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34 Walking New Zealand, issue no 291
Three scenic tracks reopened in Waitakere ranges
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hree scenic tracks in Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges reopened on Anzac weekend after being closed for four years to protect precious kauri trees from disease. After an upgrade costing two million dollars, the Gibbons, Muir and Pararaha Valley tracks have opened for public, ahead of the long weekend. Auckland Council’s Environmental and Services Manager, Rachel Kelleher said to Morning Report the tracks provide an overnight or long walk tramping opportunity that has been missing since 2018. “The reopening of these tracks will create an opportunity where people can walk from Huia at the southern end of the Waitakere Ranges right around the Headlands through to Anawhata.” She said: “What’s particularly significant about this is that it’s going to be connecting with other tracks that we opened last year.” The next stage of the track re-opening program will be the
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Eastwoodhill offers over 25km of graded and marked walking tracks set amongst 13,000 exotic and rare trees, shrubs and climbers.
Anawhata to Te Henga section which will open later in the year, Kelleher said. Kelleher said the impact of the closure will be monitored overtime. The tracks provide an overnight or long walk tramping opportunity that has been missing since 2018. Above top: A shelter on The Gibbons Track.
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