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NEW ZEALAND’S RECREATION WALKING MAGAZINE New Zealand walk:

Under the arches

New Zealand walk:

Whananaki and Onekainga Tracks

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Podiatry:

Common toenail problems New Zealand walk:

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CONTENTS Issue No 172 - 2012

4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Whananaki and Onekainga Tracks 8 New Zealand walk: Under the arches. . . oop W alk 10 My favourite walk: Ohinetonga L Walk Loop 13 New Zealand walks: Manawatu - more to offer than first meets the eye orld of 16 New Zealand guided walks: Hiking to the W World the gods 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas guided walks: European Alps - a net net-work of paths and trails 25 Te Araroa Trail: New Hamilton route opened 25 Overseas personal locator beacon helped find man in New Zealand 26 Overseas walks: Walking in the wilderness of Patagonia 28 Overseas guided walks: The roof of Australia 32 Overseas walks: Nepal is the perfect place to trek 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 Walking the World 39 Window on Waitakere: Wasp study 40 Health: Are you being bugged by parasites?

42 Index over previous 14 issues 43 Weather forecast for May 44 New Zealand coming events 46 Overseas coming events 49 Nordic W alking Calendar Walking 50 Podiatry: Common toenail problems 51 Product mark etplace: Lightweight hiking shoe marketplace: introduced 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 56 Country Breaks 60 Wellington Marathon

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Walk talk

Council forum proposes Kauri protection areas Auckland Council is taking further steps to protect kauri in the Auckland region by proposing track closures in the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park.

The council’s Parks, Recreation and Heritage Forum in its March meeting has recommended the closure of 27km of track in the ranges, in areas where tracks run through Kauri stands that appear to be unaffected by kauri dieback.

“This is a precautionary approach,’” says Cr Sandra Coney, Chair of the Parks, Recreation and Heritage Forum. “It is an attempt to control the spread of this disease that is devastating the giants of our forests and threatening the entire future of Kauri, while still allowing people’s enjoyment of the ranges and its tracks.

“We are also keeping a close eye on the Hunua Ranges Regional Park where we are investigating steps to take a similar approach in the near future,” she says.

Protection zones in the Cascade Kauri, Anawhata, Waiatarua, Piha, Karekare, Huia and Parau areas have been identified. If this proposal is approved by Council, sections of track within these zones would be closed and reviewed in 12 months to assess the effectiveness of this management approach.

“There are many unknowns with this disease,” says Cr Coney.

“While our researchers and scientists work to understand more about how it is spread and whether a vaccine or cure can be found, we have an obligation to look after vulnerable areas.

“I urge all visitors to our region’s parks to pay attention to the signs, to be scrupulous in cleaning their footwear and to use the cleaning stations provided on the parks.”

The Auckland Council is part of a joint agency programme to keep kauri standing which includes Iwi, DOC, regional councils and MAF Biosecurity NZ. Recommendations from the Parks, Recreation and Heritage Forum will be made to the Regional Development and Operations Committee which can make the final decision on closing tracks in the Waitakere Ranges.

Top walking and cycling awards to New Plymouth Two national awards have been won by New Plymouth District Council for its efforts in promoting walking, cycling and alternative transport.

The Cycle Advocacy Network (CAN) and Living Streets Aotearoa (LSA) have given the Council the Joint Walking and Cycling Award for the Let’s Go – Walk Ride Bus programme.

The LSA has also awarded the Council the Best Walking Facility Award for the Coastal Walkway extension to Bell Block, including Te Rewa Rewa Bridge.

“It is fantastic to have these two national groups select Let’s Go and the Coastal Walkway extension as the best examples of what can be achieved in New Zealand,” says Mayor Harry Duynhoven.

“Increasingly more people are responding to Let’s Go’s active transport initiatives, and the Coastal Walkway has had public support right from the start.

These are two home-grown projects that are leading the way in active leisure and transport.”

Let’s Go Project Manager Carl Whittleston says NPDC’s entries in the awards have been positively received by the other contenders.

“Photos of the projects in the finals were projected at the awards ceremony and when the images came up of the Coastal Walkway extension, they attracted the largest applause,” he says.

“Lots of people are really interested in what we’re doing in the district.”

The Joint Walking and Cycling Award is for projects that enable more people to walk or cycle more often, which recognise that people have different physical abilities and needs, and provide people with real recreation or transport choices.

