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RECREATION WALKING and CYCLING TRAILS

Lightpath - Auckland’s newest shared pathway opened New Zealand Great Walk:

FEBRUARY 2016

ISSUE NO 217

New Zealand Walk:

Eastwoodhill - walking

in our National Arboretum

A new Great Walk in Paparoa National Park

Overseas Walks:

Grand Canyon Trail

New Zealand Walk:

Along the mighty Waikato - “my river” New Zealand Great Walk:

Training:

So you have been thinking of walking a

marathon

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CONTENTS Issue 217 - 2016

4 Walk Talk 6 Event: Lightpath - Auckland’s newest shared pathway opened 8 Auckland Short Walk: Bayview Giant Kauri Walk, Glenfield, North Shore 10 Training: So you have been thinking of Walking a Marathon 12 New Zealand Walks: Short walks on a road trip from Picton to Christchurch 13 Event: Take a walk Round the Vines 14 New Zealand Great Walk: A new Great Walk in Papa roa National Park 16 New Zealand Great Walk: Walking the Rakiura Track in one day 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 News: Six NZ projects awarded Walking Access funding 21 Books: Te Araroa: Walking NZ’s 3000 kilometre trail 22 New Zealand Walk: Along the mighty Waikato - “my river” 26 New Zealand Walk: Eastwoodhill - walking in our National Arboretum 30 Overseas Walks: Grand Canyon Trail 38 Around the Clubs: Te Maire Track and Ripiro Beach walk 40 Overseas Walks and Tours 42 Event: Move to encourage more entrants in Triple Peaks 44 Coming Events: New Zealand 48 Coming Events: Overseas 50 Index of 14 previous issues 51 High Achiever: ‘It’s not as hard as you think’ 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 The Great NZ Trek 2016

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Walk talk Himalayan Trust launches Charity Trek to Everest

Six months on from the devastating earthquakes in Nepal, the Himalayan Trust would like to thank all the generous New Zealanders who helped to raise more than $1 million for its Earthquake Rebuild Appeal. The earthquake on April 25, followed by a second quake in May killed close to 8,900 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, schools, health facilities and temples across the country. “This was one of the worst natural disasters in Nepal’s history and we want to thank all the New Zealanders who have shown immense generosity to help the people of Nepal at their time of need,” says Prue Smith, General Manager of the Himalayan Trust. N e x t y e a r, t h e Himalayan Trust is offering an opportunity for New Zealanders to visit the Trust’s work in the E v e re s t re g i o n o n e ye a r a f te r the earthquake, to help with the rebuild of a local school. The Trust has been working in Nepal since 1960, when Sir Edmund Hillary built the first school in the Khumbu region. The Himalayan Trust Nepal Rebuild Challenge is a 17-day trek through the stunning mountainous region which will include visits to village schools and the famous Khunde hospital all built by Sir Ed and the Himalayan Trust. “We are excited to be able to offer kiwis the chance to continue Sir Ed’s legacy in the mountains, getting to know and working alongside the local people as they rebuild their schools,” says Ms Smith. Now the monsoon has ended, the Trust’s long-term response is underway. Of the 63 schools supported by the Trust, many sustained serious damage. The Trust will be rebuilding classrooms, teachers’ quarters, student hostels and toilet blocks in at least 22 schools. “We are estimating it may take five years to repair and rebuild all the damaged buildings in the isolated Everest region where we work, particularly as we want to make sure the new classrooms meet seismic-resilient building codes to better ensure the safety of children and teachers in case of a similar disaster,” Ms Smith adds. Thanks to the support of New Zealanders, the Himalayan Trust was able to distribute tarpaulins, tents, bedding and essential items immediately following the disaster; build emergency houses for families who had lost everything; and provide temporary classrooms that meant 6000 school children were back in class just three weeks after the second quake. Spaces for the Rebuild Challenge are limited to 16 trekkers, for more information or to book, please visit: www.himalayantrust. org/trek.

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Winter walking in the Austrian Alps

In an idyllic location at the head of its eponymous lake, the charming village of Fuschl am See in Austria exudes an air of tranquillity and calm – an ideal base for a true get-away-fromit-all holiday amid the ethereal beauty of Salzkammergut’s lakes and mountains. Here, you could be tempted to simply sit back and soak up your surroundings, but with such magnificent scenery on your doorstep, it would be remiss not to head out on foot into the snow. Yo u d o n ’ t n e e d specialist equipment to enjoy winter walking, and snowshoes are easy to master, whether you set out around the lake from your hotel; f o l l o w a t r a i l f ro m Strobl to picturesque St Wolfgang before catching the boat back, or explore myriad beautiful trails that criss-cross the meadows and woodland surrounding Fuschl itself. Inntravel offer a week at the superb 3-star Hotel Seerose in Fuschl am See, from where you can follow up to 50km of prepared and waymarked trails. For sightseeing, the imperial town of Bad Ischl, and the city of Salzburg are both just a short bus ride away.

App for Welly Walks

Wellington is best explored on foot and has numerous walkways running through and around the city through Positively Wellington Tourism’s welly walks. The free Welly Walks App will help you discover all the best tourist spots and hidden gems in Wellington; nature reserves, forests, farmlands and the rugged South Coast; landmarks and historic sites; public art and picturesque views. The application features seven walks including: City to Sea Walkway Eastern Walkway Explore Parliament and Thorndon Explore the Waterfront Northern Walkway Skyline Walkway Southern Walkway Foodie Secrets Walkway. All the walks also have images, maps and instructions on how to get around.

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Family bike tour around the Angkor Temples in Cambodia SpiceRoads Cycle Tours introduces Angkor Family Explorer, a 5-day cycling adventure around the Angkor temples of Bayon and Ta Prohm along with plenty of fun activities to strengthen the family bond. Activities include pottery, watching the local acrobats perform and kayaking to explore a local floating village.

“This tour was developed to cater for the growing demand for active holidays for families. Our Thailand family tours have been very popular, but we wanted to provide more choice. Angkor was chosen as it is a great place to take children: the area is flat and there is lots to see, plenty to do and masses to learn,” says Struan Robertson, CEO SpiceRoads Cycle Tours.

A London Marathon in Space

Get ready, set, go! As the thousands of runners start the London Marathon in April, ESA astronaut Tim Peake will run the full 42 km distance on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station. As on Earth, exercise is very important for astronauts – they need to exercise up to two hours every day to counteract the effects of living in weightlessness. Tim will strap himself to the treadmill in the Tranquility node and start running at the same time as more than 30 000 set off at 10:00 GMT on 24 April in London. As the Space Station circles Earth at 28 800 km/h, Tim will be off to a flying start, but running a full marathon in space is no easy task. Tim ran the London Marathon in 1999, finishing in 3:18.50. He will not try to beat that time as his medical team at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, will be monitoring the run to ensure he is perfectly healthy for his return to Earth.

Tour highlights include: visiting the one and only Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world, learning a smattering of the Khmer language and tasting various Khmer foods in the markets, getting a little bit muddy crafting pottery and exploring the jungle by foot and kayaking on Tonle Sap Lake This 5-day tour includes three and a half days of cycling from 12 km to 27 km per day. The tour is suitable for families of any age and with minimal biking experience. The cycling is on a variety of roads, mostly of good condition ranging from tarmac, scenic country back roads to hard packed dirt trails.

Health and wellbeing retreat in the South West Australia

A new five-day health and wellbeing retreat is available in Western Australia’s South West from February 21 to 25, 2016. Revive Weight Loss Retreat aims to bring balance and nourishment to female participants through a range of activities including coastal hikes, yoga, surfing lessons, pilates, meditation, seminars and cooking lessons. Run by locals to the region, Katie Carmichael and Sarah Breheny, the cost of the retreat covers all food and activities, and accommodation at the luxurious Smiths Beach Resort in Yallingup. Photo above: Canal Rocks, Yallingup. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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EVENT

Lightpath - Aucklands’ newest shared pathway opened Auckland’s newest and highly anticipated piece of cycling infrastructure, the Nelson Street Cycleway, was open to the public for the first time after a ribbon cutting ceremony in December.

Officials and children at the ribbon cutting ceremony.

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Phase One of the new cycleway from Upper Queen Street to Victoria Street, weaves its way above Auckland’s central motorway junction. It was opened by Transport Minister Simon Bridges. Representatives from the NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Council, Auckland Transport and Bike Auckland attended the opening. Following the formal opening a group of students from Freeman’s Bay School along with Hon Simon Bridges rode their bikes across the newly opened section. Phase One includes the architecturally designed Canada Street Bridge which stretches over State Highway 1 as well as the newly revamped and magenta-coloured Nelson Street off-ramp, which includes a string of interactive lights along one side. The project team worked with Maori artist Katz Maihi and Iwi throughout the urban design stages to include Maori designs and ensure the path has a distinctly New Zealand identity. The design includes a large koru pattern. Following a recommendation from iwi the section of the cycleway which incorporates the Canada Street Bridge as well as the old Nelson Street motorway off-ramp will be called “Te Ara I Whiti”, which translates as the Lightpath. The $18m overall project (phase one: $15.4 million, phase two: $2.6 million) which is a key part of the Government’s Urban Cycleways Programme has been jointly delivered by the NZ Transport Agency, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport. It is part of $200m of cycle improvements in Auckland over the next three years.” www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

EVENT The Nelson Street Cycleway which stretches from Upper Queens Street to Victoria Street connects directly to the existing North western and Grafton Gully cycleways. “The NZ Transport Agency is proud to have worked with our partners to combine the new architectural excellence of the Canada Street Bridge alongside the innovative use of the existing off-ramp to provide such an exciting new cycling connection for Auckland,” says Mieszko Iwaskow, the Agency’s Project Delivery Manager. The opening of phase one means people can now cycle and walk in both directions from Upper Queen St to Victoria St completely separated from traffic says Auckland Transport’s Walking and Cycling Manager, Kathryn King. “Next year, the Nelson St Cycleway will be completed to Quay St where it will connect with other cycleways allowing people to move more freely throughout the downtown area. It’s part of a rapidly expanding network of inner city cycle improvements that will provide more travel choice for people travelling into and around the city centre.” Auckland Council Urban Design Champion Ludo CampbellReid says the re-use of the old off-ramp as a walkway and cycleway was a very popular proposal in the City Centre Masterplan. “It has been fantastic to see the partnership approach making it happen, with input from iwi and stakeholders. Aucklanders told us they wanted this to be modern and distinctly New Zealand. The result is not only stunning; it will be an icon for cycling in Auckland and will grab attention around the world.” Aucklanders and visitors to the city are now able to enjoy the new connection whether it’s on a bike or walking.

