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Route Guide: Macetown Road
Macetown is an abandoned gold town, the lost twin
of thriving Arrowtown.
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Route Guide: Greenstone Track
The Greenstone Track is a pleasant valley walk,
providing easy access to the mountainous country on the fringes of
Fiordland.
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Walking Notes: Organ Pipes
The Organ Pipes are a fascinating geological
formation on Mt Holmes in the city of Dunedin.
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Route Guide: Croesus Track
This pretty and easy walk through historic gold
country climbs gently over the eroded Paparoa Ranges between
Blackball and Barrytown on the West
Coast.
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Walking Notes: Barnett Park Walkway
The Barnett Park Walkway is a short, convenient loop track
out of suburban Christchurch onto the Port Hills. It climbs a
narrow valley up to a cave, which is visible from the beginning of
the walk.
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Walking Notes: Godley Head Walkway
The Godley Head Walkway is popular with
Christchurch walkers, having good coastal views, and a historic
landscape to explore.
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Route Guide: Harper Pass - Kiwi Saddle
The long and famous route over Harper Pass, or Hurunui Saddle, was once used by Maori as they visited the West Coast to trade in pounamu.
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Route Outline: Pyke - Big Bay Route
Generally combined with the Hollyford Track to
form a challenging loop of around 10 days, the route is also
accessible by air or jet boat at various points.
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Route Guide: Big River
Big River is the site of an old gold town hidden in a
sunny valley 14km south of Reefton.
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Route Guide: Dun Mountain
The geologically famous Dun Mountain lends its name to the
rock, dunite,
first discovered here in 1859.
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Walking Notes: Waimairi Walkway
The piedmont alluvial plains of Canterbury are formed from debris carried down from the swiftly eroding Southern Alps by rivers such as the Rakaia, the Rangitata, and the Waimakariri.
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Walking Notes: Bridle Path
Until the Summit Road over Evans Pass was completed in
1857, the Bridle Path was the only route available to Canterbury
settlers travelling from Lyttelton Harbour over the Port Hills.
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Route Guide: Kaitoke - Holdsworth
The classic route between Kaitoke in the south of the Tararua Ranges and Holdsworth (about halfway up the eastern side of the ranges) is a popular tramping trip taking 2-3 days.
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Walking Notes: Pigeon Bay Walkway
This is a straightforward Banks Peninsula walk following,
for most of its length, a vehicle track over private land.
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Nydia Walkway
2 days. Easy/medium. One way. Updated 31 May 201131 May.
A shorter neighbour of the Queen Charlotte Track, The Nydia Track explores low saddles and shorelines in the Marlborough Sounds.
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Route Outline: Cascade Saddle
This fine weather route links easier walking in the Dart
and Matukituki Valleys, with the eastern end of the route at
Aspiring Hut by the Matukituki River West Branch and the western
end at Dart Hut on the Dart Track.
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St James Walkway
5 days. Easy. One way. Updated 11 May 200611 May 2006.
Beech forest, mountain scenery, farmland, wild horses, mud.
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Copland Track
3 days. Hard. One way. Updated 7 June 20097 June 2009.
Classic mountaineering route between Mount Cook and the West Coast. See Welcome Flat.
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Route Guide: Southern Crossing of the Tararuas
The Southern Crossing is a classic route over the peaks in the southern part of the Tararuas.
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Route Outline: South Coast Track
From Tuatapere the Papatotara Road leads 28km to a car
park at Blue Cliffs Beach.
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Route Outline: North West Circuit
Generally walked as part of a circuit including parts of
the Rakiura Track from
Halfmoon Bay and return, the North West Circuit can also be
combined with the Southern
Circuit.
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Route Guide: Wangapeka Track
The Wangapeka is a famous old track along a series of river
valleys in the south of Kahurangi National
Park.
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Route Outline: Tongariro Northern Circuit
Exploring an active volcanic landscape of craters, lakes, springs, and sulphurous gases, this spectacular track is hard to match.
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Route Outline: Rees / Dart Rivers
We decided just to tramp in to Dart Hut and then back out. Absolutely
amazing. Definitely a track for the more experienced tramper I must add.
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Walking Notes: Onawe
Onawe, a peninsula or an island
depending on the tide, divides the head of Akaroa Harbour into
Barrys Bay and Duvauchelle Bay.
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Five Mile Creek Falls
½ day. Easy. Return via same track. Updated 4 November 20054 November 2005.
Short track to precipitous 40m falls
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Route Guide: Northern Crossing of the Tararuas
This is not the usual Northern Crossing from Levin to The Pines via Mitre Flats Hut. Rather it exits via Baldy, Atiwhakatu Hut and the Holdsworth road end. The last day would be very long and should be broken at ...
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Walking Notes: Kaiapoi - Pegasus Bay Walkway
From the small port of Kaiapoi, this walkway edges along farmland, following rivers out to the coast north of Christchurch.
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Walking Notes: Tobin's Track
Tobin's Track is a part of an old route from Arrowtown over the
Crown Range to Cromwell and Wanaka.
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