The Best Walking Facility Award is for excellence in designing and/or building walking infrastructure that includes the needs of those with disabilities, the very young and the very old.

Lots to see in Big Bend National Park Those who venture beyond the lure of Texas’s bright city lights won’t be disappointed when they arrive at Big Bend National Park.

The park, which runs along the Rio-Grande and forms nearly 400 kilometres of the US-Mexico border, is one of the largest, most remote and least-visited national parks in the country.

Formed by sediments of sand and mud left by a sea that once covered the area, the park’s canyons provide some of the most spectacular landscapes in southwest USA. The Chisos Mountains rise up at the centre of the park. To the west, the dramatic plateaus and rock formations are the result of ancient volcanic activity. To the east of the mountains stretch desert landscapes.

Despite its harsh environment, thousands of species of plants and animals call Big Bend home. Awaiting adventurers are a wealth of fauna, including large black bears, box turtles, black-tailed jack rabbits and mountain lions, amongst others. Birdwatchers will be thrilled to discover more bird species here than at any other national park in the US. For flora lovers, it's a wonderful spot to see wildflowers and the delightfully colourful cactus blooms.

Big Bend offers its visitors a range of recreational activities. However, the park’s primary attraction is its trekking and backpacking walks. Hikers will revel in the trails on offer at Big Bend. Most of the 240 kilometres of hiking trails are in the Chisos Mountains, and reward those fit enough with stunning vistas. From easy walks to rugged terrain, there’s something for nearly everyone here.

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Britain’s beautiful marathon The Salomon Kielder Marathon snakes 26 miles around the shores of Kielder reservoir in the Kielder Water and Forest Park.

Arguably the most beautiful marathon in Britain, thre is also the Kielder 10k challenge.

Now in its third year the events will take place on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th October 2012. For more information see www.kieldermarathon.com. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Walk talk Cradle Mountain Lodge joins Peppers luxury retreat brand

The iconic Cradle Mountain Lodge in Tasmania, has joined Australia's premier boutique accommodation brand - Peppers Retreats & Resorts - following its sale to new owners, Moss Capital.

To be known as Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge, the multi-award winning property first opened in 1972 and transformed over the years into a world-class boutique wilderness retreat.

The Lodge's 86 guest cabins boast an enviable location at the entrance to the spectacular World Heritage-listed Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park in the northern Tasmanian highlands, just over an hour's drive from Devonport and two hours from Launceston.

Set discreetly within a stunning wilderness setting, Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge offers four different types of accommodation, from the contemporary Pencil Pine Cabins to the luxurious King Billy Suites, and extensive leisure facilities including the award-winning Highland Restaurant and indulgent Waldheim Alpine Spa. The Lodge is surrounded by ancient towering forests, mountain scenery and clean glacial lakes and streams, crisscrossed with over 20 walking trails for every fitness level. Activities on offer include guided or self-guided trekking, mountain biking, horse riding, fly fishing, canoeing and more.

intentions system.

The Department of Conservation will no longer actively manage visitor intentions in Arthur's Pass and visitors will have to provide their own trusted contact.

Visitors can access the new online service via a computer kiosk within the Arthur's Pass Visitor Centre.

The New Zealand Mountain Safety Council developed the system in collaboration with NZ Police, NZ Search and Rescue, Rescue Coordina-tion Centre of New Zealand, Land Search & Rescue and DOC. The system has been designed to ensure there is a consistent approach to co-ordinating intentions information across New Zealand and to provide more certainty for search and rescue responses.

In addition to leaving intentions, people are encouraged to carry personal locator beacons, cell phones or mountain radios in case they get in trouble.

Visitors can access the improved system before their trip on the Adventure Smart website.

Rottnest Is makeover

Knee bone difference Much orthopaedic research has been devoted to determining why women are far more susceptible to knee ligament injuries than men.

Visitors to Rottnest Island, in WA, Australia, can now stroll on its newest attraction, the West End Boardwalk, which opened on the Island in February.

According to a new study, the answer may lie in geometry -- the length and shape of a patient's knee bone -- more than gender.

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Direct flights to Sunshine Coast Air New Zealand will begin scheduled passenger flights to and from Auckland to the Sunshine Coast Airport this winter, marking the first-ever international scheduled passenger flights in and out of the airport in Queensland.

New Zealand visitors are number one to the Sunshine Coast and account for 30 % of international visitors to to the area.

