297 DECEMBER 2022

RECREATION WALKING and CYCLING TRAILS

DECEMBER 2022 ISSUE NO 297

New Zealand Walk:

Pouakai Tarn Walk

New Zealand Walks:

Onekawa Te Mawhai Regional Park - rich in history

and archaological features Photo Contest winners

Overseas Walk:

Wandering with rhinos

in the Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe New Product:

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CONTENTS

Issue 297 -DECEMBER 2022

2 Zerofit Heatrub Baselayer 3 Contents

4 Walk Talk

6 New Zealand Walk: Wandering on Rotoroa Island - like being on another world

13 Overseas Walk: Wandering with rhinos in the Ma-

tobo Hills in Zimbabwe

18 New Zealand Walks: Pouakai Tarn Walk - a top Mt

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Taranaki walk

24 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest

26 New Zealand Walks: Onekawa Te Mawhai Region

al Park - rich in history and significant archaeological features

32 New Zealand Walks: Westward Ho! to appreciate

stunning scenery

37 High Achiever: Stepping out

38 New Product: Keeping in touch when out of range

of cellular network

39 Garmin inReach Messenger

40 New Zealand Walk: Waiopehu Scenic Reserve

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41 Index of previous 15 issues

42 Coming Events: New Zealand 46 Coming Events: Australia

46 Coming Events: Rest of World 47 Subscription page

48 New Zealand Walking Tours

48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets

52 Walking New Zealand Shop Cover photo: Walkers from the Footsteps Walking Club take in the views from the Hokitika Gorge.

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Walk talk Destruction of huts on Te Urewera upsets many

There is division in the Tuhoe iwi decision-making process around the demolition of 44 Te Urewera backcountry huts.

Even Tuhoe kaumatua Paki Nikora, upset by the lack of consultation, joined the petition to stop the destruction of the huts and more gathered for public protest, reports Casey Costello from the Hobsons Pledge website.

The Department of Conservation (DOC), however which owns the huts, has no objections. This work is expected to take around two months during October-November 2022. The Sandy Bay Hut and the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk huts are unaffected.

New purpose-built structures will be constructed for the use of locals and visitors. but not all huts will be replaced and new facilities will reflect the Board’s and Ngāi Tūhoe’s vision for Te Urewera.

Tamati Kruger, the Tuhoe chief negotiator and Tuhoe Te Uru Taumatua Chair, seemed unconcerned about other Tuhoe being unhappy with the action taken. He tried to justify the move by pointing to the poor state of the huts and saying that the $2million per annum provided to maintain the tracks and hut was “miserly” she said Casey said that although additional funds were available for Tuhoe to invest in development, the huts were allowed to run into disrepair. As there is no accountability to the public or transparency for the expenditure, we can never know how the “miserly” $2million per annum since 2014 has been allocated.

“Lake Waikaremoana, one of the Great Walks celebrated by locals and tourists for generations, has been noted by those who have visited the track in recent years to have sharply declined since 2014, says Casey.

The importance of tramping huts is explained eloquently by Robbie Burton in “Bushline – A Memoir” “….if there is ever an option, give me the right hut to bed down in any day. I am not…..talking about the impersonal barns that have been built on our great walks and other heavily used tracks, but rather the intimate, remote, carefully sited treasures that can be found all over New Zealand.

“These huts are embedded into my love of tramping. I’ve been in enough wet, miserable, sometimes collapsing tents to appreciate the bulwark that four walls and a tin roof provide in a mountain storm. But it is the simple pared-back hut life I savour, the gentle, comfortable potter of sorting gear, tending the fire, making brews and preparing food and, most of all, the conviviality of spending time with friends, but too, strangers.”

“The natural treasures of New Zealand are what gives us the opportunity to unite and come together – destruction should be the absolute last resort.” said Casey.

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T-Shirt to promote Te Araroa Trail

You can now look good in official Te Araroa gear while supporting New Zealand’s national trail! Te Araroa Trust and their friends at apparel retailer Unco.nz have launched a new range of tee shirts, just in time for the 2022-2023 walking season.

Crafted from hard-wearing combed cotton, the new shirts feature a striking design of the northbound ascent of Little Rintoul in the Richmand Range section of the trail. Profits from every sale go straight back to the Trust to help make the trail better for us all.

Te Araroa Executive Director Matt Claridge says these new tees are the perfect way to show your support for the Te Araroa community.

“We’re thrilled to be making this new tee shirt range available for all those who love our national trail. Whether you have already walked it, dream of walking it, or just want to show your support, they are a great way to champion the cause and look good doing it.”

Unco is a Palmerston North-based online store that prides itself in supplying quality gear with eye-catching designs. The store is owned by business manager Ally Burleigh Behrens and designer and photographer Anthony Behrens, who have both been involved with Te Araroa since walking from Feilding to their home on the first week the trail opened.

“Designing tees for the organisation just seems like a natural progression,” Anthony says.

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Walk talk Riverlink gets green light for RFP release to market

RiverLink, a transformational set of projects for Lower Hutt, is one step closer to reality with the green light given to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) to establish an Alliance of design and construction firms to deliver the programme.

RiverLink is jointly funded by the Government through the NZ Upgrade Programme, Greater Wellington and Hutt City Council.

Emma Speight, NZTA Director of Regional Relationships for Wellington/Top of South, says RiverLink is a critical set of projects for Lower Hutt and represents more than five years’ worth of extensive consultation, engagement and consenting work by project partners on behalf of their local communities.

“RiverLink will bring real benefits to the tens of thousands of Kiwis who live, work, and travel through Lower Hutt every day, with safer and more connected transport options, a stronger and more resilient river corridor, and greater business, housing, and investment opportunities through revitalisation of the Lower Hutt central city.

The RiverLink team is preparing to release the RFP to market early in November, with a preferred proponent to be announced in March 2023. Construction is likely to begin in late 2023 and be completed in 2027.

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Kiwis flock to new ebike tours in South Australia

Based in the Adelaide Hills, 20 minutes’ drive from Adelaide, Bike About offers single and multi-day cycling tours and bicycle hire in some of South Australia’s most picturesque surroundings.

Utilising easy-ride ebike options, clients can cycle through vineyards for exclusive wine tastings in the Adelaide Hills or Barossa.

The all-ages family adventure is a way for clients to immerse themselves in native South Australian wildlife or go on safari.

South Australian Tourism Commision (SATC) regional manager NZ, Stacey Kerr experienced a Bike About cycling tour on a recent trip to Adelaide.

‘We followed Bike About’s exclusive trails and tracks through vineyards and stunning Australian countryside in the Adelaide Hills. We were lucky enough to see several kangaroos on the journey and enjoyed wine tastings at local cellar doors along the way – a great way to see the region.’

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Auckland Walk

Wandering on Rotoroa Island

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Arriving at Home Bay, a In 2009 the Rotoroa Island Trust was established to purchase a lease Above left: Looking out to Ponui. to administer the island. Since then, Above right: Pond for Pateke. accommodation and farm buildings Below left: A tui perched on a branch. have been demolished, many traps Below right: Derek enjoying the views set, to make this a predator free zone; out to sea.

