Walking New Zealand 163

New Zealand’s recreation walking magazine

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AUGUST weather forecast Podiatry:

Diabetes and feet What’s the connection?

New Zealand walk:

Mangawahi Heads Lookout

New Zealand walk;:

Clevedon Scenic Reserve New Zealand walks:

Te Anau - a place in paradise Overseas Walks: Walking on the unique island’s of

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CONTENTS Issue No 163 - 2011

4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mangawhai Heads Lookout 8 New Zealand walk: Clevedon Scenic Reserve has significant heritage value 10 Te Araroa Trail: Ocean to Ocean leg soon to go 10 Te Araro Trail: Levin to Wellington link now open and ahead of schedule 12 Overseas walks: Innsbruck - hiking boots or high heels?

13 Canterbury walks: New walkway in Canterbury 14 New Zealand walk: Te Anau - a place in paradise 16 New Zealand walk: Walks around Lake Mangamahoe 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Waiheke plans second walking festival 22 News: New bridges improve the Pouakai Circuit 23 Event: Coundown is on for the Taupo Half Marathon 24 Overseas walks: Walking on the unique island of Guernsey and Sark 29 High achiever: Motivated man in walking back to happiness 30 Overseas walk: Two weeks in Annapurna 36 Window on Waitakere: Further expansion 36 Books: Walking the Waitakere Ranges 37 Podiatry: Diabetes and feet - what’s the connection?

38 Long walk: Walking the World 40 Health: The controllable factors in aging 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for August 44 New Zealand coming events 47 Overseas coming events 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 GPx Need help to get active 60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half Marathon

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Cover: Walking along Wellington’s coastal Eastern Walkway on a beautiful Autumn day in the capital. Photo by Ania Peszynski, Wellington.

WALKING New Zealand Published Monthly PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Frank Goldingham: Phone 06-358-6863 CONTRIBUTORS: Ken Ring, Gary Moller, Kay Lindley, Rachael Deegan, Jenny and Alex Davies, Barbara Lowther, Gary Hauseman and Ann Robbie

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Kepler Hut Upgrade Luxmore Hut on the Kepler Track was closed in early June as Department of Conservation (DOC) staff battle wintery conditions to complete an upgrade of the hut.

The upgrade intended to increase the space available in the main hut area, will make room for the occasions when alpine weather conditions encourage wet and cold trampers to remain in the hut.

“It’s not an ideal time to be working on the mountain”, said Ross Kerr, DOC Visitor Assets Programme Manager, “but we’ve had to close the hut to complete the work and didn’t want to disrupt the summer Great Walks season”.

Luxmore Hut is one of three huts on the Kepler Track, one of New Zealand’s Great Walks. It’s a busy place over the summer, accommodating up to 56 people per night and in excess of 8,500 overnight visitors every year.

Mr Kerr described the hut upgrade as logistically challenging with all materials including three ton of builders mix, framing timber, plywood for the floors and linings, outside cladding, new tables, benches and seats all flown to the hut site from Te Anau.

“We expect the work to take around 5 weeks to complete, and due to the expected disruptions to the living area of the hut, it will be closed to overnight visitors. However day visitors are still more than welcome, but they do need to expect some disruption and noise at the site,” said Mr Kerr.

Charity run around Tasmania In August Jamie Milne and three others, including New Zealand celebrity and Shortland Street star Ido Drent will attempt to run around the circumference of the island of Tasmania,1100km in 9 days. This athletic event is of course in the name of stupidity and more importantly charity. They will run to raise money for Ronald McDonald House both here in Auckland and in Hobart, Tasmania. The charitable event Many Miles For Mary is now in its third year running. In 2009 they ran from Cairns to Townsville 360km in two and a half days, and 2010they ran from Auckland to Wellington in six days. Their website is www.manymiles formary.co.nz

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Walk talk New public access signs available to farmers Rural Women NZ members who allow public access across their property will soon be able to signpost contact details and access conditions for visitors, thanks to a partnership between Rural Women NZ and the New Zealand Walking Access Commission.

A joint project between the two organisations will provide public access signs for landowners to use to show access points, often along a fence. Conditions, such as ‘no dogs’,‘no guns’ or ‘closed during lambing’ can be marked on the signs with waterproof pictorial stickers, and a contact phone number can be provided to prompt people to ask permission.

Rural Women NZ Executive Officer Noeline Holt said: “we are really excited to be able offer these signs free to all our members, we will certainly be encouraging everyone to make the most of this opportunity.”

New Zealand Walking Access Commission Chief Executive Mark Neeson said the partnership between the Commission and Rural Women NZ would benefit both landowners and those seeking access.

“These signs smooth the access process for everyone involved.

They allow landowners to provide contact details for the members of the public, who no longer need to walk down a landowner’s driveway to ask for permission to cross a property, and they clearly mark any desired conditions of access.

“The Commission produced signs in partnership with Federated Farmers New Zealand last year and these are now being used to good effect in many places across New Zealand.”

The signs will be free to Rural Women NZ members and production of the signs is currently funded by the New Zealand Walking Access Commission. The signs are for use by Rural Women NZ members who wish to voluntarily grant access across their property. They are not being used to mark or impose conditions of access on an unformed legal road.

New topo maps now easier to use and free If you’re a keen hiker, angler, hunter, or other outdoor pursuit enthusiast you’re likely to already be familiar with the official LINZ ‘NZTopo’ Topographic Map Series, traditionally purchased as printed paper maps.

These topo maps have now been made even easier to use and access through the free online ser vice www.topomap.co.nz.

Merging the official LINZ topo maps with the Google Maps interface everyone knows and loves makes this ser vice a breeze to use and an invaluable tool for research or planning that next big adventure. It provides a level of detail simply not available through Google Maps alone.

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Both the Topo250 and Topo50 map series are made available for New Zealand, Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands.

Place name searching allows

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hard-to-find streams, peaks, huts, and other land features to be tracked down easily. Want to share a location with a friend?

Add a pin and label to the map,

then send them the link – it’s that easy.

Want to provide detailed information about a trip?

More advanced users can add their own KML overlay they’ve created in Google Earth.

Want NZTM or NZMG coordinates? NZ Topo Map can provide them too.

You can even embed mini topo maps in your own website or blog using the service.

For access to topo maps while on-the-road a mobile version of the ser vice is available for iPhones, Android devices and other smartphones.

If available, the devices built-in GPS capabilities can be used by the service to pin-point your current location on the map – handy if you’re a little lost! www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Walk talk Frommers.com launches Frommer’s Dream Trip Recommender Frommers.com has launched the Frommer’s Dream Trip Recommender, an inspirational online tool designed to help travellers make their dream trip a reality.Launched last month, The Dream Trip Recommender will be an ongoing feature on f ro m m e r s . c o m which is presented by A m e r i c a n Express Travel at launch.

The tool, which allows users to select various trip preferences before offering a tailored list of destinations, will be a valuable tool available for the Frommers.com community. Once users see their dream trip options, they can then read more details on frommers.com and book their trip through American Express Travel.

Bob Bosch, Director of Frommers.com, said: “The Dream Trip Recommender enables travelers to make informed choices that lead to memorable experiences by tapping into Frommer’s unique destination insight and the advice of trusted local experts. In short, tell us what they want to do and we help them find the place to go.”

Yorkshire Dales Walking Festival Taking place on Sunday 14th August walkers from across Yorkshire and the Pennies in the United Kingdom will pull on their walking boots to take part in the Yorkshire Dales biggest walking festival.

With distances suitable for everyone, participants will have the opportunity to either take on a marathon challenge or simply enjoy a steady stroll with friends and family.

During the festival, 2500 people will take to the dales and enjoy some breathtaking views as they take part in one of the festival's four distances, either the 26 mile marathon walk, 14 mile, 5 mile or 4.5 mile Walk and Wheel route.

Following on from the highly successful Run For All Series the Yorkshire Walk Festival is the latest addition to the Jane Tomlinson Appeal events calendar. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Prizewinners The winners of the this month’s Walking New Zealand promotion are: A588 Pedometer - Mark Alcom, Milford, Auckland and a six month subscription extension to Walking New Zealand magazine - Mrs Norma Byers, Oratia, Auckland.

Seven days trekking deserts to raise charity for Japan Robin Visser and Christophe Berthomier successfully completed a trek through the Seven Emirates of the UAE in Seven days and raised $21,000 for the Japanese Tsunami Victims.

Undoubtedly there are many around this planet that are concerned for the many people still homeless after the devastating earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan. Perhaps because of our own experiences with earthquakes here in Christchurch, we relate in some small part to these terrible events.

They raised this money through sponsorships from their work colleagues at Pana-sonic Avionics Corpora-tion in Dubai, where they both work. Our distributor in the region, WCF- Group, provided Christophe and Robin with 2C Solar Light Caps, Oasis style to help them achieve their goal of Seven Emirates over Seven Days.

Cooking dinner with lighting from their 2C Oasis Trekking through the desert heat they were protected from the sun by day, and at night had ample light to set up camp, cook their meal, etc. After their charity trek, Robin Visser said ”the hat is brilliant, I wore it all the time”. His walking mate, Christophe Berthomier said “the caps are great and we really put them to the test. Comfortable, light and very convenient at night as the lights work very well and last longer than we had expected”

Replica of old hut Steve and Mar y Beilski of Rangiwahia in the Ruahine Ranges have built a replica of the Rangiwahia Hut from the days of the old ski field in Rangiwhia. The couple are responsible for the Iron Gates Experience.

Mt Tarawera feature in music release For six weeks during 2010, Rosy Tin Teacaddy were exiled to one of New Zealand's most volatile landscapes. The pair were awarded a Wild Creations artists-in-residency grant from Creative NZ and the Department of Conservation.

This saw them on the shores of Lake Tarawera where they wrote, researched and recorded an interpretation of local history and personal isolation in a site-responsive manner. In the shadow of Tarawera, a moun-

tain which unleashed the most devastating volcanic eruption of recent times, Rosy Tin Teacaddy summoned the spirits and stories left buried under ash and mud.

Overlooking Lake Tarawera, Billy and Betty papered the walls of the cottage with maps and undertook their own expedition; visiting relics, historical heroes, and trekking to what was once the eighth wonder of the world - the Pink and White Terraces.

In their journeys they discovered the characters, news re-

ports and legends that would fuel the imaginings of travelling back in time.

By forging new interpretations of existing myths, the Wellington folk duo carved their own into a full-length album All Mountains Are Men. Written and recorded entirely in isolation at a cottage by the lake, this new collection of songs extends Rosy Tin Teacaddy's sonic palette by layering field-recordings, omnichord and cello on a bed of interlacing vocal harmonies and acoustic guitars.

Their forthcoming album, All Mountains Are Men was released on the 125th Anniversar y of the eruption of Mt Tarawera, June 10, 2011.

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The Managawhai Heads Lookout.

Mangawhai Heads Lookout he Mangawhai Heads Lookout is a short climb for spectatular coastal views of the estuary, Wildlife Refuge Bird Santuary sand spit, surf beach and outlying islands.

This walk can be combined with a walk along the surf beach or descend from the car park to Picnic Bay. To get there: On arriving at Mangawhai continue along Molesworth Drive, a road that winds through Mangawhai, turn right into Mangawhai â– Heads Road and then left into Wintle Street to the Surf Club carpark.

In mid summer the surf beach is very popular and parking can be at a premium.

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The track is well formed to the top of the Managawhai Heads Lookout.

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Mangawhai Heads Lookout

â– Above: Looking out to sea from the top Below: Looking back to the carpark with the start of the Jean Goldsmidt Track towards the right. of the Managawhai Heads Lookout.

Wildlife Refuge Bird Santuary

Far left and middle: The popular surf beach and where the Cliff-top Walkway begins considered one of the finest coastal walks in the country. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Clevedon Scenic Reserve ha

levedon Scenic Reserve is one of Manukau City’s most stunning re serves, with significant natural and cultural heritage value.

Walkways (bush tracks) are marked on the map on the opposite page and on the welcome sign at the reserve.

The track to the summit and back down the other side takes about one to two hours depending on fitness level. The walk is recommended for people with a good level of fitness, as it is steep in places.

There is a shorter 20 minute walk to the old Thorps quarry site, which has a beautiful waterfall and wetland. This part of the reserve provides a boardwalk and stunning seating area for a picnic on a summer day.

The 100ha reserve and the adjoining Clevedon Stewardship Area contain one of the few intact areas of native forest left in Manukau.

History of the reserve The area contains extensive Maori and early

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European history. Ngai Tai hapu (sub tribe) occupied Clevedon and the Hauraki Gulf area from around the 13th century. It is believed they arrived on the Tainui fleet of waka (canoe) from Polynesia.

A number of pa (fortified villages) and kainga (villages) were built by early Maori in the area. The rich forest and the fresh water streams would â– have provided Maori with essential resources for survival.

From the mid 19th century to the early 20th century, the reserve and surrounding area was once part of William Thorp’s farm. William Thorp (the son of early Clevedon pioneers) was a keen conservationist and wanted to ensure that some of his farmland was preserved for public use and conservation.

The land was bought by the Wairoa Road Board as a quarry reserve in 1914. After a meeting with local ratepayers, it was gazetted as a scenic reserve in 1930. Control of the reserve was vested with Manukau County (now

A well formed track.

Manukau City Council) in 1957. The quarry has not been used since this time, and today the entire area has been retained for scenic, educational and recreational needs of the public.

The New Zealand Scout Association has been affiliated with Camp Sladdin since 1964 and has had a building on the reserve since 1966. The camp provides an ideal rural setting for young people to learn about camping and other outdoor pursuits.

Indigenous birdlife and other fauna The forest is home to a variety of native birdlife species including tui, fantail (piwakawaka), New Zealand pigeon(kereru), grey warbler (riroriro), morepork (ruru) and silvereye (tauhou). You can even see a kaka or shinning cuckoo (pipiwharauroa) if you are lucky. The reserve is also a habitat for many native insects such as weta and the fascinating puriri moth.

Lowland broadleaf forest is the main forest type within Clevedon Scenic Reserve.

Broadleaf species include taraire, puriri, kohekohe and karaka.

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as significent heritage value

podocarp group. As you wander through the bush, look out for some fine podocarp specimens of kauri, rimu and kahikatea. The reserve also contains a viable population of king fern, which is in serious decline.

Wetland and stream habitats The Taitaia stream is the main watercourse within the reserve. It meanders from the southwest through the reserve behind Camp Sladdin. The Taitaia stream heads off to the north-east where it meets with the Wairoa River. Within the bush there are many smaller unnamed streams which fluctuate depending on rainfall. In the old quarry site there is a water fall and fresh water wetland area.

Unfortunately, like most of our natural areas in Manukau, the natural heritage of Clevedon Scenic Reserve is under constant threat by invasive plant and animal pests. Infestations of plant pests (weeds) mainly occur around the forest margins and in gaps in the forest.

Predatory and browsing animal pests such as goats, possums, stoats and cats also pose significant threat to our native flora and fauna.

Manukau Parks run an important pest management programme to help control pests within the reserve.

The reserve carpark and entrance is at the end of Thorps Quarry Road in Clevedon.

There are toilets for public use situated next to the main carpark area.

An ideal place to have a picnic.

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Te Araroa Trail

Ocean to Ocean leg soon to go e Araroa’s 120 km Ocean to Ocean leg is set to complete this year, with two farm deals now agreed.

The Ocean to Ocean leg of Te Araroa runs from Ahipara on the Far North’s western coast, to Kerikeri on the east. It traverses mainly forest until it departs from Puketi Forest Headquarters, to cross 12 kilometres of farmland into Kerikeri.

“We now have the deals that allow us through that farmland,” says Te Araroa’s Geoff Chapple.

A Te Araroa team has already put the first stiles in place, but more major works include a new race, a concrete ford, three kilometres of fencing, and a swing bridge across the Kerikeri River. The entire work, including the necessary consents, will finish “before the next tramping season,” says Te Araroa’s project manager in the far north, Greg Blunden.

Te Araroa Trust first began work on the Ocean to Ocean route in 2003, when it financed the cost of a new track across the Herekino

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Above: Construction Manager Noel Sandford (right) and Andrew Smith put in a stile on one of the farms. Photo G Chapple

Forest. The Department of Conservation assisted that track, and the two organisations have worked together since to complete other sections through Raetea, Omahuta and Puketi forests.

“But when we come off Public Conservation Land, we’re on our own,” said Chapple, He thanked the ASB Community Trust for providing the majority of the budget for the present completion link.e

Levin to Wellington link now open and ahead of schedule major milestone for the Te Araroa Trail was celebrated at Otaki Forks recently with the official opening of the Pukeatua Track by the Internal Affairs Minister and Otaki MP Hon Nathan Guy. The event was celebrated at Otaki Forks with a barbeque and a walk along part of New Zealand’s greatest walking trail.

The Levin to Wellington link which has been completed ahead of schedule 0is the final link of the Levin to Wellington stage of the 2,900km trail that links Cape Reinga to

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Bluff.

The track extends from Otaki Forks to Waikanae. It is expected to take seven hours to walk the track, with a further two and a half hours to walk out South Mangaone Road to Waikanae. It is one of the longest parts of the section of the walkway linking Levin to Island Bay, on Wellington’s south coast. Other local parts of the walkway offer opportunities for easy family walks (see www.teararoa.org.nz for details).

The Pukeatua Track has been built by the

Department of Conservation (DOC) with the cooperation of a local landowners John and Mary Carter, who gave consent to access part of the forest at the southern end.

Te Araroa Wellington Trust Chairman , Bill Wakelin said the completion of the Levin to Wellington stage was the result of many years effort by the Wellington trust and many local organisations and individuals who have supported the work.

“This achievement is a real tribute to the great local cooperation we’ve had,” Mr Wakelin said. “We’re especially grateful to DOC for the work they have put in.”

“We’re delighted to have done our bit to meet the target set by Te Araroa’s instigator Geoff Chapple of having the whole walkway completed by the end of 2011. It’s a real asset for our region, and a great opportunity for local people to walk part of New Zealand’s greatest trail.”

While the Levin to Wellington section of Te Araroa is now complete, Wellington trust Left: Toasting at the signing and celebration of the Carter's agreement to allow the track through their land from left to right, Denis McLean Chair Te Araroa Trust Wellington, Mary Carter, Geoff Chapple CEO Te Araroa Trust (NZ) and John Carter.

(Denis McLean was founding chair of the Wellington region trust and has sadly recently died)

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Three Te Araroa Wellington Trust members Hugh Barr, Clelia Lind and John Farrell on Pukeatua Peak.

members will continue to develop other options to improve the trail with more interesting walks in some sections.

TE ARAROA TRUST Te Araroa Trust is a charitable trust dedicated to developing, promoting and administering a national walking trail from North Cape to the Bluff. The Trust is looking to appoint new Board members, based in Auckland or nearby, who can help bring to fruition the organisation’s primary objective – creating a walking trail from Cape Reinga to the Bluff. The Trail is substantially complete, but there are still challenges ahead with the last few segments to be constructed. The completion of the Trail is only the first stage, however, as the principal focus will switch to how it is promoted and marketed.The Trust is a voluntary organisation and its Board works actively with the Chief Executive, Geoff Chapple, to move forward initiatives to meet these challenges. You can check our web site at www.teararoa.org.nz.

It is particularly important for the Board to have a broad skill-set, we are also keen to broaden the age, gender and ethnic balance of our Board.We could benefit particularly from expertise in: Social Media Marketing, fundraising and promotion.