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Auckland Short Walk

Short Walks in Auckland have documented over 100 short walk mini adventures which are guaranteed to get you out amongst nature and discover places in Auckland that even the locals don’t know about. Visit the website to sign up for 10 free walks and a free eGuide to get you started. www. walksinauckland.co.nz

the Upper Harbour coastline is not only beautiful, it provides a great workout if you are into fitness. It is also a fun family walk that includes two children’s playgrounds, plus off leash dog exercise areas. The new playground at Lynn Reserve looks great, and there is also a new children’s ‘learn to cycle track’. The Glenfield area was once a large fertile area beside Hellyers Creek. It provided Maori settlers with plenty of food from the land and sea. Then the Europeans arrived, By Helen Wenley and converted the area from forestry to farming. It has now become The Bayview Giant Kauri Walk starts off in Lynn Reserve, and heads up a bush an Auckland suburb. More information is filled gully with a small stream, to a giant kauri tree (over two metres in diameter available from Glenfield Library and the and is said to be about 800 years old) among a grove of smaller kauri trees which Glenfield Historical Society. are growing in Leigh Scenic Reserve. It is awesome! Nearby Walks: Northcote Point, ChelThe route joins up with the Glenfield of the tui birds as we slowly walked up sea Bush, Bayview Bush and Coast. Description: Bush track, steps, inclines Coastal Walkway and heads around to the incline of Manuka Road gave us great and board walks. Muddy in places when the boat ramp and Manuka Reserve at the encouragement. This walk through the bush and along wet. Suitable for users of average fitness bottom of Manuka Road. Hearing the song and mobility. To see: Native bush, including Giant Kauri, small waterfalls, views across Auckland Harbour to Hobsonville Point, native birds.

Bayview Giant Kauri Walk Glenfield, North Shore

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Auckland Short Walk

Time: approx. 75 minutes. (about 5.8 kms) Cafés: None Public toilets: Manuka Reserve, Lynn Reserve Children’s playgrounds: Lynn Reserve and Manuka Reserve, Spinella Reserve. Dogs: Off leash areas. Picnic sites: Lynn Reserve and Manuka Reserve.

the direction of the arrow on the post, heading for the far left-hand corner to pick up the walkway to Manuka Reserve (which has a lookout, picnic site, toilets and playground). 15. Turn left < into Manuka Reserve. 16. Cross over Lynn Road and turn left <. 17. Turn right > after #21 into Lynn Reserve. Directions: 18. Follow the track through the gully, Start from Lynn Reserve, Bayview, near up the steps to turn left < alongside the end Glenfield. of Anne Maclean Drive, stay on the path. 1. Enter Lynn Reserve along right-hand 19. Turn left < at the T-junction, rejoin side, go past playground and continue the main path and return to the start. straight ahead to enter Leigh Scenic Reserve. Ignore very first path to the right. 2. Turn left < at the junction sign-posted to Morriggia Place. Go past the Giant Kauri. 3. Turn right > into Morriggia Place. 4. Turn left < into Bay View Road. 5. Turn right > into Cantina Avenue. 6. Turn right > into Bonito Place. 7. Turn left < track through Bonito Scenic Reserve and Spinella Reserve. 8. Cross over Spinella Drive and turn left < along Spinella Drive. 9. Turn right > along track in between #6 and #8 Spinella Drive that leads to Glastron Place. 10. Turn right > into Bay View Road. 11. Turn left < into Glendhu Road. 12. Enter the Glenfield Coastal Walkway and follow the track alongside the inlet (exit left < at Lynn Reserve for a shorter walk). 13. Note: There is a slightly tricky bit where a bridge crosses the stream – follow the path to the right > after crossing the bridge. 14. At the wide open green field follow www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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TRAINING

So you have been thinking of . . .

Walking a Marathon “So, you want to walk a marathon” Ever hear “anybody could walk a marathon, what’s the big deal”?.

This statement is usually voiced by an individual who has probably never walked more than a mile or two. Almost anyone can complete a marathon, but it takes some hard work to get there. So, completing the event is a big deal. Those of us who’ve walked or run marathons have a great deal of respect for those who completed a marathon and for the marathon distance. Having both walked and run marathons and trained thousands of runners and hundreds of walkers, I know that completion is the most important goal and that walking a marathon is both easier and harder than running a marathon. The amount of distance training per week is somewhat less than for running and the intensity level is quite a bit less. But, as a marathon walker, you will be on your feet and moving for a much longer time than the typical marathon runner. The bottom line is that training is necessary and needs to fulfill the basic and specific needs for the marathon distance.

weight by gaining muscle mass, some make changes in their shapes; all make major changes in their ability to complete a goal and feel good about themselves. Marathoners come in all ages. I’ve trained marathoners from their late teens through late 60’s. No one is too old to start a fitness program and from fitness to marathoning just takes some common sense. I’ve trained asthmatics and athletes with both type I and type II diabetes to successfully complete the marathon. If you have the will and your physician’s approval, you can do it!

Who should NOT be a marathoner?

I actively discourage children from participating in marathon events. The training and the distance is too much for the growing body and mind. Participation in a severe calorie restricted diet program is another contraindication to marathoning. The demands of the training and the event could lead to major health and nutritional risks. Pregnant women should Who can be a marathoner? Marathoners come in all shapes and check with their doctors before considersizes. Some marathoners are stick people, ing the level of training necessary for the but most are just folks and some are decid- marathon. edly overweight. How do I get there? Some people lose lots of weight while The training program for a marathon training, some lose a little, some gain needs to focus on three major factors: en-

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durance, rest and pace or skill training. If you are going to walk 42 kilometers, you will be on your feet somewhere between 5 1/2 hours to over eight hours. That’s a long time to be up and moving. By Patti Finke Training Team Oregon should emphasize some long walks that approximate the time you plan to be out there on marathon day. You increase endurance by increasing kilometers. As the distance increases, the pace should decrease. A decrease of 5% in intensity doubles the distance you’re able to cover. I have found that the most comfortable marathon walkers have completed from one to four 20 mile walks at a pace 1 - 2 minutes per mile slower than their marathon pace. The major adaptation made by this kind of training is utilization of all of the energy systems. During the marathon, the body uses carbohydrates and fats for fuel to cover the distance. The expression “hitting the wall” comes from the body’s inability to utilize its vast reserves of stored fat because of exhaustion of the available carbos. This happens for several reasons such as incorrect training www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

TRAINING

practices and starting out too fast. Long slow distance training helps the body make the physiologic changes necessary to utilize the fat burning system for energy. Rest or recovery is an important part of training. A part of increasing endurance is to arrange your training schedule to allow you to recover from and adapt to these 20 mile walks. A good training schedule alternates hard days with easy days and hard weeks with easy weeks to allow recovery from and adaptation to the longer walks. Many athletes seem to feel if a little is good, more is better. More may not be better, if the body is tired, sick or injured or the psyche is burned out from too much. The marathon training schedules I suggest alternate shorter and longer days during the week and alternate 16 and 20 mile long walks. The third key to a successful marathon is some work at the walking pace you want to maintain for the 26 miles.

Walking is a motor skill, especially as the pace increases. Motor skills need practice to develop and maintain. I have walkers do pace walks for the last 6 to 10 weeks before the marathon of two to six miles at their projected marathon pace. There are other factors involved in training including injury prevention techniques, how to pick the proper footware, adequate and healthy nutrition, fueling during the event, stretching and strengthening and, the all important, psychological

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no time like the present. The average fitness walker who walks 30 - 60 minutes several times per week and does an occasional volksmarch could complete a marathon with 3 - 4 months of training.

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New Zealand Walks

Short walks on a road trip from Picton DOC employee Anita Tibbertsma shares her ‘tips for the trails’ after recently embarking on short walks between Picton and Christchurch.

to go further than you’ve allocated time for. Getting there – Cross the tall curved bridge at Picton Marina.

Ohau Stream Walk, Okiwi Bay

That famous waterfall baby seal walk

Snout Track

Many ‘trail blazers’ head to Picton to explore the Queen Charlotte Track, but with a short amount of time before the Ferry arrived, I took off to explore the nearby Snout Track. It’s loosely over an hour’s run return if running, or longer if you are walking. There are plenty of small adjoining tracks to explore to reach Snout Track, through Lower Bob’s Bay Track, Upper Bob’s Bay Track and Picton-Waikawa Track. Trip tip – The track has some really nice picnic spots. If you’re catching a ferry, keep an eye on the time, and don’t be tempted This walk was amazing. It is now one of my favourite places I have ever visited. It’s also super short which is great for those that have trouble walking, but really want to see the beauty of New Zealand. There were quite a few people there who had difficulty walking, but were still able to do the 10 minute walk to the seal ‘crèche’. Note that there are stairs. The stairs are easy for the average person, but a bit tricky for those with walking difficulties. Getting there – If driving towards Kaikoura on SH1, lookout for the big car park area on the left side of the road, right on the corner. If you are driving from Kaikoura towards Blenheim, lookout for the train tunnel on your left. As you round the bend, you’ll see the car park area for Ohau Stream Walk on your right. Trip tip – If you are there in the summer, drop by the lavender farm nearby!

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I didn’t walk this track. I ran it in light rain – a choice which ruined most of my happy snaps but it is beautiful. A baby seal was sitting on the path, and I think I saw my first albatross. The footage above is of baby seals playing near the car park when I arrived. Getting there is super easy. Follow the road through Kaikoura town centre to Point Kean Car park and follow the signs. If there are seals in the car park area please drive slowly and give them space. Trip tip – This was way quicker than I thought it would be (I www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

New Zealand Walks

n to Christchurch

ran it in 40 mins return). It’s a good one to break up a long drive but of course it takes longer walking than running. DOC signs suggest three hours.

Hanmer Forest Park

The trails around Hanmer Springs are amazing. The light filters through the trees like you’re in a fairy tale with nice soft turf covered in forest leaves to help cushion the running impact. That said, I spent so long running enjoying the trails, that I didn’t realise how badly I’d injured my ankle. That’s why you see people with day packs – so they can bring a few first aid supplies with them. Getting there – Just follow the road to Hanmer Springs. Once in town, there are many entry/exit points to the park. I walked straight up the main drag and followed the signs. Trip tip – Take a track map. There are so many tempting intersecting tracks to explore - I can see how easy it may be to get lost. Find a short walk near you. Head to doc. govt.nz/shortwalks, take your pick and get outdoors this summer!

EVENT

Take a walk Round the Vines

Whether you’re in it for the “fun” or the “run”, Martinborough’s iconic Round the Vines fund Walk/Run is not to be missed. Giving participants the opportunity to complete either a 10km or 21 km course along quiet country roads and through normally inaccessible vineyards the event is a true community one, with all funds raised going towards Martinborough School’s new adventure course and playground. Entrants from around the country take part with the emphasis on having a great time and hopefully taking home one of our amazing spot prizes, mostly donated by local businesses… Yum! Strategically placed and very entertaining drink stations throughout the course provide water for serious competitors as well as delicious fresh fruit and samples of local wines for those participants focussing on the “fun” side of the event. Live music en route and at the finish line complete the festival atmosphere. We encourage you to don your best fancy dress costumes, with prizes for best dressed competitors and teams. With a range of gorgeous accommodation options and great dining out, this is a perfect opportunity for a magic weekend in Martinborough Wine Village, while supporting a great cause and focussing on fitness. Enter online at our website www. roundthevines.org.nz, contact us for special rates for teams of 10 or more.

Opposite page left: Queen Charlotte view from Snout Track in Picton. top: Ohau Stream Walk seal cresche. Bottom; Seals playing near Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway. Above: Hamner forest photo by Br3nda (flickr).

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A new Great Walk in Paparoa Nat

new Great Walk through the spectacular limestone landscapes and luxuriant forests of Paparoa National Park will be a memorial to the 29 men who died as a result of the Pike River Mine disaster on 19 November 2010. The Pike29 Memorial Track is to be New Zealand’s 10th Great Walk. It was chosen by the families of the Pike River men as a memorial that will bring lasting benefit to the West Coast region. The Government has approved the new Great Walk and information centre put forward by the families. It will provide breathtaking views to the Southern Alps /Kā Tiritiri o te Moana and over the Tasman Sea and passes towering escarpments alongside the Pike basin before descending to the west off the Paparoa Range. Nearing Punakaiki, the track passes through beech forest interspersed with northern rātā, dramatic limestone terrain including the striking Pororari River Gorge, and coastal forest with glades of Above left: Garden Gully Battery. tiste Maryns.