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Auckland Walk

Wandering on Rotoroa Island

like being on another world visitor centre and museum showcase the islands history, and from here, walking tracks radiate. A wide red gravel track leads to Ladies Bay - a beautiful beach, usually sheltered from the prevailing wind, and with pohutukawas for shade. Many people just stay here. For the more

adventurous, there are about 10 - 12 kilometers of walking trails, all well marked and graded, with a few steep sections, highlighted on the trail map, available at the visitor centre.

It takes about four hours to walk around the coastline. We took the south and more the ex-

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Above: Looking out to Ponui Island.

Below left: A quiet area at Ladies Bay. Below right: Barb on a steep trail.

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posed loop first, so we would be on the north, more sheltered side later, if an afternoon wind came up.

Walking on a wide gravel track with birds twittering, chirping, singing and squawking all around us, we passed several lookout points giving views of Waiheke, Pakatoa and Ponui Islands, nearby and further out to Maraetai, Beachlands, the Hunua Ranges, and the deep blue water in the firth of Thames.

At the end of the loop, on a headland was a sculpture ‘Kaitiaki’(guardian of the island) by Chris Booth. Picnic tables enable you to sit and enjoy the

scenery.

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Two ponds have been excavated to provide a habitat for pateke duck and flightless birds. The young kiwi released here, were well hidden.

We walked on steep little bushy

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Overseas Walk

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Walking with rhinos

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s part of a 30-day Overland trip in six countries in Southern Africa in 2017, our group had a day walking with rhino’s in the Matobo National Park located in the Matobo Hills.

Andy from Black Rhino Safaris collected us from our accommodation on the outskirts of Bulawayo in one very temperamental jeep. Andy was a big guy dressed in sandals, shorts, and green shirt, who called a spade a spade. We had been told to wear neutral colours, as we would be getting very close to the rhinos. We also had to turn off our GPS tracking on our mobiles.

We clambered into the jeep which had trouble starting and we were treated to some colourful vocabulary that could have come straight from my favourite old film, ‘The Gods Must Be Crazy.’ Not swearing but very colourful.

Within 35 minutes we entered the main gate of a National Park which did not have any fences. We parked on a small rise and were told about Zimbabwe having 96% unemployment and a bankrupt government.

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Walking with rhinos in the Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe

Our park fees for the day were $15 each - only $5 went to the park. With poaching fees often being $20,000, it would take an awful lot of photographic safaris and more numbers than the rhinos could cope with wandering in their domain. If you had a starving family, your choices can be removed. His theory was professional hunting was the answer.

A registered hunter could be Above left, right and middle left: : A Close up view of rhinos.

Below left: Andy preparing our lunch.

Below right: Judith at Nswatugi Cave..

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granted an annual quota where only the old males that had finished breeding were targeted. Usually for a fee of $200,000.00. He said he had been involved in this in the past and if your customer shot a younger animal, then as the person in charge you lost your quota or could even face imprisonment. He also maintained that where professional hunting was used, the species usually flourished.

We also listened to some horrific acts of poachers often leaving these animals to a painful death.

We were told the park guards were doing an awesome job and when the park system could pay

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them, they received $200.00 per month. This included a ‘staying out in bush’ allowance. When we were there, they hadn’t been paid for three months. These rangers also had the company of Police who were paid by the Government, but Andy wasn’t sure if they were receiving their money either.

Lecture over, we were back in the jeep which Andy crashed started off the rise and we drove 30 minutes into the park. We pulled over on a dirt road, parked up and commenced walking. Andy now wore a pistol on his side. We walked in single file following in Andy’s footsteps through some very lush grass and over reasonably flat terrain. It was an area of granite kopjes, wooded valleys, and Above left: An African fish eagle high up in a tree.

Above right: A stall in the middle of nowhere.

Below left: A rhino in the bushes.

Below right: Cormorants drying their wings.

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lush pasture. We stopped to admire a golden orb spider busy weaving its web, so large and beautiful!

After 45 minutes, we found a ranger and policeman who had spotted a group of five rhinos moving across the valley earlier. We took off in the direction indicated and came across a hill which most of us climbed to try and spot these rhino’s.

One of our group, Anna saw them and 10 minutes later, we were within five metres of these amazing creatures. Andy had us crouching by bushes taking photos. Although rhino’s have extremely poor eyesight, their hearing is very acute.

Andy made a type of hissing sound to them which seemed to have a calming influence. I was amazed by just how big they were close-up. We were told earlier they are tranquilized from helicopters for ground people to dehorn them. This protection from poachers had about a 29% success rate, as even the stump was worth money!

While crouching as quietly as

possible, the bull started coming towards us, seemingly out of curiosity.

Andy threw a large stick at it, which made it turn away. We were told this large boy was 106. He was enormous!

We were joined by another group of people and as we had enjoyed several minutes with the rhino by ourselves, Andy said it was time to move on. There had been another party there earlier and he didn’t want the rhino’s to get agitated.

The rhino’s started moving away but one youngest one didn’t notice.

He took off in a hurry once he realised, he was by himself, shaking the ground as he departed. We learnt he was about three years old and once his mother fell pregnant again, he would be cast out. This meant he would need to start his own crash.

Back at our jeep which started this time, we drove to a pretty spot by a lake for our provided picnic lunch.

I spotted a beautiful African eagle in a tree.

We then drove closer into the hills for 30 minutes and stopped at a shop

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Walking with rhinos in the Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe along a very rutted road for another in the middle of nowhere. It was well stocked and we all indulged, before heading off in the jeep again. The granite rock formations were impressive with a range of earthy colours and shapes.

We drove beside a pretty lake where cormorants were drying their wings on what appeared to be old pipes. We heard there were crocodiles in the water and saw a water monitor pop its head above the surface. We drove across a ford and Above: The Motobo Hills.

Below: Rock drawings.

10 minutes before stopping.

San Bushmen had lived in these hills around 2,000 years ago and had left a legacy of numerous rock drawings. We made the climb to one of their caves, called Nswatugi Cave, which took us around 30 minutes. It was a relatively steep climb over the granite rocks going up.

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So worth the climb to see.

Lastly, we drove down an unmaintained road looking for rangers. This road was shocking and we bounced all over the road (better than a fairground ride). We came across two rangers who were heading off to cook tea but they knew where some more rhino’s were including a baby. They happily got into the jeep with us after being told to take the magazines out of their guns before getting in.

If I had thought this road was terrible, it was nothing compared to the next. At one point we had to get out and walk. The sun had just set when the rangers brought us to the spot and there was a five-month-old baby rhino. We had to ensure that no flashes went off when taking photos, so as not to startle the rhinos. This baby was just so jolly cute. It kept trying to come over and check us out so we had to keep walking quietly around to keep the adults from getting agitated.

The perfect end to a fabulous day.

Luckily the jeep and all the passengers made it back out safely.

Above left: A golden orb spider. Above right: The granite rock we walked across to get to the cave. Below: Rock drawing featuring wild animals

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My Favourite Walk

Pouakai Tarn walk a top Mt Taranaki walk

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My Favourite Walk

ake a day walk across the northern slopes of Mt Taranaki, through spectacular native bush, alpine wetlands and goblin forest.

By Judy Eva The Pouakai Track had been on my bucket list for many months and I finally got the courage to attempt what I had been advised was not for the faint-hearted due to the continuous and steep uphill climb to reach the top to view the famous Tarn that is the subject of many beautiful magical photos of Mt Taranaki reflected in it’s pool.