The commitment required is attendance at monthly meetings and participation on subcommittees to suit candidate’s skill sets.

It would suit an Auckland of near Auckland based person.

Applications are now open and will remain open until a suitable candidate is appointed.

If you think that you may have skills that the Trust might benefit from, please call Geoff Chapple or Roger Wilson to discuss things further.

Above: Kapiti tramper John Craig and Te Araroa Wellington Trust member Clelia Lind on Pukeatua peak clearing.

Below: Two Te Araroa Wellington Trust members Hugh Barr and Clelia Lind on track heading toward Pukeatua Peak.

Geoff Chapple (CEO Te Araroa Trust) Phone: 09 445 0524 Roger Wilson (Chairman Te Araroa Trust) Phone: 021 379 135 Email: info@teararoa.org.nz Te Araroa Trust PO Box 5106 Wellesley Street Auckland 1141. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Innsbruck- hiking boots or high heels?

mperial Palace or cutting edge urban ar chitecture? Mountain hikes or cultural pleasures? No need to struggle to make the right decision – with a holiday in Innsbruck you get the best of both worlds, the city and the mountains.

Imagine yourself leisurely relaxing in one of Innsbruck’s many street cafés surrounded by the magnificent medieval buildings of the old town - and some 20 minutes away you get to soak up panoramic views on a restaurant terrace at an altitude of 2,000 metres.

As a much lauded result of the reconstruction of the Nordkette cable railways, the new funicular commences its journey in the very

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Above: The town with wonderful old buildings so close to the mountains.

heart of the city. Designed by star architect Zaha Hadid, the unique stations and the cable-stayed bridge across the river Inn set new standards in international architecture.

The mountain has never been so close – from the city centre of Innsbruck to high alpine terrain in only 20 minutes!

Seegrube and Hafelekar alike are perfect starting points for many leisurely hikes - or thrilling mountain-climbing adventures.

Every morning at 9am a hiking bus departs

from in front of Congress Innsbruck – offering visitors exciting and different guided hikes.

Innsbruck has much to offer the walker.

As you take a leisurely stroll through Innsbruck’s old town, don’t forget to stop by in one of the many picturesque street cafés before you continue to explore the quaint alleys and medieval arcades with their unique shops full of charming, extravagant and often typical Tyrolean products.

From there, head to the beautifully redesigned Maria-Theresien-Strasse and its splendid baroque buildings, and the striking, newly built ‘Kaufhaus Tyrol’ shopping mall designed by star architect David Chipperfield.

Numerous bars and fine restaurants as well as characteristic taverns along the way will tempt you to drop in to – the rooftop bar in the Rathausgalerien shopping centre is particularly recommended.

Feeling suitably refreshed, why not take a stroll through Innsbruck’s museums before moving on to the culinary delights of Innsbruck’s gourmet dining scene in Innsbruck’s only 5-star hotel the Grand Hotel Europa.

Here you find the excellent Europa Stüberl, which was again awarded 15 points, two toques, in the 2011 edition of the Gault Millau.

And finally attend one of the town’s annual summer festival events, ranging from baroque music offered by the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music to the more contemporary sounds of the Innsbruck Tanzsommer, the jazzy atmosphere at the New Orleans Festival and last but not least - the beautiful waltz melodies of the Promenade Concerts.

Below: A shrine up on the high hills.

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Come to Canterbury

New walkway in Canterbury new walkway has been established in Canterbury to enhance access along parts of the Dry Acheron Stream to the Big Ben Range in the Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park.

The Dry Acheron Track is the first established by the New Zealand Walking Access Commission under the Walking Access Act 2008. Access to the track is via Coleridge Road, about an hour’s drive west of Christchurch.

New Zealand Walking Access Commission Chief Executive Mark Neeson said the establishment of the Dry Acheron Track was great news for recreational walkers and others who loved the outdoors.

“Enhanced access ■ to the Dry Acheron Stream and the Ko r owa i / To r l e s s e Tussocklands Park will help ensure more Kiwis can access the outdoors and see this beautiful part of Canterbury.”

Mr Neeson said a section of the walkway crossed private land, so it was important that walkers adhered to the Outdoor Access Code and stayed on the marked route, crossed fences only at stiles, did not disturb stock, and left gates as they found them (whether open or shut).

While the walkway has been established by the New Zealand Walking Access Commission, its day to day administration is carried

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out by the Department of Conservation.

Track times are as follows: Car park to Clay Gully junction - one hour, Clay Gully junction to Clay Valley covenant 10 minutes, Clay Gully junction to Big Ben Route junction - one hour, Big Ben Route junction to Conical Knoll covenant - 30 minutes and Big Ben Route to Big Ben (Korowai/ Torlesse Tussocklands Park) - two hours.

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Te Anau – a place in paradise

Frasers Beach.

On a lovely crisp frosty morning with fog ing this walk as controversy had surrounded hanging in the valleys and drifting lazily across the creation of the pathway.

As we headed south to Lake Te Anau, our BNZ AcManapouri, I listened to the tive Walkers Te Anau Kiwi

By Ann Robbie discussion around the impleSeniors gathered at the DeActive Lifestyles Advisor mentation of the walk. partment of Conservation Sport Southland Frasers Beach lines the forecar park ready for another shore of Lake Manapouri. A walking adventure.

There had been some anticipation regard- number of home and crib owners on the fore-

shore had built their ‘escape’ decades earlier with a magnificent view of the lake.

To the north-east is Supply Bay’(aptly named as the depot for supplies travelling to Deep Cove and the building of the Manapouri Power project in the 1960’s) and to the northwest proudly stands Beehive Island prominently in the middle of the lake, which is totally surrounded by extensive beech forest.

The temperature continued to plummet into the minus’s as the sun tried to find its way over the mountains and around the low lying clouds. The track had been recently cut through bracken, scrub and manuka, and as we entered we were greeted with ‘Tui’ song in the form of ‘barks and grunts’. According to some of the walkers, the track had existed previously but had become overgrown and weed infested.

DOC must have succeeded in controlling opossums, evidenced in the parasitic mistletoe clinging to the Beech and Pittosporum trees and hanging down to the ground heavily laden in bright yellow berries. As a horticulturalist, this was not something I had

Left: BNZ Active walkers checking out the fungi’s on the rock.

Right: A heavily laden Mistletoe bush.

Bottom right: Having a go at c h i l d h o o d memories of stone hopping.

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■ seen for years as the wild marsupials usually put paid to this delicacy. The berries were thick and no doubt the regeneration process would certainly be in for a boost this year.

It was also amazing to see the number of large Beech trees which had been felled.

Stumps littered the ground and I couldn’t help but wonder why? I enquired and was shocked by the response that some unknown person had been poisoning the trees.

Now it all made sense. These were the trees which had hit the television news headlines.

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Above: On the road link from the walkway to the beach.

Why would someone want to kill natives when Gorse, Broom, Cotoneaster, Berberis, Chilean Fire Bush and other undesirables were everywhere?

Other native shrubs laden in berries also lined the walkway and these certainly added a touch of colour on this cool crisp day. This made our walk memorable and our eyes were certainly looking hard for fungis and different natives.

The weed growth over the past few years had certainly taken it’s toll on the native flora and fauna, but the odd Easter Orchid and many varieties of ferns will again rise now the community has bandied together to rid the foreshore these invasive little nasties.

Community volunteers and D)C staff will certainly have their work cut out but the end product will be a great walk along a fantastic beach in an amazing region of paradise. This sort of community work really does make you proud to be a Southlander!

Walking along the beach with Supply Bay in the background.

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Walks around Lake Mangamahoe ake Mangamahoe in Taranaki, is a 262 hectare production forest, popular place for mountain biking, walking, running and bridle path for horses, combined with a scenic lake and park.

It also has spectacular views of Mount Egmont/ Taranaki.

The walks take you on a journey around the lake through production forest, up to impressive lookouts and among mature ornamental tree plantings that are mixed with pockets of regenerated native bush.

The circuit walk is an enjoyable walk for people of all ages. However, there are some step undulating sections on the walk that require a reasonable standard of fitness. The walk may be started at either end of Lake Road.

Along the circuit walk you will meander through a small collection of Redwood trees which were planted in 1931.

In California, where they originate, they are known as “Giants of the Forest”, reaching heights of up to 111 metres. Redwoods are known for their longevity. The growth rings of fallen trees indicate that some have lived

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Below left: On a well formed track through the bush.

O p p o s i t e photos: Signs around the lake give times.

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Walks around Lake Mangama for more than 2,000 years.

On the eastern side of the lake the circuit walk gives the choice of two routes: 1) The upper ridge of this walk, takes you over a forest access road used for logging operations. As this road is up high on a ridge above the lake it provides remarkable views of surrounding farmland, Mt Taranaki/ Egmont and the lake itself.

2) The lower lakeside route takes you on an ambling walk close to the lake edge.

Lakeside vegetation and regenerating pockets of native bush provide a cooling atmosphere and a home to many birds.

In the early 1920’s the New Plymouth City Council purchased land for the construction of a dam and a lake to act as a water catchments area for the expanding city of New Plymouth. In 1932 the lake was created by forming a dam across the valley and submerging 79 acres.

It was named after the Mangamahoe Stream which flows into the upper reaches of the lake. Water from both the stream the nearby Waiwakaiho River feeds the lake through a 548m pipe.

In order to protect the steep hillside from eroding, development planting was undertaken

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of interest: Redwood plantation Lake Dam Bridle Path Foresty production

and shelterbelts were planted to protect the pine trees growing in what is now the Mangamahoe forest. The lake itself is also significant to the district in terms of power generation. Trustpower Ltd administers this from the Mangorei Power Station.

Above: A section with steps.

Top left: A collection of Redwoods.

Top right: Ducks shelter under the trees.

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Right: TheTauranga Bridge walk in the Waioeka Gorge between Opotiki and Gisborne has two river crossings. Here Judy is emptying her boots with the historic bridge in the background. Photo by Keith Hitchcock of Hamilton.

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Contest These are the winners of this month’s photos in our Digital Photo Contest. Because there was just so many photos submitted covering different angles we have decided to publish five instead of the usual three photos this month.

Congratulations to the following who each receive a six month subscription, or six month subscription extension to Walking New Zealand magazine.

Entrants whose photo is chosen for a cover receive a 12 month subscription.

Above: 15 year old Aescleah Hawkins leads friends and supporters on a 3 day walk across Banks Peninsula on March 5th to raise funds to protect the tiny Hector’s dolphins. On Day 2 they walked 22 kilometres from Purau to Hilltop. Photo by Bill Simpson, Christchurch.

Above: "The magic of Aoraki on a brilliant day. Standing proud, guarding her valleys" Photo

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Walking New Zealand Digital Photo Contest 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, etc.

In the subject line type “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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Waiheke plans second walking festival he second annual Waiheke Walking Fes tival takes place Saturday 29 October to Sunday 6 November 2011.

Waiheke Island, the jewel in the Hauraki Gulf, is a well-known and easy to reach destination just 35 minutes by ferry from Auckland.

Sandy beaches and beautiful native bush, the island is a paradise right on Auckland’s doorstep.

The Walking Festival is a great opportunity to enjoy the island’s fine network of public walkways, to take advantage of feature walks across private land and enjoy some of the most beautiful views on the island. A good reason to visit for a few days and combine much of what Waiheke has to offer -vineyards and wine tasting, restaurants and cafes, olive groves and good live music.

Last year’s inaugural festival exceeded all expectation as visitors from all over New Zealand and fourteen other countries escaped the rat-race and took time to really experience this picturesque island.

More than 30 guided walks will take place over nine days. There is something for every-

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Walkers take to the hills in Waiheke Island.

one from a challenging two-day tramp to a story walk for children through Whakanewha Regional Park with internationally famous storyteller, Tanya Batt. Take in Nordic walking master classes or history walks with the promise of cream teas. The brochure will be available on the website in July.

Walking festivals, well-established and very popular in Europe and America are now gaining interest in New Zealand. Waiheke’s proximity to Auckland marks this walking festival to become a regional attraction very quickly.

Visit the website at www.waihekewalkingfestival.org.

News

New bridges improve the Pouakai Circuit hree new bridges, a staircase and a ladder have been flown into the Egmont National Park to make it easier and safer for walkers on the popular Pouakai Circuit.

“The changes are on the Kaiauai track section,” said Tim Weston, Tracks and Structures Ranger for the Department of Conservation. “Instead of climbing down ladders for a river crossing, trampers will head straight across a bridge. It should be a more positive experience and it will take time off the walk. It’s an area that had quite a bit of damage during extreme flooding a couple of years ago.”

The Pouakai Circuit is a two to three day trek depending on your speed, or fondness for side trips. The new structures cross tributaries of the Waiwhakaiho River and Kai Auahi stream and they were flown in by Precision Helicopters.

Taranaki Fencing Contractors are installing the structures and DOC staff will complete the new approaches and align them to existing tracks.

The whole Pouakai Circuit takes you 25 kilometres through tangled, lichen covered goblin forest, lava cliffs and gullies, alpine country and a broad tussock topped Pouakai Range with stunning views of Mt Taranaki and the surrounding countryside. It’s well worth the walk.

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Left: A new ladder flies to its position on the Kaiauai Track in the Egmont National Park. Photo Tim Weston

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Events

Countdown is on for the Taupo Half Marathon he Taupo on-road half marathon kicks off on Sunday 7 August and the Taupo off-road half and quarter marathon kicks off on Saturday 3 September, so get your trainers out the back of the wardrobe and start training now!

The popular Mizuno on-road and off-road half marathon events are back for 2011 with online registrations open at www.taupo halfmarathon.org.nz. The list of spot prizes up for grabs this year are better than ever with the top prize – a 7 night trip to Adelaide including flights, accommodation and a rental car.

Every year over 4,000 people from Great Lake Taupo and around the North Island take part in one or both of the Mizuno Half Marathon events. Beth Mulligan and Cathy Braggins, who have entered all 18 on-road events, come from across the ditch in Queensland to participate.

Proceeds from the on-road event are put back into the Taupo community to support youth getting involved with sport. Event Director Wayne Reardon says the Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon’s are community-focused events and wouldn’t happen without the support of local volunteers. “It is a privilege to work with our local community volunteers and a great outcome to be able to give back to our young sporting community.”

Each year the Taupo Half Marathon Society gives away as much as $30,000 to young sporting stars and sports clubs. $1,000 goes to Taupo Harriers for the 5km Series and to Waipahihi School for IronKids - the three schools with the most participants win money and the top school gets a trophy. The Society also supplies medals every year for the Interprimary Schools Cross Country competition and provides a celebratory chocolate fish for every participant.

“The goal of the Taupo Half Marathon Society is to encourage kids to give sports a go and to support those that want to take it further.”

For those individuals and clubs wanting to

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put their hand up for a sporting scholarship the next funding round closes on May 31 – application forms can be found on the website www.taupohalfmarathons.org.nz. There is also a second funding round for the year that closes on August 31.

Both Taupo Mizuno Half Marathons (onroad and off-road) will again be part of the prestigious Erin Baker and Cameron Brown awards with competitors able to choose the event they prefer. The two half marathons also make up the 63.3 challenge which includes three Taupo half marathons in three months.

For more information on the 63.3 challenge go to www.633.co.nz.

Great prizes for four lucky walkers Above: The Rotorua Events Centre was quite literally packed to the rafters for prize giving after the Rotorua Marathon events when the two major prizes for the walkers in the full and half marathon were announced.

Below left: Nicky Ashendon from Hamilton receives her prize of a trip for two to walk the Julian Alps in Slovenia for one week, with airfares included, from Lesley Bennett of A Walker’s World.

Below right: Jodie Allison from Matamata receives her prize of a trip for two to walk the Danube Pathway in Upper Austria for one week, with airfares included, from Jill Grant of A Walker’s World.

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Overseas walks

Walking on the unique islands of

Guernsey and Sark

By Alex and Jenny Davies

bour from eastern Europe and Russia, and e cruise into St Peter Port in Guern many tons of cement, to build towers, watch sey early one morning after a dawn houses and bunkers that are too massive to sailing from Weymouth in England remove. There is much to see on the island just over two hours before. concerning the German invasion, including an After dragging our bags up some steep nar- underground military hospital. row streets to our hotel, we are ready to wanIn contrast with the south coast, the shores der through the streets and work out where on the west and northern coasts have some we can do the best walks. wide sandy beaches, granite outcrops and exBuses travel frequently all over the island tensive reefs, well exposed at low tide since and after riding them along the narrow lanes, there is a huge tidal variation. where the bus mounts the footpath to let cars We enjoy a coffee at a cafe at Portelet Harwriggle past bour and carry on and the along the beaches sides rub the past more forts beivy on the fore catching a bus high stone back to St Peter walls, we Port. There is no were in no need to get hungry mind to while walking on drive a car Guernsey because here. all kinds of food So we go are available at off by bus roadside stalls.

The climate suits flower growing, especially freesias. towards the This is an honesty south coast which is a 20 km long chain of system that works in friendly places like the high rocky cliffs, with a path negotiating the Channel Islands. slopes above. All the features have names in Next day sees another bank of the rainy the local Norman dialect, Dgernésiais, so we weather that frequently plagues this summer. alight from the bus at La Corbière just past So we catch a bus to the Freesia gardens. the airport and walk to the western end at Less of the island is involved with hortiPleinmont. There are great views of the coves culture than previously but because of the and stacks below. special climate there are still some great floral On most prominent headlands are memo- displays to be seen. rials to the stupidity of war. Following his With brightening weather we walk to the invasion in 1945, Hitler brought in slave la- northern coast and make our way past sandy

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Below: A prehistoric passage grave, one of the many historical curiosities found while walking on Guernsey.

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Walking on the unique islands of

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Above: A walking track follows the entire south coast of Guernsey.

Above: Views of the coastline on Sark are either from the sea or by walking.

coves and bays with bastions of massive granite boulders as well as regularly placed stone loophole towers built from 1778 to help repel the French.

More of Hitler’s handiwork is also ubiquitous. One bunker, with clever mounding of earth to the back, has made an enduring beach lifesaving building and cafe. Further exploring and we find a megalithic tomb about 4000 years old. There have been people in this pleasant place for quite some time.

Normandy and the Channel Islands were part of England after the Norman invasion in 1066.

From 1259 Normandy itself became French, but not the more northern of the islands Jersey, Guernsey, Alderley and Sark.

Today, Guernsey retains its own banknotes, coins, postage stamps and passports. It maintains an ancient Norman law system, but Queen Elizabeth is still the head of state.

The island of Sark, one hour to the east by slow ferry, is even more unusual. After the busy road traffic of Guernsey, we are keen to spend a couple of days on an island with no cars or tarsealed roads and therefore opportunities to cycle and walk safely everywhere.

From the sea, Sark presents a coastline of steep cliffs, with many reefs and stacks offshore. The jetty is tucked in against the cliffs around on the eastern side, accessed through a short tunnel. Several tractors with trailers are waiting to take bags to various lodgings.

“Our’s is for Sue’s” is sufficient identification.

We walk through the tunnel where another tractor waits to pull visitors up to the village on a trailer with seats.

But this is a walking holiday so we carry on up the hill to the plateau above. At the start of the main street there is a lineup of horses and carriages for onward transportation of the sedentary. Apart from the odd tractor passing through the narrow unpaved main street, most people are walking or riding bikes.

There are plenty of bikes for hire. It’s not much further to Sue’s B&B, in fact it’s not much further to anywhere. From Sue’s, it’s no more than 4 km to the furtherest points. Sue kindly answers all our questions about this unusual place.

