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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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Walking Notes: Scarborough - Taylors Mistake
From Sumner, this is a walk along the tops of the coastal sea
cliffs leading to the bach community of Taylors Mistake.
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Walking Notes: Crater Rim Walkway
The Port Hills are a distinctive feature of the
Christchurch skyline, being part of the extinct Lyttelton Volcano.
Although largely cleared of natural vegetation by past burning,
pockets remain, and substantial revegetation work has been
undertaken. Walking is exposed to sun and wind, and ...
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Route Guide: Rocks Hut - Pelorus Track
From Rocks Hut behind Nelson, this track leads down into the pretty, green Pelorus River.
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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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Route Outline: Abel Tasman Coast Track
The Abel Tasman Coast Track is an easy walk along beautiful swimming beaches,
over low saddles, and across tidal estuaries.
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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 Guide: Mt Matthews
Mount Matthews is the closest big peak (941 metres) to Wellington City.
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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 Guide: Macetown Road
Macetown is an abandoned gold town, the lost twin
of thriving Arrowtown.
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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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Route Guide: Caples Track
The Caples Track begins and ends upon its neighbour, the
Greenstone Track, and it is commonly
walked in combination with the Routeburn or Greenstone (or
even both).
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Route Guide: Inland Pack Track
The Inland Pack Track is an
accessible tour of the recently gazetted Paparoa National Park.
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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: Hawdon River
Travel up the Hawdon valley is easy, with wide
grassy flats in its lower reaches.
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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 Guide: St James Walkway
The majority of this walkway lies on the St James Station, a
large (173 340ha) high country station bordered by conservation
land. Cattle are run on the station land and vehicle tracks, mud,
and dung offer persistent company.
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Route Outline: Lake Waikaremoana Track
The broken, isolated landscape of Urewera National Park is a product of recent earthquakes and ongoing mountain-building. Indeed, the lake itself is merely 2000 years old, having formed behind a massive landslip. In 1946 the lake level was lowered 5m ...
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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: 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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Walking Notes: Bush Creek
The Bush Creek Walking Track begins west of the
reconstructed Arrowtown Chinese Settlement.
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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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Nydia Walkway
2 days. Easy. One way. Created 1 June 20011 June 2001.
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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Inland Pack Track
2 – 3 days. Easy. One way. Updated 11 November 200511 November 2005.
A beautiful historic route through a coastal karst environment. Gorges, caves, waterfalls, subterranean rivers, sink-holes, swimming, and camping beneath a giant overhang.
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Walking Notes: Manawatu Riverside Walkway & Bridle Track
The long Manawatu River drains the eastern faces of the
Tararua and Ruahine Ranges before bending through the Manawatu
Gorge, passing by Palmerston North, and finishing on the western
coast of the North Island.
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View over Thompsons Track from Main Range to Ngatamahinerua
North-South track shown is actually the other side of main ridge, obscured. Note the saddle between main plateau (left) and Ngatamahinerua peak (right).
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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: Kepler Track
The Kepler Track is a recently established (1988) circular track traversing
mountain tops, lake edges, beech forest, and wetlands.
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