I started out early on a Sunday morning at 8.30am as I am lucky enough to live only about 30 minutes from the parking area at the start of the walk. It was a fine sunny day and my hopes were to reach the Tarn while the sky was a clear blue with the mountain hopefully reflected in it, a most magical view by all who had been lucky enough to experience it.

The advice given was that it would be about a three hour climb to reach the Pouakai Hut, also a stop over point for trampers that want to do the Pouakai Loop Crossing and a place to take a break before the last part of the journey to the plateau.

The parking area which is huge and caters for buses, motor homes and large vehicles as well as cars is situated about a 10 minute walk to reach the beginning of the track, about a 500 metre walk.

There are two toilets, rubbish bins and several large boards with photos and information there as well. This is the take off point to get to the track.

The entrance to the track is not that easy to find. There is a short walk along to the end of the tar sealed road, through a bush track then veering right over a grassland area past a farm house further along on the left, then the entrance to the track where there are several more information boards.

This track is the shortest way to get Lef t: The top of the plateau, signposted to the various walks.

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My Favourite Walk

Pouakai Tarn walk - a top Mt Taranaki walk to the hut and the Tarn.

I had been given information by DOC. (Department of Conservation) who manage the mountain and the tracks that the whole way up to the hut and Tarn was boardwalk and steps.

Due to this upgrade of the track it is now in fantastic condition.

No more muddy wet shoes as the swampy parts are now underneath.

The climb starts about 500 metres along the boardwalk, until reaching that point the grade is gradual.

There are several parts along the way where exposed roots need to be taken with care.

The steps are spaced along the length of the boardwalk, you can have a breather on the flat part before you get to the next lot of steps. As you continue up the climb becomes steeper.

The entire walk is under forest canopy on either side and there is even a small area of goblin forest to venture through. You can see different shapes and faces in the moss covered trees and old branches and there are many vines hanging tangled amongst the trees. It does have a creepy sort of atmosphere as you pass through that part and was completely silent, no bird noises that

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morning.

There were many people on the way up and also coming down, they were all much younger than me and more sprightly. The higher it got the more steep it became, very challenging. The changing scenery is spectacular giving time to stop and enjoy.

There is a viewing platform on the left of the track a fair way up where you can see right along the Taranaki coastline, luckily it wasn’t clouded over. The mountain is out of view until you get to above the hut.

The Pouakai Hut is 5kms from the carpark and in all it took me three hours to reach it, (allowing for stops to catch my breath, take some photos, and being a retired oldie).

It was great to be able to sit down on the decking outside in the warm sun when I finally reached it to have my lunch, chat with other exhausted climbers, admire the view below and watch others making their way up to reach the hut. The hut is popular, has 16 beds bunk style, long drop toilets, rubbish bins and can be booked through the DOC website www. egmont@doc.govt.nz The closest wind speed you can get is at the Pouakai Hut level which is 1km from the Tarn.

Above left: The most photographed scene on the track, but today the mountain started to cloud over.

Above right: Goblin like fingers and shapes in the Goblin Forest area.

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Once you leave the hut is a short uphill walk to the plateau and a good view of the mountain if it is not clouded over.

I was lucky enough for a friendly tourist who offered to take my photo amongst the tussock and boulders just before I ventured down onto a gently sloping boardwalk and to the Tarn. Sadly it started to cloud over while my photo was being taken and I knew my chance of a beautiful Tarn photo was now a dream, however, carry on.

The walk along the boardwalk to the Tarn has great views of the alpine and tussock covered area.

On reaching the Tarn I waited for an hour with several other disappointed people but the cloud decided not to lift instead it increased except for exposing a small parting. No good for those elusive photos. There is a magnificent boardwalk around the Tarn and seating on the viewing side.

The Tarn is known as Ruahumoko after the guardian ancestor who continues to protect these tapu (sacred waters) was gifted to the people who used water from Ruahumoko for spiritual cleansing. At times they could see images in the water. To protect the sacred essence of the these Tarns and to avoid damaging the fragile habitat, pease stay on the boardwalk and out of the water.

Disappointing about my photo opportunities but the whole experience of this day out was still very rewarding. There is beauty to behold everywhere. Well worth the effort.

Time to start the downhill walk from the plateau back to the carpark.

This again needs care as it is very steep and can be rather dangerous if taken too quickly. It is once again a long hike a bit tough on the ankles, knees and feet. Great views and plenty more photo opportunities. I must admit I was glad to see the exit back onto the road, two and a half hours later.

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the complete loop which takes in the well known and popular Pouakai Crossing the hut is a great stopping place to break the journey.

I cannot speak highly enough of the work by DOC and all those who assisted in the structure and of the work that has gone into this magnificent boardwalk.

Over many years the Pouakai Track once known as the Mangorei Track was once part of the original summit route to the mountain from

Above right: The sign at the entrance to the track.

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New Plymouth and has progressively been upgraded from a pack horse track to a premier walking tourist attraction that it is today.

The track ascends through Kamaihi forest, then mountain totara, with broadleaf, pahautea and kaiawaka up to the leatherwood scrublands finishing in the red tussock lands.

If you are using walking poles take

care as they could get caught between the gaps in the stairs.

The walk to the hut is approximately 6.3 kms both ways taking in the Tarn. Getting there does require effort but due to the upgrade on the track it is now in fantastic condition, the downside is the uphill climb the whole way.

The Pouakai Track and Tarn is lo-

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Above left: On the lower track before it starts to climb on to the plateau..

Below right: Goblin like fingers and shapes in the Goblin Forest area.

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cated at the end of Mangorei Road as is the carpark and is 19ks from New Plymouth, a 30 minute drive. For advice on weather and other conditions relating to the track you can contact Egmont National Park Visitor Centre ph 06 759 0350 or email egmontvc@ doc.govt,nz No dogs allowed. The weather on the mountain can change very quickly and make sure you cater for that, I suggest sturdy shoes and sensible clothing, but in saying that there were day trekkers with children and teenager dressed in light clothing and sandaled feet being that it was a warm spring day.

On reaching the plateau the wind chill can be very cold and blustery.

The cell phone coverage is good.

The grade is very challenging and a certain amount of fitness is required.

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Above: Lovely scenery on the way down.

Below right: The boardwalk to the Ruahumoko Tarn

Fact file

Track starts and ends: Mangorei Road, New Plymouth To get there: Drive from New Plymouth, head south on SH3, turn right into Mangorei Road and continue to the carpark and Mangorei Track trailhead is at the end of the road.

Distance: 12.5km return.

Time: Allow four to five hours return.

Elevation gain: 770 meters (+/) (lowest point: 520m / highest point: 1225m) Difficulty: moderate, steep altitude gain but the track is entirely on boardwalk.

Best time to hike: summer | expect snow and ice on the ground in shoulder season.

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Photo Contest

We are looking for the best digital photos each month depicting walking Now the time to get your digital camera out or look through your digital images and enter the

Walking New Zealand Digital Photo Contest

Above: Julie striding it out on The Queen Charlotte Track. Photo by Judith O’Leary, Clousten Park, Upper Hutt Below:: David admiring the Pinnacles on the way to Cape Palliser. Photo

by Jocelyn Hall, Havelock North.