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Above right: Limestone cliffs and nīkau palms in the Pororari River Gorge. Photo: Baptiste Maryns

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nīkau palms. The track will traverse areas inhabited by remnant populations of threatened species including roroa/great spotted kiwi, kea, kākā, whio/blue duck, mātā/fernbird and koekoeā/long-tailed cuckoo. The park is also home to the Paparoa Range alpine snail (Powelliphanta gagei). It is aimed for this new Great Walk to open at the end of 2018. Provision is first required for it in a review of the Paparoa National Park Management Plan. The new track and huts in the park would then be constructed.

A new West Coast tourism opportunity

New Zealand’s Great Walks are premier tracks that draw thousands of international and New Zealand visitors. The Pike29 Memorial Track provides a new recreation and economic opportunity for the West Coast. The Great Walk will attract international and domestic tourists wanting to experience the stunning and unique landscapes accessed by the track. As a new mountain bike track it adds to a growing number of outstanding West www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

tional Park

Above left: Walkers on the Pororari River Track. Photo Baptiste Maryns. A Above right: Open ridgeline of the Paparoa Range. Photo Zac Shaw.

Coast cycle trails that increasingly make the region a must-do mountain biking destination.

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Duration: 2 – 3 days Duration: 1– 2 days Distance: 45 km (one way) Difficulty: Advanced/Grade 4

A journey through amazing landscapes

The new 45 km Pike29 Memorial Track will be an amazing journey by foot or mountain bike through diverse awe-inspiring environments. The dual-use track will cross the Paparoa Range between Blackball and Punakaiki and will link with the Pike River Mine site by an 8 km side track. It will be a 2–3 day walk or an advanced-level 1–2 day mountain bike ride. The track will be open all year for mountain biking. Two new high standard huts will be built on the Moonlight tops and above the junction with Tindale Creek. The new Great Walk begins at its Blackball end on the existing Croesus Track, an old miners’ track with remnants of the area’s gold mining history. A short way off the main track at Garden Gully, an old quartz crushing battery can be seen and a miners’ hut reveals what life was like for the miners. The track route goes through rich beech and podocarp forest and over open tops of alpine scrub and tussock. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Above left: The entrance to Rakiura National Park. Above right: Rest stop at North Arm Hut. Below left: A Bridge crossing. Below right: Claire on the track.

Walking the Rakiura Track in one day

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By Jennifer Ross

Community Ranger on Stewart Island/Rakiura

Why would you do that?” is one reaction I got when I told people I had walked the Rakiura Track in one day. Others were more positive and said “well done” or some other verbal equivalent of a high five. Why would I do that? Because my friend Claire Simpkin asked me to, it sounded like heaps fun and it was for a good cause. Claire came up with the Rakiura Track Challenge as part of Orphans Aid International’s Challenge for Change Week. She had done quite a bit of planning including looking over the maps in detail and doing training walks in Invercargill. I had been driving a car around Oban for three weeks and doing very little walking

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– everyone trains differently. We decided to start very early and stuck to that plan. I picked Claire up at 6 am. It was still dark out. Claire had unfortunately left all of her amazing, pre-planned food on the ferry the night before and we were leaving to start the track too early to be able to get it. She made do with food from her host’s pantry which seemed to fuel her just fine. We started the track at Lee Bay at 6:30 am and as we began our walk, the sun rose above the horizon and light crept over the land and sea. The birdsong was beautiful and we were the only ones on the track. When we hit Little River the tide was so low we could easily walk the beach route. After leaving the beach and climbing the stairs we heard something in the bush on the right side of the track. We stopped, listened and looked. A flash of brown

feathers appeared and Claire asked me if it was a weka. We didn’t have to wait long before a large female kiwi poked her beak out from behind a crown fern and walked toward us on the path. This was the first time Claire had seen a kiwi in the wild and what a treat to see in daylight and right on one of our Great Walk tracks. The kiwi walked toward us before skirting around us through the bush and continuing along the path. This is the second time I’ve seen a kiwi walk along the Rakiura Track and it still cracks me up. We were buzzing with energy after that encounter! What a fantastic start to our day. Walking along Maori Beach we saw kiwi and deer prints in the sand. Shortly after the Maori Beach swing bridge we reached the turnoff to North Arm Hut.

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Above: Walking along the beach.

I pulled out a thermos of chai hot chocolate and Claire ate one of her salmon sandwiches. We sat and talked about the next stage of our walk as it was one we were both unsure about. I walked it two years ago and remembered it being hard. We packed up and got going. We started calling the sections day one, two and three since most people take three days to walk the track. This got progressively more hilarious as the day continued. “Day two” had us roaming through beautiful forest filled to the brim with moss and ferns. We climbed our first real hills and walked across many helpful bridges over picturesque rivers. With good conversation and company, before we

knew it we were jumping for joy at the half way buoy. This section took much less time than we had expected. Seeing the sign to North Arm Hut stating it was five minutes away was another highlight. We stopped there for lunch and while we did try to eat outside at the picnic table built for giants, the sandflies were relentless and we decided inside would be best. We were right. After half an hour of eating, relaxing and being slightly amazed at ourselves for making it that far we set a departure time of 12:15pm and stuck to it. Then there was “day three”. We had lost a lot of our initial enthusiasm and our legs were getting tired. We started walking in a purposeful, head down marching style and planned one small break in two hours. We took our break on a bridge over a wide

stream and sat down slowly and tenderly, groaning about our knees and hips. We ate snacks, got up and walked on. And on and on and on. I knew it wasn’t far when we reached Kaipipi but it seemed to take forever. We finally reached the Ryan’s Creek turnoff and were ten minutes away from completing our goal. Claire and I reached Fern Gully, took a watch photo with the track sign as proof of our arrival time and collapsed. Our 30 kilometre adventure took a total of 8 hours and 45 glorious minutes. Walking the Rakiura Track in one day is long but doable and mostly enjoyable. We felt like we’d accomplished so much and ended up raising $1,050 for Orphan’s Aid International. Thank you to everyone who supported us, whether it be through kind words of encouragement leading up to the event, hugs of congratulations after we finished, cold hard cash donations or a pickup from the end of the track.

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Monthly Photo Left: In October our family did a walk around Edmonton Canada’s ‘River Valley Riverside Trail Walk’ and it is considered one of the jewels of the River Valley with gorgeous views of the city, bridges, wildlife. The colours on the trees were beautiful. Photo by Lynette Patrick, Chartwell, Hamilton.

Correction Above: “Racing the waves” – walking along Ocean Beach, Bream Head, Whangarei – imagine what happened next! Photo by John Roke, Remeura, Auckland. This photo had the wrong caption in issue 213. We apologize to Merly Finalayson, who we credited it to.

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Contest Above: At Castlepoint, walking the Deliverance Cove track on the way up to the top of Castle Rock in the distance. A fantastic early November morning, the sea was dead calm and we also spotted two seals at Christmas Bay. Photo by Diane John, Masterton. Above right: This is a photo of my mum walking along the beach as part of the Whareama Coastal Walk in the Wairarapa, as profiled in one of your recent issues. She is a keen walker and is part of the WOPs walking group in Auckland. Photo by Sally Whineray, St Heliers, Auckland. Right middle: A beautiful day walking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing Photo by Jason Neilson Te Awamutu. Below: The Waikanae Riverbank Walkway is a perfect walk for all ages, you can make it as long or as short as you like. Ellie and Mia brought treasure buckets to see what they could find along the way. Photo by Kate Mullooly, Tauranga.

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NEWS

Six NZ projects awarded Walking Access funding

Six projects across New Zealand have been awarded a total of $21,660 from the New Zealand Walking Access Commission’s Enhanced Access Fund, which supports projects designed to enhance access to the outdoors. The projects approved in the first funding round of 2015-2016 include a walkway from Cargill’s Castle to Tunnel Beach in Dunedin proposed by Cargill’s Castle Trust, sections of the national Te Araroa Trail, and a Rural Women New Zealand project to establish access to Castledowns Wetlands in Southland. The majority of the funding for these projects will go towards legal costs of formalising public access routes and surveying costs. Other projects to receive funding include the Waikaraka Walkway near Whangarei, Te Ara Ramaroa track on Whareroa Farm Reserve in Kāpiti and the Westmere Walkway in Whanganui, which will receive funding for signage and information boards. New Zealand Walking Access Commission chief executive Mark Neeson said it was essential projects of this sort received support to ensure access was legally secured and would stand the test of time. “Projects of this nature are often the result of many hours’ work from people who are passionate about experiencing the areas they live in. But there are times when the hard work of trail developers is undone, sometimes years later, because the route the trail passes over has not been

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made legally enduring. “The Commission is pleased to be able to support projects such as these for the benefit of current and future generations. The projects funded through our first funding round of the year provide access to some fascinating sites, not least a route from New Zealand’s only ruined castle to the remarkable Tunnel Beach.” The Commission’s next funding round is now open, with applications invited up until 31 March 2016. There are two rounds of funding being run in the 20152016 year, with a total of $63,300 available. Funding is prioritised towards projects designed to obtain certain and enduring access, such as negotiations to secure access agreements, legal or survey costs of obtaining access, or the cost of obtaining Resource Management Act consents. Initiatives such as signage, installation of stiles and other activities that improve existing public access are also eligible. Enhanced Access Fund grants have been awarded to 79 projects in the five years the fund has been available. Guidelines and further details about the 20152016 application process are available in the Enhanced Access Fund section of the Commission’s website. Enhanced Access Fund 2015-2016 round 1 funding recipients in detail are: National Te Araroa Trust was awarded $8,500 in funding assistance for five locations on the national Te Araroa Trail, with $6,500 going toward legal costs and signage for the Mt Tamahunga section near Matakana and the remainder going towards signage costs at Helena Ridge, Warkworth, Waitomo and Southland. Te Araroa Trail runs the length of New Zealand from Cape Reinga in Northland

to Bluff in Southland – around 3,000 kilometres in total. Whangarei The Waikaraka Walkway Support Group has been awarded $1,100 to assist with signage and information boards for the scenic and previously popular Waikaraka Walkway, which leads from the coast near Onerahi to the outskirts of Whangarei. This previously formed trail has fallen into disrepair, but is now being restored thanks to hardworking community volunteers. It provides spectacular coastal and forest views. Whanganui The Rotary Club of Wanganui was awarded $380 from the New Zealand Walking Access Commission’s Enhanced Access Fund to develop signage for the Westmere Walkway. Westmere Walkway traverses rolling countryside and provides magnificent views over Whanganui city and the river. Kāpiti The Whareroa Guardians Community Trust has been awarded $1,380 to assist with signage for the new tramping track ‘Te Ara Ramaroa’, at the 450 hectare Whareroa Farm Reserve near Paraparaumu. Dunedin Cargill’s Castle Trust has been awarded $5,000 to assist with legal fees and survey costs associated with the creation of a two kilometre publically accessible walkway leading from Dunedin’s iconic Tunnel Beach to New Zealand’s only ruined castle. Southland Rural Women New Zealand has been awarded $5,300 to assist with legal fees, survey costs, and signage for a project to formalise public access to one of Southland’s few remaining flax wetlands near Castledowns. The proposed trail passes through a Rural Women New Zealand’s forestry block in Dipton and links with an existing walkway featuring nearby limestone cliffs. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Along the mighty Waikato Of all the wonderful walks that Taupo offers, I couldn’t resist the one along the Waikato River — from Spa Thermal Park to Huka Falls. I was born and raised in a house on the banks of the Waikato. We swam in it; we canoed on it; we swung from a tree rope and jumped into it. This was our adventure playground. It’s more than half a century since I lived by the river; but it’s still “my river”.