We begin walking next day by taking the road south. All the roads are narrow, with Left: One of 15 loophole towers built during the American War of Independence when France conflicted with England.

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Above: On Sark, one either walks, cycles, or hires a horse-drawn buggy.

Below: Forts overlooking the English Channel built by the occupying German forces in WW11.

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Above: Our familiar hedge plant, Olearia paniculata, forms a maze at La Seignerie, home of Sark’s feudal lord.

high stone walls. Motor traffic everywhere else has brought about the destruction of these, so we can see how the world used to be. Soon we come to Little Sark. This would be another island but for a high, eroded isthmus called La Coupeé.

After WW2, there was spare cement and POW labour with expertise to build a narrow road negotiating the crest. From this vantage point, we look down to a beautiful sandy beach accessed by a steep track. Further on, there are plenty of other tracks to take us to the coast.

Left: Fresh produce is available at roadside stalls all over Guernsey.

We explore one that takes us down past mine entrances and the stone chimneys of smelters used to recover silver in former times, and leads to a natural stone jetty with the remains of iron ladders and railings. As elsewhere round the coast, it’s wild and rocky. The cliff tops are covered with gorse and bracken.

We frequently stumble across old abandoned cannons in the scrub. To the east, the low outline of Jersey is very clear.

The more distant coast of Normandy in France is to the north-east, and the white buildings of St Peter Port are not far away to the west.

To the north of Sark, a road passes the Seigneurie, the estate house of the Seigneur who, before 2008, was the last remaining feudal lord in Europe.

His home has a spectacular walled garden with many interesting plants but for us the hebes, New Zealand Flax, and a maze formed from one of our native daisy trees are special.

Beyond the garden, a wooded valley runs to the cliff edge where a window has been cut through a rock wall and there is steep access to a stony beach.

On our return to the village, we pass a house with a tractor marked “Doctor” outside, and an ambulance trailer in a garage.

Access to hospital in Guernsey is by boat, even in an emergency.

Only the Queen arrives in Sark by helicopter. Not part of the UK or the EU, Sark has a relationship with Britain somewhat like that of New Zealand.

We liked the refreshing determination of the 600 or so inhabitants to do things differently. A small isolated island can’t keep up with the world in everything, and why should it?

We leave Sark on the ferry back to St Peter Port where we transfer to a fast catamaran ferry to St Malo in Brittany for some more coastal walking.

Guernsey and Sark are remarkably different from each other. They offer excellent walking opportunities, great coastal scenery, and a chance to reflect on where the modern world is going.

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High achiever

Motivated man now walking back to happiness

o energy, poor sleep pat terns, generally low mood, weight gain sound familiar? David, a 65 year old Nelson businessman felt like this and just knew something wasn’t right with his health. When David visited his nurse Marianne at Drs Riley & Mawdsley he was shocked and disappointed to be told he had diabetes.

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Above: Sixty-five year old David today.

With diabetes in the family, and having suffered a serious stroke when he was a young man, David was well aware that things now seriously had to change in order for him to feel well and be able to have a healthy and happy life. This was his wake-up call.

David was referred to the

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David also had a free meeting with a member of NBPH’s Community Nutrition Team (dietitian) and this helped him understand more about what he should and shouldn’t be eating. He emptied his pantry, learnt how to read food labels and signed up for a Diabetes Education course – all part of his plan for getting healthy.

Knowing that making some healthy food changes was only half the equation, David’s thoughts turned to how he could get more exercise – and he chose walking with occasional biking.

With positive encouragement from his Green Prescription patient support person Sue, David set himself a pattern of regular walking, beginning with an achievable half hour walk three times a week and steadily increasing his

walks to almost every day of the week.

He began to go to bed earlier and get better sleep as he exercised more.

In just a few months he had built up to amazing 15 - 20 kilometre walks.

Regular exercise and some simple changes to his eating meant David said he had more energy, felt fitter and had lost weight – down from around 100gs to a healthy 77kgs.

It wasn’t always easy – David noticed he had sore knees and a sore hip at first but as he persevered and became fitter and stronger the pain disappeared.

David bravely made a conscious decision to reduce his alcohol intake, he put less meat on his plate and increased vegetables with great results – healthy blood glucose levels and a much reduced risk of a heart attack or stroke.

An energised, vigorous and positive David is now looking forward to some fantastic walking overseas and is considering 2012 as the year in which he enters as a walker in the Buller Half Marathon – you’re a winner David!

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First view of Machhapuchhre from Tadapani.

Two weeks in

Annapurna

We had scarcely begun, when we met a e flew to Nepal mid October to group from home, just finishing the circuit, walk to Annapurna Base Camp, one who told us gleefully of the 3,700 steps they’d of the most popular treks in the just come down, so onward, and unrelentingly upward we went.

Himalayas, and we soon This was the first of many such found out why. Not only is climbs, all uneven, irregular stones, the scenery absolutely specand invariably reached at the hottest tacular, but the people are so part of the day. We passed a herd of friendly and welcoming. little ponies carrying big bags of ceMost of the people we met ment up to Ulleri to build a new guest on the trail spoke some Enghouse. They were struggling as much lish, even the tiniest children as we were. greeting us with Hullo!

However, the views all the way up What country you? What were spectacular, with Mt you name ? How old you?

Machhapuchhre (Fishtail) glistening After a day in By Barbz Lowther in the sun. Snow melt ran down, Kathmandu, an extremely swelling the streams and waterfalls busy city, we travelled by local bus to Pokhara, a lovely sleepy little town, and from there, an which cascaded beside the track. Pipes led old car ferried us to Nayaphul, to begin the from every pool to feed water to fields, village taps and house tanks. Banana trees and maritwo week trek. golds grew prolifically.

We had a lot of laughs with groups of women harvesting rice, and trying to trade a photo for a few rupees, and I learnt two new words Dhanyabaht (thank you) and pheri bhataunia (Goodbye - see you later).

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Left: Frozen grass at Annapurna Base Camp.

Right: Ponies carrying loads of cement 3,000 steps up to Elleri to build a guest house.

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A roadside dwelling near Malekhu, between Kathmandu and Pokhara.

By 3.30pm we reached Superview Lodge at Ulleri, and what a super view . We spent the evening chatting to other trekkers and watching the sun set on Dhauligiri.

Early next morning we meandered along a forested shady track through several villages, Below left: Children at Chomrong. Most children five to 14 years now go to school, in blue uniforms provided by the government. Even the little one can speak two or three sentences of English.

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where the locals were keen to add to our vocab, Suba bihani or suba prabaht (both good morning) was called out as we passed by. Even passing porters carrying heavy loads, had a ready smile as they called Namaste.

By mid day we reached Ghorepani, with amazing views of the Annapurna Ranges, the most obvious peaks being Dhauligiri, Annapurna south, and Hiunchuli.

We spent the afternoon chatting to sisters

from Wales, who had spent the previous six weeks helping in local schools. They had many interesting tales to tell.

By 4.00 am the following morning, we were on our way up Poon Hill to watch the sun rise, over snow capped mountains. It was rather beautiful, but if you ever do this, wear lots. It was freezing!

We dashed back down to a breakfast of omelet and Tibetan bread, before setting off through Rhododendrum Forest to Tadapani.

In the evening we watched as Mt Machhapuchhre appeared through a hole in the clouds, and then glowed gold in the last rays of the sun . An hour later a brazier was placed under the dining table to warm our feet.

Day four was blazing hot with no shade, and seemingly little flat land. The track was steeply up or just as steeply down and we were glad to reach Chomrong. This is a large Magar village, with two schools a few shops, a bakery, and the most delicious ginger steak.

From here it was another steep descent of over 2,000 steps to the river, then almost twice as many back up to Sinuwa.

We walked past lots of flowering shrubs, and thickets of Bamboo, then on through broadleaf forest of Chestnuts and Alders. The Below: Local children doing their homework before school begins at 10.00am.

Bottom: Barbz and Derek outside Hotel Paradise Garden at Annapurna Base Camp.

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Two weeks in track was interesting and varied all the way to Bamboo, which was like a ‘Garden of Eden’, with Nasturtiums, Marigolds, Hydrangeas, Fushias, Begonias, Calendulas and Lantana growing in abundance. Every house had a thriving vegetable garden.

The track from Bamboo to Dovan was a lovely river trail through very tall Bamboo and broadleaf trees. Water oozed from the cliff face, so ferns, lichens mosses and creepers covered most of it.

We saw several squirrels and two monkeys, before we reached Himalaya Hotel, and then it was another hour uphill all the way to Deurali, where we were lucky to get the last beds, sharing the cook’s quarters..

After scrumptious Sherpa Stew, we were asleep early, and off towards Machhapuchhre Base Camp by 7.30 am.

The track here was much like parts of New Zealand - a narrow path with lots of ferns, dock, grasses, roots, rocks and mud.

We only took an hour to reach Machhapuchhre Base Camp, and continued bestare bestare (slowly slowly) up the icy track to Annapurna Base Camp. Although the river beside us was frozen and grasses and weeds on the edge were icy lumps, we kept warm walking up. The views were absolutely magBelow: Harvesting rice near Nayaphul in the Annapurna area.

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nificent all the way.

It was warm up at Annapurna Base Camp until about 3.00 pm when, the temperature dropped suddenly. Once again the braziers were lit, and heavy woollen blankets were draped over the tables, reaching the floor on either side. A place at the table was a must!

At 6.00 am in the morning, we took photos of the suns first rays, as they hit Annapurna South. It was freezing. We piled on all our layers, and headed back down, and within 20 minutes we were shedding clothes.

It was so much easier going down, and we got as far as Dovan, and spent the evening playing ‘Jacks’ with the porters.

On day nine we ambled down to Bamboo, and on to Sinuwa. It was a beautiful morning with not many others on the track, so we chatted to local kids, and swapped little toys for photos. Some very small children were carrying huge baskets of firewood on their backs, but were still all smiles.

After a delicious lunch of spring rolls loaded with ginger, we walked down to the river, and back up 2,107 steps to Chomrong (yes I counted them).

That night was the start of the Deurali Festival, so local women dressed in ornate costumes, sang and danced the night away, while the men played wind instruments or beat drums.

Next day was again steep stone steps, both down to the river and up to the next village.

We walked with tiny children, walking over an hour down hill to school, and then two hours back home at 4.00 pm. Another herd of ponies struggled up the hill beside us laden with supplies for the village at the top.

After a lunch break we continued on to Gandruk, also a large Gurung village, on two levels. Below is a maze of stone-paved paths, and little slate-roofed houses, while on the slopes above are many guest houses. Once again we had awesome views of the Annapurna Ranges.

From Gandruk the trail led us down to Kyuni, across a new bridge, and back uphill to Landruk.

Because it was festival time, kiddies had blocked off all the bridges in this area, and stood in little groups singing Nepalese folk songs. When we gave them a few rupees, they would place a garland of Marigolds around our necks, and let us through. The kids had so

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Above: Terraced fields near Sinuwa. Below: Ghorepanu with Mount Dhaulagiri and Annapurna 111 in the background.

much fun, and we had an easy morning with lots of compulsory stops.

The track levelled out a bit after Landruk and we wandered around the side of the mountain to Tolka, before trudging steeply up for four hours to Deurali.

We spent the evening playing cards with a group from France. Most of the people we met were from there. We met two groups from The Netherlands, two from Australia, a group of Kiwis, and lots from France, or the United Kingdom.

On the last day we walked down hill, with amazing views of Machhapuchhre all the way.

We stopped to watch a cultural show at Dhampus, then skipped down to Phedi, where a taxi took us back to Pokhara.

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Further expansion From Kay Lindley howing that experience counts, the Ark in the Park team adding new bait lines to the untracked forest to the east of the reservoir added an additional 100 hectares in just 10 days. Dense Kie Kie, Supplejack and Cutty Grass again were in this block, but the team managed to navigate their way in this amazingly short time.

In comparison, the recently done 300-hectare Aw block took three and a half months!

Not only navigating, but also adding bait stations and bait in time for rodent monitoring.

The initial rat index of 85% was whittled down to 7% with just the two applications of bait. This hopefully will benefit the released Kokako, as all six seem to prefer this part of the Ark. Although the Kokako are not seen in this

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dense forest, their transmitters still let the Ark team know their whereabouts, but what will happen as the batteries inevitably cease functioning? In recognition of this problem, Eric Wilson has been trialing sound recorders set at different sites for days at a time.

The recordings are processed with appropriate software so that Kokako calls are detectable and some rough triangulation is possible. An additional study from Auckland University’s Physics Department is investigating whether directional recorder devices can be used to locate Kokako and whether their development of voice recognition for individual birds may work for Kokako in field conditions.

The Kokako belongs to the endemic New Zealand wattlebirds, an ancient family of birds which includes the North and South Island Saddleback and the extinct Huia. The Kokako is the only member of its family still surviving on the mainland.

A dark bluish-grey bird with a long tail and

short wings, it has a pair of brightly coloured, fleshy “wattles” extending from either side of its gape to meet below the neck. The North Island Kokako has blue wattles, while the South Island Kokako has orange or yellow wattles.

The bird is not particularly good at flying and prefers to use its powerful legs to leap and run through the forest. The North Island Kokako is found mainly in mature podocarphardwood forests.

There are fewer than 400 pairs that occur in several isolated populations in the central and northern North Island. In the last 20 years, there has been a marked decline in numbers of North Island Kokako, although management is reversing that trend in many areas now.

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First published in 2001 and with over 10,000 copies sold, Walking the Waitakere Ranges is still the leading guide to the best walks in the region, and is now in its third edition.

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Podiatry

Diabetes and feet

By Rachel Deegan

what’s the connection?

iabetes is a chronic condition whereby the pancreas does not pro duce enough (type 2 diabetes), or any (type 1 diabetes) insulin. Insulin stabilises the bodys blood glucose levels, so not enough insulin leads to high or low levels of sugar within the blood.

What does this have to do with feet you ask? Well, long term elevated levels of sugar within the blood may lead to damage within the small and large nerves of the feet (neuropathy) or damage within the blood vessels (vascular disease).

Diabetes can also affect the hands in similar ways.

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Diabetic neuropathy Damage to the nerves of the feet can lead to a number of negative changes within the feet.

Firstly the sensation within your feet can become diminished, leading to an inability to feel pain, and therefore protect ourselves from further trauma.

This is quite a serious issue with walker’s inparticular.

Diabetics need to take the time to check inside their shoes for pebbles or other problems before they put them on, as they would have less ability to feel if a blister or small cut developing.

This reduced ability to feel pain also prevents diabetics from noticing the pain related to inflammation or infection, and as such, when it is noticed it is more difficult to treat.

Diabetics should always check their feet closely at least once a day, and if they notice any negative changes, see a health professional.

Secondly and less frequently, neuropathy can lead to the ner ves becoming hyperstimulated, whereby every sensation is felt as pain or as a burning sensation.

Vascular disease High blood sugar levels can cause the lining of the blood vessels to becoming thickened, which leads to less blood actually being able to get down to the foot and toes.

This reduced blood flow makes you less able to fight infection within the feet and can lead to increased problems with healing when you get a wound.

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regular calf cramping when you increase your activity, cold or discoloured toes and pain in you legs and feet when you are resting or sleeping.

Diabetics and walking Having diabetes does not mean that you should give up walking, in fact regular walking can promote good blood flow and actually keep the feet healthier in the long term.

But having diabetes does make you more prone to problems in your feet, and so extra care needs to be taken. * Check your feet daily, and if you notice any unusual changes see a health professional * Check within your shoes before you put them on * Wear diabetic socks, they have smaller seams and promote healthy circulation * Wash and dry your feet carefully after all longer walks Diabetics should get their feet checked by a health practitioner at least every six months, and more regularly if you have signs of neuropathy or vascular disease.

If you have an unusual footshape, or irregular nails it is best to have this seen by a podiatrist. Correctly fitting footwear is very important, especially around the house. Walking with bare feet should be avoided Top right: with neuropathy.

Peripheral vascular If you suffer from feet.

Bottom right: callus and corns it is Diabetic also important to have neuropathy. them removed by a podiatrist, as they can develop into ulcers (poor healing wounds) if left for too long.

Maintaing good blood sugar levels, ceasing smoking, keeping blood pressure in check and remaining active can all minimise the chances of developing the neuropathy and vascular disease associated with diabetes.

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Walking the world arm, muggy, and misty just about every morning now. Takes a cou ple hours for the mist and fog to burn off. A few mosquito's in the evening when I set up my tent and get inside. Have to kill a few that follow me inside.

Lots of swamps and long bridges once I crossed into Louisiana. One bridge was four miles long with swamp and cedar trees below.

Lots of tall pine trees provide nice shade on the south side of the road. So as long as there is a good wide shoulder to walk on, I use the shady side of the road.

Passing a few places I recognize from my first walk across the USA back in 1996. Here are a couple articles I wrote from that walk.

The weather has become a lot colder and rainy this week, slowed me down a bit, had to pick up some extra warm clothes in a thrift store, wool sweater, wool hat, wool socks, and rain pants, only $8.50. Wool works best when it is cold and wet out, keeps you warm even if it gets wet. If you are prepared, you can go just about anywhere, anytime, and do anything you want to.

Learned that when I was in Boy Scouts, Troop 22, Newfane, Roger Phillips was scoutmaster. On the 12th the rain turned to sleet and formed a layer of ice on my stroller and hood of my jacket, but as long as I kept walking and eating I stayed warm. Found a polypropylene coverall, like they wear in computer clean rooms, on the side of the road, the day before the ice storm.

Had to sew up a few holes, worked real good in cold rainy weather, kept my inner layer dryer, and did not ice up as much as my goretex jacket. Kind of makes me look like a spaceman or alien, I wonder sometimes what people think when they see me walking in the rain and sleet, coldest day of the year in these parts, singing Zippidy Do Dah, happy as can be. Do they think I am crazy, or do they wish they were out there with me.

A lot of people offered me rides that day, I guess because of the cold and rain and sleet.

Found a Nokia cell phone, no battery pack, and screen is cracked, so it does not work. But I figured I could still use it, if anybody ties to rob me, I will pretend I am calling the police.

Had one lady stop to talk to me, but she was actually trying to convert me to her religion, I told her I was happy with my beliefs and I would appreciate it if she would respect mine, as I was willing to respect hers.

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Almost caused an accident, one car slowed down to look at me, and the one behind was going so fast and tailgating, that he had to slam on the brakes and swerve to avoid back ending him. He swerved right at me on the shoulder so I jumped about six feet real fast, almost got hit.

Stopped for a cup of coffee, sat outside the mini-mart drinking and writing in my journal. Had about 10 teenagers around me asking questions and they invited me over to party. But I said no thanks, never have been much into partying, I would rather read a book or write.

Crossed the Mississippi River, no walkers allowed, on the bridge, so I had to hitch across about a mile. About a third of the way across the USA now.

Interviewed by a newspaper reporter I met in a Taco Bell in Hammond, Louisiana. She saw my stroller outside the window and started asking questions, sent a photographer after me down the road later for some pictures. Said she would send me a copy, be interesting to see how I come across to somebody else.

Stayed in a campground one night, had bought some seam sealer for my tent and wanted to camp under their picnic shelter so I could seal the seams in the morning. Also got some rustoleum spray to touch up my frame and rims, all this rain is starting a little rust.