Bottom: Mt Arthur, Nelson Region. This is on the loop track which goes from Flora Carpark to Mt Arthur Hut then back via Flora Hut. This walk has lovely forest and tops, and is one of the easiest places I know of in the area to see riflemen, as well as other interesting birds. Photo by Deb Corbett Stoke, Nelson.

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

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

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

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

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Above: “While biking The Lake Dunstan Trail I stopped to look at The Cromwell Heritage Precinct.” Photo by, Sharon Harris, Bethlehem, Tauranga.

Below right: Two of our group, Rosie and Desiree, walking the Hump Ridge Track and couldn’t think of a better way to end 2021. Photo taken on the Percy Burn Viaduct Taken by Rowena Howe, Invercargill

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Onekawa Te Mawhai Regional Park rich in history and significant archaeological features

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hiwa Harbour, in the Bay of Plenty, is an ancestral taonga of significance to many Maori groups – Ngati Awa, Upokorehe, Whakatohea, and By Barbz Lowther Tuhoe. For many years it was known as a food basket, with plentiful fish to be caught and shellfish to be gathered.

During the 1870’s a hotel, post office,school, wharf and some houses were built on the end of the sand spit, and a ferry service took people over to Ohope; but by 1915, the sea began to wash all this away. In the 1960’s more sections were offered for sale, but once again the sea moved in , and in 1978, 56 metres was carved from the foreshore, leaving only a few houses remaining.

It is now a bird watching ‘mecca’, Above left: Views of sand banks and channels in the harbour.

Above right: A walker with a dog on the trail.

Middle left: On the nature trail..

Below lef t: Raukumara ranges sweeping up towards east cape.

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some birds flying 12,000 kms from Alaska to spend their summers here. Several care groups have been established to control predators and weeds, replant native trees and keep the estuary clean.

It is certainly a destination with a difference, for not only does it have an interesting history, bird watching opportunities, a lovely beach and a safe harbour for all sorts of water activities, but it also has many and varied walking and biking trails.

Dominating the sky line, is Onekawa, an ancient Pa site. This is now part of Onekawa Te Mawhai Regional Park – a 26 hectare reserve, and many walks are in, and around here.

The most accessable and popular walk, leaves from the entrance to Ohiwa Holiday Park, starting up a mown and marked trail. After five or six minutes a “nature trail “branches down through a stand of native bush,

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Above left: A New Zealand Dotteral. Above right: Motuhora (Whale Island.

Below left: The track leaving the holiday park. Below right: The trail from Te Mawhai pa site to Bryans beach .

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Onekawa Te Mawhai Regional Park - rich

in history and significant archaeological features with many plants labelled, to a tiny waterfall where glow worms can be seen in the evening.

From here, you can wander on to Ohiwa Harbour Road and continue back along the edge of the harbour to the Holiday Park. Alternatively, you can walk back up to the hill track, and continue to the summit of Onekawa Here, the views are spectacular – A sweeping view of the harbour with its many channels and sand banks; the spit in the foreground, then out to Whakatane heads, Whale island (Motuhora), White Island (Whakaari), a long stretch of white sand, then the ranges- row upon row

of mountains, extending up to East Cape. It needs a moment or two to sit and soak it all in, and we are so lucky it is a reserve for all to enjoy.

Continuing along the top of the ridge, you reach a sign marking the southern loop. After climbing a style, you wander over open farmland, following orange markers. Remember to stop to admire the views over Ohiwa Harbour and Bird island (Whangakopikopiko) The trail then

leads down lots of steps through native bush, on a well maintained DOC pathway, reaching the vehicle track close to Bryans Road Another option is to continue along the ridge, past the southern loop, and explore the second Pa site – Te Mawhai. Then go through the farm gate on the sea-ward side of the ridge track, and follow the plastic matting trail down through paddocks, under Puriri and Pohutukawas.

Both trails lead to Bryans Road and on to Bryans Beach, and either will take you to this beach in 35 to 45 minutes – depends how long you stop to take photos.

At the beach you can sit in the ‘Barnacle Bar’ – a structure made of anything washed up on the beach – driftwood, palm fronds, slabs of timber, old dinghies etc and with mussel farm floats as furniture. It’s worth a look.

Above left: Glow worm sign on the Nature Trail.

Below left: The ‘Barnacle Bar’ on the beach.

Below right: Steps on the southern loop.

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Now you have two choices. Walk back along the foreshore to Ohiwa Beach (15 -20 minutes) or walk on to Waiotahe River mouth. (35-45 minutes) This is an area where dotterels (Kukuruatu) and Oystercatchers (Torea) nest every year, so dogs are not welcome. It is usually a totally empty strand of beach, so if you’re searching solitude, this is the place.

White Island is a dominant feature all the way, often belching clouds of steam and gas.

It takes about an hour to walk back to Ohiwa Beach. From Bryans Beach giant pohuhukawas hug the cliff face, and there are lots of trails under them, caves to explore, and branches and rocky outcrops to climb.

Near Ohiwa, the trees thin out as the trail leads through beach grass and scrub, and you soon reach the Kai Kart nestled on the side of the road, offering welcome Kai, made instantly.

Heading west from here is another interesting loop. Cross the road and walk along the ocean beach, past the harbour entrance, and out to

the end of the sand spit. Here Bird Island (Whangapopikopiko) is only a stone’s throw away, and Ohope doesn’t seem much further. The loop continues back on the harbour side of the spit, but again there are dotterels and oystercatchers, so give them plenty of room.

Those with bikes can follow the trail beside the harbour from the Holiday Park to the boat ramp (20

minutes) or on to the main highway, and return.

You can pack all these walks into one day, or do a different loop every day for six days. Nearby are the dunes and Motu cycle trails, and both Pakihi and Te Waiti Huts offer beautiful walking trails You’ll never be short of adventures at Ohiwa. Put it on your to do’s this Summer.

Fact file

The Onekawa Te Mawhai Regional Park, on the spectacular headland between the Ōhiwa Harbour and Bryans Beach, was opened by the Upokorehe hapū and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council in 2010.

The 26.8 hectare property is valued for its rich Māori cultural history and significant archaeological features, many of which are clearly visible in the landscape. It has views to Kōhi Point in the west, across the Ōhiwa Harbour, and east towards East Cape.

Onekawa Te Mawhai Regional Park is a significant cultural and archaeological landscape.

Three ways to get to Onekawa Te Mawhai Regional Park: From Ōpōtiki: Travel west on State Highway 2 towards Whakatāne.

Turn right into Ōhiwa Beach Road toward the Ōhiwa Beach motor camp, follow the signs and the carpark is on the right before you reach the campground. Alternatively follow Ōhiwa Beach Road around the estuary, the carpark is off Bryan Road on the right.

Distance from Ōpōtiki: 15 kilometres (approx 10 minutes) From Whakatāne/Ōhope: Head east toward Ōpōtiki via Ōhope. Follow State Highway 2 and turn left into Ōhiwa Beach Road. You can either follow Ōhiwa Beach Road to the Bryan Road entrance or turn right into Ōhiwa Harbour Road and park at the Ōhiwa Harbour Road entrance.

