013 Downpour in Waikato.

23rd JULY 2013 Further snowfalls create icy roads. Wanaka also affected. Possible waterspout or tornado conditions in Auckland region. Abnormally high tide due to extremely low atmospheric pressures may raise water levels suddenly in Auckland, Waikato and Thames which together with heavy rain, may result in flooding. Snow and ice may close the Desert Road.

25th-26th JULY 2013 Bitterly cold southerlies affect SI and brings snow to sea-levels in eastern NI regions from Wellington to Gisborne. Snow may even reach Rotorua and Kapiti Island.

The Desert Road may remain closed for 10 days (to the first week in August). In Wellington, heavy snow and ice may close the Rimutaka Hill road. Snow flurries may occur to sea-level and cover northern Wellington hill suburbs above 200 meters.

Heavy snow may also fall to low levels in Southland and Otago with Dunedin and Queenstown airports affected.

27th JULY 2013 Cold southerlies reach the NI. 28th JULY 2013 Southerlies abate on the with the approach of a ridge of high pressure. Possible snow in Southland, Otago and Dunedin. Balclutha may also be affected. Cold snap in the Waikato.

29th JULY 2013 More snow central NI, cold blast SI. 29th – 31st JULY 2013 Disturbed westerlies.

31st JULY 2013 Waikato still raining. Heavy snow SI and Desert Road.

Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 7th (apogee) , 8th(new moon), 22nd (perigee) and 23rd (full moon).

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

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

DARGAVILLE DARGAVILLE 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), Saturday (PM) Morris or Shirley Gray 09-436-1524 WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB: Sue Guyatt 09-436-1441

GREAT BARRIER ISLAND BARRIER TRAMPING& BEER LOVERS CLUB: Sunday, John Brock 09429-0211

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 Perera 09-836-9161, www.aucklandnaturalhistoryclub.weebly.com 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), Don Hay 09-636-9730 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 ST HELIERS HIKERS: First/Third Wednesdays (all day), Glenn 09528-9726 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

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FOOTSTEPS: Saturday (AM), John 09-410-2995 GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), Ethel Denscombe 09-818-3561 GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM) and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230 GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne 09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867 GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300 HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM), Alene Couchman 09-818-2580 KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin 09-838-6553 KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin 09-818-6084 KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-412-8914 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, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 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: Sundays (AM), John Harris 09-8177212,www.titirangiwalkers.com 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, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nz 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, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nz 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

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. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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07-855-6848 HILLCREST WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Nell Bradburn 07-856-3787 MEMORIAL PARK WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Maureen Doms 07-855-2497 NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Monday Tuesday (AM), Roslynn Billman 07-847-4873 SILVERDALE WALKING GROUP: Sister Anne Marie Jones 07-8568980 CLAUDELAND WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irene Millar 07-8556848 FLAGSTAFF WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Gillian Bartram 07-854-0069 WESTFIELD MALL WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM) Westfield Mall Chartwell HAMILTON MARATHON CLINIC:Tuesday (PM), Sunday (AM), Sharon 07-854-9214 TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM) MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029 BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Diana Ammann 07-823-6147 WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07827-3097 WANDERERS TRAMPING CLUB: Colin 07-855-1335

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 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

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

TE AWAMUTU TE AWAMUTU TUESDAY TRAMPERS: Tuesday, Lesley 07-870-1973 or Kathy 07-870-2006 TE AWAMUTU WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), Jan Jefferies 07-889-7032 TE AWAMUTU MARATHON CLINIC: Wednesday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Ross Thomas 07-871-5022

TE KUITI WAITOMO WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BIA), Ruth Early, 07-878-6870 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

TWILIGHT WALKING GROUP: Monday, (PM), (BIA), Dede Downs, 07-878-7867

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

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868-6025 WHANGAMATA ROAD RUNNERS & WALKERS: 07-865-6580 WHANGAMATA RAMBLERS: Ron Le Noel, 07-865-9475 WALK WHANGAMATA: Everyday (AM), from Surfclub WHANGA SENIOR WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-865-7022

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

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KATIKATI TRAMPING CLUB: fortnightly weekends (AM), Maddy Pyle 07-552-0215

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

ROTORUA CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07 348-2538 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: Eveie Espie and Julie Fox , email: packnboots@hotmail.co.nz

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HASTINGS BRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM), (BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285 FLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy 06-879-7077 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Eddy 06-876-3371 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

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TE PUKE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-573-8306

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

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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 07-863-4597

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

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INGLEWOOD

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

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

HAWERA

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

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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ELTHAM

WHANGAMATA WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Mike Lord, 07-

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

WHITIANGA

LEGEND Fitness levels: “B” beginner, ”I” intermediate, “A” advanced. (AM) denotes morning walk, (PM) denotes an afternoon or evening walk.