Had a nice cup of coffee in a rocking chair in front of the fire in campground office. Read a little, first time in a while, usually I am either walking, sleeping, eating, or writing. Felt real good to take a hot shower, I keep pretty clean with a quick sponge bath twice a day in a store or gas station rest room. Only takes five minutes and I rinse out my bike shorts and shirt.

Americans take so many things for granted, clean water, good food, good roads, honest police, go to a poor country and you will see how good we have it here. Just found out my first article was published, felt pretty good.

Next goal is to get a book published.

Had my first day where I actually felt tired, kept stopping to read a little. I think it was because I could not find any bananas or oranges for two days, still made 29 miles though.

Dried my tent out at noon, it was pretty windy, and I found I can actually fly my tent like a kite, dries it out in about five minutes.

Have to get a long piece of strong cord and

see how high I can fly it.

Lost my Rand McNally road atlas, I had it in a three foot long plastic candy cane tube I found. Keeps it dry and I can read it through the plastic. Must of fell off while I was on the shoulder, avoiding an over sized mobile home, walked back about five minutes to find it.

No soreness in my shoulders today, whenever I have a good smooth wide shoulder to walk on with no bumps it goes much better. Woke up to frost on the grass and a beautiful sunrise in Baton Rouge, could hear a mockingbird singing " pretty, pretty ".

Eunice, Louisiana to Tomball, Texas 203 miles, 26.8 per day Everything is still covered with ice, trees, grass, bridges, warming up slowly and melting. Cold, but not raining anymore, tailwind of 15 to 20 miles per hour pushes my stroller right along with just a little guiding by me.

Stopped in for some coffee at a mini-mart in Basile Louisiana, talked for a while with some local Cajuns, then had a big bowl of rice and Cajun gumbo (chicken, squirrel, shrimp, sausage, egg) dished up for me by Kenneth Bushnell. Delicious, kept me going all day.

In the next town of Elton, I stopped at a couple of stores asking for coffee just as it was getting dark, but no luck. About 20 minutes later, down the road a ways, a car pulled over and 4 local youths, Robert, JR, Casey and Leia got out with a whole pot of coffee, they poured me some and even had cream and sugar with them. They gave me their address and a dollar to send them some postcards on my progress across the country.

Amazing sometimes the things people will do for you, I was grinning and laughing for the next hour thinking of them hearing me ask for coffee in the store, then running home to brew a pot of coffee and driving down the road to find me. Just a little bit later a car went by, turned around and slowed down as they came up to me, the headlights blinded me, and then I heard a sweet voice say,"reach out and touch my hand", so I did and she squeezed my hand, I squeezed back, and it felt like she put something in it. Took my gloves off and found a dollar.

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the summer saving up money to travel and that I do not need it. But sometimes people are really insistent, they are fascinated by my walk and want to be part of it by helping me out a little, so I accept their money so as not to disappoint them. Actually I prefer it when they give me food, I have gotten a pecan pie, coffee, hot chocolate, catfish dinner, bananas, yogurt, whatever people have had with them when they see me, the variety and surprise are always welcome as I eat pretty much the same thing every day. Crossed in to Texas on the 15th, some girls asked me for my autograph at a mini-mart, well I guess I am famous now, my first autograph (just joking).

Finally warmed up to t-shirt and shorts weather after a week of cold weather. Going through Beaumont Texas I had one guy who said he saw me on TV, but he must have seen someone else, some other guys said they had read a newspaper article about me back in Hammond. Trucker stopped and offered me a ride all the way to California, I told him no thanks I want this journey to last as long as possible, so he wished me good luck and gave me some cookies and Yoo-Hoo. Was picking out a donut in a grocery store when I saw a bug crawling along the edge of a tray of cookies, lady was going to throw them all out, so I asked if I could have them, free bag of cookies. With all my traveling in all kinds of conditions and different cultures, I hate to see good food thrown away.

Nice guy in mini-mart gave me free egg rolls and a big bag of sweet rolls. Usually I ask before I fill up my coffee refill cup, how much for a cup, I do not mind paying up to 50 cents for a cup, but anything more I think is to much.

So I guess he thought I was almost out of money, he could see my stroller outside with my signs saying "Walk Across USA". A lot of people just like to help me out. One guy stopped to take my picture and then I saw him pull out some change, looked like he was about to throw a couple quarters at me, I had stopped www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Top left: Milton Miller beside both strollers.

Top right: Gary beside both strollers.

to see if he wanted to talk to me, but I just waved and kept walking, kind of insulting to have somebody throw change at you.

Sad day today, dog ran out to bark at me and got ran over by a car, yelled at him to get back, but it happened real fast, lucky the car did not swerve to avoid the dog and hit me.

Can not believe these people that do not tie up their dogs by a busy highway.

Skirting the edge of Houston I stopped at a bike store for advice and one biker walked with me for a while and showed me a good way around road construction and traffic. We stopped outside a home brew pub to talk to some of his friends and they gave me a chocolate beer, I usually do not drink, but since it had chocolate in it I tried it, good stuff.

Finding so many silk flowers on the road side, that I have started a collection on top of my stroller. They blow out of the graveyards in this area, I have never seen so many silk flowers before in one place, all the graveyards are chock full.

Tomball, Texas to Johnson City, Texas 201 miles, 29 per day.

Texas has some very extreme weather, one guy told me if you do not like the weather in Texas, wait a while and it will get worse.

One day it was pretty hot, 85 degrees, when all of a sudden the wind picked up from the north and temperature dropped about ten degrees. Local guy I was talking to said it was a blue norther blowing in. Five hours later it had dropped down to 30 degrees, I just kept on adding layers as I walked till I had all my clothes on. Kept warm, no problem, your body generates a lot of heat as long as you keep moving.

In Texas hill country now, once you get west of Austin it gets drier and hillier. Towns are further apart, 25 to 30 miles usually, people

always nicer in small towns. People in the cities tend to ignore me, throw stuff or honk at me. In big cities you see so many people you tend to ignore them and watch out for trouble. People in small towns tend to be friendlier and curious about what I am doing.

One guy stopped and actually got out of his truck to walk with me and ask questions for about 15 minutes. Always nice to have someone walk with me. Had my first blister that actually bothered me, I have had a couple small ones between my toes that did not bother me. This one forced me to stop, burst it, bandage it, and switch to my boots , which are one size bigger, so they have more room for the toes. That solved the problem, back on the road again.

Been stopping at picnic areas a lot, nice place to stop for a break. Texas has more picnic areas than any other state, if you look at a road map you will be amazed, there is one between practically every town. As the towns get fewer and farther apart I always ask about the next town, whether it has a store or gas station where I can get food and water. Usually I ask two or three people, because some people are not too sure what’s in the next town.

I have been buying a loaf of bread (2000 calories) and a 2 litre bottle of pop (1200 calories) every day now to get me over these long stretches between towns. Still eating oats and eggs and lots of fruit. Missed the Super Bowl, between towns and my radio could not pick it up.

Bent my jogger frame on some bumpy ground under a bridge. When I got it back on the road it was pulling to the right pretty badly, luckily I was able to bend it back. Picked up a copy of my first article at the post office, felt pretty good seeing it in the paper. Having some coffee outside a store-bar, when a guy came out with a cup of homemade turkey chili and crackers for me, real tasty stuff.

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ing from the ceiling, pails, rope, chairs, and big old wooden display cases. They mostly have been replaced by new mini-marts. A lady stopped to talk, gave me her card, wanted me to send her copies of my articles for her bulletin board at work. She works at a travel-book superstore in Austin and she thought my method of travel was pretty unique. Hoping that a book publisher will see them and sign me up for a book deal.

Found some swimming goggles, it was raining so hard and the trucks going by at 80 mph were really drenching me, so I wore them for a while to keep the rain out of my eyes. After a while I switched to walking with traffic on the shoulder instead of against the flow, trucks going by at 80mph give me a little push instead of stopping me in my tracks, not as much water in my face either.

Beautiful full moon came up behind me, lights the way pretty nice. Had to throw away my eggs, getting too hot during the day to keep for very long, have to add more dry milk powder to my oatmeal. Picked up a new tyre in Austin, one of my rear tires is wearing thin, see how long it will last , with the solid rubber tubes in I can run the tyre right down to the casing before changing with out worrying about flats.

Saw a nice big herd of buffalo at the LBJ ranch just outside of Johnson City, always been fascinated by them, almost ran into one on my bicycle when I was working at Yellowstone National Park. Riding back to dorms from work on a trail, coming around a corner a huge buffalo was standing right in the middle of the trail, luckily I was able to swerve behind him, because he snorted and jumped forward.”

Now back to this week’s walk in 2011.

Met another walker on the road pushing a cart. Milton Miller was walking and running from Miami to LA to raise money for ECYE. His website is www.100daysofmadness.com .Had a nice chat and took some photos.

Had to hitchhike across a real narrow bridge across the Mississippi river into Baton Rouge. Made a cardboard sign and only had to wait about 10 minutes before a man in pickup truck gave me a ride across of about one mile.

Headed east now for Pensacola Florida on route 90. Stopping my walk there and taking the bus up to visit family and friends in Virginia and NY before I head back to Arizona to work the summer at Lake Powell Resort.

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omething that is a continuous preoccu pation for me nowadays, is figuring out how many of what we consider to be the natural processes of ageing are, in fact, uncontrollable ageing per se, and how many are the consequences of controllable factors, like nutrition imbalances and reversible tissue damage?

I am increasingly of the opinion that the loss of flexibility, the hardening of muscles, the reductions in blood flow through the limbs and increasing blood pressure are the inevitable but undesirable results of vigorous physical activity and ageing that also happen to be mostly preventable and usually reversible.

Athletes never retire - They just slowly grind to a painful halt At which point they quietly disappear into anonymity, or announce their retirement, then are forgotten!

While I am using sporting examples in this article to make my points, these are equally relevant for anybody who intends to remain healthy and physically active well into old age.

By about 40 years or so, I was a burned out athlete (No - That’s not me in the photo). I was physically fit, or so I thought I was. I could run okay but was inconsistent, never quite being sure if I would run up to standard. Bad days became the norm. I recall one of my last cross country races.

It was a veterans team relay race at Trentham in Lower Hutt. Our team, Victoria University, was the favourite. We were in the lead by the time it came to my leg. I blew!

Despite doing everything right leading up to the day, warming well and not taking off too fast I was quickly reduced to little more than a fast walk. I let the team down badly, and there was nothing I could do about it. My heart and muscles just could not do any better that day.

I now understand what was happening: I was grinding to a halt. My body systems had had enough punishment and were shutting down. In fact, I would not be at all surprised if my heart was in fibrillation during that cross country race. It was time to retire and I did quietly slip away from the competitive cycling and running scenes. My heart was not in these frenetic past times any more.

There are adverse health consequences of vigorous activity, if we leave Nature to run

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her course. I am not talking just about competitive sport; Nature does not differentiate between sport, manual work or hiking over mountain ranges. The effects on the body are the same.

While some physical activity is undoubtedly good for you, it is all about getting a healthy balance and I am not about to encourage readers to go and run a marathon.

After all the first person to run the marathon, Pheidippides, dropped dead at the finish Until just the last 100 years or so, few people lived longer than 30-40 years of age. PreEuropean Maori seldom lived longer than 30 years, for example. Wearing their teeth out chewing on foods like fern roots, saw to that.

Life was harsh for most people worldwide.

During my Grandfather’s time over 50% of people were dead by 50 or 60 years of age - World wars, industrial accidents, infections and multiple childbirths saw to that. Heavy physical activity, such as tilling the fields and working the mines, was mostly the responsibility of “young” people. Those who lived to “old age” went for the rocking chair and not the racing bike, or traversing mountain ranges!

Our biology is such that all of us have a good ten to twenty years of being able to sustain heavy physical activity as adults. Any longer than that and the heart, muscles and joints begin to object; but the odds were, until recently, that we would be dead by then.

If you look at animal species, few live longer than 10 years and those that do tend to take life at a slow pace. While there may be periods of extreme exertion these are generally brief and seldom frequent. Biologically speaking, if our muscles, joints, tendons and heart manage to serve us for a good ten adult years then they have done their job. It is then time to start taking things easy - if we are still alive.

Mother Nature has endowed us with this length of time as high performance machines because this is all that has been needed for as long as Humans have been around for survival of the species.

If we look at phenomenal oldies like late Duncan McLean, the Tartan Flash, his daily exercise was hardly exhausting. I interviewed Duncan in 1978, seeking his secrets for longevity.

His exercise routine consisted of light calisthenics and walking - not daily running.

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ble factors in ageing his community. 40years + marathon cham- be paid for later on in life. This applies not pion, John Campbell, gave up running as a just to gross damage, such as a torn tendon, junior to work on the fishing boats and re- but also to the repeated micro damage that is turned to running in his late 30’s. often referred to as “delayed onset muscle John still had ten good years left in his legs soreness” (DOMS). Repeated DOMS causes but not much longer. An earlier running sen- a gradual hardening and scarring of the mussation, Jack Foster, similarly left his run very cle belly as the years pass, along with a gradual late. Few athletes that train and compete as reduction in performance teenagers are still going strong at thirty. The These muscles become more like inflexvast majority are burned out by then. ible leather straps than spongy, resilient musOf course, there are exceptions, the most cle. Blood flow through them is reduced, blood obvious to me is my sister, Lorraine, who com- pressure rises, the heart works harder, even at peted at international level from 16 years old rest. through to about 42 which I think is some My sister, Lorraine, was always fussing over kind of longevity record. what she ate, she took dietary supplements It is only in the last 50 years or so that “old” daily and was constantly getting deep tissue people are expecting to remain physically ac- massage. I used to think she was a bit of a tive beyond retirement. For as long as human crackpot, especially with regards to her diet beings have been around, there has never been and supplements. How things have changed! any expectation for musI was so wrong. cles and tendons to remain She proved me to be very in competitive working orwrong. Her longevity perder for 60, 70 or even near formances speak for them100 years. We simply never selves. I am now following lasted that long! It wasn’t down the same path and that long ago that athletes have been blessed with a secwere expected to retire by ond chance as an athlete. My 30 years to become well fed performances over the last administrators and few years are testament of coaches. this. I am getting faster as I If we are to continue to am getting older. be physically active into The stop watch does not very old age, biologically lie! speaking, then we need a If we want an athlete to whole new set of strategies perform well, without limitfor physical conditioning ing aches, pains and fatigue, and maintenance of health or risk of dropping dead, that do not necessarily apbeyond thirty years of age, ply hard and fast to youngthen we need to have a sters. whole new set of rules in For example: A twenty Above: Duncan McLean: The place beginning with: year old athlete can have a Tartan Flash World Champion · First do not injure or sprinter at 92 years of age. high carbohydrate, low nuhurt (including DOMS). trient density diet and still perform very well · Balance exertion with rest and recovery. for several years. A 50 year old athlete will al· Allow time for a young athlete to mature most immediately be getting into trouble if physically and emotionally before subjecting on a similar diet. them to extremes of training and competition.

The muscles and joints of a 20 year old · Do not inject, cut or medicate an injury can be smashed and bashed and recover unless absolutely necessary. ”Body - Heal quickly; but the damage is cumulative and will Thyself ”.

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Gary Moller (58years) competing in the 2011 Wainui six hour race.

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· Ensure a nutrient rich diet, including targeted supplementation (Get a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis done to guide you. I can do this for you). · Stretch daily · Massage, massage and even more massage!

It is an interesting observation of sports teams, such as at the Commonwealth Games, that the most in demand service is massage.

Every athlete wants a daily massage. Its an almost instinctive urge. So much is massage in demand, that the physios and even the team doctors may have to help out. I would never go with a team as a massage therapist because I would never get to see anything day or night other than the inside of a bland treatment room.

Talk about a “Bus Driver’s holiday!” Massage, when done well, really does work, Not only does massage relax and soothe, it improves athletic performance. Especially when combined with targeted nutrition.

Massage and nutrition work by countering and even reversing many of the negative effects of vigorous activity combined with getting older. Every active person will benefit from a weekly deep tissue massage and a scientifically formulated nutrition plan.

Slowing down and seizing up is not entirely due to the process of “Ageing”. Nutritional imbalances and the scarring of muscles are not “Ageing”. If you opt to leave it all up to Mother Nature, be resigned to the inevitability that you will be old before your time.

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CONTENTS for previous 14 issues JULY 2011 162 4 Walk talk 6 My favourite walk: Manawatu Gorge Track 8 New Zealand walk: Walk among the native plants 9 Event: New trail event in Nelson sanctuary 10 New Zealand walks: Four short Bay of Islands walks 12 Canterbury walks: Top places to propose to your princess 13 Canterbury walks: Canterbury ready, willing and able to show visitors a great time 13 News: Tawa shared pathway starts to take shape 14 New Zealand walk: Parry Kauri Park 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: The Great New Zealand Trek - Stage six 26 New Zealand walk: Walk the capital’s Sculpture Trail 28 Overseas walks: The Dreampath - a walk from Munich to Venice 34 New Zealand walk: A few surprises for BNZ Active Walkers at Green Lake 37 Window on Waitakere: The high ground 37 News: New cycle trail will benefit walkers 38 Long walk: Walking the World 39 Event: Feilding to Palmerston North event 40 Event: Taupo half marathons back for 2011 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for July 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 49 Overseas walks and tours 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 51 My favourite walk: Wellington’s Eastern Walkway 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 GPx Need help to get active 60 Wellington Marathon JUNE 2011 161 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Much to explore on Great Barrier Island 12 Canterbury walks: Tuatara Tours has eight tours operating 13 Canterbury walks: Christchurch’s Marathon helping Cantabrians get back on their feet 14 New Zealand walks: Wharariki Beach Hilltop walk 19 Event: Whenuapai Half Marathon events 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: A volcanic experience 24 New Zealand walks: Mavora - an area of peaceful tranquillity 25 New Zealand walks: Mavora Lakes Park tracks 26 NZ walk: Beating the bounds 27 Event: Challenge yourself 28 Event Great Forest events 30 Overseas walks: La Dolce Vita! cooking and walking in Italy 36 Window on Waitakere: The Hillary Trail 37 Podiatry: Blisters - a common complaint 38 Long walk: Walking the World 40 High achiever: Maisie Brown’s journey to better health 40 Event: Huntly Half course on a variety of terrain 41 Health: Result of getting rid of toxic elements 43 Weather forecast for June 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking burns more kilojoules 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 59 GPx Need help to get active 60 Huntly Half Marathon MAY 2011 160 4 Walk talk 6 My favourite walk: Headland, sculpture on the Gulf 9 Canterbury walks: Bank Peninsula Track escapes big quake 10 Canterbury walks: Many short walks just north of Christchurch 11 Canterbury walks: Fabulous walks in Rangiora and Oxford