Distance from Whakatāne: 40 kilometres (approx 35 minutes) From Rotorua: Head east on State Highway 30 toward Whakatāne.

Turn right onto State Highway 2 and remain on State Highway 2 until making a left turn into Ōhiwa Beach Road.

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Westward Ho! to appreciate stunning scenery

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n 1855 British historian Charles Kingsley published his novel We s t wa r d H o !

The phrase itself comes from westward + By ho (variant of Phillip Donnell “Hey!”), the call of Thames ferrymen indicating their proffered direction.

Set initially in North Devon during the reign of Elizabeth I, the novel records the adventures of Amyas Leigh, who as a young man follows Francis Drake to sea. Amyas loves local beauty Rose Salterne, as does nearly everyone else. Much of the novel involves the kidnapping of Rose by a Spaniard.

Amyas spends time in the Caribbean coasts of Venezuela seeking gold, and eventually returns to England at the time of the Spanish Armada, finding his true love, the beautiful Indian maiden Ayacanora, in the process, but not before fate has brought misfortune into his life.

Blinded by a freak bolt of lightning at sea, he also loses his brother Frank Leigh and Rose Salterne, both caught by the Spaniards and burnt at the stake by the Inquisition. The book is the inspiration behind the unusual name of the current village of Westward Ho! in Devon, the only place name in the United Kingdom that contains an exclamation mark.

Kingsley’s novel was perhaps the precursor to the catch-phrase “Go West, young man”, the origin of which Below left: In the Hokitika Gorge.

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. is often credited to the American author and newspaper editor Horace Greeley. It concerns America’s expansion westward, related to the concept of Manifest Destiny. Widely held rhetoric of the nineteenth century suggested to Americans that it was their divine right and responsibility to settle the West with Protestant democratic values. No one has yet proven who first used this phrase in print.

In more recent times, Into the West is a song written by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox, and performed by Lennox for Peter Jackson’s 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. It has since become a popular song to play at funerals. This is possibly because in British English, the primary meaning of “to go west” is to die, although this phrase later came to also mean to be lost or destroyed; to disappear or vanish, to end in failure or come to grief.

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Above: The world famous Franz Josef Glacier. Below right: At Jackson Bay.

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Westward Ho! to appreciate stunning scenery Village to trek westwards over the Main Divide of the Southern Alps. Having clambered over the slippery and eroding moraine walls of the Hooker Valley, we ascended a steep spur of loose talus to the permanent snowfield just below Copland Pass (2150m).

Once over the pass, we traversed numerous alpine basins before reaching the valley floor and Douglas Rock Hut. A night at Welcome Flat was memorable for the dozen or more stark-naked continentals frequenting the hot pools. Eventually we emerged Above left: The information board at Ships Cove. Photo FQG Middle left: The pretty walk from the carpark to view Franz Josef Glacier.

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Below left: The sign on the beach at Hokitita. Photo FQG

onto SH6 some 25 km south of Fox Glacier.

It was on this trip that I first came to appreciate the stunning scenery of the narrow strip of land between mountains and ocean now known as Westland. It was a revelation.

I have visited this region several times since then, and each time its landscapes of untouched beauty have seemed even more unique and impressive.

So it was a no-brainer to shout “Westward Ho!” to the walkers of New Zealand, and offer day-walks in this region as part of the Footsteps Walking Club repertoire, with the next trip scheduled for 2-8 April, 2023.

This one-week excursion begins in Greymouth, accessible by bus, shuttle or the famous Tranzalpine train from Christchurch. We sample the delights of Lakes Kaniere and Mahinapua, Hokitika Gorge, and the Ross Goldfield, before arriving in Hokitika, hometown of Richard John Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand 1893-1906, whose statue fronts the old Government Buildings.

Continuing south, we enter the UNESCO-designated Te Waipounamu Southwest New Zealand World Heritage Area, one of the great natural precincts on earth, covering some 2.6m hectares (10% of NZ’s total land area) and encompassing four national parks: Westland Tai Poutini, Aoraki/ Mount Cook, Mount Aspiring and

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Fiordland. It contains rocks, plants and animals dating back 80 million years to the ancient super continent Gondwana.

The spectacular fiords, lakes and valleys are amongst the finest examples of glaciated landforms in the Southern Hemisphere, and a stronghold for rare plants and animals living in a range of habitats. The mountains nurture kea. The mature stands of southern beech and podocarps are home to takahe, and three taxon of kiwi, two of them the most endangered.

Overnight stays at Franz Josef and Fox Glacier allow an extended focus on not only the two famous rivers of ice but also the Harihari Coastal Walkway, the Whataroa white herons, Okarito Lagoon/Trig and the glorious

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to appreciate stunning scenery reflections of Lake Matheson.

Bruce Bay, Gillespies Beach, and Monro Beach introduce us to the frenzied and foaming littoral, characterised by shingle banks, stalwart stacks, battered cliffs, pounding surf, strong currents, and a fascinating array of rocks carried to the coast by the many rivers.

Above: A mirror image on Lake Kaniere.

According to Māori folklore, Bruce Bay is where Maui first landed in New Zealand. My wife and I utilised a pure black, a pure white, and a combined black and white rock from here as symbols at our wedding.

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dark, inky colour from tannin and humus acid. The wild and lonely beach here has associations with a curious shipwreck.

Fragments of unusual wood discovered in 1871, 1875, the 1920s and 1973 came from the stylish sailing clipper Schomberg, wrecked on 26 December, 1855 off the southwestern coast of Australia near the end of its maiden voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne. The flotsam had drifted 2000 kilometres!

This is the prelude to venturing into the almost-palpable remoteness of Arawhata and Jackson Bay. “Arawata Bill” (in real life gold prospector William James O’Leary, 1865-1947) was a pioneering folk hero who spent decades in this unforgiving area.

He was immortalised in a book by Ian Dougherty and a poem by Denis Glover. At the end of the road is the iconic and quirky Craypot Restaurant, offering seafood treats not-to-bemissed.

Then it’s over the Haast Pass (570m), opened in 1965 and featuring Roaring Billy, Fantail, and Thunder Creek Falls, along with the mesmerising Blue Pools, before we skirt Lakes Wanaka and Hawea en route to Queenstown via the Crown Range. It’s easy to fly back to Christchurch from here, or join the Footsteps Southern Lakes excursion which follows.

To sum up, the direction proffered is definitely west! So long as you come prepared for the pesky sand-flies, walking in this region will be an experience you will never forget. It leaves a lasting deposit in the memory bank.

You can obtain details of the Wondrous Westland excursion by visiting www.footstepswalkingclub.com or contacting them at 021 172 3244, footstepsanz@gmail.com. Registrations for the trip close on 2 February, 2023.

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By David Hill

’ve given up long walks. In fact, I’ve pretty much given up most walks.

Up till two months ago, I was doing my usual 40-minute strides up the hill from New Plymouth’s CBD to home, through Pukekura Park’s tall green-grey avenues of kauri.

Then my right knee began to hurt.

I kept walking, through the park or on my other daily circuits, which may not have been wise of me. After a week, I was limping.

Another week, and I was hobbling around the house, wincing and gasping as pain stabbed. Suddenly, I was semi-crippled.