Group co-ordinators are asked to please advise us of any updates by fax 06-358-6864 or email walkingnz@xtra.co.nz

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

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RONA & GLAD’S WALK GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Rona Wright 06344-5434 WANGANUI HARRIER CLUB: Wednesdays, Saturday (PM), Secretary, P O Box 702, Wanganui, Perry Newburn 06-343-6484 SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Karen Buckholt 06-349-2315 WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), Darol Pointon 06-345-3137

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

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

MARTON SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD Wednesday (AM), Deane James 06-327-7607

MANAWATU PALMERSTON NORTH HOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), Dorne Jarvis 06-357-2444 KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, 06354-3342 HOT-Whitu CHICKS Saturday, (AM), (BIA), laurenparsons.co.nz/hotwhitu-chicks 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

WAIRARAPA MASTERTON

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

LOWER HUTT WALK FOR HEALTH: Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Jean 04-589-7887 or Dave 04-970-5133 POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603 HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Pam McArthur 04-586-4088 WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04567-5727 WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednesday (PM), 04-564-6019 HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04970-6901 TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04526-7440 LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918 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 AURORA HARRIER CLUB: Peter Wrigley, p.wiggles@paradise.net.nz TUESDAY TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123 FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper Hutt TRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Jon Roskvist, 021-460-877 or 04-526-6906 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

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

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MARTINBOROUGH MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-3069226

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

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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

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MOTUEKA 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, www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburban groups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483 LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social group for gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-332-8724 LINWOOD AVENUE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Thursday (AM) (B), 03-389-5303 LINWOOD KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), Phyl 03-389-6130 LYTTELTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Lyttlelton, (BI), Ada Goodwin 03-328-7235 MAIREHAU LADIES PROBUS, Tuesday, Leah 03-385-6310 MARYVILLE KIWISENIORS:: Monday (AM), Valmai 03-377-8742 MERIVALE KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), June 03-355-8703 MT PLEASANT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Pauline 03-3844794 NEW BRIGHTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and strollers), Joy 03-383-4494 NEW BRIGHTON WORKING MENS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (I), Jenny Wilson 03-332-8818 NEW BRIGHTON ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Phil Bastion 03981-1798 NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery 03-388-7335 NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999 NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-3883237 NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494 NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-3855338 NEW BRIGHTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000 NZ VIVENDI SOCIETY: Sunday, Janet 03-389-1609 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’ TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-6840 OXFORD WALKING GROUP: Monday Thursday (AM), Coral Gilbertson 03-312-3155 OPAWA KIWISENIORS: Monday, Tuesday (AM), (BI), Carol 03-3325638 PAPANUI KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Elaine 03-352-7519 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-8999 PARKLANDS KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), (BI), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PARKLANDS WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), BIA), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PENINSULA TRAMPING CLUB: (Family Strollers Group), Sunday, Gloucester Street, (BIA), Rick Bolch 03-338-5156 PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-3227220 PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-3432216 PLEASURE WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (AM) (I), Colleen Cook 03-389-8607 PORT HILLS NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Chiaki Jagau 03-981-1433 PORT HILLS ATHLETIC WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Glen Watts 03-332-1964.Saturday (PM), Peter King 03-341-1154 QE11 MINI HIKERS: alternate Wednesday, QE11 Park, (BI), Beverley Church 03-388-5736 Q.E. PARK STROLLERS: Tuesday, John Plumridge 03-385-9710 RETIREES CLUB KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and stroller groups), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 RETIREES SOCIAL CLUB: Thursday (PM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ira Williams 03-342-8172 or Carol Roscoe 03-337-5901 RICCARTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Enid 03-348-9351 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

LEGEND Fitness levels: “B” beginner, ”I” intermediate, “A” advanced. (AM) denotes morning walk, (PM) denotes an afternoon or evening walk.

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from Burwood United and St Kentigerns Parish, John 03-981-9994 WOMEN WALK: Wednesday and weekends, throughout Canterbury not in city area, (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921 XY’s WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Maureen Ryder 03-383-1226 or Alison Jarvis 03-338-2678 “Y’s WALKERS” (YMCA): Tuesday, Thursday, (BIA), City YMCA, 03366-0689, Bishopdale Community Centre, 03-359-8330 “Y’s TREKKERS”: Monday, Port Hills, (IA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689 YMCA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), Jill O’Connor 03-366-0689 WAYFARERS WALKING GROUP:Thursday (AM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ted Hill 03-323-9311 WEEKEND WANDERERS: Sunday (PM), Marilyn Dean 03-338-3826 WOMEN WALK: Wednesday Weekends (AM), (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Greame Stanley 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Tuesday (AM), (B), Risingholme, Christchurch City Council 03-941-8999 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (BIA), Bishopdale, Christchurch City Council 03-941-8999 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (PM), (BIA), 03-94128999

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA HARRIER & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), April to October, John Thompson 03-448-7244, www.alexharriers.co.nz

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

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GISBORNE

GISBORNE

WAIKATO

GISBORNE

GREAT BARRIER ISLAND Tipi and Bobs Waterfront Lodge situated on the waters edge of Tryphena. Self contained and serviced waterfront accommodation.