Air New Zealand's new direct service between Auckland and the Sunshine Coast will operate twice a week on Tuesdays and Sundays utilising an A320 aircraft offering Air New Zealand's popular 'Seats to Suit' fare structure.

The inaugural flight will leave Auckland on 1 July and return the same day.

While the initial season is 1 July to 18 September, if there's enough demand Air New Zealand will look to make it a year-round service. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Whananaki and Onekainga Tracks More tracks ticked off

By Colleen Pryce

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e have just ticked off two more Te Araroa tracks up North, as part of our retirement project.

We are slowly working our way up from Bream Head towards Russell, and so far have found the ‘winterless North’ has been a good option for this time of the year. The camping ground at Whananaki North is a good place to stay because it is the meeting point of two Te Araroa tracks.

The Whananaki Coastal Walk starts at the footbridge with direct access from the camp and is a 7.5kms easy tramp finishing at Sandy Bay. Although it is a coastal walk, there is very little beach walking.

Once past the small settlement at the end of the bridge, the unsealed road runs parallel with the shore, through a farm, past a cemetery and then passes behind a home on the beach front.

Orange posts mark the way through a grassy wet area until after crossing over a stile the rest of the track is a good metalled farm road with stunning views of the coastline and islands, as well as interesting private homes in secluded bays.

A gate across the end of the road marks

the end of this track, and leads down to Sandy Bay. On the return walk we avoided the wet grassy farm and followed a pleasant well marked coastal path that led us ■ to the Capitaine Bougainville Memorial on a high point of Oruaea Bay where there are great views and interesting information. Apparently 16 people lost their lives in a shipwreck in this bay.

The tide was OK for us to drop down to the beach here, then back across the footbridge again. It is an impressive footbridge and is said to be the longest in the Southern Hemisphere. We conBelow: This footbridge that is said to be the longest in the Southern Hemisphere.

Above: Time to stop and admire the scenery.

Below left and right: Although the Whananaki Walk is classed as a beach walk the track is mostly off beach.

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Underne arches…

The sun reflecting on the sea as seen from the Onekainga Track.

Whananaki and Onekainga Tracks tinued for another half hour around the Estuary Track before returning to the camp. In total it was a leisurely six hour return walk.

After a good night’s sleep we woke up to clear blue skies and looking forward to the Morepork-Onekainga Track. Once more we were lucky to have the help of obliging staff.

Rob, from the camp, drove us to the southern start of the track in our own car, and we walked the 13kms back to the camp.

As we entered the Kaikanui Forest it was obvious this was going to be different to yesterday’s walk, but we are aware that winter tramping is always going to be challenging.

The track was well marked but muddy, and as it became steeper – down into gullies and back up a steep climb to a high point with views out to the Poor Knight Island – the clay tracks were extremely slippery and it had started to rain!

There was a point where we almost took a wrong track. Busy watching our feet, we had missed markers indicating a change in direction.

Luck saved us when a call of nature made us stop, and we realized we had to back-up a few metres and get back on track. There was plenty of variety; gullies, streams, steep climbs, ridges, native forest, pine plantations, farms, and finally a road walk back to camp.

An enjoyable rugged five hour walk; sometimes in our rain gear and sometimes not. The heaviest rain was the final 15 minutes on the road, so a nice long hot shower was just what we needed when we arrived back in camp, soaking wet, to bemused looks from the camp staff.

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eering down into a black pit, I can just see light glistening on water — the des tination of our walk. The final section of the track is steep, rocky and slippery. But short. I manage to edge down, backwards, one hand on the helper-chain and my feet guided into a foothold a couple of times by a companion.

We are visiting the Moria Gate Arch, 9kms north of Karamea, deep in the Kahurangi National Park. It's one of the natural limestone tunnels formed by the Oparara River.

The arch is named after Lord of the Rings — Tolkien's book that is, long before the films were made.

The track begins at the Oparara carpark Below: This helper-rope is on the continuing track to Mirror Tarn. We had a strong one bolted into rock to reach Moria Gate Arch.

Below: The Capitaine Bougainville Memorial on a high point of Oruaea Bay.

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Above: Light and dark at the Moria Gate Arch, near Karamea.

Right: Moss, fern, pongas — classic New Zealand bush.

which has detailed information panels and picnic tables under a protective roof — "the rain on the West Coast is measured in metres" someone in our party jokes.