A doctor’s appointment, an X-Ray, a diagnosis. Osteoarthritis: cartilage worn away, bone starting to scrape on bone. The knee is stuffed. A replacement seems inevitable, which means either seven months on a waiting list (gulp), or $40,000 for private treatment (double gulp).

I’m doing knee exercises. I’m cycling. I’m learning to move so I minimise the discomfort. I use a stick where necessary. But I miss the walking – hugely.

No other exercise carries the same pleasure and satisfaction as putting one foot in front of the other. Walking brings mental as well as physical fitness.

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endorphins which maximise wellbeing and minimise stress.

Few other activities bring such a blend of closeup and panorama.

One moment, you’re seeing a beech seedling at ankle-height beside you; fifty paces later, you’re staring across a vista of ridges where that seedling’s great-grandparents tower like cathedral pillars.

And few other activities bring so many narratives, whether it’s the pitbull on the corner that snarls and froths as you stride past, or the flooded river where three of you with linked arms had to wallow across, hip-deep. (And of course, each time you tell those narratives, the pitbull grows more fangs, while the river depth rises from hip to waist to chest.)

So yes, I’m missing all those pleasures of vigorous walking But I’m finding compensations.

As well as a daily bike ride, I take my stick, limp 80m to the reserve at the end of our street, lurch around among its trees, then peg-leg home.

And I’m surprised, relieved, even excited at how many rewards I’m getting from that small space.

I’ve come to know almost every detail of the little reserve. I notice ferny epiphytes in the forks of big pohutukawa; the glint of tiny crimson puriri berries on the ground; a miniature totara shoving its way out of the ground and heading for the

sunlight; the tracery of individual branches.

I’ve started touching things: lichen-patterned trunks, green or golden leaves, sculptural roots curving from mossy banks.

I’ve also been listening, to the slow creak of trees in the wind, the scrape of bough on bough, tui fluting, fantail piping, kereru thunping from perch to perch like flying sandbags.

I’ve even been smelling – fresh leaves, kowhai flowers, that cool, damp cleanness which even the smallest stand of native bush gives.

My 80m limp to the reserve has its own pleasures as well. Frank, whom I sometimes meet on the way, agrees.

“I don’t know what I’d do without my daily outing,” he tells me. Frank’s daily outing is a 10-minute shuffle to the corner and back, on his walking frame. What determination. What guts.

I’ve come to know Frank, and several other local faces, through my own hobble to the reserve. We pause, chat, learn a bit about one another.

My suburban street is starting to feel like a real neighbourhood. Even the pitbull now just gives a grunt as I pass.

I guess I’m trying to say that all walking, no matter how limited, brings rewards. The poet William Blake wrote about being able “to see Infinity in a grain of sand, and Heaven in a wild flower”. Substitute karaka berry and miro leaf for sand and flower, and that’s what I’m enjoying right now.

Age or accident mean that nearly all of us will have to give up our striding at some stage, temporarily or permanently. We’ll feel bereft and bewildered at first. Something that delighted, invigorated, even defined us has gone.

But even when your range has shrunk to 80 metres, and your pace to that of an athletic slug, there are still so many satisfactions to be found.

Remind yourself of that. Feel reassured. Walk on!

Have a smile!

I don’t get it. The trail looked so flat on the map.

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Keeping in touch when out of range of The new Garmin inReach Messenger provides satellite communication as a standalone device or when paired with your smartphone, and has a few other neat features that look promising for anyone hiking away from cellular coverage in the great outdoors.

The latest communication device in Garmin’s inReach lineup is the new Garmin inReach Messenger and Messenger app.

The inReach Messenger is a satellite communication device that provides global two-way texting, location sharing, and SOS capabilities.

It can be used alone or paired with their new Garmin Messenger companion app for smart phones, making messaging loved ones or getting help even easier.

The app will automatically choose between Wi-Fi, cellular, or satellite connectivity to ensure every message is sent and received.

Considering the size of the device, it’s impressive that you can still get most of the functionality as a standalone device. You can check-in with contacts, send location updates, start or stock live tracking, and declare an SOS directly from the device. It uses the Iridium satellite network to of-

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New Zealand Walk

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he Waiopehu Scenic Reserve is a quiet and peaceful spot set on 22.5 acres sits under Kohitere Forest and is just five minutes drive from central Levin in the Horowhenua.

The area has picnic tables, a meandering stream and a number of native bush walks suitable for all ages.

The remnant native podocarp forest has some large old rimu trees.

This land was proclaimed as a scenic reserve in 191315 after previously being set aside as a waterworks reserve.

In earlier times, this land was a refuge for the Muaupoko tribe with the Koputaroa Stream providing water and an abundance of eel and kakahi shellfish.

There is a bridge and viewing platform across the stream about half way through the walk where you may spot some native eels.

The walk only takes about half an hour and you can either walk back the way you came or walk along the roadside adjacent to the reserve back to the car park.

About a 20 minute walk back.

Warning: There is ongoing pest control work being conducted in parts of this reserve. Please keep children in direct sight. Dogs are not permitted in this reserve.

Signage at the reserve can provide more detailed information.

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CONTENTS for previous 15 issues NOVEMBER 296 2022

2 Zerofit Heatrub Baselayer 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walks: Explore the Watercare Coastal Walkway in Auckland 8 New Zealand Walk: Rambling a region ruled by rivers 14 Auckland Walk: Onepoto Domain has wide paths and boardwalks 16 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 18 New Zealand Walks: Biking around the mountains from Walter Peak Station 25 Books: Sacred Mountains 25th anniversary 26 Australian Walk: Umpherston Sinkhole a walk around a hole in the ground 28 New Zealand Walk: Communities celebrate walking/cycling bridge opening 29 New Zealand Walks: Wairarapa Walking Festival a show case for best known walks 30 My Favourite Walk: Hogs Back Track from Castle Hill village 33 Build your confidence with five tips for nervous cyclists 34 New Zealand Walk: Manawatu Estuary - walks in an unique area 37 Caroline Bay Walk 38 New Zealand Walk: Te Kuri Farm Walkway - for a panoramic view of Gisborne 40 Need2know: What will happen to the Queen’s Chain?

41 Index of previous 15 issues 42 Coming Events: New Zealand 47 Coming Events: Australia 47 Coming Events: Rest of World 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 52 Walking Stars

OCTOBER 295 2022

2 Zerofit Heatrub Baselayer 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walks: Charity hike for Breast Cancer New Zealand 8 New Zealand Walk: Roys Peak Track for outstanding lake and mountain views 14 Book: New book on the life of a Park Ranger 14 Need2Know: Making the most of Hiking in Auckland 16 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 18 New Zealand Walks: Dazzling days around two big bays 22 New Zealand Walk: Two easy Taupo Spring walks 24 New Zealand Walk: Cape Brett Walk a spectatular must do walk 26 Overseas Walk: A day walking with Mozart in Salzburg 29 New Zealand Walk: A walking tramping experience where history and myth meet 30 Cycling Tours: Six European countries on one bike tour 32 Need2Know: Storm damage to bridges affects Heaphy Track 32 New Zealand Walk: Makara Bay Loop Walkway 34 My Favourite Walk: Mangati Loop Walk 37 Event: Waiheke Walks return 38 Auckland Walks: Six ancient forests to explore in Auckland 30 Viewpoint: Long term view will protect access to stewardship land 42 Coming Events: New Zealand 47 Coming Events: Australia 47 Coming Events: Rest of World 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 52 New Zealand Wilderness Guides

SEPTEMBER 294 2022

2 Heatrub 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walks: My Favourite Walk: Exploring Somes Island 11 Need2Know: May walking bring us together 12 New Zealand Walk: Lake Alta Track - a climb to a glacial lake 16 Walking New Zealand Monthly

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Photo Contest 18 Event: Waiheke Walking Festival with walks for everyone 20 Great Walk: Heaphy Track a walk of contrasts 22 My Favourite Walk: Hiking the Heaphy Track in reverse 24 Need2Know: Mahana Lodge -where a warm welcome awaits 26 Australian Walks: Norfolk Island 360 degrees of wonder 28 Australian Walks: Norfolk Island for all year round walking and hiking 30 Great Walks: Which Great Walk is right for you?