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foothills 12 Canterbury walks: Kaikoura Wilderness Walk 13 Canterbury walks: Business as usual at Christchurch active travel company 14 New Zealand walk: Rocky Marlborough high - The Awatere Tussock Track 18 Te Araroa Trail: Trail now goes under State Highway 1 18 Books: Natural New Zealand 19 Motivation: Pathway visualisation 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Arataki Nature Trail 26 Overseas walks: On foot in Slovenia’s Julian Alps 30 Overseas walks: The Emerald Isle - made for walking 36 Window on Waitakere: Kokako capers 37 Podiatry: Plantar Fascitis 38 Event: Wellington Round the Bays 41 Health: Ongoing neck and shoulder pains 43 Weather forecast for May 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Aorangi Mountains 52 Long walk: Walking the World 54 New Zealand walk: Warkworth River Walkway 55 Nordic Walking Calendars 59 GPx Need help to get active APRIL 2011 159 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: New track opens at Mangawhai Heads 10 New Zealand walks: Walking festival ready for greater numbers 12 Overseas walks: Walking tour feature historic USA sites 13 High achiever: John’s remarkable recovery to now having climbed the Mount 14 New Zealand walk: Kauri Glen Reserve 16 New Zealand walks: Rainbow Mountain-CraterLake walks 18 Te Araroa Trail: Clearwater residents helped mark new South Island trail 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Craters of the Moon - a geothermal walk 25 Motivation: Believe and win 26 New Zealand walks: New walkway links two parks 28 Event: Manawatu Super Seven grows in strength 30 Overseas walks: Hiking and cruising around coastal Italy 40 Book: Walks in nature Melbourne 40 Reader’s views: Says advise not “best practice” 41 Health: How to walk away from fluid retention 43 Weather forecast for April 44 New Zealand coming events 48 Overseas coming events 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Long walk: Walking the World 54 Window on Waitakere: Waitakere Reservoir is outward bound 55 Event: Huntly half ready to roll 55 Nordic Walking Calendars 59 Pak-A-Roo Walking Jackets 60 Wellington Marathon MARCH 2011 158 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: New vineyard to yineyard track on island 8 New Zealand walks: South Island trip full of challenges 12 Rotorua events 14 Overseas walks: Top nature parks on the Gold Coast 15 New land gateway to Hakatere Conservation Park 16 New Zealand walk: Okere Falls: An oasis off the highway 20 Motivation: Shift to a better life 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: The Pakuranga Rotary Walkway 24 The Chathams Islands - a place like no other 26 New Zealand walks: Kawau Island Historic Reserve 30 Overseas walks: Guatemala land of the Mayans 38 New Zealand walk: Taieri Gorge Rail Trail 40 Book: Over 400 walks in new

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book 40 Quake-damaged track reopens 41 Health: Why I can exerecise like I do now 43 Weather forecast for February 44 New Zealand coming events 48 Overseas coming events 50 Overseas walks and tours 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Walking for adventure, fun and exercise 52 Long walk: Walking the World 54 Window on Waitakere: Breeding Kaka 54 Walking to raise awareness of Scouts 49 Overseas walks and tours 55 Nordic Walking Calendars 59 Pak-A-Roo Walking Jackets 60 The Great New Zealand Trek FEBRUARY 2011 157 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Gibbston River Trail now open 11 Rotorua events 12 New Zealand walks: Crosshills a walkers little paradise 15 Event: Leading IT executives take on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing 16 Motivation: Resolutions revisited 16 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa Trail featured in Warkworth walks 18 Event: Walking into the light 20 Event: Cathay Pacific Half Marathon & 11km Fun Run Walk 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Foulwind maybe, but a splendid walk 25 Books: New Zealand - Eye on the Landscape 25 Window on Waitakere: Waitakere Wednesday Walks 2011 26 New Zealand walks: Great views from new Crosbies Hut 29 High achiever: A clever way to get active!

30 Overseas walks: Walking in Champagne 36 Overseas walks: Mt Gambier Blue Lake walk 38 Overseas walks: Mt Gambier lake walks 40 Health: How to walk and eat you way to a great body 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for February 44 New Zealand coming events 47 Overseas coming events 49 Overseas walks and tours 50 New Zealand walks: Skippers Canyon steeped in history 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking intensify your aerobic training 52 Ten-day Walking Festival in Rotorua 54 Nordic Walking: Walking and Nordic Walking - train the right way 56 Great Country Breaks 59 Xterra Rotorua Festival 60 The Great New Zealand Trek JANUARY 2011 156 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Papaitonga Scenic Reserve 8 New Zealand walks: Experience Ahuriri 11 Motivation: Embrace the new 12 New Zealand walks: Ambling to The Anchorage 16 Books: Dreamers of the Day history of Auckland’s Regional Parks 16 Books:The New Zealand Adventure Guide 15 Motivation: The festive season bulge 17 Te Araroa Trail: 18 New Zealand walks: Unveiling the mystery 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Summerhill Farm - a BOP secret 26 New Zealand walks: North Shore Coastal Walk 30 Overseas walks: Glaciers, fjords, waterfalls and railways 35 Event: Rotary Sunset Coast Walk at Waiuku 36 Overseas walks: Working and trekking in Nepal - Trekking the Ghandruk - Ghorepani Circuit 38 High achiever: From family “fat” kid to working on her six pack 38 Readers views: Now free of diseases side effects 39 Health: Easing sore shoulders while walking 40 Event: Kaweka Challenge - an iconic event

41 Window on Waitakere: The year of the robin 43 Weather forecast for January 44 New Zealand coming events 47 Overseas coming events 48 Overseas walks and tours 49 Overseas walks and tours 50 Nordic Walking: Events 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking intensify your aerobic training 52 There’s a walking group near you 56 Great Country Breaks 59 The Great New Zealand Trek 60 Xterra Rotorua Festival DECEMBER 2010 155 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Lake Wanaka’s new tracks ready for summer 8 New Zealand walks: Lake Wanaka’s walking tracks 11 Hi achievers: Raewyn and Geraldine love five year challenges 12 New Zealand walks: Sea, Sky & Bush walk 14 High achiever: Susan’s a half marathon stunner 15 Motivation: The festive season bulge 16 New Zealand walk: Waiheke Island summer works of art 18 New Zealand walk: A weekend of hiking in Opotiki 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walk: Wairere Falls Track 26 Overseas walks: Five days on the Pacific Crest Trail 32 Overseas walks: Walking in an ancient land - Ethiopia 38 Books: Wild New Zealand from the Road 38 Health: Is walking a pain in the butt?

40 Event: Moro Marathon events 41 Window on Waitakere: Class action 43 Weather forecast for December 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 49 Overseas walks and tours 50 Nordic Walking: Events 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking some good reasons to walk the talk 52 There’s a walking group near you 56 Great Country Breaks 59 The Great New Zealand Trek 60 Green Prescription: Need help to get active?

NOVEMBER 2010 154 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Akatrack Luxury in the wilderness 8 My favourite walk: Weymounth Walkway 10 News: Earthquake damages DOC walking tracks 12 New Zealand walk: Walking loop track great for walkers and bird watchers 13 Motivation: Simplify your life 14 New Zealand walk: The Kaikoura Coast Track 19 High achiever: Walked to top of world’s steepest street 20 Te Araroa Trail: Signage completes 12km northern section 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Discover the Lindis region 24 Overseas walks: Stepping out in Central Australia 30 Overseas walk: Doing the Cinque Terra independently 36 Books: Inspiring Gippsland Walks 36 Books: Best Short Nature Walks 37 Health: Role of Vitamin C in fighting cancer 38 New Zealand walks: Walk the Redwoods Whakarewarewa Forest 42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for November 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 49 Nordic Walking: Events 50 Window on Waitakere: Kokako release 50 New product: Don’t put your back out - pull the handle out!

51 Overseas walks and tours 52 There’s a walking group near you 56 Great Country Breaks 59 Walking New Zealkand Shop 60 Need help to get active?

OCTOBER 2010 153 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: The Abel Tasman Coast Walk 9 New Zealand event: Te Awamutu group celebrates 20 years 9 Readers views: 10 New Zealand walks: Warkworth

Walks 2010 - walks worth doing 12 High achiever: I bought great new shoes 13 Motivation: The danger zone 14 Event: A winter wonderland 16 New Zealand walk: From Huntly to Mercer 18 New Zealand walk: K2K - from country to coast 25 Event: Historic tunnel takes trekkers back in time 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 Overseas walk: Railway Reserves Heritage Trail 26 Event: Pegasus group celebrates 30 years 27 Event: Mid distance event welcome in Onehunga Half Marathon 28 Te Araroa Trail: Funds help Southland trail extension 30 Overseas walks: Italy’s Apaune Alps 36 Health: From sweet toothed lump to sword fighter 38 Event: Manawatu Striders events 40 Window on Waitakere: AUTC hut popular with groups 36 Podiatry: Forefoot pain - what’s that?

43 Weather forecast for October 44 New Zealand coming events 47 Overseas coming events 49 Nordic Walking: Events 50 Event: Coastal challenge 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 There’s a walking group near you 56 Great Country Breaks 59 100th marathon for Hutt Valley woman 60 Need help to get active?

SEPTEMBER 2010 152 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Iconic Te Rewa Rewa Bridge opens 8 NZ event: The other side of Matakana 9 Kiwi programme benefits 10 Guidelines for outdoor access published 12 High achiever: Healthy feels good!

13 Motivation: Life changing habits 14 NZ Walk: Bridal Veil Falls 16 NZ Walk: Howath Memorial Wetlands 18 Overseas walks: Gold Coast Federation walk 21 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 NZ walk: Enchantment on the Kaituna Walkway 27 NZwalk: Chelsea Park Heritage walk 28 Overseas walk: Tipperary - here we come!

32 Books: Field Guide to Wild New Zealand, Sydney Free & Dirt Cheap 33 Health: Big toe pain a sign 34 Event: Record field and fast racing in Christchurch 35 Event: Harbour Capital Marathon celebtrates 25 years 36 Window on Waitakere: A day in the life of B94055 36 Podiatry: Tarsal Tunnel syndrome 38 Index over previous 14 issues 39 Weather forecast for September 40 NZ coming events 42 Overseas coming events 44 Nordic Walking: What Nordic Walking and walking does for your body 44 Nordic Walking: Events 46 NZ Walking Shop 47 Overseas walks and tours 48 There’s a walking group near you 52 Great Country Breaks 55 DOC cleans up the Navy in the Bay 56 Off Road Half Marathon - Taupo AUGUST 2010 151 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Onepoto Domain 8 New Zealand walk: Tupare Garden walks 9 Kiwi programme benefits 10 NZ walk: Pauanui Hill - a walk for all seasons 11 Digital Photo Contest winners 12 Event: Fifteen times for Taupo Half Marathon icon 13 Motivation: Success supporters 14 Event: An Autumn Muster walking with the shepherd 18 Event: Seniors three day walking adventure 22 NZ walk: Hiking in the Tararuas 28 Overseas walks: Walking in northern Crete 31 High achievers: How Green Prescription helped these two women 32 Readers views: Walking the

Camino de Santiago trial 32 Health: Achilles tendon pain - or is it?

34 NZ walk: Manawatu Estuary:walks in an unique area 36 Window on Waitakere: Worth their weight in gold 36 Podiatry: Wobbling down the hills or stairs 38 Index over previous 14 issues 39 Weather forecast for August 40 New Zealand coming events 42 Overseas coming events 44 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking as a tool after hip replacement 44 Nordic Walking: Events 46 Event: Record numbers in Curves to Curves 47 Overseas walks and tours 48 There’s a walking group near you 52 Great Country Breaks 55 K-Swiss Rotorua Ekiden 56 Mizuno Half Marathon - Taupo JULY 2010 150 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mount Maunganui Base Walk 11 Digital Photo Contest winners 12 New Zealand walk: Why was Mission Station in such a remote spot?

13 Motivation: Winning decisions 14 Event: Challenge yourself in New Zealand’s fastest growing marathon 14 Working for you while you walk 16 NZ walk: A glimpse of paradise?

20 New Zealand walk: Improved track opens on Paritutu Rock 20 Overseas walks: Sunken garden a top short walk 22 Walking group celebrates 10 years 23 Event: Great NZ Trek stage 5 ends in a surprize 26 Overseas walks: Walking the new Danube Pathway 31 High achiever: Wake-up call for once active 36 year old 32 Walking groups encouraged to enter event 32 Health: Is hair dye making you sick?

34 Altitude training for the lads at DOC Taranaki 35 Long walk: Walking the World 36 Window on Waitakere: What is P. T. A.?

36 Event: New timing system for Moro 25th event 37 Podiatry: Cramp hurts - why?

39 Weather forecast for July 40 New Zealand coming events 42 Overseas coming events 44 Event: Record entries at new venue 46 Nordic Walking: What is Nordic Walking?

46 Nordic Walking: Events 47 Overseas walks and tours 48 There’s a walking group near you 52 Great Country Breaks 55 K-Swiss Rotorua Ekiden 56 Mizuno Half Marathon - Taupo JUNE 2010 149 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: A hiking week away in Central North Island 9 Event: Taupo adds new event to walking portfolio 10 Books: Drawing the Waitakere Coast - Wild about London Parks 11 Digital Photo Contest winners 12 High achiever: Rose finds inspiration with Green Prescription 13 Motivation: High vibe Winter 14 New Zealand walk: Hamurana Springs Reserve walk 17 New Zealand walk: Walking up the Wilkin 21 New Zealand walk: Pohangina Wetlands walk 24 New Zealand walk: Tuff Crater 26 Overseas walks: Holy Year for Spain’s pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago 30 New Zealand walk: Bledisloe Park to Old West Road walk 31 Podiatry: When to treat Bunions 32 Health: Good nutrition key to healthy lifestyle 34 Window on Waitakere: Expansion of Ark in the Park 34 Long walk: Walking the World 36 Event: Martinborough Round the Vines 39 Weather forecast for June 40 New Zealand coming events 42 Overseas coming events 45 Nordic Walking: Walk away back pain the Nordic way 46 Nordic Walking: Events 47 Overseas walks and tours 48 There’s a walking group near you 52 Great Country Breaks 56 Harbour Capital Marathon www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

AUGUST WEATHER FORECAST AUGUST 1 to AUGUST 31 2011 Daily Summary 1st-7th August 2011 Unsettled with troughs of low pressure, westerlies from the 3rd, an active cold front about 4th that may bring hail to Canterbury, southwesterlies about 5th, and northerlies from 6th.

8th-11th August 2011 A cold front moves across the South Island and becomes stationary on reaching Cook Strait. A depression develops within the trough bringing easterlies to the North Island, while an anticyclone becomes centered over the North Island.

12th August 2011 Over the next four weeks the low chance of rainfall continues over much of NZ. Generally settled, anticyclonic conditions. Winds may be more frequent from the west and southwest beginning in about a week’s time.

In the next four weeks, two depressions track across the North Island, bringing high rainfall to east coast regions of the North Island north of Gisborne about the 19th-20th.

The westerlies and southwesterly contribute to below average rainfall in most regions. Rainfall is lower along Kaikoura Coast and coastal areas of Canterbury. About half average can be expected in the Bay of Plenty, Tongariro, Wellington, southern Wairarapa, Marlborough, Nelson and North Westland.

However there may be more than average rainfall to Southland, Central Otago and inland south Canterbury.

Temperatures may be below average in most North Island regions, as well as the West Coast, Marlborough and Canterbury. Near average temperatures may be measured in Waikato, Nelson, along the Kaikoura Coast and in Otago.

Sunshine hours may be above average in Wellington, western North Island regions south of the Waikato, Nelson, Canterbury and coastal Otago.

Cloudier than usual skies may prevail in Southland and Fiordland. The national average temperature may be slightly below average, however this may be higher than for the same time last year.

12th-21st August 2011 Northerlies, becoming northwesterly over the North Island and southerly over the South Island, with the passage of a depression from 14th.

Southwesterlies on 16th, easing later. A subtropical depression brings easterlies to northern regions of the North Island, as it tracks east from 18th, while a ridge of high pressure remains over the South Island.

22nd-31st August 2011 A ridge of high pressure prevails over the North Island, while westerlies strengthen to the far south.

The westerlies then prevail until the first week of next month, interrupted by cold southwesterly outbreaks on 29th and 30th.

24th August 2011 Chance of fog at Hamilton airport. Over next three weeks, central NZ may only get 80% of average rain, which will be good news for farmers, but which may leave Lake Taupo half-full and the Waikato River running at low levels more typical of summer.

26th-27th August 2011 Snow may close the North Island’s Desert Road, but bring perfect skiing conditions to Mt Ruapehu. Possible violent weather throughout most of the South Island.

Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 3rd(perigee), 14th(full moon), 19th (apogee) 29th(new moon), and 31st(perigee). www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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NEW ZEALAND EVENTS JULY 2011 2 Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Auckland 3 Manawatu Striders Winter Series, 10km, Palmerston North 3 Hidden Trails Half Marathon, 12km, Kawerau 3 Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Auckland 3 Winter Warm Up Trail Fun Run/Walk, 10km, Greta Valley 3 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km &

14km, Waiuku, Auckland 3 Carters Heads 2 Harbour Mangawhai Run/ Walk, 8.5km, Mangawhai 4 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, New Plymouth 6 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 10 Saucony Off Road Half Marathon & 10km, Taupo 11 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, New Plymouth 13 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 16 Furneaux Lodge Captain Cook’s Landing, 25km, Picton 16 Waikato Draught Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Palmerston North 17 Inov-8 Hawkes Bay Trail Series, 10km 15km & 25km, Waipukurau 17 Norsewood to Takapau Fun Challenge 21.1km, Norsewood 17 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk Series, 20km, 10km,

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5km & 1.5km, Auckland 18 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 20 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 24 Manawatu Striders Winter Series, 15km, Palmerston North 24 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km & 14km, Woodhill, Auckland 25 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 27 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 31 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon,15km, 10km & 5km, Greenlane, Auckland

AUGUST 2011 3 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 6 Waikato Draught Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua 7 Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon, Taupo 7 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk Series, 20km, 10km, 5km & 1.5km, Auckland 8 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 10 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 13 Waikato Draught Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua 14 Manawatu Striders Half Marathon & 10km, Palmerston North 14 Inov-8 Hawkes Bay Trail Series, 10km.