But today is sunny and the track to the Moria Arch winds through classic New Zealand bush. The sun slants through the trees, lighting up the ponga fronds.

The banks and tree tr unks are mossy and fernsprinkled.

It's just under By Judith Doyle 30 minutes to the 'black pit' and once I've negotiated that little challenge, I'm underneath the limestone arch itself. The river reflects the sun and looks as though it's illuminated by some giant lights.

There's a stretch of beach at the edge of the river.

But the cave-like area under the arch is black until your eyes adjust to it. Then you can see stalagmites dropping from the roof. It's spectacular — the sort of place where you tend to talk in whispers.

Climbing back up the rocky section is strenuous for a bit, but easier than coming down. You can continue over the top of the arch and along a spur to Mirror Tarn. You can also take another 25-minute track from the carpark to Oparara Arch which is large enough for a 2-storey house.

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The boardwalk over the lagoon.

Ohinetonga Loop Walk H

ow many people rush through Owhango (where?) without any knowledge of the beauty they pass?

Owhango is a small village around 20km south of Taumarunui, a popular base for skiing on Ruapehu and kayaking the nearby rivers. A brown sign points east to ‘walking tracks’

without any indication of the walks available.

Follow the sign to reach the bridge over the Whakapapa River where there is good car parking, a toilet and picnic facilities. The road continues across the bridge as the 42Traverse road, a four wheel drive and mountain bike route which exits 46 km later at Whakapapa.

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The loop track entry is well sign posted and leads the walker in a clock wise direction. The full walk can be comfortably covered in one and a half hours but what makes the walk special and different is that it crosses a road on two occasions so the walker can return to the car park in fifteen or thirty minutes if desired.

The track starts by following the river for ten minutes before cutting away and crossing a road. One can return along the road to the car at this stage. This short flat section is a lovely introduction of what is to come, with many impressive trees – predominantly Tawa but sizeable specimens of Rimu, Rata, Totara www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

and Rewarewa – and the birdsong of our natives – including Tui and Fantails.

However, continuing on the track opposite will be rewarded with perhaps the most spectacular section of the walk. The track does climb steadily on a well maintained track that is not steep and is well benched with board walks and steps as required.

Many fine examples of our native trees and ferns are to be seen and the song of our native birds heard. It is truly a fine bush walk.

The piece de resistance appears ten minutes after crossing the road – a beautiful and photogenic lagoon. This sizeable lagoon, with

Above: The waters of the lagoon reflect the surrounding bush and ferns.

its water lilies, perfectly reflects the bush and ferns around and has a board walk across it.

Pause and reflect and take your photos. On a previous visit (in April) we had been blessed to witness a black swan nesting – a real bonus.

Another ten minutes brings you to a road again where one can return to the car for a thirty minute round trip. However, if you have enjoyed the experience to this point and have the time and fitness, continue across the road for the final section – a further 45 minutes.

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Sizeable Totara trees in the bush.

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Above: The boardwalk wanders through the bush.

does not stress the legs. At various times you experience absolute silence, an eerie silence as you wander through bush with moss dripping from branches and providing a ghostly scene. At other times the silence is broken by the rustle of leaves and the creaking of tree tops as they rub together in the wind. At all times expect the silence to be broken by the beautiful song of the Tui or the whoosh of a Wood Pigeon.

After walking in total for around fifteen minutes on this section, the track heads down and it is easy to see why the track is posted to be walked in a clock wise direction – the next fifteen minutes descends what has taken forty five minutes to climb. When we walked the track this section was in need of some TLC, but nothing detracts from the beauty of the walk. Shortly after the river is reached, a fine swimming hole provides an opportunity to rest before the final fifteen minute stretch back to the car park.

So next time you are speeding along State Highway 4, take a break, delay your arrival by one and a half hours (does it really matter?), head down the side road and complete one of the nicest walks you will ever experience. You will not be disappointed. Promise.

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Above left: The famous Iron Gates in the Ruahine Forest Park. Above right: A tall Totara at Totara Reserve in the Pohangina Valley.

Manawatu

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anawatu isn’t your typical destination, but as a weekend geta If you are a keen, experienced walker then way, there is more to offer than first meets the eye. head up to The Elevation. From here, it takes Manawatu allows you to go hiking in the Ruahine Ranges in serious trampers to negotiate the Harding’s the morning, cool off with a swim at Himatangi Beach in the after- Park Loop tracks and the return to the Elevation. [The right side of noon and head out to dinner and a show in the urban heart of Palmerston North City in the evening, all on the same day.