34 New Zealand Walks: Waka, Wars, Wines and Walks 38 My Favourite Walk: Tramping Te Apiti - the narrow passage 42 Event: Bay of Islands Walking Weekend 44 Coming Events: New Zealand 47 Coming Events: Australia 47 Coming Events: Rest of World 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 52 New Zealand Wilderness Guides

AUGUST 293 2022

2 Heatrub 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walks: My Favourite Walk: The Grampian Track for those looking for a little adventure 10 New Zealand Walk: To Mordor, Emyn Muiland and Mount Doom 14 New Zealand Walk: Pukawa to Omori Track 15 Queen Charlotte Track 16 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 18 Overseas Walks; Britain on foot: Short strolls, long hikes 20 New Zealand Walks: York Road Loop Track -walking over an old railway line 24 Overseas Walks: See Victoria on two feet 27 New Zealand Walk : Rimutaka Trig Trail Te Ara Tirohanga 28 New Zealand Walks: Enjoyable walking on and around Volcanic fields in Auckland 32 Walkworth Walks turn lucky 13 36 Auckland Walks: Five ideas for a winter family walk 38 Push Play compaign re-launched 40 Need2Know: FAQ about a distress beacon 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 47 Coming Events: Australia 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 52Taupo Marathon

JULY 292 2022

44 High Achiever: Bridging the gaps up in the North 43 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 47 Coming Events: Australia 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 52 Real Meals

JUNE 291 2022

2 Queen Charlotte Track 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walks: The Abel Tasman Coastal Track - has experiences to suit you 11 New Zealand Walk: Dashing Rocks Walkway with stunning views of the bay 12 Australian Walk: Mossman Gorge in a thriving rainforest 14 News: Te Araroa needs more volunteers 14 Need 2 know: Regular walking will make you fit and healthy 17 New Zealand Walk: Wanaka Lavender Farm walk 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 New Zealand Walks: From Capital to Kapiti and on to Castlecliff 22 News: Tracks to be built by Transmission Gully Project 24 Great Walks: The Kepler Track - a wilderness adventure above the clouds 30 New Zealand Walk: Hatea Loop Walkway links town with Pohe Island 34 New Zealand Walks: Three scenic tracks reopened in Waitakere Ranges 35 New Zealand Walks: Gibbons, Pararaha Valley Track and Muir Track 36 New Zealand Walks: Ashburton to Hakatere River Lake Hood trails 38 New Zealand Walks: Six of the best walks for bird spotting around Auckland 40 New Zealand Walk: Seaview Gardens Reserve 38 Australian Walk: Wiradjuri Trail - a track that winds around Wagga Wagga 43 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 47 Coming Events: Australia 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 52 Real Meals

photography tips 14 New Zealand Walk: Spinnaker Lookout Walk 15 New Zealand Walk: Take a walk along Waiheke Island’s Art Tail 16 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 18 My Favourite Walk: Walks: Walking amongst the rock pillars of the Rock and Pillar Conservation Area 24 New Zealand Walks: Hikes and Walks out East 29 New Zealand Walk: Wairoa River Walk and Cycleway 30 New Zealand Walk : Walking through an Arboreal Ark 36 New Zealand Walk: An arboretum wau ot there?

37 New Zealand Walks: Put on your walking shoes and hit the trails 40 New Zealand Walk: The Greytown Trail an idyllic 5km walk 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 52 ECHO Walking Festival

MARCH 288 2022

2 The Banks Track 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walk: St James Walkway - through pastoral land, beech forest and sub-alpine regions 13 New Zealand Walk: Five days four nights on the St James Walkway 16 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 18 Auckland Walks: Five half-day hikes around Auckland 20 My Favourite Walk: Walking around Mangere Mountain Domain 25 New Zealand Walk: Morrinsville River Walk through mature trees 26 Triple peaks 2022 - Your Summer getaway event 29 My Favourite Walk: Taking time again on Tongariro 29 New Zealand Walk: Taranaki Falls Walk with excellent mountain views 9 Subscription page 30 New Zealand Walks: Great Barrier Island Aotea Track for a bit of a challenge 35 New Zealand Short Walk: Scenic reserve for an easy short walk 36 New Zealand Walk: Discover Pelorus Sound and historic Nydia Track 42 Training: Training programme to walk a marathon 43 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 2 The Banks Track 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walks: Waikanae Estu- 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets ary, lagoon and river walk 11 New Zealand Walk: Hamilton Lake 52 Wilderness Guides Walkway a popular walking route FEBRUARY 287 2022 12 New Zealand Walk: Breathtaking 2 Goldfields views on Mt Fyffe adventure 3 Contents 15 New Zealand Walks: Walks and 6 New Zealand Walks: White sand, hikes in the Mt Fyffe/Seaward green forest, brown kiwi - an Kaikoura Range island holiday like nowhere else 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly 9 Subscription page Photo Contest 10 New Zealand Walks: Footprints 20 New Zealand Walks: Turning Points of Toi walk, Whakatane, Bay 22 New Zealand Walks: Routeburn of Plenty Track an ultimate alpine adventure 12 New Zealand Walks: Nga Tapuwae 28 Australian Walks: Five great walks o Toi Walkway in Australia 14 New Zealand Walk: Awapikopiko 31 My Favourite Walks: Fascinating Reserve for a picnic and a short walks around Golden Bay and walk beyond 16 Walking New Zealand Monthly 36 New Zealand Guided Walks: Going Photo Contest guided on the Paparoa Trail 18 High Achievers: The women that 37 New Zealand Walks: Put on your champion outdoor access walking shoes and hit the trails 20 Shared Trails: Dunstan Trail links 41 Subscription page Cromwell with Clyde 42 Little feet walk the length of New 24 New Zealand Walks: Waihi Beach Zealand to Houmanga Bay 44 Index of previous 14 issues 29 New Zealand Walks: Four short 45 Coming Events: New Zealand walks from Waihi Beach 47 Coming Events: Australia 30 New Zealand Walks: Nowell’s 48 New Zealand Walking Tours Lakes Walkway where you will 48 New Zealand Country Breaks enjoy nature 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 35 Need2Know: Don’t go missing, 52 ECHO Walking Festival go hiking