15km & 25km, Hamoana 14 Woodbourne Half Marathon & 10km, Blenheim 14 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km & 14km, Whitford, Auckland 15 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 17 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 21 Petone Workingmen’s Club 5 Bridges, 10km & 5km, Petone 21 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon,15km, 10km & 5km, Narrow Neck Beach, Auckland 22 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 27 Great Nasby Water Race, 100km, 80km, 60km & 50km, Nasby 28 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 28 Southland Regional Walk - Borland Lodge, Invercargill 28 North Shore Marathon, Half Marathon & 5km, Auckland 31 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

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Coming events 18 Carters Hatuma Half Marathon, Waipukurau 19 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 25 Tauranga City to Surf, 12km Fun Run/Walk, Tauranga 26 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 28 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

OCTOBER 2011 1 Sri Chinmoy 12 hour 4-Person Teams Relay, Auckland 1 Sri Chinmoy 12 hour 6-12-24 Hour Track Races, Auckland 2 SBS Bank Hamilton Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Hamilton 2 Juken NZ Ltd Kaitaia Run/Walk, 5km & 13km, Kaitaia 2 Radience Devonport Classic, 5km & 10km, Devonport, Auckland

2 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon,32km, 18km & 8km, Manukau, Auckland 3 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 5 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 8 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km & 14km Waihi 9 Wairarapa Country Half Marathon & 10km, Masterton 10 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 12 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 15 Subway Dun Run, 22km, Nelson 15 Great Barrier Island Wharf to Wharf, 42.2km, Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island 17 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 19 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 22 Lodge to Lodge Half Marathon & 10km Walk/Run, Mt Lyford, Waiau 29-6 November Waiheke Island Walking Festival, Waiheke Island

Manawatu Striders HALF MARATHON 10km & 5km run/walk

Sunday 14th August 2011 Massey University Recreation Centre

Palmerston North Start times from 9.00am HEAPS OF SPOT PRIZES Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Half Marathon men’s and Women’s Run and Walk For further information: Phone Alister 06-353-7175 or 027-212-1188

Email: info@manawatustriders.org.nz

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30 Adidas Auckland Marathon, Half Marathon, 120.5km & 5km, Auckland 31 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth

NOVEMBER 2011 2 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 5 57th Feilding Marathon, Feilding 6 10th Morrinsville College PTA Half Marathon, Morrinsville 7 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 9 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 11 eVolo Kura 2 Mount (K2K), Tauranga 11 Steelformers Around the Mountain Relay, 150km, New Plymouth 11 Queen Charlotte Ultramarathon, 71km, Blenheim 12 Speights West Coaster 10km & 18km, Bethells Beach 13 Napier Pak ’n Save Half Marathon & 10km, Napier 13 Save the Children Fun Run, 21.1km, 10km & 5km, Thames 13 Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon, Invercargill 14 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 16 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 19 Fullers Great Sights Kerikeri Half Marathon, Kerikeri 20 Winter Brookfield Bog Challenge, 4km, 8km & 12km, Wainuiomata 21 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 23 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 25 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks Mokoroa Falls, Waitakere, Auckland 26 Mahana Half Marathon, Woollaston Estate Winery, Nelson 30 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

DECEMBER 2011 4 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon,32km, 18km & 8km, Grenlane, Auckland 5 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 10 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon, Half Marathon, Wanganui 11 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk, 100km, 50km, 25km & 10km, Christchurch 12 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 19 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

JANUARY 2012 7 Madame-Rouge Charity Cross Country 9km, Onetangi, Waiheke Island

FEBRUARY 2012 4-12 NZ Masters Games, Dunedin

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Coming events 25 The Bedrock 50, Oxford

MARCH 2012 Chilltech Beach 2 Basin Whangarei Run/Walk, 9km, 5.7km, Whangarei

APRIL 2012 14 Great Forest Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Waitakere Beach

MAY 2012 Newman Engineering, Baylys 2 Dargarville Run/Walk, 12km,& 6.8km, Dargarville

OVERSEAS EVENTS JULY 2011 2 Achill Half Marathon, Achill Island, co Mayo, Ireland 2-3 Run Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 3 Salomon Trail Running Series, 6km & 10km, Melbourne 6 Thames 10k, Beale Park Wilderness Reserve, England 10 New Balance Geraldton Marathon, Bluff Point, WA, Australia 10 11th Bristol 10k London Run, England 16 Killarney Maxi Marathon, Killarney, co Kerry, Ireland 17 Lawler Partners Winery Marathon Half Marathon, 10km & 6km, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia 17 Run Melbourne, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 19-22 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Netherlands 23 Round Island Relay, Vanuata 30 Vanuata Half Marathon & 10km, Vanuata 30 Australian Outback Marathon, Yulara, NT, Australia 30 Bush Capital Bush Marathon Festival, Bush Walks, 5km, 10km, 16km &25km,Campbell, ACT, Australia 31 7th Ipswitch Park to Park Half Marathon,m 10km & 5km, Ipswitch, Qld, Australia 31 Westlink Cities Marathon, Sydney, NSW, Australia 31 Salomon Trail Running Series, 6km & 12km, Melbourne 31 San Francisco Marathon, San Francisco, CA, USA 31 Mornington Bay Run, 8km & 3.7km, Mornington, Vic Australia

5-7 Brisbane Marathon Festival, Half Marathon, 10km, 2km, South Bank Parklands, Qld, Australia 9 Drumley Walk (Indigenous) Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 12-14 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km & 42km, Vaasa, Finland 14 The Lakes College Fun Run, 2km, 6km & 10km, North Lakes, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 14 Adelaide Marathon Festival, Adelaide, SA, Australia 20 Helsinki City Marathon, Helsinki, Finland 21 Alice Springs Marathon & Half Marathon, Alice Springs, NT, Australia 27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km, Verdal, Norway 27-29 Achill Summer Walks Festival, Achill, co Mayo, Ireland 28 Mudgee Running Festival, Mudgee, NSW, Australia 28 Victoria Falls Marathon, Zimbabwe 28 Lake Macquarie Running Festival, Half Marathon, 10.5km & 4km, Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia 28 Salomon Trail Running Series, 6km & 10km, Melbourne 28 Galway City Marathon Galway, Ireland 28 Quebec City Marathon, Quebec, Canada 28 Maraton Int’l de la Cuidda de Mexico, Mexico 28 Shepparton Marathon Events, Shepparton, Vic, Australia 28 31st de Castella Run, 5km, 10km & 15km, Kew Boulevard, Vic, Australia 28 Cairns Road Runners Trail Run, 74km, 21.1km, 10km & 5km, Kuranda to Part Doug-

las, Qld, Australia Sperrins Walking Festival, Co Tyrone, Ireland

SEPTEMBER 2011 3 Dingle Marathon, Dingle, co Kerry, Ireland 3 Fjord Norway Half Marathon, Norway 3 Ruska Marathon, Finland 4 The Ross Marathon, Tas, Australia 4 Great Scottish Run Half Marathon, Scotland 9 Petra Marathon & Half Marathon, Petra

ATHLETICS MASTERTON FAGAN MOTORS 37th Anniversary

WAIRARAPA COUNTRY MARATHON HALF MARATHON 10km Fun Walk or Run SUNDAY 9 October 2011 COME TO THE WAIRARAPA AND ENJOY

Two lap marathon one lap half marathon Picturesque rural course Excellent spot prizes plus 10km teams prize Entries close Monday 3 October 2011 See our website for information and results www.athleticsmasterton.org.nz

Ring Graeme Butcher 06-377-2356 or Carrol MacDonald 06-377-1174

AUGUST 2011 6 Siberian International Marathon, Siberia, Russia 7 Cane to Coral, 15km & 8km, Bundaberg, Qld, Australia 7 Townsville Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Townsville, Qld, Australia

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Coming events 10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km, Arenzano, Italy 11 Bristol Half Marathon, Bristol, England 11 Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon, Moscow, Russia 12th – 19th - 8 day Highlights of the Bibbulmun Track, Western Australia 15-29 Simpson Desert Multi Marathon, Simpson Deset, Australia 16-18 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km & 42km, Seefeld, Austria 17 Stockholm Half Marathon, Stockholm, Sweden 18 Blackmores Sydney Marathon, & Half Marathon Sydney, NSW, Australia 18 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon, Denmark 23-25 Burren Peaks Walking Festival, Ballyvaughan, co Clare, Ireland 24 Round Rarotonga Road Race, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 24-25 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km, & 50km, Brno, Czech Republic 25 Cape Town Marathon, Cape Town, South Africa 25 Lake Tahoe Marathon, CA, USA 25 Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany 25 Turin Half Marathon, Turin, Italy

OCTOBER 2011 1-2 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda, Germany 2 Budapest Marathon, Budapest 2 Cologne Marathon & Half Marathon, Coologne, Germany 2 Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running, Loch Ness, Scotland 2 Brussels Marathon & Half Marathon, Brussels, Belgium 7-9 Carlow Autumn Walking Festival, Carlow, Ireland 7-9 Nire Valley Walking Festival, Nire Valley, co Waterford, Ireland 8 Fitzroy Falls Fire Trail Marathon, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 9 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago, USA 9 Bank of Melbourne Marathon Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 5.7km & 3km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 9 Portland Marathon, Portland, OR, USA 9 Eindhoven Marathon, Eindhoven, Netherlands 9 St George Melbourne Marathon, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 9 Bucharest International Marathon & Half

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Marathon, Bucharest, Romania 16 Toowooma Road Runners Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia 15-16 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 16 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon & Half Marathon, Toronto, Canada 16 Amsterdam Marathon, Amsterdam, Netherlands 22-23 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 22 The Polar Circle Marathon, Arctic 23 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, Rottnest Island, WA, Australia 23 Venice Marathon, Venice, Italy 23 Niagara Falls International Marathon, Niagara Falls, Canada 28-31 Footfalls Wicklow Walking Festival, Glendalough, co Wicklow, Ireland 29-30 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju, Korea 30 Port of Portlands 3-Bay Marathon, Portland, Vic, Australia 30 Lausanne Marathon, Lausanne, Switzerland 30 BMW Frankfurt Marathon, Frankfurt, Germany 31 Adidas Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2011 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km Higashimatsu-yama, Japan 6 ING New York City Marathon, New York, USA 11-13 Upperchurch Walking Festival Weekend, Thurles, co Tipperary, Ireland 12 Cairns Road Runners Trail Run, 74km, 21.1km, 10km & 5km, Cairns to Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 12 Marathon Cool Down, Phoenix, co Offaly, Ireland 12 Air Pacific International Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Denarau Island, Fiji 13 Athens Classic Marathon, Athens Greece 13 Turin Marathon, Turin, Italy 12-13 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Taiwan 20 Big Sur Marathon on Monterey Bay, Montery, CA, USA 20 Yokohama Women’s Marathon, Yokohama, Japan 20 Standard Charters Bankok Marathon, Bankok, Thailand 26 Kinnity Castle Half Marathon, Kinnity, co Offaly, Ireland 27 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan 27 Great Ethiopian Airlines Run 10km, Ethiopia 30 Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100km, Antarctic

DECEMBER 2011 3 Jingle Bells Run, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland 4 Las Vegas Marathon, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 10 Killarney Santa Run, Killarney, co Kerry, Ire-

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Coming events land 10 Waterford Half Marathon, Waterford City, Ireland 10 Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon, Clonakilty, West Cork, Ireland 11 Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, Hawaii 24 Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Charlotte Pass Village, NSW, Australia 26 Fields of Athenry 10km Run, Athenry, Galway, Ireland 26-27 Walk Killarney, Killarney, co Kerry, Ireland

JANUARY 2012 7 Xiamen International Marathon, Xiamen, China 14 Houston Marathon, Houston, USA 15 Standard Charters Mumbai Marathon, Mumbai, India 29 Osaka Women’s Marathon, Osaka, Japan 29 Miami Marathon, Miami, FL, USA

FEBRUARY 2012 19 Austin Marathon, Austin, TX, USA 26 Tokyo Marathon, Tokyo, Japan 27 Sahara Marathon, Sahara, Algeria

MARCH 2012 4 Sao Paulo International Half Marathon, Sao Paula, Brazil 5 The Antarctica Marathon & Half Marathon, Antarctica 16 Jerusalem Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Jerusalem, Israel 23-24 IML Two Day Walk, Gilboa, Israel 25 Lisbon Half Marathon, Lisbon, Spain 31-1 April IML Two Day Walk, Canberra, ACT, Australia

14-16 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km & 42km, Seefeld, Austria 22-23 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km, & 50km, Brno, Czech Republic

OCTOBER 2012 6-7 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda, Germany 20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, WonJu, Korea

NOVEMBER 2012 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 5 0 k m Higashimatsuyama, Japan 10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Taiwan 14 The Solar Eclipse Marathon,

Shoe Clinic

Hawke’s Bay Marathon Incorporating 21k & 10k Fun Run/Walk

Saturday, 3 September 2011

Starts at Havelock North Domain For further information Phone: Wendy Foulds 06 844 3165 or email info@runwalkhb.org.nz Enter online: www.runwalkhb.org.nz Entries close: 19 August 2011

APRIL 2012 18-19 IML Vancouver Two Day Walk, Vancouver, USA

MAY 2012

100 marathons and more

5-6 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km & 42km, Blankenberge, Belgium 11-13 IML Two Day Walk, Yatsushire, China 12-13 IWL Waendel Weekend, 15km, 25km & 42km, Wellingborough, England 17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Chantonnay, France 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switzerland 21-22 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China

JUNE 2012 2-3 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km & 40km, Diekirch, Luxembourg 23-24 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 40km & 45km, Viborg, Denmark 28-1 July IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland

JULY 2012 17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Netherlands

AUGUST 2012 10-12 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km & 42km, Vaasa, Finland 25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km, Verdal, Norway

SEPTEMBER 2012 8-9 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km, Arenzano, Italy www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Above: Mike and Chris Leahy finishing the Aurora Marathon. Mike finishing marathon number 100 with wife Chris who was finishing marathon number 112. Photo taken by Clive Eastwood.

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Nordic Walking www.nordicwalking.net.nz Winter classes and feature walks JULY 10 (Sunday) “Techfit”, Long Bay Beach – 8:30 am 24 (Sunday) “Techfit”, Eastern Beach – 8:30 am 31 (Sunday) “Feature Walk”, Devonport – 8:30 am Also: Hamilton, Rotorua, Hawkes Bay, Kapiti, Wellington, and Christchurch www.nordicwalking.NET.nz june.stevenson@xtra.co.nz 0800 NORDIC (667342)

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NOWANZ.CO.NZ Nordic Walking events Nordic Walking Events by date JULY 2011 2 AKL-One Tree Hill Domain, Taster, Chrissie Wright 021-2101709 2 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 3 AKL-Parnell Domain, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 3 AKL-One Tree Hill Domain, Taster, Chrissie Wright 021-2101709 6 Tutukaka Ngunguru Sports Complex, Course, Robyn 09-4344060 7 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 7 AKL-Riverhead Rugby grounds, New, Marilyn 021-752556 8 Motueka Goodman Park, Taster, M Alexander 021-2459955 9 AKL-Riverhead Rugby Grounds, Taster, M Palmer 021-752556 9 Hamilton Lake Domain, New, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 10 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Starter, Ewa 027-2472082 10 AKL-One Tree Hill Domain, Taster, Chrissie Wright 021-2101709 13 Tutukaka Ngunguru Sports Cplx, Course, Robyn 021-784653 14 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 16 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, NEW Course, Ewa 027-2472082 16 AKL-Ranui Ranui park, Taster, Marilyn Palmer 021-752556 17 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Starter, Ewa 027-2472082 18 Napier Ocean Spa Marine Parade, Taster, Marya 021-452172 21 Invercargill Queens Park, Taster, Judy 03-2186583 21 Invercargill Queens Park, Starter Plus, Judy 03-2186583 23 Whangarei, i-Site Centre, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386 23 CHC-Ilam Jelly Park, Taster, Penny 021-2567 082 23 CHC-Ilam Jelly Park, Starter Plus, Penny 021-2567 082 24 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-2471885 25 Whangarei, i-Site Centre, Taster, Beatrice 09-4385630 26 Napier Ahuriri 8 Lever St, Course, Cityfitness 06-835 1211 26 Waipu, Museum Carpark, Taster, Barbara 09-4320386 28 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-6344197 1-Aug Orewa, i-Site Centre, NEW Course, Matthias 022-4320386 3-Aug Ruakaka, Surf Club, NEW Course, Anja 09-4328616 3-Aug Whangarei, Kensington, New, Matthias 022-4320386 5-Aug Balclutha Naish Park, Taster, Marion Gardner 03-4180645 6-Aug Warkworth, Lucy Moore Pk, Course, L Outwin 021-611239 6-Aug Kerikeri, Outdoors at Domain, New, Barbara 09-4320386 www.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz for further information and updates Nordic Walking Groups and Fitness Walks by day Mon Napier Park Island, Tamatea, Marya Hopman 06-357058 Mon Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475 Mon AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 Tue Ruakaka, Surf Club, Anja 09-4328616 Tue Havelock North River Rd Walkway, River Rd, 06-8782475 Tue AKL-Kohimarama, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 Wed Whangarei, Kensington Park, Barbara Faust 09-4320386 Thu Napier Park Island, Tamatea, Marya Hopman 06-357058 Fri Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475 Sat AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562 Sat Warkworth Lucy Moore Park, Lisa Outwin 021-611239 www.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz for further information and updates

Nordic contacts Contact details for three groups in New Zealand promoting Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking New Zealand (NoWaNZ) Waipu Northland, Phone 0800-669-269 Email contact@NordicWalkingNZ.co.nz Web www.nordicwalkingNZ.co.nz International Nordic Walking Assn (INWA) June Stevenson Phone 09-416-3917 0274-383-923 Email june.stevenson@xtra.co.nz Web www.nordicwalking.net.nz

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NORTH ISLAND NORTHLAND KAITAIA FAR NORTH TRAVEL CLUB: Maurice Lowell, 09-408-0732 after 3pm.

BAY OF ISLANDS BAY OF ISLANDS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Saturday (AM), Bert Vanasche 09-404-0147, or Gea Hadderingh 09- 405-7773

DARGARVILLE DARGARVILLE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (PM), Joan Burnett, 09-437-8708

WHANGAREI KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Lee Taylor 09430-3470 CARDIAC CARE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM or PM), Jo or Hugh Knight 09-438-7976 KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Kensington Reception, 09-437-4404 GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUPS: 0800-228-483 HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Thursday (AM), Val Babe 09-437-1657 HIKURANGI WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM) KAMO 60’s UP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Yvonne 09-435-1101 KENSINGTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Thursday (PM), Sport Northland 09-437-4404 TIKIPUNGA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Barbara Derrick 09435-0746 WAIPU WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM) WHANGAREI ATHLETICS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Tuesday Thursday (AM), Beth McLeod 09-437-7763, Saturday (PM) Morris or Shirley Gray 09-436-1524 WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB: Sue Guyatt 09-436-1441

AUCKLAND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB: midweek, weekends (BIA), walks, tramps, Jan Thompson 09-634-4624,Val Todd 09-579-8250 AUCKLAND NATURAL HISTORY CLUB: Every second Sunday, (AM), (IA),Praemi Pera 09-836-9161 ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Tramps, walks, cycling, Sunday, Saturday, Marianne Rienhard 09-575-2429 ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Sunday, Saturday & weekdays, tramps, walks , Beryl Borthwick 09-444-9667 or Sue Fitzpatrick 09-5761069 PRAM WALKING GROUP: Second Wednesday of month, Sport Auckland, Alissa Tosswill 09-623-7925

AUCKLAND CENTRAL AUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday (AM), Dave Lampitt 09-410-5287 AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: Jenny Andrew 09-5705455 AUCKLAND WALKERS & JOGGERS CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Bev Horton 09-625-5329 AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Ray Vickers 09-576-6906 AUCKLAND BAPTIST TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday Monthly (PM), (BIA), John McCarthy 09-630-4073 AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER CLUB: John Yolland 09-5769807 AUCKLAND RACE WALKERS ASSN: Sunday (AM), www.racewalkingauckland.org AUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Doug Astley 09-620-4923 AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Michelle Lee 09-3581296 BLOCKHOUSE BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE: Len Govind 09-627-9911 ELLERSLIE Y’S WALKING CLUB: Doug MacKay 09-274-7083 EAST AND BAYS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Glendowie, Saturday, Denise 09-570-9683 EPSOM Y’s COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Tuesday/Thursday (AM), Jan Dwyer 09-636-6294, Sunday (AM), M Armstrong 09639-1378 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-9993 MT ALBERT Y’s WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Friday, (AM), 09-8460788 MT ROSKILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: Theresa McDonald, 09-6243281 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Jan Thompson 09-6344624 WALKING CLUB: Graeme Easte, 09-376-5901 LES MILLS GYM: Seven days, (AM) (PM), (BIA), Powerwalking, Dave Buchan, 09-379-9590 STEP OUT WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), 09-379-2095 x 9704

