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Tongariro open for business
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing has reopened, albeit with a charred section at the beginning of the track.
Concrete surface for popular track
The winding path down to Otumuheke Stream track at Spa Park is being concreted.
The ups and downs of Kiko Rd
Holiday breaks are fun but there is something unbeatable about scrambling round in native bush surroundings.
Nature takes back the land
Big trucks, fast cars, and a fine collection of motor bikes sped past as we gingerly crossed State Highway 1 and ducked into the relative safety of bush on the edge of the Desert Road.
Bridges and bush in the Ruapehu
The call went out early for wet weather gear, a change of clothing and horror of horrors, umbrellas.
The gift that keeps on giving
In 1887, the then paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino 1V, gifted the sacred summits of Tongariro to the government to protect their tapu, but also, as Sir Hepi Te Heuheu wrote “to be owned by no-one and yet be for everyone”.
Waitahanui, pretty as a picture
Taupō turned on another stunning Monday; perfect for our walk along a section of lake shore and the Waitahanui River.
Rotorua in the spring
Sunny faced daffodils nodded a cheery welcome to us, and to the first day of spring, as we arrived at the Rotorua lakefront.
The ‘Dinosaur Forest’
If we were eggs, we would have been cracked and scrambled by the time we arrived at the River Road carpark in the Whirinaki Te Pua-a- Tāne Conservation Park.
Walking to the centre of God’s Own
The establishment of the 78,000 hectare Pureora Forest Park has long been regarded as a hero story in New Zealand’s conservation history.
The dam that disappeared
Another beautiful Monday, how fortunate we have been with the weather.
Walking into an otherworldly scene
Rainbow Crater, Sulphur Crystal Cliffs, the Lagoon, Sauron’s Eye, Miner’s Lament all names oozing drama and colour.
For the fun of the run
Despite the wind and the rain, 200 people were up bright and early on Saturday morning pounding the pavement between Two Mile Bay and Wharewaka.
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