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he Spa Park to Huka Falls walkway runs along the true right of the river. It starts at the green rolling grasslands of the thermal park, near the Taupo Bungy site

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and not far from where the river leaves Lake Taupo to make its lengthy way to the sea — the longest (425kms) journey of any river in New Zealand. At Spa Park, the hot Otumuheke Thermal Stream runs into the cold waters of the Waikato in a cloud of steam. I watch several people who have walked the

track (it’s two hours return) rejuvenating their muscles in the pleasantest possible way — by reclining in the warm water. As always with the Waikato River, its power impresses. Notices here warn of dangerous currents — this is underlined by the strong swirls in the water. On this sunny November day, the water is shining blue on these open reaches. Further along, shaded by large trees, it’s deepest green, almost shading into black. The walkway is pleasantly overhung with trees and bushes. Occasional streams run into the river. It’s a modified environment, though. Pongas, kowhai and cabbage trees are mixed with willows, broom and pines. Blossom petals on the path even announce a few fruit trees. Some stretches are open country, others are deeply shaded and much of the walk is that lovely dappled inbetween stage with sunlight flickering through light foliage. Above: Bushy little islands, mid-channel. Left: Huka Falls thunders down into the maelstrom below. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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I walk past high cliffs occasionally and a few times the track rises well above the river. From these heights I look down on bushy islands in the river. Later a large untidy motorcamp sprawls out on the opposite bank. Further on, in total contrast, are the sleek manicured lawns and elegant buildings of Huka Lodge — one of the world’s top lodges. Soon I hear a distant roaring and the river becomes white and frothy as it squeezes into a deep rock-walled ravine — from about 100 metres wide the river suddenly narrows to 15 metres. Tourists stand on the series of viewing platforms beside the rapids, snapping away. An increasing roar and I’m at the Huka Falls where the water explodes out into space and thunders down into the pool below. It’s said that 220,000 litres of water bursts over here every second — though

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how that’s measured I can’t imagine. After a while I leave the noise and people behind and walk back along the increasingly quiet river pathway towards Spa Park where I give my feet a relaxing soak in the warm thermal stream. The joy of walks in the Taupo region is the extremely wide variety — from very easy like the Great Lake Walkway (10 minutes to three hours) to easy as in Spa Park/Huka Falls (two hours

return) right through the spectrum to the one-day challenging Tongariro Alpine Crossing (seven hours minimum). “10 Great Lake Walks” brochure from iSite in the centre of Taupo or www.GreatLakeTaupo.com. Above left: Otumuheke Thermal Stream runs into the river at the Spa Thermal Park. Above right: Stretches of sun and shade on this varied walkway. Below left: A good relaxing soak at the end of the 2-hour walk.

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ver 100 years ago, a man with a farm in the hill country of Ngatapa 35 km north-west of Gisborne, started planting what is now the largest collection of northern hemisphere trees south of the equator, and is New Zealand’s National Arboretum. By the time Douglas Cook died in 1967 he had spent all his money buying thousands of different species, selling much of his original property to create many kilometers of trails and numerous ponds, all to satisfy his passion for collecting trees and forming special landscapes. Today, Eastwoodhill Arboretum is a 131 hectare Mecca for botanists and garden lovers world-wide, but it is also ideal for walkers. From the visitor centre there are short strolls around the Homestead Garden, a hectare of colour and texture year round and maintained since 1984 by dedicated volunteers. Close by are a series of “parks” where paths wind among massive trunks of redwood and eucalyptus, or skirt ponds and lawns bordered with flowering shrubs. The paths are colour coded, so one can either follow a route or just wander. Generally, heading downhill will bring one back to the visitor centre. Any feeling of being lost in a wilderness is only temporary. Right: About 34 km of paths explore parts of the huge collection of different trees, all the more interesting because of the New Zealand setting.

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Below left: During our springtime visit the air was filled with the calls of the shining cuckoo and the swoosh of the wings of kereru.

Below right: To see some views, you must stop walking and lie on your back. In planting this arrangement of trees, did Douglas Cook actually envisage this striking effect?

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Above: Distinctive markers show the way to the highest point of the trails, and the view over East Coast farmland. These bare hills are what Douglas Cook set about to transform. Below: The Fibonacci Spiral was created in 2009 as a memorial to H.B. (Bill) Williams who preserved the arboretum for us by purchasing it in 1965. Perhaps a subtle reminder of spirals in plant structure, it is the shortest of the walks possible at Eastwoodhill.

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Eastwoodhill - walking in our National Arboretum

At the back of the arboretum, sheep graze under more recent plantings, and towards the highest point there are small forests of conifers. A plane table lookout explains the sweeping view to the north over typical East Coast farmland. The contrast of this open country with the patchwork of colour, light and shade that we have just climbed through is striking. This place is not to be missed by anyone coming to Gisborne and the East Coast to stay and walk. Each season is dramatically different. The autumn colours are the most famous, but at any time of the year there is plenty to do and see. Check out the walks and the excellent accommodation offered at eastwoodhill.org.nz www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Above: In the East Coast climate, introduced trees soon tower over the paths beneath. Below: The sheep that graze beneath trees in the more recently planted parts of the arboretum reduce weed growth and create a park-like atmosphere.

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Family were not going to miss the opportunity to hike the . . .

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Family were not going to miss the opportunity to hike the . . .

Grand Canyon Trail By Rob Franklin & Hilary Sheaff

hen brain storming a six month trip around America, it’s natural to throw “The Grand Canyon” on the list, and from the comfort of home with plenty of time to shield you from the reality it seems reasonable that you should walk to the bottom and back out again with your two kids aged 5 and 7!

Our day job in New Zealand is running “Walking Legends Guided Walks” so we had a name to live up to. And we weren’t going to miss the opportunity to hike one of the world’s most iconic trails. These were the circumstances that we applied for our permits for two backcountry campgrounds in the Grand Canyon in September 2014, having this as the biggest and final adventure of our American road trip. The intervening months would give us plenty of time to prepare and get the kids used to long walks and adventures. From Whakatane we flew to Auckland, then L.A., and finally arrived in Houston Texas thirty hours later. A fast talking salesman sold us the cheapest (and also one of the largest) motor homes on his sales yard, and we were off heading east through the southern swamps and theme parks, then turned north up the Appalachian mountains, dropping down to the east coast to check out the fuss in Washington and New York. We then hauled across the endless corn fields to Colorado and the nearby mountainous states that collectively make up an outdoor mecca with endless opportunities for climbing, riding, canoeing and of course hiking! The National Parks Board confirmed our permit by an email that we received when we were sheltering in a truck stop from 45 degree Nevada heat, and at that point the prospect of the 20 mile hike down and Above right: Hilary, Leila and Phoenix on the rim.

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up with two kids seemed very unlikely! The kids up until this point had been thriving on new experiences and challenges. Interspersed with Walmart parking lots, and many hours parked outside Starbucks and McDonalds to use free wifi for keeping up with our Walking Legends work, we rock climbed, slithered through slot canyons, saw wild animals up close, loaded up the canoe for camping expeditions, and all with hardly a grizzle except when it came to hiking! Or walking, or even a stroll - the drudgery would soon overwhelm our daughter’s fragile emotional state and it was a shoulder ride or a tantrum - we choose. As the months wore by we tried every trick to fortify her stamina: treats, bribes, positive reinforcement and sergeant major type dress downs, all to no avail. Often she wouldn’t even wait to leave the car park to collapse in a puddle of pathetic, yet seemingly genuine, emotion. The only thing in our favour was they both seemed psyched about the idea of walking the Grand Canyon, and it had achieved an almost mythical status for the kids due to the way we had built it up over the course of our six month journey! We finally arrived sun bleached and acclimatised at the car park for our first view of the “Grand Canyon”. Unfortunately we had given up hope of walking to its depth due to a spectacular tantrum only the day before that suggested child abuse to passer-by’s. In a way this moment was more significant now due to the fact that our experience of the place was going to be more limited. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Grand Canyon Trail We parked our house alongside the tour buses, held hands over the car park, by-passed the gift shop, muscled our way through the crowds of selfie sticks to the thick hand rail to gaze upon the biggest hole on the face of our planet. And felt utterly underwhelmed. Six months on the road, thousands of road-side lookouts and attractions, dozens of national parks, had taught us one thing again and again: The spirit of a place is not in the carpark lookout. Bugger it, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s give it a go! The next afternoon as the heat of the day was wearing off we started down and we instantly felt the good vibrations from the anticipation of another adventure. We would descend this evening all the way to the Colorado River on the South Kaibab Trail, and spend two days coming back up on the Bright Angel Trail. The elevation change was about 4860 ft (1480 m), and from the rim to the river the trail was around 8 miles (13km) each way. The kids were carrying a Camelbak each with their own water, a large bag of candy, and they both had their most treasured comforter - a blanky or teddy stuffed in as well. We had the rest of the gear. An unseasonal rain shower the day before had convinced us we needed our tent despite the season, so the packs were pretty heavy. Within a couple of hours the crowds had thinned to nothing and we were alone at sunset on a thin rock spur, dwarfed by the immense rock walls that towered above yet at the same time gaped below us. This perspective enabled us all to fully appreciate the grandeur and wonder of

the place, and also to grasp the extent of the task we had set for ourselves with this hike. Excitement and nervous anticipation were keenly felt, but so far so good. We tiptoed around our princess careful not to hurry her or give her any excuse, but she was loving the place as much as the rest of us and must have known that Dad with a big pack on was not in any position

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to give free rides. We ate our dinner on dusk overlooking the Colorado River that surged far below us. Then we donned our headlamps for the rest of the walk. The kids minds went into a kind of crazy imaginative overdrive spinning fantastic tales of their exploits that could in no way be accounted for in their short lives. For another two hours they stumbled and tripped down the path trusting fully that the hand on Mum or Dad would keep them upright. We arrived at our campsite before midnight, set up camp amongst creeping pole cats and scuttling scorpions (nice to have the tent after all) and crashed. We woke in the morning with much less spring in our step. It would have been asking for trouble to get the kids up early to beat the heat so we had a casual breakfast and slung on the backpacks. By nine o’clock the sun had burned its way to the middle of the canyon, and half way across the swing bridge that spans the Colorado Rover we stepped into its energy sapping power. On both sides the canyon walls crowded the sky, but what we could see staring up from the bottom accounted for only half of our day’s climb and only quarter of the entire distance back to the rim. It was going to be a long day. We sweated and plodded and coaxed the kids gently along waiting and watching with trepidation for someone to go on

strike. It got steeper and hotter (around 38 deg c) and we were down to negotiating lots of two minutes more and then we will have a rest/lolly. All was going well until perched on a classic Grand Canyon type goat track carved on the side of the sheer cliff without a shred of shade and our 5 year old’s nose starts to gush blood. Not an unusual occurrence in super dry heat, but highly alarming to a kid who isn’t familiar with epistaxis and who is barely able to keep her ship together as it is. So there was noise and tears, but I’m a proud parent to say she drew deep and despite having a good reason to lapse into full tantrum she pulled her sobbing self together and kept going without the usual fuss. Why? We can only surmise that the weight of remote adventure brings out the strength of even the very young. The track broadened as we ascended to the next plateau and we were rewarded with a completely unexpected swimming hole. So welcome and perfect was its situation that we hesitated for half a second wondering why other hikers weren’t splashing about in this archetypal oasis. It’s still a mystery. We stripped off, jumped in, hopped out, re-dressed and then jumped back in again fully clothed to start the walk dripping wet and cool. We were dry a few minutes later. We arrived at the Indian Garden Campground at about 2pm and spent the af-