Beaches, valleys, winding country roads, pristine rivers and bush, majestic ranges, and fertile agricultural fields give the region its own unique geographical footprint and frame a range of activities against a changing and dynamic landscape.

The hardest part about getting outdoors in Manawatu is deciding which walk, track or path to take! Here is taster of some of the scenic walks and hikes around the region.

Manawatu Gorge Track The Manawatu Gorge is a scenic divide between the Tararua and Ruahine Ranges, and also one of only a few places in the world where the river flows through a dividing range. The track can be started at either the Ashhurst or Woodville end, but as it is not a loop track and is 3-5 hours one way, you will need to either arrange transport or plan ahead for a very long day.

From either end the track climbs steadily, and at times steeply, through stands of native bush before leveling out high above the gorge.

Five lookouts along the track will give you expansive views into the gorge and beyond.

Sledge Track Waterfalls, swimming holes and birdlife are abundant on the Sledge Track, which has been lovingly carved out with the help of local volunteers. At the end of Kahuterawa Road there is a car park, 10 metres before the start of the walk. The left side of the valley hosts the Sledge Track.

The Sledge Track is a one-way walk, and the grade gets trickier the further you go. Young families will easily get to the first swimming hole and picnic table, while getting up to the Argyle Rocks would suit older children and moderately fit adults. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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The Sledge Track run along the Kahuterawa Stream.

the valley is home to the Mountain Bike Tracks, which are not for the faint hearted.]

City walkways There are many accessible walkways in and around Palmerston North City. The Manawatu Riverside Walkway & Bridle Track is a part of the national Te Araroa Walkway. This flat, contoured path takes you along nearly 10km of the Manawatu Riverside.

Pari Reserve Walkway and the Poutoa Walkway offer short strolls through natural swamplands, beside vegetation edged ponds and amongst quiet valleys of establishing native bush.

Turitea Walkway climbs towards Pacific Drive where you’ll be rewarded with amazing views over the Manawatu countryside.

The Mangaone Stream Walkway starts in Totara Road and ends in Milson Line. Nearly 10km of pathway has been established alongside the Mangaone Stream, carving its way through much of Palmerston North City.

Rangiwahia Hut The Rangiwahia Hut sits nestled atop the mighty Ruahine Ranges, overlooking the valleys below and out across the Manawatu and beyond.

Located at the end of Renfrew Road, this track enters the bush beside the car park and starts out at a steady grade. There is a 30-40 minute, slightly steep detour around an active slip; however, you are rewarded by coming out just before a picturesque arched wooden bridge crossing a deep ravine over the Mangahuia Stream.

Onwards and upwards, the track heads through smaller shrub species, past a colour drenched waterfall and out onto the tops of the Ruahine Ranges.

The Rangiwahia hut is a serviced DOC hut with 13 bunks (with mattresses), cooking and heating. While this journey is best done by experienced walkers and hikers, it truly is well worth the effort.

Totara Reserve Regional Park

Alice Nash Heritage Lodge views from the car park.

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Only 40 minutes from the heart of Palmerston North City on Pohangina Valley East Road, Totara Reserve offers one of the best and most accessible remaining examples of the ancient forest that once covered much of the region.

Gentle walks are aplenty here, with over 340 hectares of bush and reserve for you to explore and discover.

The Fern Walk is a 5km track situated on the southeastern block of Totara Reserve, and is accessed from Pohangina Valley East Road.

Signboards for some of the bigger walks are dotted throughout and give fascinating facts and history on the area. There is the Bush Chapel, an outdoors church crafted out of existing natural materials. The camping facilities are modern and the swimming hole is a ‘must-do’ when visiting here. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Above: The Manawatu Gorge viewed from up high showing the road and rail tracks. Even though the Gorge road has been closed by ships it does not affect the Manawatu Gorge Walk. Below: The Manawatu landscape showing the Ruahine Ranges

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Heather Hapeta

iving in this long skinny land in the middle of an ocean means in any 48-hour period we can expect every meteorological weather pattern, but for us, as we head towards the Seaward Kaikoura’s, the weather gods smile on us when we start climbing.