MAY 290 2022

2 Banks Track 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walks: Tantalizing Taranaki 10 New Zealand Walk: Autumn walks in McClaren Falls Park 13 New Zealand Guided Walks: Not all who wander are lost 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 New Zealand Walking Access Commission: Call to protect access on stewardship land 21 Tour: Walk the Queen Charlotte Track staying on the ship Sweet Georgia 22 New Zealand Walks: Oxford Forest walking tracks 24 My Favourite Walk: Coopers Creek to Ryde Falls 26 Overseas Walks: Walking through history in Ieland 33 Books: I will make you Passionate about Exercise Build your Immunity Day by Day - Grape Expectations 34 High Achiever: Celia Wade -Brown the outdoor explorer 36 New Zealand Walk/Cycle Trail: River APRIL 289 2022 Road to Clive over a great Hawkes 2 The Banks Track 3 Contents Bay landscape 40 Need to Know: How to use a dis- 6 New Zealand Walks: Autumn ambles at the end of the golden weather tress beacon 42 Shared Pathway: Lake Dinstan Cycle 10 New Zealand Walk: Mirror Lakes world famous for beauty Trail awarded Great Ride status 12 Need2Know: DOC’S top five wildlife

36 Australian Walk: Lake Hart - walking on salt 38 New Zealand Walk: Ongaonga Village - steeped in history 40 New Zealand Walks: Hacket Track a feature in Mt Richmond Forest park 43 Index of previous 14 issues

44 Manawatu Striders Super Seven Bill Trolove Series 24 High Achievers: Unlikely couple 45 Coming Events: New Zealand meet and live their dream 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 27 Need2Know: New Pocket Maps 48 New Zealand Country Breaks app helps walkers explore 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 28 New Zealand Walk: Waterfalls 52 Wilderness Guides a feature of Upper Nihotupu Dam Walk JANUARY 286 2022 33 New Zealand Walk: Plans for City to 2 Banks Track Sea pathway taking shape 3 Contents 34 Need2Know: Everyday planning for 6 News: YHA closes 11 hostels everyday people 6 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa walkers 36 Subscription page get creative to complete trail 37 My Favourite Walks: A day tramp journey in Akaroa - Curry Track/Purple 7 New Zealand Walks: Walking Peak Track through old forest in Whirinaki 40 Event: New direction for the 13 New Zealand Walks: Ohakune Front Runner Hoka Christchurch walks for all fitness types Marathon 16 Walking New Zealand Monthly 42 Index of previous 14 issues Photo Contest 43 Coming Events: New Zealand 18 New Zealand Walks: Back to the 47 Coming Events: Australia 70-Mile Bush 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 22 New Zealand Walk: A walk to 48 New Zealand Country Breaks see fascinating geology in the 51 Pak A Roo Jackets Far North 52 Goldfields Cavalcade 24 Oversesas tours: Bike, boat and barge new tours in France 26 New Zealand Walk: Beyond Motu Falls - a magic breathing and conservation space 32 New Zealand Walks: A feast of waterfall walks in the Bay of Plenty 36 Directory of Walking Groups 40 New Zealand Walks: Ohakune Old Coach Road steeped in history 42 News: West Coast commits to stronger focus on walkers 43 Index of previous 14 issues 44 Manawatu Striders Super Seven Series 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 52 Real Meals

OCTOBER 283 2021

2 Banks Track 3 Contents 6 New Zealand Walks: Queen Charlotte Track - It’s time to awaken your adventurous soul 10 New Zealand Walk: Port Ligar a truly unique experience 14 New Zealand Walk: Nikau palms and sea stacks at Point Elizabeth 16 Walking Access Commission: Trust to develop and support walking and cycling trails 17 New Zealand Walks: Over 50 walks in this year’s Waiheke Walking Festival 20 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 22 Event: Tois! Whakatane’s stunning trail challenge 24 Need2Know: The faster you walk, the better for long term health DECEMBER 285 2021 especially as you age 2 Goldfields Cavalade 26 New Zealand Walks: Cobb Vally 3 Contents region - one of the most interest6 New Zealand Walks: Paparoa ing in the country for trampers Trail: with alpine tops, limestone and naturalists karst landscapes and thriving 32 New Zealand Walks: Papamoa’s rain forests two great recreational areas 13 New Zealand Walk: More to 36 Subscription page Explore in Kerikeri 37 Covid-19: What you can and con14 New Zealand Walks: Three not do in Level 3 interesting walks in Egmont 37 Book: Cheers Mate! Walkabout National Park in Australia 20 Walking New Zealand Monthly 38 New Zealand Walk: Pukeiti - a Photo Contest garden of national significance 22 High Achiever: Regeneration the 42 Index of previous 14 issues Bradley way 24 New Zealand Walk: Beehive Creek 43 Coming Events: New Zealand 47 Coming Events: Australia a zig zag through creek walk 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 26 New Zealand Walks: Summer in 48 New Zealand Country Breaks the South 51 Pak A Roo Jackets 29 New Zealand Walks: A chance to 52 Goldfields Cavalcade walk throughout New Zealand 30 High Achiever: Bringing the fun by SEPTEMBER 282 2021 going to work with an e-bike 2 Queen Charlotte Track - Wilder30 New Zealand Walk: Wenderholm ness Guides Regional Park walks for a 3 Contents workout 6 New Zealand Great Walk: Great 32 New Zealand Walk: Lighthouse Walks myth busting popular with photographers 14 New Zealand Wlks: The best 33 New Zealand Walk: Waipapa Point of Opotiki: 5 easy walks in the Coastal walk - for seabirds and eastern Bay of Plenty marine mammals 20 Walking New Zealand Monthly 34 Directory of Walking Groups Photo Contest 38 New Zealand Walks: 10 beautiful 22 New Zealand Walk: Sea lionsand walks in Queenstown seals an attraction at Sandfly Bay. 42 Index of previous 14 issues 24 Subscription page 43 Coming Events: New Zealand 25 Need2Know: Indoor pathways im48 New Zealand Walking Tours prove people’s mental wellbeing 48 New Zealand Country Breaks 26 Australian Walks; Murray River Sa51 Pak A Roo Jackets fari the latest edition to Australian 52 Real Meals Wildlife Journeys 29 Banks Track NOVEMBER 284 2021 30 New Zealand Walk: Grovetown 2 Banks Track Lagoon - a great conservation 3 Contents effort in Marlborough 6 New Zealand Walks: Five exhilarating walks in the Tongariro/Kaimanawa 32 Overseas Walk: Explore Rarotonga’s mountainous interior area 9 High Achiever: Ronnie gets back on 34 New Zealand Walk: Withering Heights -Tawarau the bike at age 72 Conservation area, King Country 10 New Zealand Walk: A Winter beach 39 Need2Know: New lookout for walk south of Bennetts Bay now open Waitarere 12 New Zealand Walk: The Pakihi Track 40 High Achievers: Thames Hospital staff scrub in Hauraki Ranges for total seclusion 18 High Achievers: Three women take 42 Index of previous 14 issues 43 Coming Events: New Zealand up 1000km challenge 20 Walking New Zealand Monthly 48 New Zealand Walking Tours 48 New Zealand Country Breaks Photo Contest 22 High Achiever: Q&A with accom- 51 Pak A Roo Jackets modation provider and trail legend 52 Taupo events

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Kiwi on the Camino

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