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ternoon lying around trying to drain the lactic acid from our legs, while munching uncooked tortillas, baby carrots and cherry tomatoes. To keep the weight down we opted not to take a cooker, so Hilary was hanging out for a cup of tea, but found that an earl grey tea bag in tepid spring water was surprisingly tasty. The Indian Garden had lots of trees and fresh running water, but was still hot and dusty – a vast cry from the lushness of NZ bush. The next day back up to the rim was another huge climb. We set off at 4am, rousing confused sleepy kids and packing up camp as quietly as possible so as not to wake the other campers, an uncooked Pop Tart for breakfast. A few minutes into the walk we realised we could kill the head lamps and enjoy the monochrome light of the moon as we picked our way towards an impossibly tall horizon. We covered some good ground in the pre-dawn coolness, and it wasn’t until about half way up that the little feet started to drag and the relentless negotiation began. “20 more steps and we will have a two minute rest,” for one kid, while trying to keep the other kid on the precarious trail and within a sensible range as he raced ahead to find hiding places or rocks to climb. Far below a trail of headlamps was leaving camp and as the sun swept across the walls of the canyon we started to meet the day trippers. As we got higher the day

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trippers got more numerous and less... well... athletic. Taking a look at our big packs and being unabashed Americans they greeted us with surprise and respect, gushing over the kids... “Did y’all walk all the way to the bottom even you little one’s? Well I could never do such a thing!” The kids puffed their little chests out and happily slapped all the high fives on offer, and in this fashion we made it back to the hand rail. For more of their American adventures see their blog here: http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/ rob.franklin./1/tpod.html

Above: Hilary and Leila about two hours into day one. Below: Leila and Phoenix on day one. Opposite page: Our big RV.

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Te Maire Track and Ripiro By Maxine Stringer Beach walk

he first Sunday of the month is unusual for members of the Dargaville Tramping Group to have a tramp as mainly have group tramps on the last Sunday of the month. Never mind, here is how my day started. I got up early to watch New Zealand verses Australia in the World Cup Rugby Final at 5am. What a good game, good results and a good start to my day. After the game finished followed by breakfast and organizing my back pack as you do when going tramping I headed off into town to meet up with the others. You never know who is going to turn up on the day, but with good weather forecasted and my email to everyone suggesting that this tramp would be defined Above: A group picture on the beach. Below left: A great view form the coastal track. Below right: A farm lake.

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as easy, many turned up. What a surprise to see so many. After a quick sort out of who’s going with who we were on our way. Our destination was a 25 minutes drive heading south of Dargaville to Te Maire. The weather was brilliant for our tramp out to the west coast and with a head count our group number was 35. Ted and Pam Rope were our organizers and leaders for the day and as soon as everyone was ready we headed off down Te Maire Track onto Ripiro Beach. We headed south and the group was given the option of walking along the fore shore of Ripiro Beach into a fresh southerly breeze or walking along a track behind the sand dunes sheltered from the wind. Whatever you decided we all eventually meet up again as a group when we

come to Second Stream which is a place the locals refer to. Time for morning tea, group photo on a washed up log and plenty of socializing. I notice some starting to put their back packs on, an indication to “rally the troops” and march on. We all walked along the back of the sand dunes, still heading south until we came to another area the locals call Crowe’s Track. Through a gate we are now on private property and tackle our only steep climb for the day taking us from the beach to the cliff tops. This climb was in soft sand, quite steep and hard going. We took our time and regrouped when at the top for a well deserved rest. Our tramp continued over rolling farm land, with lovely lush green grass as far as the eye could see. Ted and Pam picked a lovely spot for our lunch over looking the

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Northern Wairoa River. We could easily pick out all our local land marks right up to Tutamoe in the north and Ruawai in the south. After lunch and feeling very relaxed and tired, I could have easily nodded off for a nana nap. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get going was the call and away once more over rolling pasture and cattle races. We were pleasantly surprised to be shown what was once a Maori Pa site, food storage pit indentations and the clear view looking west and east from the site and a lake on the north side. Heading along the lake and past a small block of pine trees we head towards a metal road. A short walk along this road until we come to another farm where we pass through a cowshed, cattle race and more rolling hills until eventually ending back to where we started from. Four hours later and covering 11 kms, all enjoyed their day. Thank you very much to Ted and Pam Rope for allowing us to tramp over their property and making the day so successful. Also to Simon and Pauline Gough whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property we also tramped over. Last but not least, to every one who turned up. You are such a friendly group and I appreciate how you make everyone including new folk most welcome. Top right: Time to stop and have a chat. Middle: Walking down a road towards the sea. Below left: Time for lunch and enjoy the view. Below right: The group strewn out across a farm track.

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‘It’s not as hard as you think it is,’ proclaims Jim Callaghan about his new physical activity routine.

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MARCH 2016

1 Waterfront 5km series, Wellington 1 Nelson Striders Summer Off Road Series, 4km to 6km, Maitai Valley, Nelson 1 Harcourt Beach Series, 8km, 5km, Takapuna Beach, Auckland 2 Devonport Jets Run, 5km & 3km, Devonport, Auckland 2 Owai 5km in the Park, 5km & 2.5km,

Owairaka, Auckland 3 YMCA Auckland Domain Series, 10km, 6km & 3km, Auckland 3 City Surf Series, 8km & 5km, Mission Bay, Auckland 5 Off Road Marathon, 51km, 42km 15km, Motatapu, Queenstown 5 Mountain to Surf Marathon, 42km & 21km, New Plymouth 5 Relay for life, Whangarei 5-7 Sea Sky and Bush Walks, Waipukurau, Central Hawkes Bay 6 Auckland Round the Bays, 8.4km, Auckland 6 Rotorua Off Road Half Marathon, Rotorua 7 Northcote Tavern Fun Run, 5km, Northcote, Auckland 8 Nelson Striders Summer Off Road Series, 4km to 6km, Maitai Valley, Nelson 8 Waterfront 5km series, Wellington 8 Harcourt Beach Series, 8km, 5km, Takapuna Beach, Auckland 9 Devonport Jets Run, 5km & 3km, Devonport, Auckland 9 Owai 5km in the Park, 5km & 2.5km, Owairaka, Auckland 9 Taupo Harriers Starlight series, 5km, Taupo 10 Trout Fly Summer Series, 3km & 5km, Rotorua 10 YMCA Auckland Domain Series, 10km,

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MAY 2016

1 Country 2 Coast 20km, 15km & 8km, Napier 7 Explore Waiheke Half Marathon & 10km, Waiheke Island 7 Hanmer Four Square Half Marathon, Hanmer Springs 14 Air New Zealand Hawkes Bay International Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Napier

JUNE 2016

5 Christchurch Airport Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Christchurch 5 Paihia Half Marathon & 12km, Waitangi 26 Gazley Volkswagen Wellington Marathon, Shoe Clinic Half Marathon, Mizuno 10k, The Hits 5k and the Bluebridge Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Magic Mile, Wellington

JULY 2016

6-8 2Walk and Cycle Conference, Auckland 19 Manawatu Striders Winter Run/Walk, Palmerston north

AUGUST 2016

6 Hoke One One Taupo Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Taupo 9 Manawatu Striders Half Marathon, Palmerston North 22 Manawatu Striders Ashhurst 2 Esplanade, Palmerston North

NOVEMBER 2016

19-26 Waiheke Walking Festival, Waiheke Island

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APRIL 2017

21 World Masters Games, Auckland

OVERSEAS EVENTS JANUARY 2016

2 Portsea Twilight 4km & 8km Portsea, Vic, Australia Bahamas Marathon, Bahamas 17 Star Wars Half Marathon, Disneyland, USA

FEBRUARY 2016

3 Sunset Series 2016 Melbourne Zoo, Vic,

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Australia 14 Barcelona Half Marathon, Barcelona, Spain 17 Sunset Series 2016 Princes Park, Vic, Australia 21 Seville Marathon, Seville, Spain 27-28 Orange Colour City Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Orange, NSW, Australia 28 Malta Marathon, Mdina-Sliema, Malta 28 Wangaratta Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 5km, 2km, Wangaratta, NSW, Australia 28 Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 28 Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon, Cambridge, England 28 Warburton Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Warburton, Australia

MARCH 2016

2 Sunset Series 2016 The Tan Track, Vic, Australia 5-6 CBR 100 Challenge, 100km, 50km & 25km, Canberra, ACT, Australia 6 Eastbourne Half Marathon, Eastbourne, England 12-4 Tassie Trail Fest, Derby, Tas, Australia 13 King Island 20 32km Coast to Coast, 8km & 32km, King Island, Australia 13 Barcelona Marathon, Barcelona, Spain 13 Inverness Half Marathon, Inverness, Scotland 19 Catalina Island 10km, Santa Catalins, CA, USA 20 Great Volocanic Mountain Challenge, Mt Canobolas, Orange, NSW, Australia

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MAY 2016

5-8 IML 4 Dasy Les 4 Jours de Chantonnay, France 13-15 IML Kyushu International Three Day March, Yatsushiro, Japan 14 -15 IML International Two Day Waendel Walk, Wellingborough, United Kingdom 14 -15 IML Two Day International Walking Festival, Dalian, China 21 -22 IML Two Day Marche Internationale de Diekirch, Diekirch, Luxembourg 27 Coober Pedy Lake Eyre & The Great Breakaway Marathon, Coober Pedy, SA, Australia

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JULY 2016

2-3 Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 8 Kauri Half Marathon, Qld, Australia 10 Cairns Marathon, Cairns, Qld, Australia 19 22 IML Four Day International Vierdaagse Afstandsmarsen, Nijmegen, Netherlands 31 Westlink Blacktown Running Festival. Marathon, Half Marathon 10km & 5km, Blacktown NSW, Australia Napa Valley Sonoma Half Marathon, Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Preserve, CA, USA

AUGUST 2016

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CONTENTS for previous 14 issues JANUARY 216 2016

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Sustainability and Sea Sky Bush 8 New wine bottles easy to carry 8 More funding for Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail 9 New Zealand Walk: Commonwealth Walkway an as set for the Capital 10 Top tips for better landscape photos 13 High Achiever: Walking Access Award for Waitomo’s “unassuming champion” 14 New Zealand Walk: Rotorua’s TaraweraTrail 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 25 years walking in paradise 22 New Zealand Walk: Tussock Traverse 2016 - traversing history, culture and stunning landscapes 24 Seatrek takes you to Tuhua/ Mayor Island 25 NZ Masters Games 2016 26 Great New Zealand Walks on Google maps 28 Overseas Walks: West Highland Way - a walk that is hard to beat 34 New Zealand Walk: Aucklanders now reconnected to Onehunga foreshore 35 Event: Wellington Marathon ramps up 36 New Zealand Walks: Trillium Lodge a base for Great Barrier Island walks 38 My Favourite Walk: Walking along Dracophyllum Flat Track 41 Overseas Walks and Tours 42 New Zealand Masters Games much more than sport 44 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Index of 14 previous issues 51 Weather forecast for December 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 The Great NZ Trek 2016 60 New Zealand Walk: Green Prescription