Six Units sleep 2-4pax, Cottage sleeps 2-7pax. Licensed Restaurant and Bar catering for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinners. We can arrange your travel package. Contact Margery Phone: 09 4290550 Mob: 0275505187 E: tipinbob@xtra.co.nz Web: waterfrontlodge.co.nz

MEDLANDS BEACH BACKPACKERS AND VILLAS Self contained and backpacker accommodation.

5 Minutes Walk to Medlands Beach, Great Barrier

To Book call 09 429 0320 Website :

www.medlandsbeach.com

Be Touched By Nature Nature’s Garden B&B offers you a relaxing holiday Enjoy: · Bush-walks in mature native forest, · Diverse bird-life, · Organic gardens and orchards, · Spacious architecturally designed home. · 3 dbl. bedrooms with separate bathroom and toilet. · Continental breakfast.

Waitomo’s 2 Day Dundle Hill Walk --Come and experience the beautiful landscape with a night at Kay’s Cabin soaking in the stunning views and scenery.

From NZ $ 130.00 per night for 2.

Rosalie Bay Rd., Tryphena Phone 09 429 0494 Email : enquiries@naturesgardenbandb.co.nz www.naturesgardenbandb.co.nz

NORTHLAND

Phone Waitomo i-Site 078787640 www.waitomowalk.com --catering and luggage cartage service available

WAIKATO

Two or Three Day Unguided Coast Walk

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

Phone: 09 434 0571

BAY OF PLENTY

www.coastwalks.co.nz

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THAMES

WALKING IN THAMES Kauaeranga Valley or Goldtrail walks S.C. Accomodation or B&B; ex. rates valley2view@xtra.co.nz Ph. 07 868 7213

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WAIRARAPA

WAIRARAPA

Akitio-Glenora Walk

Unguided 2 or 4 day walks

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

GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS TARANAKI

EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE Spectacular northern Wairarapa countryside, coastal & Native bush.

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

MT TARANAKI GUIDED TOURS Guided Tours in the Egmont National Park:

WAIRARAPA Whareama Coastal Walk Fully catered 2 or 3 Day Walking Adventure over private farmland and isolated Wairarapa coastline.

Phone (06) 372 3722 www.whareamawalk.co.nz

· MT TARANAKI-POUAKAI CROSSING TREKKING TOUR-1 Day. · MANGOREI TRACK-POUAKAI TARNS TREKKING TOUR-1 Day. · POUAKAI CIRCUIT TREKKING TOUR-2 or 3 Days. · MT TARANAKI MOUNTAIN SUMMIT EXPERIENCE TOUR-1 Day.

“Bridge to Somewhere”

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

• September to May best months.

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

For further information contact: Carol or Dave Digby

Plus many other trekking options Check out our website:

www.mttaranakiguidedtours.co.nz

Phone 06-765-7482 (evenings)

Email: mttaranakiguidedtours@gmail.com Mobile: 027-441-7042.

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

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND

WELLINGTON

Step into NZ·s Heart«

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NELSON/WEST COAST

HEAPHY TRACK ABEL TASMAN Walk with us on these Top Tracks Small Groups, Great Guides, Great Stories Our portering system makes it easy

www.kahurangiwalks.co.nz John Croxford, Takaka www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

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MARLBOROUGH

MARLBOROUGH

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

CANTERBURY

Banks Peninsula Track Self guided two or four day walks

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

CANTERBURY

CANTERBURY

CANTERBURY

NELSON/WEST COAST

* Delightful and well equipped accommodation * Great value tramping - the Kiwi favourite * There is now a full pack cartage option for groups Make this your first multi-day tramp

www.bankstrack.co.nz

STEWART ISLAND HOUSE FOR SALE

HOUSE FOR SALE

Stewart Island Walk Unique Back-Country Tracks

House and Cottage For Sale Down a kilometer of fern-banked gravel driveway is a stylish new house and old cottage in 6 Ha. mature beech-podocarp forest. * House and cottage form a horse-shoe shape facing the sun. * 2 bedrooms in each building. * Property is quiet, sheltered and secluded. * Extensive tracks, vegetable gardens, internal workshop, decks, shed.

* Tui, Morepork, Bellbirds abundant. * Some 400 year old Rimu. * Feels remote but is 6km from Silverstream. * Offers over 880k

Day Walk / Hiking Adventures Stay on location in calm waters, living aboard the adventure yacht Elwing Tailor-made: * Flora * Fauna * History * Views * Artistic & Photographic opportunities * Individuals, Groups & Families

Contact sheelaghleary@gmail.com. or phone 027-390-3065. Trade Me Reference Number 587512868

Your Host, Elwing Discoveries Email: info@elwing.co.nz www.elwing.co.nz

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