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BLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Terry Wilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071 FIA OLA WOMEN’S DEVELOPMEMT WALK GROUP: Monday to Saturday, Anne, 09-813-0021 FIT4LIFE: Glenfield, Monday (PM), Friday (AM), Sarah 021 534 649 FOOTSTEPS: Saturday (AM), John 09-410-2995 GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), Ethel Denscombe 09-818-3561 GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM) and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230 GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne 09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867 GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300 HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM), Alene Couchman 09-818-2580 KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin 09-838-6553 KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin 09-818-6084 KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-4128914 LYNNMALL CITY MALL WALKING: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA), 09-826-2333 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-993 LYNNDALE AMATEUR ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Wednesday and Sunday (AM), Mic Baker 09-626-3232 MASSEY ATHLETIC CLUB: Sunday (AM), Shena McGregor 09-4128076 MASSEY JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Kerry Watt 09838-6665 or 021-517-049 NEW LYNN ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: New Lynn, Wednesday, Lorraine, 09-827-8663 RANUI MORNING WALK GROUP: Monday to Friday (AM), Judith 09-832-5692 RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09832-4069 RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 09412-9952 SUMMERLAND WALKERS: Henderson, Thursday (AM), Max Eyes 09-837-4787, lyn Mountier 09-838-1599 TE ATAU PENINSULA WALKERS: Monday, Friday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Mary Jones 09-834-6989 TE ATATU JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Te Atatu Peninsula, Sunday (AM), Malcolm 09-834-4101 or Diane or Graham 09-834-4423 TE ATATU SOUTH ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: Te Atatu South, Wednesday, Edna, 09-834-1401 THE HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Brian Ashmore 09-817-4562 or 027-471-3038 TITIRANGI TWILIGHT STROLLERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), Miranda 09-817-9677 TITIRANGI WALKERS & JOGGERS: Sundays (AM), John Harris 09817-7212 WEST HARBOUR ACTIVE 35+WALKING GROUP: West Harbour, Friday (AM), Lorna Lyon, 09-416-7871 Y’s WALKING HENDERSON: Tuesdays, Thursday, Sarah, 09-8368031 Y’s Walkers, Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Dan Gofin 09-627-9993 WAIATARUA WALKERS:Oratia, Saturday (AM), 09-814-9945 WANDERWOMEN ADVENTURES: 09-360-7330 WALKING WAITAKERE WEDNESDAY WALKS: Wednesday, (AM), May to October, Kay Lindley 09-837-8820 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284, Sandra Townsend 09-478-7194 WEST AUCKLAND DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), www.trampwest.co.nz

NORTH SHORE 10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 60’s UP TORBAY/BROWNS BAY: Wed (AM), Heather Jean Adams 09-478-2462 ABERDEEN ROAD WALKERS: Campbells Bay, Saturday (PM), Patsy Hulse 09-410-9353 BUSH WALK & TALK: Margi Keys, 09-443-6819 NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Lynda Langridge 09-4821320,www.nstc.org.nz BIRKENHEAD PROBUS CLUB: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Tracy Watson 09-414-5351 BROWNS BAY/TORBAY 60’s UP MOVEMENT: Wednesday (AM), Roy Urlic 09-473-8777 CALLIOPE ATHLETICS WALKERS & HARRIERS: Northcote, Wednesday (PM), Gail Mouldey 09-418-3457 DEVONPORT WALKERS: Bayswater, Tuesday Thursday Sunday (AM), Pat & Jim McKay 09-445-2743 DEVONPORT FRIDAY WALKING GROUP: Devonport, Friday (AM), Naomi Gardyne 09-445-4303 EAST COAST BAYS WALKERS: Torbay, Tuesday, Friday (AM), Shelley Sharp 09-473-9021 GREENHITHE WALKING GROUP: Greenhithe, Tuesday (AM), Marjorie Andrew 09-413-9065 HIGHBURY COMMUNITY HOUSE: Highbury, Thursday, Friday (AM), Judy Mayn 09-480-5279

MAIRANGI WALKING NETWORK: Mairangi Bay, Everyday (AM), Jack Rendle 09-478-9115 MEADOWOOD WALKING & TALKERS: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Carol Buckner 09-479-7804 MILFORD MALL WALKERS: Greenhithe, Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Carol Mosedale 09-443-2054 MILFORD MENS PROBUS: Ian Hall 09-479-4259 NORTH SHORE DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Every second Sunday (AM), Jan 09-483-5645 NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Barbara Lobel 09-473-6938 NORTHCOTE WALKING GROUP: Northcote, every second Tuesday (AM), Peter Cox 09-480-5622 TORBAY WALKERS: Torbay, Wednesday (AM), Jill Devonshire 09473-1931 WALKERS & TALKERS: Campbells Bay, Wednesday (AM), Brenda Gray 09-410-4019, Dorothy Ensor 09-478-6702 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284 Y’s WALKING SUNDAY GROUP: Northcote, Sunday (AM), Malcolm Curtis 09-444-3823

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10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Edna Prbert 09425-5928 HEALTH IN ACTION: (BIA), Susie George 09-426-1269 HELENSVILLE WALKERS: Helensville, Tuesday (AM), Malcolm Keane 09-420-8739 HIBISCUS COAST Y’S WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Wednesday (AM,PM), Kevin Tiller, 09-426-6461 LEISURE WALKERS: Whangaparaoa, Thursday (AM), Ann Mahon/ Margaret Gilbert 09-424-0765 MONDAY NIGHTA, Orewa, Monday (PM), Laraine Chase 09-4279321 SCOTTS LANDING WALKING GROUP: RD2, Warkworth, Sunday (AM), Angela McIntyre 09-425-5854 SNELLS BEACH WALKING GROUP: Warkworth, Wednesay (AM), Jenny Burton 09-425-5583 WELLSFORD ROAD RUNNERS & JOGGERS: Second Sunday (AM), Thursday (AM), Robert Scott 09-425-8089 or Heather Rankin 09431-4692 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284

WAIHEKE ISLAND WAIHEKE ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Shaona Maddle, 09-372-6645

COUNTIES/MANUKAU PUKEKOHE JOGGERS & WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday, Sunday (AM), 09-238-9820 WAIUKU WALKING GROUP: Information Centre, Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), ONEWHERO KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Merlene, Walker, 09232-8844 PAPATOETOE Y’S WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), Derek McKeen, 09-266-2304 PAKURANGA ATHLETIC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday 9am (BIA), Linda Mitchell, 09-273-9531 PAKURANGA KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), 09-576-9739 MANUKAU TRAMPING CLUB: Judith Walker, 09-296-6977 MANUREWA Y’S WALKERS: Recreation Centre, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY (AM), 09-267-4646 MANUREWA Y’S WALKING GROUP: Clendon Recreation Centre, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-266-1100 MANUREWA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB WALKERS: Sunday (AM) HOWICK UXBRIDGE WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 09-5356467 HOWICK Y’S WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-5153 PUKEKOHE TRAMPING CLUB: David Lawrie 09-238-8407 TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Colin Johnstone 09-535-6231

WAIKATO HAMILTON FRANKTON ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Wednesday, Saturday, (PM), (BIA), Heather Purdie-Raill, 07-847-5639 NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Rene Smyth, 07846-3245 CENTRAL LAKE WALKING GROUP: Monday, WEdnesday Friday (AM), Nella Barron 07-846-3103 CHARTWELL WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Carrie Haak 07-8554281 DINSDALE WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Val Russell 07-847-6539 ENDERLEY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Leonie Smith 07-8552224 HAMILTON EAST WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848 HILLCREST WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Nell Bradburn 07-856-3787 MEMORIAL PARK WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Maureen Doms 07-855-2497 NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Monday Tuesday (AM), Roslynn Billman 07-847-4873 SILVERDALE WALKING GROUP: Sister Anne Marie Jones 07-8568980 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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CLAUDELAND WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irene Millar 07-8556848 FLAGSTAFF WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Gillian Bartram 07-854-0069 WESTFIELD MALL WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM) Westfield Mall Chartwell HAMILTON MARATHON CLINIC:Tuesday (PM), Sunday (AM), Sharon 07-854-9214 TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM) MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029 BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Diana Ammann 07-823-6147 WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07827-3097

CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), Sharon Woodings, 07-827-6033 LEAMINGTON WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Sharon Woodings, 07-827-6033

KAIHERE/PATETONGA KAIHERE/PATETONGA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011

MATAMATA MATAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07880-9088 AFTERWORK WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (PM), Janis Jeffers, 07-889-7032 MATAMATA TRAMPING & WALKING GROUP: F Smeed 07-8831222

MORRINSVILLE MORRINSVILLE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07880-9088

OTOROHANGA OTOROHANGA WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM)

PAEROA PAEROA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), Elaine Lally 07-862-8409 PAEROA LUNCH WALKERS: Monday Wednesday Friday, Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011

PUTARURU PUTARURU WALKING GROUP:(BIA) Hazel Murphy, 07-883-7927

PIOPIO SILVERADOS EXERCISE GROUP: Wednesday (PM), June O’Donoghue, 07-877-8492 PIOPIO CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Mon (AM), (BIA), Maurice Kearns, 07-877-8836

TAIRUA TAIRUA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Mike Lord, 07-8686025

THAMES THAMES WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday (AM), Mike Lord, 07868-6025

TAUPO TAUPO HARRIER CLUB WALKING SECTION: Saturday (PM), Wednesday (AM), Bernie Rolls 07-378-9229 TAUPO TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Weekends (AM or PM), Isabel Hutcheon 07-376-9319 MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (BIA), Betty Stockman 07378-4992 WAIORA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Kaye Beatson 07-378-6957 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (PM), (I), 06-378-9229

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COROMANDEL TOWN WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM) 07-8667101or 07-866-8560

GISBORNE RUNNERS & WALKERS: Margaret Badger 06-868-4785

KATIKATI TRAMPING CLUB: fortnightly weekends (AM), Barry Denton 07-863-4597

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KAWERAU WALKERS: Kawerau, Thursday (AM), (B), Sport Bay of Plenty, 07-308-8304 HARRIERS WALKERS: Kawerau Thursday (PM), (A), Sport Bay of Plenty, 07-308-8304

BRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM), (BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285 FLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy 06-879-7077 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Eddy 06-8763371 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-8730971 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Jane 06-877-0017 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette 06-877-2114 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lyn 06877-7886 KIWI SENIORS: Eana Young 06-845-9333 x 708 RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Doug Clark 06-878-2785, www.runwalkhb.org.nz

OPOTIKI BUSH WALKERS CLUB: J Hedley, 07-315-7807

ROTORUA CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07 347-8945 LAKE CITY ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS GROUP: Tueday, Thursday (PM), Sunday (AM), Ted Sheppard 07-348-1205 or Sarah Wiwarena 07-348-7874 GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUP: TMonday and Thursday (AM), (B), Melissa Gordon 07-348-4125 HEART SUPPORT WALK GROUP: Tueday (AM), Wally Walford 07347-6173 MOKOIA COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), Melissa Gordon 07 348 4125 SPRINGFIELD STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Glenys Searancke 07-348-4243 ROTORUA TRAMPING & SKI CLUB: Sundays (AM), Trevor Cochrane 07-345-6362 ROTORUA SOCIAL NORDIC WALKING GROUP: Fridays (AM), Audrey 07-348-1471 ST BARNABAS WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (BIA), Joy Gordon 07-357-5744 THE THURSDAY STROLLERS: Thursday (AM), (B), Myrtle Raxworthy 07-346-3772 WALKING WITH JOY: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Joy Gordon 07-3575744

TAURANGA/MT MAUNGANUI AGE CONCERN: Tauranga, Wednesday (AM), 07-578-2631 CITY ON ITS FEET: Days and areas, (BIA), Penny 07-578-9610 STEPPING OUT JOGGING CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, (AM), (IA), 07-544-0316 FOREST & BIRD SOCIETY: Secretary, tauranga. branch @forestandbird.org.nz, Tauranga HEALTHY HEART CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (B), YMCA, 07-578-5891 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), YMCA, 07-5785891 MOUNT JOGGERS & WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, (AM), Gaye Westwood 07-574-1075 ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: MONDAY (AM) 07-576-2469 NORDIC WALKING AT THE MOUNT: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Steffi 07-574-7527 NORDIC WALKING IN TAURANGA: Monday, Wednesday, Mary 07577-0711 MT MAUNGANUI RSA WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Sundays (AM), (BIA), Kieran Jensen 07-572-0626 50 FORWARD WALKING GROUPS: Sport Bay of Plenty 07-5780016 TAURANGA MID-WEEK TRAMPING GROUP: Derek 07-572-2512 TAURANGA ROAD RUNNERS: Sunday (AM), Nick 07-578-5802 TAURANGA RAMBLERS: Malcolm 07-544-2369 or Rod Taylor 07576-4207 TAURANGA TRAMPERS NETWORK: Natalie Bird 07-576-0016 TAURANGA TRAMPING CLUB: Christine Rawnsley 07-578-9984 PAK N BOOTS: Moya Hewson 07-575-7064

TE PUKE TE PUKE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-573-8306 WAIHI STRIDERS: Wednesday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-8677011 WAIHI STROLLERS: Friday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011 WAIHI MONDAY TRAMPING: Monday (AM), Marie 07-863-4633 or Barry 07-863-4567

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TE AWAMUTU TUESDAY TRAMPERS: Tuesday, Lesley 07-870-1973 or Kathy 07-870-2006 TE AWAMUTU WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), Jan Jefferies 07-889-7032 TE AWAMUTU MARATHON CLINIC: Wednesday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Pip Annan 07-871-2980

SUNSHINE WALKING GROUP: Whakatane, Tuesday (AM), (I), Graham Thomas, 07-307-9800 HARRIERS WALKERS WHAKATANE: Saturday, (PM), (I), Noel Jones, 07-308-7101

WAITOMO WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BIA), Ruth Early, 07-878-6870 TWILIGHT WALKING GROUP: Monday, (PM), (BIA), Dede Downs, 07-878-7867

TOKOROA TOKOROA ALPINE CLUB:Midweek, Christine 07-886-7294

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TE AROHA WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088 TE AROHA TRAMPING CLUB: Every second Sunday, Judy Forsman 07-884-8841 TE AROHA TREKKERS: Wednesday (AM), Frances Harrison 07-8628184

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NAPIER AHURIRI WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (I), Beverly Gillies 06843-6805 NAPIER WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), (I), Lyn 06-835-7704 NAPIER SOUTH WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (B), Maria Rogers 06-843-1225 RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Mike Sheely 06-843-7804, www.runwalkhb.org.nz Ys WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, Napier, Barry 06-844-3929 or Nola 06-843-7912

TARADALE/GREEN MEADOWS TARADALE/GREEN MEADOWS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (IA), Beverly Gillies 06-843-6805 TARADALE/SPORT HAWKES BAY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Nga Gifford-Kara 06-845-9333

TARANAKI INDEPENDENT WALKERS TARANAKI: Saturday (PM). North: Ray/ Mary 06-756-7798. Central: Wallace/Nancye 06-762-2861. South: Alan/Jean 06-278-6846

NEW PLYMOUTH CARRINGTON WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Catherine McKee 06-753-3254 WESTOWN DIABETES WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Peter Brookes 06-753-4646 TIME FOR ME WALKS FOR WOMEN: Friday (AM), (I), Glenice 06758-3974 FRONT RUNNER GROUP: Monday (PM), (BIA), Kelvin & Michelle Giddy FITZROY WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (IA), Marlene 06-758-8749 or Marilyn 06-757-2022 WESTOWN WALKING GROUP FOR WOMEN: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (IA), Karen 06-751-1361 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Karen 06-751-1361 WALKERS IN THE PARK: Monday, (AM), (B), Dawn 06-758-6429 or Dorothy Humphries 06-751-0431 SPOTSWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (BI), Allie Fitzgibbon 06-751-2304 NEW PLYMOUTH JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday, (AM), Jan Dempsey, 06-758-8373 TARANAKI RACE WALKING CLUB: Trevor Suthon, 06-758-0776 EGMONT ATHLETICS: Karen Green, 06-758-1569

WAITARA WAITARA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (AM), (I), Cleo 06-7547311

INGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Maureen 06756-7255

STRATFORD STRATFORD RUNNERS & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Jill Gorrie 06-764-5088 STRATFORD WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Ivan Coates 06-765-7212 or Wes Robinson 06-765-5242

INGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Maureen 06- 7567255

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WHITIANGA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Mike lord, 07-868-6025

HAWERA WALKING GROUPO: Friday (AM), Nancy Riddick 06-2785784 PUSH PLAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Tuesday (PM), (BIA), Moira Koch, 0800-223-228

WHANGAMATA WHANGAMATA WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Mike Lord, 07868-6025 WHANGAMATA ROAD RUNNERS & WALKERS: 07-865-6580 WHANGAMATA RAMBLERS: Ron Le Noel, 07-865-9475 WALK WHANGAMATA: Everyday (AM), from Surfclub WHANGA SENIOR WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-865-7022

ELTHAM KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BIA), Maria Erkes 06-764-8984

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CASTLECLIFF WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Dorothea Dobbie 06344-4219 RONA & GLAD’S WALK GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Rona Wright 06344-5434 WANGANUI HARRIER CLUB: Wednesdays, Saturday (PM), Secretary, P O Box 702, Wanganui, Perry Newburn 06-343-6484 SPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Robyn Rose 06-348-1440 WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), Darol Pointon 06-345-3137

WAVERLEY SPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: (AM), (BIA), Betty Morrison 06-346-5613

OHAKUNE SPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young 06-385-4055

MARTON SPORT & RECEATION CLUB GOLD: Wednesday (AM), Deane James 06-327-7607

MANAWATU PALMERSTON NORTH HOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), Jack Cook 06-357-7458 or Dorne Jarvis 06-357-2444 KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, 06-354-3342 MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM), Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), Alister Martin 06-353-7175 PALMERSTON NORTH JOGGERS & WALKERS: Esplanade,Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), (BI), Robyn McKey 06-354-9952.