DECEMBER 215 2015

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Otatara Pa Loop Walk 10 New Zealand Walk: New Plymouth Coastal Walkway a top Taranaki attraction 13 New Zealand Walks: Kaitoke Regional Park with beautiful bush clad tracks 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 Auckland Short Walks: Take the markets on the Parnell Walk 22 New Zealand Walks: Sam Summers - Reach for the sky 25 NZ Masters Games 2016 26 New Zealand Walk: Walk among the daffodills 28 The Great Wall has an event for everyone 32 Overseas Walks: Walking in Central Europe an intensely moving lesson in history 38 High Achiever: Cycling helped 63 year old back to health 39 Te Araroa Trail: Route change takes 20km of trail off main road 40 Overseas Walks: Activities for the whole family on Norfolk Island 41 Overseas Walks and Tours 42 Around the Clubs: Group tackles Bream Head walks 44 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Index of 14 previous issues 51 Weather forescast for December 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 The Great NZ Trek 2106 60 New Zealand Walk: Green Prescription

NOVEMBER 214 2015

2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: New Zealand Walks: A festival of activity this November on Waiheke Island 9 New Zealand Walk: New track alongside Tatare Stream 10 New Zealand Guided Walk: Choose worthies or murder/mayhem 12 New Zealand Adventure: A senior

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moment 15 Overseas Walk: Sky walk to explore rain forests 16 Auckland Short Walk: New Lynn Reserves, West Auckland 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 New Zealand Walks: Papatowai Heart of the Catlins 23 New Zealand Walks: New Zealand communcation revolution started at Whites Bay 24 New Zealand Walks: Kicking back in Karamea 28 New Zealand Walks: A hike with a surprise 30 Book: Terrain - Travels through a deep NZ landscape 32 New Zealand Walks: Whangarei offers lots of walk ing opportunies in cooler months 33 Overseas Walk: Oxfams Peru Trek 34 Overseas Walks: A new frontier in walking - The Three Capes Track 36 Overseas Walks: Walk into luzury at Margaret River 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Overseas Walk: The Gobbins - a walkway experience 40 New Zealand Walks: Ten years of lacing up 43 Books: Te Araroa, Landscape, Above Auckland, Coastlines New Zealand 44 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Index of 14 previous issues 51 Weather forescast for November 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 60 New Zealand Walk: Tussock Traverse

OCTOBER 213 2015

2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Warkworth Walks seven years and still walking 10 New Zealand Walks: Ruahines - a winter wonderland 14 Overseas Walks: Madagascar an incredible journey 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walks: Discover Taranaki White Cliffs and East Egmont 22 My Favourite Walks: Kowhai Hut to Mt Torlesse 25 Event: Whakatane - the new venue for Oxfam 2016 Trailwalker 26 New Zealand Cycling Tours: Cycle guides on tour: Around the Mountains Trail 29 Overseas Walk: Escape to the wilderness of Lough Boora 30 New Zealand Walks: The Queen Charlotte Track great in every way 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Event: Walkers invited to a new marathon and 50km 41 Walking Access Commission: Rakaia Gorge southern section now a walkway 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for October 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 59 Pak A Roo Jackets 60 Waiheke Island Walking Festival

SEPTEMBER 212 2015

2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Slipper Island a working farm 8 New Zealand Walks: Paihia to Russell -Full Circle Walk 10 Te Araroa Trail: Sponsors help to promote Te Araroa 11 New Zealand Walk: New shared pathway opened 12 New Zealand Walk: A slice of KiwiThe Paradise Trail 17 Waiheke Walking Festival 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walks: Puketoki Reserve - caters for all walkers 20 Flood swamps popular city pathway 22 Jim Barnett Reserve walking tracks 23 Tarawera Trail Marathon 24 Great Walks: A great walk with a difference - explor ing the Whanganui Journey

JUNE 209 2015

27 How physical activity helped Lynda Mcdermott 28 New Zealand Walk: Central Hawkes Bay Rotary River Trail 30 Overseas Walks: Nepal needs tourists now after April 25 earthquake 34 New Zealand Walk: A taste of the Barrier 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Overseas Walks: Salzburg: The Sound of Music’s 50th anniversary 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for September 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Pak A Roo Jackets

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Nga Tapuwae o Toi The footsteps of Toi 10 New Zealand Walk: Mt Peel an annual event for Christchurch group 12 Overseas Trails: 10 world’s most amazing long dis tance trails 14 New Zealand Walk: Heading out to Roaring Stag 16 Books: Lydia Bradley: Going up is easy 16 Auckland Short Walk: Greenhithe, North Shore Auckland 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Walking the Cares Gorge 26 New Zealand Walk: The Cape Brett walk, Bay of Islands 30 New Zealand Walks: Eastern Taranaki Experience - from convent to pub 34 Waikato Walk: Kakepuku Historic Reserve 36 New Zealand Walk: A big day in the Matukituki Valley 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Wairarapa coastal walk now has more options 40 Overseas Walks: 24 hours in Graz 40 Health: Are you getting too much calcium? 42 Overseas Walks: Restored medieval hamlet close to walking and hiking tracks 42 Event: Great Forest Events attrached entrants from throughout New Zealand 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for June 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription

AUGUST 211 2015

2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Great Walk: Walking amoung the giants of Waipoua Forest 8 Overseas Walks; Walking Melbourne by foot 10 Auckland Short Walk: Botany to Cascades a walk with surprises 12 Event: Half Marathon show cases Auckland’s vibrant nightlife 14 My Favourite Walk: Hiking on the Otago Peninsula 16 New Zealand Walk: Hiking to Sunrise Hut 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walks: Waiheke Walking Festival a great Spring walking event 23 Te Araroa Trail: Botanic Gardens to Island Bay via the Southern Walkway. 23 Wairoa Stream Waterfall Track to have new `signage 24 My Favourite Walk: Jubilee Hut walk - tough, long, but well worth it 28 Overseas Walks: Discovering Pulau Ubin - Singapore the way it was 30 New Zealand Walks: Bay of Islands Walking Festival returns for 2015 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Overseas Walks: Spectacular Switzerland 42 Creating new walking access opportunies 43 Waikato Walk: Te Tapui Track 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for August 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Pak A Roo Jackets

JULY 210 2015

MAY 208 2015

4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite Walk: Te Ara Tahuna Estuary Cycleway and Walkway 8 Event: Unique opportunity to walk Taieri Gorge 9 Readers View: Auckland scenic walk 10 New Zealand Walk: Onepoto Walk - full of interesting coastal views 14 New Zealand Walk: Restoring the Sign of the Packhorse Hut 15 New Zealand Walk: Visiting the Franz Josef Glacier 16 New Zealand Walk: Whangarei’s new loop walkway 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Australia’s top walking and hiking hotspots 22 My Favourite Walk: Kauri Coast walks - with great coastal views 25 Auckland Short Walk: Blockhouse Bay Tiriwa Walk 26 My Favourite Walk: Town and country walk with no hills! 28 New Zealand Walk: Moutohora an island sanctuary 30 Overseas Walks: Walks in Townsville - a beach, a mountain and a river within a city 36 New Zealand Walk: Heritage zone handed into public hands 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Camping and tramping - 5 top South Island spots 40 Event: Marathon returning to central city 42 Te Araroa Trail: New Zealand trail selected as one of the world’s best 43 Event: Take on the Lake in Rotorua 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for April 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Great Walk:10 things to know before Walking the Milford Sound 11 Robin charms Prince Harry on Ulva Island 12 New Zealand Walks: Sea, Sky and Bush - another great walking weekend in Central Hawkes Bay 16 Books: Wildboy - an epic trek around the coast of New Zealand 17 Event: 10k for 10k a colourful event 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 17 New Zealand Walk: One Tree Point Walkway, Ruakaka, Whangarei 22 Overseas Walks: Queensland National Parks with great walks 26 Auckland Short Walk: Wattle Down - South Auckland 30 Overseas Walks: Hikes and sights of Argentina - from south to north 30 New Zealand Walk: Ten minutes walk to a seal creche 33 Event: The Great New Zealand Trek Stage 10 - Hanmer Springs to Hawarden 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Bay of Islands Walking Weekend returns for 2015 40 My Favourite Walk: Tongariro Alpine Crossing ticked off! 43 Waikato Walk: Omaru Falls Scenic 4 Walk Talk Reserve 6 My Favourite Walk: Te Ara Tahuna 44 New Zealand Coming Events Estuary Cycleway and Walkway 48 Overseas Coming Events 8 Event: Unique opportunity to walk 50 Index for previous fourteen issues Taieri Gorge 51 Weather Forecast for July 9 Readers View: Auckland scenic walk 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking 10 New Zealand Walk: Onepoto Walk Groups - full of interesting coastal views 56 Country Breaks

APRIL 207 2015

14 New Zealand Walk: Restoring the Sign of the Packhorse Hut 15 New Zealand Walk: Visiting the Franz Josef Glacier 16 New Zealand Walk: Whangarei’s new loop walkway 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Australia’s top walking and hiking hotspots 22 My Favourite Walk: Kauri Coast walks - with great coastal views 25 Auckland Short Walk: Blockhouse Bay Tiriwa Walk 26 My Favourite Walk: Town and country walk with no hills! 28 New Zealand Walk: Moutohora - an island sanctuary 30 Overseas Walks: Walks in Townsville - a beach, a mountain and a river within a city 36 New Zealand Walk: Heritage zone handed into public hands 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Camping and tramping - 5 top South Island spots 40 Event: Marathon returning to central city 42 Te Araroa Trail: New Zealand trail selected as one of the world’s best 43 Event: Take on the Lake in Rotorua 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 51 Weather Forecast for April 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription

MARCH 206 2015

42 Health: Compression clothing can they improve recovery and performance? 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for February 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 The Great New Zealand Trek

JANUARY 204 2015

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Tanekaha Falls Walk - a tribute to a group of retirees 10 Securing outdoor access for the next generation 12 New Zealand Walk: From hut to hut on the Matemateaonga 14 Rare penguins highlight of Hollyford Track early walkers 16 New Zealand Walk: Pukemokemoke Reser ve offers several walk options 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Auckland Short Walks: Le Roys Bush Northcote North Shire walks 22 New Zealand Walks: Mahi Aroha - explore the environment like never before 26 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa Trail to be in TV series 26 Te Araroa Trail: New 5km walking track 26 Te Araroa Trail: City to Sea via Southern Walkway change in 2015 28 Overseas Walk: In the steps of the ancients - a walk in Athens 33 New Zealand Walk: Weather no problem for Dargaville group 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk : Linklater Reserve 39 Around the Clubs: Striding out fun with a popular club 40 High Achiever: 65 year old walked 150 marathons 41 Event: Waiheke Island Wharf 2 Wharf 42 Window on Waitakere: Batwalks planned in Auckland 42 Window on Waitakere: Mapau tree fruit popular with birds 43 Training: Low carb diet: not the best for everyone 44 Coming events: Stirling Sports events: are something unique 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for January 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 The Great New Zealand Trek