Our guide, Lance, once a goat and deer culler and guide for tourists hunting trophies, brings all that experience to his role with Kaikoura Wilderness Walks.

This 3-day all-inclusive walk is on protected land, so, although landscape artist and farmer, Nicky McArthur, is the guardian of the land right now, it’s safeguarded. No matter who owns it, it can never be farmland again.

“This walk is the quickest and easiest way into the mountain terrain of Kaikoura” Lance tells us, two Kiwi and two from England.

His soft voice continues, “We’ll be going through different types of terrain and vegetation, through stands of manuka (from which bees harvest pollen for the therapeutic manuka honey) from regenerating totara forest to ancient forest areas and fine stands of beech and podocarp (conifer family) forest:” A bedroom in the Shearwater Lodge.

And so, day-packs on, sturdy lancewood walking sticks at the ready, we leave the woolshed and farmyard base for our six-hour walk up to the Shearwater Lodge in Happy Valley.

The smells of hiking are wonderful and it’s not long before we stop at a Beech tree to sample the honey-dew on the sooty black trunks.

As a boutique eco-hike, the guides are able to tailor the day to the abilities of the walkers, stopping for photos, drinks and rests as needed - and I valued that as I should have practised more hill-climbing.

We watched and heard many birds, had superb views of the North Island and Pacific Ocean, saw feral goats and deer, and, as well as stopping to admire and learn about various native trees, we’re even introduced to a native fern: the tiny leathery adder’s tongue.

Although there are two species in New Zealand, I had never heard

of them - we were all on our knees examining it. At different times of the year white mountain-daisies and other flowering plants, cover these hills. No wonder Lance says ‘this is the most picturesque place in Kaikoura’.

A delicious packed lunch is waiting for us at the halfway point - where there is an eco, composting toilet and even a picnic table. It’s a welcome break with food, tea and coffee, coupled with good conversation and stunning views.

It’s at this point we can see where the Hutton’s Shearwaters burrow is below the peak of Te Ao Wheke, (The World of the Gods) the second highest mountain peak here. We peer at their mountainside colony for them but of course these birds only fly home at night and leave first thing each morning, spending their days at sea feeding on small fish and krill.

Although the adult population is around 460,000 the species is classified as ‘nationally endangered’ because of its rapid rate of decline.

Like us hikers, this bird’s a traveller. It spends winter in Australian waters then returns each August to breed in this rugged landscape.

Our guide tells us, “They have been recorded travelling at 150 km/h.

It takes only seven minutes to get down to the sea - coming back up takes around 38 minutes.”

Kaikoura Wilderness Walks is closely aligned with the conservation of the Shearwater and, with the local conservation department and local Maori, are helping create a new colony behind a predatorexcluding fence on the Kaikoura Peninsula. This year signs that some of the translocated birds - moved before they could fly, and fed with mashed sardine through a syringe - have returned to this new colony and this is positive news for the success of the project Lunch over, and after many hours being guided over streams, boulder-hopping, and zigzagging up and down the hills and valleys, through tussock, high alpine meadows, ferns and forest, we arrive at the luxurious, eco-friendly, Shearwater Lodge. This is where Nicky shines the ‘hostess with the mostest’ someone has written in the guest book.

This is civilised hiking: no wet clothes or canvas tents here. The outdoor table is laden with muffins, fruit cake and nibbles, hot and cold drinks to greet us and through the window we see a fire roaring and we know a much-needed shower awaits us.

Nicky tells me “There are other privately owned walks in New Zealand, but we don’t think walkers need to compromise on style or hot showers.” And style this lodge has. Nicky’s watercolours line the hall which leads to the double bedrooms. Sheepskins, white linen and great views from the balcony, and best of all, my luggage, delivered to my room from down at sea level, adds to the luxury. Later, my turned down bed, a chocolate on the pillow, reminds me this is not tramping Left: In Happy Valley the Kaikoura wilderness. The Shearwater Lodge is just seen to the left at the bottom of the picture.

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of the gods Sunset in the Kaikouras.

as I used to know it.

After showers we gather at the lounge fire for drinks and appetisers and soon it’s time for dinner: Despite the table salt coming from Nepal - connecting two mountain areas - she uses local, in-season produce whenever possible. As a cordon bleu chef, Nicky ensures the food on our plates is delicious and beautifully presented.