CLUB PED: Monday, Wednesday, (PM), (IA), Ongley Park; Saturday, (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179 HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, Adrienne Kennedy 06-350-8617 MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey Recreation Centre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471 MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), (IA) Gillian Absolom 06-329-6898 METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860 U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06356-4384 WALKY TALKIE TROOPERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), (I), Liz MacNeill 06-357-8216

KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-4795420 MIRAMAR WALKING GROUP: 04-388-1944 NEWLANDS COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING: Tuesday (AM), 04478-8799 TARARUA TRAMPING CLUB: www.ttc.org.nz WEA MIDWEEK WALKERS: Hanna Harwood WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY WALKERS: 04-388-1988 WELLINGTON CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: 04-934-4729 WELLINGTON HARRIER ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM) mid March to mid October, (BIA), Veronica Gould WELLINGTON MARATHON CLINIC: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Toni 04478-9201 WELLINGTON MID-WEEK WALKERS: Tues, Thursday (PM), Bart Jones 04-477-3746 or David Lonsdale 04-977-8990 WELLINGTON NORDIC WALKERS: Rod McColl 04-526-6833

LOWER HUTT WALK FOR HEALTH: Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Jean 04-589-7887 or Dave 04-970-5133 POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603 HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Pam McArthur 04-5864088 WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04567-5727 WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednesday (PM), 04-564-6019 HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04970-6901 TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04526-7440 LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918 HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Trevor Knowles, 04-565-0294 WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 EASTBOURNE WALK GROUP: Lesley O’Neil, Eastbourne ALICETOWN WALKING GROUP: 04-589-2646 KIWI MASTERS WALKERS: Richard Davies 04-566-1335 OLDER ADULTS – LEISURE WALKING GROUP: Judy 04-528-4445

PORIRUA FRIDAY WALKERS: Margaret Hughes, 04-237-8660 TAWA LINDEN HIKERS: 04-232-8705 WEA RAMBLERS: Muriel Thompson, Tawa TAWA/LINDEN WALKERS: Maurice 04-232-4407 or Claire 04-2328764

UPPER HUTT TUESDAY TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123 FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper Hutt TRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Teresa Tito 04-565-0333 UPPER VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Sandy Wilton/Colin Hamlin, 04527-0107

FEILDING

KAPITI

SENIOR WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Gail Byrnes 06-323-5470

KAPITI CARDIAC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Graham Priest 04-2937872 KAPITI WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Robin Leger 04-905-4680 or Muriel Hill 04-293-5121 KAPITI SUNDAY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Frank Morris 04-2932567 or Ethel Symes 04-904-1485 KAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-9021754 MONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or Steve Golledge 04-904-5904 SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022

FOXTON FOXPEDS: Monday (PM), Foxton, Foxton Beach, (BIA), Dave Blackett, 06-363-5743, Michelle Duffy, 06-363-7987

LEVIN LEVIN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Ivan Morgan 06-368-3622 WEDNESDAY LEISURE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Lila McCall, 06-367-9070 LEVIN JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, (BIA), Colleen Francis 06-368-8624

WAIRARAPA

SOUTH ISLAND

MASTERTON

MARLBOROUGH

WALKING GROUP RECREATIONAL: Edna Patrick, 06-377-4338 ATHLETICS VETERAN WAIRARAPA: John Ihaka, 06-308-9656 ORIENTEERING GROUP: 06-377-7961 or 379-5124 CARTERTON 40+ STRIDERS: Ada Lyster, 06-379-8746 RUAMAHANGA RAMBLERS: Winter Saturday, Summer Tuesday (PM), (BIA), Ray Wallis 06-377-0703

BLENHEIM

MARTINBOROUGH MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-3069226

WELLINGTON WELLINGTON BROOKLYN WALKERS: Edith, 04-384-6799 BUGGY WALKING GROUP: First Thursday of month (AM), www.buggywalk.co.nz FOREST & BIRD: 04-567-7271 ORIENTAL BAY WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Christine Blakely 04-3836276 MT VICTORIA WALKING GROUP: Euan Harris 04-384-4770 WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 ISLAND BAY WALKING GROUP: Community Resource Centre, Island Bay, 04-383-7464 WALKING FOR LIFE: Lynne Waring, Miramar KARORI WALKING GROUP: Mavis Shaw, Kelburn KARORI ARTS & CRAFT WALKING GROUP: 04-934-8630

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50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Colin 03-572-9423 or Joan 03-578-1922 PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991 SPORT MARLBOROUGH WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), Sport Marlborough 03-577-8855

NELSON MOTUEKA MOTUEKA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA), Evelyn Gilbertson, 03-528-8894 MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Freda Gerslov 03-528-6510

NELSON NELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West, 03-548-3655 NELSON KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), Kay O’Dinot, 03-546-7910 WAKEFIELD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lou Manson, 03541-8414 TAHUNA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), Kay O’Dinot, 03-546-7910 NELSON 50+ WALKING GROUP: alternative Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Noel Brown 03-544-2286 NELSON 50+ WALKING & TRAMPING GROUP: Noel Brown 03544-2286

WAIMEA HARRIER WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Sunday (AM) (BIA), Heather McNabb, 03-547-8490 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Visitor Information Centre

TAKAKA GOLDEN BAY ALPINE AND TRAMPING CLUB: Day walk and overnight trips, Paul Kilgour, 03-525-7383

CANTERBURY CHRISTCHURCH ACTIVE CHRISTCHURCH SUNDAY WALK: Sunday (AM) (BI), 03941-8999 AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 AVONSIDE KIWI SENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jan 03-3892755 AVONHEAD KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Bess 03-342-7647 AFTER WORK WALKING CLUBS: around Christchurch, (BI), for all ages and fitness levels, recreation clerk, CCC 03-371-1778.

ARAI-WALKERS: Wednesday, Wainoni/Aranui, Natalie Hoani, 03388-2593 ARTHRITIC AMBLERS: Wednesday, (B) suitable for people with physical disabilities, Trevor Randall 03-385-7446 BEXLEY KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Kath 03388-6161 BARRINGTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Nita 03-337-1493 BECKENHAM WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (PM), Di 03-385-3452 BISHOPDALE RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM) (I), Bishopdale, Paul Muir 03-359-7971 BISHOPDALE TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM),(IA), Margaret 03-351-6681 BURNSIDE JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM) Burnside, Anne Uys 03-342-6337 BUSHWISE WOMEN: (BIA) Cynthia Roberts or Roz Heinz 03-3324952 BRIGHTON RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), New Brighton (I), Marlene Crocker 03-388-1115 CANTERBURY RACE WALKERS ASSOCIATION: Monday, Wednesday, (BIA), coordinates all Canterbury race walkers and friendly race walking, Ann Henderson 03-387-0387 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (PM), Darryn Welham 03-960-3808 CARDIAC COMPANIONS: Sunday fortnight, (PM) Neville Wootton 03-942-5453 CARDIAC CARE GROUP, Marg Allison 03-366-2112 CCC EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), (IA), or Bruce 03-388-7295 CCC GARDEN CITY WALKERS: Saturday (AM) (IA), Helen 03-3822302 CCC GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday (PM) (IA), Norm Wells 03-981-5487 CCC HALSWELL: Saturday (AM) (PM), (IA), Pauline 03-322-8057: Sunday, Terrence 03-322-8092 CCC SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM (IA), Jim 03-389-1982 or Hope 03-389-7997 CCC SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), (IA), 03-941-5409 CCC SOCKBURN: Tuesday (AM) (IA), Estelle 03-342-7841:Friday (AM) (IA), Jo 03-349-7146 CCC WEEKEND WANDERS: Sunday (PM) (IA), Marilyn 03-3383826 CHRISTCHURCH PERSONAL GUIDING SERVICE: Daily (AM) (BIA), Cathedral Square, C Tonge 03-981-6350 CHRISTCHURCH MARATHON CLINIC: Saturday (AM), Neil Messenger 03-322-7709 CHRISTCHURCH METHODIST HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BIA), Mrs Lindsay Evans 03-355-4356 CITY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, 50+age group men & women, Margaret Borrens, 03-354-1534 CRUSADERS WALKERS: Tuesday (BI), (50’s and above age group), Pauline 03-385-9947 DARLINGTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), Bill 03-385-1925 DIAMOND HARBOUR RAMBLERS: Tuesday, Hunters Road, (IA), Noeline Coleman 03-329-4566 EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), Bruce 03-981-5329 ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Trish Vessey 03329-1865 FAMILY SOCIAL GROUPS: (B), for parents with young children, recreational clerk, 03-371-1778 FASTRACK WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM) (I), Linwood, Dorothy Jones 03-389-5339 FENDALTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (AM), 03-941-8999 FENDALTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Yvette So 03-351-6407 GARDEN CITY WALKERS: Saturday (AM), Helen 03-382-2302 GENTLE EXERCISE: Monday, Friday, (NI), qualified physed instructor leads groups, Russell Graham, 03-388-3196 GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, Pauline 03-322-8057 HAGLEY PARK NORDIC WALKERS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000 HALSWELL WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999 HAPPY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (IA), 50+age group, Vera 03-337-4094 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (BI), mainly 1-2 hour flat walks, John van Herpt, 03-980-5664 HEI HEI WALKERS: Thursday, Lee Tuki 03-373-8150 HERITAGE WALKS: Tuesday, (PM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-3388306 KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), Lyane Graham 03-327-5679 KAIAPOI NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburban groups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483 LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social group for gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-332-8724 LINWOOD AVENUE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Thursday (AM) (B), 03-389-5303 LINWOOD KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), Phyl 03-389-6130 LYTTELTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Lyttlelton, (BI), Ada Goodwin 03-328-7235 MAIREHAU LADIES PROBUS, Tuesday, Leah 03-385-6310 MARYVILLE KIWISENIORS:: Monday (AM), Valmai 03-377-8742 MERIVALE KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), June 03-355-8703 MT PLEASANT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Pauline 03-3844794 NEW BRIGHTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and strollers), Joy 03-383-4494 NEW BRIGHTON WORKING MENS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (I), Jenny Wilson 03-332-8818 NEW BRIGHTON ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Phil Bastion 03981-1798 NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery 03-388-7335 NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999 NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-3883237 NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494 NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-3855338 NEW BRIGHTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000 NZ VIVENDI SOCIETY: Sunday, Janet 03-389-1609 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’ TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-6840 OXFORD WALKING GROUP: Monday Thursday (AM), Coral Gilbertson 03-312-3155 OPAWA KIWISENIORS: Monday, Tuesday (AM), (BI), Carol 03-3325638 PAPANUI KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Elaine 03-352-7519 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-8999 PARKLANDS KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), (BI), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PARKLANDS WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), BIA), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PENINSULA TRAMPING CLUB: (Family Strollers Group), Sunday, Gloucester Street, (BIA), Rick Bolch 03-338-5156 PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-3227220 PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-3432216 PLEASURE WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (AM) (I), Colleen Cook 03-389-8607 PORT HILLS NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Chiaki Jagau 03-981-1433 PORT HILLS ATHLETIC WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Glen Watts 03-332-1964.Saturday (PM), Peter King 03-341-1154 QE11 MINI HIKERS: alternate Wednesday, QE11 Park, (BI), Beverley Church 03-388-5736 Q.E. PARK STROLLERS: Tuesday, John Plumridge 03-385-9710 RETIREES CLUB KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and stroller groups), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 RETIREES SOCIAL CLUB: Thursday (PM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ira Williams 03-342-8172 or Carol Roscoe 03-337-5901 RICCARTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Enid 03-3489351 ROWLEY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Lee Tuki 03-373-8150 ROVER HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BI), Steve Mitchell 03348-8195 SALLY STROLLERS: Saturday, fortnight, general Christchurch, (B), leisurely pace, Margaret Bennetts, 03-322-9187 SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 03941-5409 " A SLICE OF HERITAGE WALKS” with Walktologist Graeme Stanley, Tues (PM) Thurs (AM ), Graeme Stanley 03- 980-1553 SOMERFIELD KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Marie 03-3371436 SOUTH CHRISTCHURCH/SYDENHAM WALKERS: Sunday (AM) (IA), Ray 03-332-0555 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

ST PETERS WALKING GROUP: Monday (PM), Thursday (PM) (BIA), Audrey 03-348-9157 SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), 03-389-1982 SPORTY SINGLES: Saturday, Sunday, (BI), Llolyd 03-323-6232 TUESDAY TREKKERS CLUB: Tuesday, (AM), Necia Sullivan 03-3389035 TOWER TRAMPING & WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, (IA), Dave Bates 03-332-6233, Sunday, Yvonne van Eerden 03-339-0751 WAINONI/AVONSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES: Thursday (AM), 03389-2285 WALKIE TALKIES WALKING GROUP: Thursday, (B), members mainly from Burwood United and St Kentigerns Parish, John 03-981-9994 WOMEN WALK: Wednesday and weekends, throughout Canterbury not in city area, (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921 XY’s WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Maureen Ryder 03-383-1226 or Alison Jarvis 03-338-2678 “Y’s WALKERS” (YMCA): Tuesday, Thursday, (BIA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689, Bishopdale Community Centre, 03-359-8330 “Y’s TREKKERS”: Monday, Port Hills, (IA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689 YMCA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), Jill O’Connor 03-366-0689 WAYFARERS WALKING GROUP:Thursday (AM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ted Hill 03-323-9311 WEEKEND WANDERERS: Sunday (PM), Marilyn Dean 03-338-3826 WOMEN WALK: Wednesday Weekends (AM), (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Greame Stanley 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Tuesday (AM), (B), Risingholme, Christchurch City Council 03-941-8999 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (BIA), Bishopdale, Christchurch City Council 03-941-8999 30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (PM), (BIA), 039412-8999

RURAL CANTERBURY CHEVIOT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03373-5060 ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (IA), Trish Vessy 03-329-1865 LEESTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03373-5060 LINCOLN KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03373-5060 RANGIORA KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 SOUTHBRIDGE KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060

ASHBURTON ASHBURTON HARRIER CLUB: Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Merv & Jackie Gilbert 03-308-5894 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Wednesday (AM), (BI), two groups, Janice Cochrane, Sport Mid-Canterbury, 03-307-0475

STH CANTERBURY PLEASANT POINT PLEASANT POINT WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Esther, 03-614-7524

TIMARU TIMARU HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM), March to October, Alister 03-686-1010 GLENITI WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Edna 03-688-0779 HIGHFIELD WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), (BI), Joy, 03-688-9888 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Verna Parker, Sport Canterbury, 03-686-0751 MARCHWIEL WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Colleen, 03-688-6231 SOUTHEND WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Bev, 03-688-8381 WANDERERS WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), (BI), Brian Illingworth 03-684-9355

WEST COAST GREYMOUTH GREYMOUTH CATHOLIC WOMENS LEAGUE WALKING GROUP: Nora Sheard, 03-768-6479 GREYMOUTH OVER 50’S: Graham Schaef, 03-768-7437 GREYMOUTH DAUDLERS: Yvonne Davison 03-768-6664 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Don Monk SWC 03-768-0775 RUNANGA WALKING GROUP: Pat Butler 03-762-7665 BLACKBALL WALKING GROUP: Charlie Quibell 03-732-4887

HOKITIKA HOKITIKA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), Pavel Bare SWC, 03756-9037 HARI HARI KIWISENIORS: Historic walks (BI), Pavel Bare SWC, 03-756-9037 HOKI HIKERS: Tuesday (AM), Margaret Stevens 03-755-6466

OTAGO CLYDE

CLYDE OFF-ROAD WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Judy Blanch, 03-449-2580, Eleanor Edgar 03-448-6767

OAMARU SENIOR CITIZENS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nancy Bell 03-434-5061 OAMARU FRIDAY WALKERS: Every 2nd Friday (AM), Barbara McGann 03-434-9178 WEDNESDAY WALKERS TRAMPING GROUP: Jane Naish 03-4346363 NORTH OTAGO TRAMPING & MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Margie Carrington 03-434-8484

DUNEDIN ACTIVE WALKERS: Monday (PM), Bill Brockie 03-467-9114 ARIKI WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Saturday (PM), Karen Martin 03-456-4223 CIVIL SERVICE: Saturday, (PM), Peter Smith 03-471-7127 CAVERSHAM HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Keiran Columb 03-489-4027 DUNEDIN CITY RAMBLERS: Wednesday,(AM) Alison St John 03476-2344 GREEN HUT TRACK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), George Sutherland 03-467-5999 HALFWAY BUSH WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (I), Pat Garth, 03-476-2579 HILL CITY WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Alex McEwan 03-4554851 KOPUTAI WALKING GROUP: 2nd Tuesday, (AM), Noeline Forgie, 03472-8302 LEITH WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Janette Anderson 03-476-2830 MORNINGTON MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (B), Kieran Hurring 03-453-4423 MULTI-PEAK FITNESS WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Marelda Gallaher 03-477-6057 or 027-222-3863 MOSGIEL 50's FORWARD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Roberta Telfer 03-488-3175 OTAGO TRAMPING/MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Ian Sime 03-453-6185 OVER 30’s TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Janice Hodges 03-4894071 PHOENIX CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nina Davidson 03-471-0114 PINEHILL WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Norman Vare 03-4738683 ST KILDA COMMUNITY CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (AM), Ngaire McIndoe 03-456-4478 TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Ian Fleming 03-489-8964 TRIXIE TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM), Alison Jones 03-489-8372 WEA OVER 50’s TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (A), Jenny Gonin 03-467-2711 WAIHOLA WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Elizabeth Jones 03-4898064 XY TRAMPING CLUB: 1st & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Cliff Donaldson 03467-9875 Y’S WALKING GROUP: Sunday (AM), Betty Booth 03-456-2000 60 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Judith Wright 03-4562080 60’s PLUS RAMBLERS: 1st & 3rd Tuesday, Vern Gould 03-476-4457 60’s PLUS TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Thursday, (A), >4 hours, Murray Bolt, 03-454-2211 60 PLUS HIKERS: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Moreen Hayes 03-4761545

ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Ngaire Turnball, 03-448-8726

QUEENSTOWN WAKATIPU WALKERS: Thursday, Patricia Cook 03-442-1525

WANAKA WANAKA WALKING Group: Tuesday (Nov- Apl) (PM), Sunday (AM), (BI), Graham Barnett 03-443-1780

SOUTHLAND INVERCARGILL 60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Len Johnston, 03-231-3372, Don Todd, 03-217-5931 INVERCARGILL KIWI SENIORS’ WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), Sport Southland, 03-211-2150 YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Joan Sutherland, 03-218-8738

GORE EASTERN SOUTHLAND KIWI SENIORS’ WALKING GROUP: Every third Tuesday of month (AM), (BIA), Richard Pasco, Sport Southland 03-208-3846 HOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053

NORTHERN SOUTHLAND NORTHERN SOUTHLAND KIWI SENIORS’ WALK GROUP: Every second and fourth Thursday of the month, (AM), Sport Southland, 03-211-2150

TE ANAU TE ANAU KIWI SENIORS WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Sport Southland, 03-211-2150

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* Unguided 2 day 2 night experience * Coastal hill country * Native "bird filled" bush * Gourmet home cooked food or self catering * Bags transported www.kawakawastationwalk.co.nz Phone: Sarah & Duncan 06 307 8989

• 2 or 3 night getaways of moderate tramping in the very heart of the Eastern Taranaki backcountry. (2 to choose from) • Inclusive package of transport (from Stratford) accommodation and meals.

• September to May best months.

• Matemateaonga Track package of transport, jetboat, hut passes also arranged.

For further information contact: Carol or Dave Digby

Phone 06-765-7482 (evenings) email: eastern-taranaki@xtra.co.nz website: www.eastern-taranaki.co.nz RANGITIKEI

Farm walking at its most scenic A one, two, or three day walk over scenic Rangitikei hill country featuring spectacular views of the Ruahine ranges, Mount Ruapehu and the Kawhatau River.

Phone 06-382-5507 Fax 06-382-5504 Ruth & Jim Rainey, RD7, Mangaweka E: raineys@xtra.co.nz website:www.kvw.co.nz

WELLINGTON

Experience the best of natural New Zealand

Walk through one of New Zealand’s most precious nature reserves - Kapiti Island. * Nature & history guided walks * Bushwalking & swimming * Overnight stay at Kapiti Nature Lodge * Unsurpassed NZ native birdlife * Reliable wild Kiwi spotting * Genuine Maori hospitality

For bookings and enquiries: P: 021 126 7525 or 06 362 6606 E: bookings@kapitiislandnaturetours.co.nz

Mobile 027-603-0321 Phone: 06-307-7857 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Email: mtipoki@wise.net.nz

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MARLBOROUGH QUEEN Charlotte Track Service - contact Endeavour Express phone 03-573-5456, email help@boatrides.co.nz www.boatrides.co.nz

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CANTERBURY

Banks Peninsula Track Self guided two or four day walks * Delightful and well equipped accommodation * Great value tramping - the Kiwi favourite * There is now a full pack cartage option for groups Make this your first multi-day tramp

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HEAPHY TRACK ABEL TASMAN

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Walk with us on these Top Tracks Small Groups, Great Guides, Great Stories Our portering system makes it easy

www.kahurangiwalks.co.nz John Croxford, Takaka

Dodson Road, RD1, Tel/Fax 03-525-7177

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