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: A circumnavigation by foot steps 7 New Zealand Walk: Enjoyable day walk at Limestone Roadend 14 Event: Beers Farm - Te Anau 16 New Zealand Fam Walks: Lynton Downs Farm Stay walks 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 My Favourite Walk: Omaha Beach has walks for everyone 26 Health: Overdosing with vitamin D continues to be widespread 20 Overseas Walks: Discovering Andalucia - the walks, the culture, the food 28 New Zealand Walks: Top ten heritage places to visit this summer 33 Event: On track in the Manawatu Gorge 36 New Zealand Walk: Ruakuri Walking Track - Ruakuri Scenic Reserve 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Overseas Walks: Discover Portugal’s walking trails 44 New Zealand Coming Events 45 Christchurch Marathon 48 Overseas Coming Events 51 Weather Forecast for March 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 4 Walk Talk 56 Country Breaks 6 New Zealand Walk: Pukawa to 60 Wellington Marathon Omori Track 6 Te Araroa Trail: Cape Reinga to Bluff 4 Walk Talk 8 New Zealand Walks: Outdoor 6 My Favourite Walk: Moke Lake circuit couple make footprint on NZ walk - Queenstown walking scene 7 Books: Revelling in our sub-antarctic 12 New Zealand Walks: Hiking New islands Zealand’s Hump Ridge Track more 8 Auckland Short Walk: Onehunga to Pah Homestead wilderness, less people 10 Event: Mangawhai Walking Week- 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners end on track 20 Overseas Walks: Inspiring walks 10 Books: Walking the Waitakere in Spain Ranges 24 Ballard of St James 12 New Zealand Walk: Headland 26 New Zealand Cycling Tours: Kiwi Sculpture on the Gulf women take to the cycling trails 12 A Walk and cycle on the Waikato 28 Overseas Walks: San Francisco’s River Trail ways: Umbria ‘s pilgrim routes 15 Safety: Ensure your gear is now in ‘Peak’ condition 36 New Zealand Walk: Te Kauri Park 16 New Zealand Walk: Tirohanga Track Scenic Reserve to Ruapane Pirongia Forest Park 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 38 Event: Tussock Traverse walking 20 Overseas Walks: Walking in the through a natural and cultural Picos de Europa wonderland 25 New Zealand Walk: Matekai Park 40 Event: Cadbury Dunedin Mara- Oakura thon events 26 Overseas Walks: Torres del Paine - a 42 Window on Waitakere: Possum very special park 29 Event: Manawatu Walking Festival trapping 30 Overseas Walks: The Larapinta Trail 43 Training: Exercise programme tips offers a myriad of stunning views 44 New Zealand Coming Events 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 48 Overseas Coming Events 38 New Zealand Walks: Echo Walk50 Index for previous fourteen issues ing Festival 41 International Marching League 51 Weather Forecast for December encourages “May walking bring 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups us together” 42 Window on Waitakere: Navigating 56 Country Breaks dangerous flora 60 The Great New Zealand Trek

DECEMBER 203 2014

FEBRUARY 205 2015

Walking New Zealand, issue no 217 - 2016

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NORTH ISLAND NORTHLAND 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 09-429-0211

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. org 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 THUMBS UP ADVENTURE GROUP (TUAC): Alan Grigg 027-493-6850, Libby 021-137-1488, Leonie 021-222-8982, www.tuac.co.nz AUCKLAND CENTRAL

AUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday (AM), Helen Meyer 09-815-1444 AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: Sarah Hart 09-625-7891, actc. trampingclub@gmail.com 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 09-576-9807 RACEWALKING AUCKLAND: Sunday (AM), Grant 09-299-5634, www. sportsground.co.nz/racewalkingauckland/ AUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Tony Walton 09-630-2591 www. aucktramping.org.nz 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, Sally 09-522-5321 EPSOM Y’s COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Tuesday/Thursday (AM), Don Hay 09-636-9730 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09827-2737, Danny 09-627-9993 MT ALBERT Y’s WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Friday, (AM), 09-846-0788 MT ROSKILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: Theresa McDonald, 09-624-3281 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Marshall Piecy 09-445-3808, 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

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Buchan, 09-379-9590 STEP OUT WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), 09-379-2095 x 9704 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nz WEST AUCKLAND

BLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Terry Wilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071, terryandsheena@xtra.co.nz, www. bluetopwalkers.weebly.com FIA OLA WOMEN’S DEVELOPMEMT WALK GROUP: Monday to Saturday, Anne, 09-813-0021 FIT4LIFE: Glenfield, Monday (PM), Friday (AM), Sarah 021 534 649 FOOTSTEPS: Saturday (AM), John 09-410-2995 GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), Ethel Denscombe 09-818-3561 GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM) and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230 GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne 09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867 GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300 HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM), Alene Couchman 09-818-2580 KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin 09-838-6553 KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin 09-818-6084 KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-412-8914 LYNNMALL CITY MALL WALKING: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA), 09-826-2333 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09827-2737, 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 09-412-8076 MASSEY JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Kerry Watt 09-838-6665 or 021-517-049 NEW LYNN ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: New Lynn, Wednesday, Lorraine, 09-827-8663 RANUI MORNING WALK GROUP: Monday to Friday (AM), Judith 09-832-5692 RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09832-4069 RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 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 09-817-7212,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 09-482-1320,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), Dave Pampitt 09-410-5287 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 021-268-4154, pam_4882@yahoo.co.nz 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), Sue Pearson 09-449-2221 NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: www.nstc.org.nz NORTHCOTE WALKING GROUP: Northcote. Tuesday, Bernie Pringle 09-410-5700 bernie@pringle.co.nz, or Mavis Martin 09-486-2574 mavay@xtra.co.nz 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 Lindsay 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 09473-4489 Pakuranga Nordic Walkers: Thursday (AM) Deidre Nielsen 09-271-3324 YMCA Nordic Walkers Thursday (AM) June Stevenson 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923 RODNEY

10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Ivan Melville 09425-4999 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), Pam Jordan 021136-6129, pajordan0452@gmail.com MONDAY NIGHTA, Orewa, Monday (PM), Laraine Chase 09-427-9321 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 09-431-4692 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nz WAIHEKE ISLAND

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

HOWICK TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Gayle Sephton 027-635-4063 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, 09-232-8844 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) www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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HOWICK UXBRIDGE WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 09-535-6467 HOWICK Y’S WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-5153 PUKEKOHE TRAMPING CLUB: Mark Leys 09-294-8927 TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Noel Newsome 09-278-4962

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 07-855-2224 HAMILTON EAST WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848 HAMILTON TRAMPING CLUB: Alan Bigham 07-856-4646 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 07-856-8980 CLAUDELAND WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848 FLAGSTAFF WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Gillian Bartram 07-854-0069 WESTFIELD MALL WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM) Westfield Mall Chartwell HAMILTON MARATHON CLINIC:Tuesday (PM), Sunday (AM), Sharon 07-854-9214 TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM) MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029 BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Diana Ammann 07-823-6147 WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07-827-3097 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 TAIRUA

TAIRUA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Mike Lord, 07-868-6025 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 07-3784992 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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 07-862-8184 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

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

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

BAY OF PLENTY COROMANDEL

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

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), Rob Colledge 07-348-7768, info@lakecity.co.nz, www. lakecity.co.nz 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: (COIF) (BIA) For days and time phone Sport Bay of Plenty 07-578-0016 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 KAIMAI RAMBLERS TRAMPING GROUP: Wednesday, Roger 07544-1622 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), YMCA, 07-578-5891 MOUNT JOGGERS & WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, info@mtjoggersandwalkers.co.nz , www.mtjoggersandwalkers.co.nz 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), Ross 07-576-4852 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 027-434-7877 and Julie Fox , 021-215-8516 TE PUKE

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

WAIHI

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 WHAKATANE

SUNSHINE WALKING GROUP: Whakatane, Tuesday (AM), (I), Graham Thomas, 07-307-9800 HARRIERS WALKERS WHAKATANE: Saturday, (PM), (I), Noel Jones, 07-308-7101 NGA-TAPUWAE O-TANEATUA TRAMPING CLUB: Whakatane, Ohope, Opitiki, Kawerau; John Keene, john.keene@clear.net.nz WHITIANGA

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

WHANGAMATA RAMBLERS: Ron Le Noel, 07-865-9475 WALK WHANGAMATA: Everyday (AM), from Surf club WHANGAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-865-8182 WHAGAMATA TRAMPING CLUB: 07-865-9110

EAST COAST GISBORNE

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

HAWKES BAY HASTINGS

BRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM), (BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285 FLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy 06-879-7077 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Eddy 06-876-3371 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-873-0971 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 06-877-7886 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 06843-7804, www.runwalkhb.org.nz Ys WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, Napier, Kay 06-844-4891 or Dot 06-844-6885 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), Wednesday (PM), www.npjw.co.nz TARANAKI RACE WALKING CLUB: Trevor Suthon, 06-758-0776 EGMONT ATHLETICS: Karen Green, 06-758-1569 INGLEWOOD

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

STRATFORD RUNNERS & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Jill Gorrie 06-764-5088 STRATFORD WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Ivan Coates 06-765-7212 or Wes Robinson 06-765-5242 Walking WalkingNew NewZealand, Zealand,issue issueno no217 217--2016 2016

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INGLEWOOD

INGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Maureen 06- 756-7255 HAWERA

HAWERA WALKING GROUPO: Friday (AM), Nancy Riddick 06-278-5784 PUSH PLAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Tuesday (PM), (BIA), Moira Koch, 0800-223-228 ELTHAM

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

WANGANUI WANGANUI

CASTLECLIFF WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Ethel Fackney 06-344-4375 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

WELLINGTON

MOTUEKA

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 04-383-6276 MT VICTORIA WALKING GROUP: Euan Harris 04-384-4770 WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 ISLAND BAY WALKING GROUP: Community Resource Centre, Island Bay, 04-383-7464 WALKING FOR LIFE: Lynne Waring, Miramar KARORI WALKING GROUP: Mavis Shaw, Kelburn KARORI ARTS & CRAFT WALKING GROUP: 04-934-8630 KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-479-5420 MIRAMAR WALKING GROUP: 04-388-1944 NEWLANDS COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING: Tuesday (AM), 04-4788799 TARARUA TRAMPING CLUB: www.ttc.org.nz WEA MIDWEEK WALKERS: Hanna Harwood WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY WALKERS: 04-388-1988 WELLINGTON CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: 04-934-4729 WELLINGTON HARRIER ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM) mid March to mid October, (BIA), Veronica Gould WELLINGTON MARATHON CLINIC: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Toni 04478-9201 WELLINGTON MID-WEEK WALKERS: Tues, Thursday (PM), Bart Jones 04-477-3746 or David Lonsdale 04-977-8990 WELLINGTON NORDIC WALKERS: Rod McColl 04-526-6833

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SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young 06LOWER HUTT 385-4055 WALK FOR HEALTH: Tuesday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), MARTON SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD Wednesday (AM), Deane James Sunday (AM), (BIA), Jean 04-589-7887 or Dave 04-970-5133, www. walk4health.org.nz 06-327-7607 POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday MANAWATU (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603 PALMERSTON NORTH HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Carol 04-586-7784 HOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), Dorne WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04Jarvis 06-357-2444 567-5727 KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednesday 06-354-3342 (PM), 04-564-6019 HOT-Whitu CHICKS Saturday, (AM), (BIA), laurenparsons.co.nz/ HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04hot-whitu-chicks 970-6901 MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM), TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), Alister Martin 526-7440 06-353-7175 LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918 PALMERSTON NORTH JOGGERS & WALKERS: Esplanade,Tuesday, HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Mark Potter, info@hvmc.org.nz Thursday, Saturday (AM), (BI), Robyn McKey 06-354-9952. WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 CLUB PED: Monday, Wednesday, (PM), (IA), Ongley Park; Saturday, EASTBOURNE WALK GROUP: Lesley O’Neil, Eastbourne (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179 ALICETOWN WALKING GROUP: 04-589-2646 HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, Adrienne Ken- KIWI MASTERS WALKERS: Richard Davies 04-566-1335 nedy 06-350-8617 OLDER ADULTS – LEISURE WALKING GROUP: Judy 04-528-4445 MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey Recreation PORIRUA Centre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471 FRIDAY WALKERS: Brian Grinstrup or Bruce Sheppard 04-237-6374 MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLY WALKERS: TAWA LINDEN HIKERS: 04-232-8705 Sunday (AM), (IA) Gillian Absolom 06-329-6898 WEA RAMBLERS: Muriel Thompson, Tawa METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), TAWA/LINDEN WALKERS: Maurice 04-232-4407 or Claire 04-232-8764 Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860 UPPER HUTT U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06- AURORA HARRIER CLUB: Peter Wrigley, p.wiggles@paradise.net.nz 356-4384 TUESDAY TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123 WOMEN’S AFTER 5.30 WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), (I), FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper Hutt Liz MacNeill 06-357-8216 TRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Jon Roskvist, 021-460-877 or 04-526-6906 FEILDING SENIOR WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Gail Byrnes UPPER HUTT WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Helen 04-970-2046 06-323-5470 KAPITI KAPITI CARDIAC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Graham Priest 04-293-7872 FOXTON FOXPEDS: Monday (PM), Foxton, Foxton Beach, (BIA), Dave Blackett, KAPITI WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Robin Leger 04905-4680 or Muriel Hill 04-293-5121 06-363-5743, Michelle Duffy, 06-363-7987 KAPITI SUNDAY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Frank Morris 04-293-2567 LEVIN LEVIN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Ivan Morgan or Ethel Symes 04-904-1485 KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday, email kapitithursdaywalkers@ 06-368-3622 gmail.com,www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitithursdaywalkers WEDNESDAY LEISURE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Lila McCall, KAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-902-1754 06-367-9070 KAPITI WANDERERS: Tuesday (alt), email: kapitiwanderers@gmail. LEVIN JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, (BIA), com, www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitiwanderers Colleen Francis 06-368-8624 MONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or Steve Golledge 04-904-5904 WAIRARAPA SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022 MASTERTON

SOUTH ISLAND

WALKING GROUP RECREATIONAL: Edna Patrick, 06-377-4338 ORIENTEERING GROUP: 06-377-7961 or 379-5124 CARTERTON 40+ STRIDERS: Ada Lyster, 06-379-8746 MARLBOROUGH RUAMAHANGA RAMBLERS: Winter Saturday, Summer Tuesday (PM), BLENHEIM (BIA), Ray Wallis 06-377-0703 50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), 03-579-3101 MARTINBOROUGH MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-306-9226 PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991

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MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Nora Morris 03528-6290 NELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West, 03548-3655 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: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Jeff Connell 03-545-9180 NELSON 50+ WALKING & TRAMPING GROUP: Noel Brown 03-544-2286 WAIMEA HARRIER WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Sunday (AM) (BIA), Heather McNabb, 03-547-8490 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Visitor Information Centre WAIMEA TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM) (PM), wtc.richmond@xtra. co.nz, www.waimeatrampingclub.org.nz 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, 03388-2593 ARTHRITIC AMBLERS: Wednesday, (B) suitable for people with physical disabilities, Trevor Randall 03-385-7446 BEXLEY KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Kath 03388-6161 BARRINGTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Nita 03-337-1493 BECKENHAM WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (PM), Di 03-385-3452 BISHOPDALE RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM) (I), Bishopdale, Paul Muir 03-359-7971 BISHOPDALE TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM),(IA), www.bishopdaletrampers.org.nz BURNSIDE JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM) Burnside, Anne Uys 03-342-6337 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 03-382-2302 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 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 6.5PM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-338-8306 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), Don Lyon 03-327-9064 KAIAPOI NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburban groups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483 LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social group for gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-337-6103 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 03-384-4794 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 03-388-3237 NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Larry Jones 03-382-0201 NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-385-5338 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 03-332-5638 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), Merv Meredith info@peninsulatrampingclub. org.nz, www.peninsulatrampingclub.org.nz PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-322-7220 PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-343-2216 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 03-383-5448 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 03-348-8195 SALLY STROLLERS: Saturday, fortnight, general Christchurch, (B), leisurely pace, Margaret Bennetts, 03-322-9187 SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 03941-5409 “ A SLICE OF HERITAGE WALKS” with Walktologist Graeme Stanley, Tues (PM) Thurs (AM ), Graeme Stanley 03- 980-1553 SOMERFIELD KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Marie 03-337-1436 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 03-338-9035 TOWER TRAMPING & WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, (IA), Peter McDonald www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

03-326-6700, Sunday, Yvonne van Eerden 03-339-0751 WAINONI/AVONSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES: Thursday (AM), 03389-2285 WALKIE TALKIES WALKING GROUP: Thursday, (B), members mainly from Burwood United and St Kentigerns Parish, John 03-981-9994 WOMEN WALK: Wednesday and weekends, throughout Canterbury not in city area, (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921 XY’s WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Maureen Ryder 03-383-1226 or Alison Jarvis 03-338-2678 “Y’s WALKERS” (YMCA): Tuesday, Thursday, (BIA), City YMCA, 03-3660689, 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, John Williams 03-383-0064, jo_wil@xtra.co.nz 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, 03756-9037

HOKI HIKERS: Tuesday (AM), Margaret Stevens 03-755-6466

OTAGO CLYDE

CLYDE OFF-ROAD WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Judy Blanch, 03449-2580, Eleanor Edgar 03-448-6767 OAMARU

SENIOR CITIZENS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nancy Bell 03-434-5061 OAMARU FRIDAY WALKERS: Every 2nd Friday (AM), Barbara McGann 03-434-9178 WEDNESDAY WALKERS TRAMPING GROUP: Jane Naish 03-434-6363 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 DUNEDIN: walking track maintainers, Wednesday (AM), Graeme Elliot 03-454-3350, ellio@xtra.co.nz HALFWAY BUSH WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (I), Pat Garth, 03-476-2579 HILL CITY WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Alex McEwan 03-455-4851 KOPUTAI WALKING GROUP: 2nd Tuesday, (AM), Noeline Forgie, 03-472-8302 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 03-489-4071 PHOENIX CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nina Davidson 03-471-0114 PINEHILL WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Norman Vare 03-473-8683 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), Chris James 03-488-2228 WAIHOLA WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Elizabeth Jones 03-489-8064 XY TRAMPING CLUB: 1st & 3d (& 5th) Tuesday, (AM), Prue Turnbull 03-454-3991 Y’S WALKING GROUP: Sunday (AM), Betty Booth 03-456-2000 60 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Judith Wright 03-456-2080 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 03-476-1545 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), Olive Swain 03-214-4802 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, Harley Ware 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 03-2112150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz TE ANAU

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GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS NORTHLAND

NORTHLAND

TRILLIUM LODGE Bed and Breakfast GREAT BARRIER ISLAND

Ideal base for walking and tramping. Individuals or groups Luxurious & secluded with majestic, elevated panoramic views of Tryphena and beyond to Coromandel. Prices from $115 per person per night (Twin share) Packages from $575 per person includes return flights, 2 night’s accommodation, 3 days car rental, daily continental breakfast Car Ferry Packages from $480 per person. (Terms and conditions apply) Group Packages – enquire for pricing.

Email: info@trilliumlodge.co.nz Phone: +64 9 42490283 or 027 424 1957 www.trilliumlodge.co.nz

BAY OF PLENTY

Come to Tuhua/Mayor island with SEATREK

Do the ‘Around Island Walk’ - Climb the ‘Devil’s Staircase’

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Phone: 09 434 0571

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Other shorter walks. Accommodation available. See editorial issue 216 edition Ph 027 496 9973 or 0508 GOSEATREK www.seatrek.co.nz All marine adventures Like SEATREK on Facebook GISBORNE WAIKATO

BAY OF PLENTY

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

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Hamilton)

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

Bookings essential: call us for a brochure

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

GISBORNE

MATAIA WALKS

Discover the southern Kaipara with our unguided multi-day catered walks through a unique private farm and intensive conservation project featuring native bush, salt-marsh wetlands, coastal forest and rolling farmland.

www.mataia.co.nz or ph: 09 420 5312

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TARANAKI

WAIRARAPA

EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE

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

MARLBOROUGH

As seen on Country Calendar

3 day unguided coast and bush walk

www.kawakawastationwalk.co.nz 06 307-8989

GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS

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

For further information contact: Carol or Dave Digby

Phone 06-765-7482 (evenings)

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

harringtonsmotorlodge.co.nz Discover Manawatu’s Beehive Creek, Sledge Track, Gorge walks . . .

Fun Cycling Tours to Beautiful South Island Locations

Molesworth Station Cycle Tour - 4 or 5 days Tasman Great Taste Cycle Tour - 5 days Alps2Ocean Cycle Tour - 5 days Fully supported cycling, great food, comfortable beds and fabulous scenery. Group or individual bookings welcome, bike hire available. Contact The Molesworth Tour Company today for your next holiday.

Ph. 03 5728025 info@molesworthtours.co.nz

www.molesworthtours.co.nz

Spectacular scenery, gourmet food and warm, rural hospitality that’s second to none. Just 30 minutes from Martinborough Wine Village.

www.toracoastalwalk.co.nz E: kiri@toracoastalwalk.nz T: Kiri Elworthy 06 307 8115

0800 282 848

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WANGANUI

1 hour from Marlborough’s Queen Charlotte Walkway 0274 483 133

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SOUTH ISLAND

MARLBOROUGH

Your rural escape ASURE Jasmine Court Motel 78 Wellington Street, Picton

Enjoy walking on a large NZ sheep and cattle farm with stunning views of Mt Ruapehu and Mt Taranaki.

06 342 8823 I pakirafarmstay@inspire.net.nz www.pakirafarmstayandwalks.co.nz www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Quiet, central location. Close to ferry, waterfront, restaurants, shops and the Queen Charlotte Track departure wharf.

* Mountain bikes, golf clubs & BBQ free to use. King – size beds available * Double spa baths- 32in flat screen TV &DVD players- Free DVD library * Free Wi-Fi * Courtesy Car available * Accessible units * Tariff- $135-$275 (1-2persons)

P: 03 573 7110 –F: 03 573 7211- Reservations Freephone: 0800 421 999 E: info@jasminecourt.co.nz – www.jasminecourt.co.nz

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GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS NELSON THE HEAPHY COBB VALLEY ABEL TASMAN GOLDEN BAY

KAHURANGI GUIDED WALKS NEW OWNERS NEW ADVENTURES

www.kahurangiwalks.co.nz

ph (03) 391 4120

CANTERBURY

Banks Peninsula Track Self guided two or four day walks

Walk, play, stay, glamp, tramp Lynton Downs.

* 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

MARLBOROUGH

www.bankstrack.co.nz

A unique four days walk or mountain bike ride in idyllic South Canterbury

CYCLING TOURS

Phone 03-685-4848 Email: info@walkfourpeaks.co.nz

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