I sleep well, leaving my curtains open, and wake at 5am, so open the sliding doors and lie in bed for a little longer, listening to the bird song and soon I’m up, camera in hand, to record the sunrise.

Later, after a hearty breakfast and with my boots back on, we head out to explore.

Past the helicopter pad we climb through young plants that will later cover the slope with tall stalks of yellow blooms and soon, in the middle of a large alpine field we stop to watch deer and goats higher up the mountains. It’s also the spot where a spectacular mountain ribbonwood grows.

‘The wedding tree’ everyone at Shearwater Lodge calls it because of the beautiful white blossom which evidently looks like confetti as it starts to fall - I wonder when the first wedding will occur under its branches?

A short climb has us soon on top of the ridge and from where we could see Emily Falls cascade down into the valley and river. We traverse the ridge then back down to see yet more falls on the other side of Shearwater Lodge - the Bevery Falls. It’s further up this river that the lodge generates its own hydro-power.

This was my first guided walk and I concur with my fellow hikers who loved the ‘absolute rawness of the mountains’ and who wish they could have stayed longer. The other Kiwi in our group said, ‘I’ve been totally blown away. I have walked virtually all the South Island tracks and this is the best. I have never heard so much birdsong on the others.’

So when you go to Kaikoura don’t just look out at the feeding ground of the giant Sperm whale, take a walk in the other direction, up to the high country, home for both Hutton’s Shearwaters and the Shearwater Lodge.

This whole walk epitomises the local tourist office taglines: ‘Kaikoura, where the mountains meet the sea’ and ‘Kaikoura every step allows you to discover it.’

Note: The Hutton’s Shearwater Farewell was on 1st April 2012 at 7.00 am. The annual welcome will be Sunday 29th September 2012 These events will occur on the start and finish of daylight savings annually. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Photo contest

Monthly Ph Top left: Northern coastal walk, Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island. Photo by David Towns, Epsom, Auckland.

Below left: This is me, Jennifer Bethell, at Neopolis, an archaeological park near Siracusa in Sicily. This is the Orecchio di Dionisio (Dionysius' Ear), a huge cavern whose name was the inspiration of the painter Caravaggio, impressed by its acoustic properties. Photo by Michael Quinn (husband) Tauranga.

Below right: First big walk! Jackson Sweetman (11 months) with his mum, Kirsty, on the way to Lake Wainamu, Te Henga, West Auckland. Phgoto by Fay Greenslade, Devonport, Auckland.

We are looking for the best digital photos each month depicting walking.

Now the time to get your digital camera out or look through your digital images and enter the

Walking New Zealand Digital Photo Contest 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. Photos must be emailed and not sent by post.

In the subject line type “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest” and the email must include the NAME, 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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Congratulations to the following who each receive a six month subscription, or six month subscription extension to Walking New Zealand magazine.

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Above: Leaving Harris Saddle on their way to Lake McKenzie Sue, Corrine and Verena on day two of our wonderful Routeburn / Greenstone trip organised by the Otago Youth Adventure Trust and Milton Rotary Tramping Club. Photo by Graeme Millow, Matua, Tauranga.

Below left: Cresting the Te Paki sand dunes at New Zealand’s Far North.

Photo by Sarnim Dean, Auckland.

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Below right: Walking the dog among the Redwoods in Rotorua's Whakawerawera Forest Park. Photo by Marie Brennan, Reparoa.

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European Alps - a network

of paths and trails T owering mountains guarded by medi eval castles, deep glacial lakes lined with Renaissance villas, and timeless valleys scattered with grazing cattle and timber farmhouses, the European Alps have some of the most beautiful and dramatic landscapes on the continent.

Stretching from France in the west to Slovenia in the east, the Alps were formed when the Italian peninsula peeled away from North Africa and collided into Europe.

They divide central Europe into two, with the predominantly German speaking countries on one side and the Mediterranean countries on the other but rather than being a barrier, the north-south orientation of the valleys and rivers that cut through the mountains have united the continent, allowing communication between the two worlds since time immemorial.

The Alps are covered with a vast network of paths and trails that have been used for millennia. The earliest recorded traveller was Otzi, known as the Iceman, who was found by two German hikers near a high altitude pass on the Italian/Austrian border in 1990, his well-preserved remains emerging out of a retreating glacier in which he’d been trapped for over 5,000 years.

Many of the surviving trails were still in common use as trade and pastoral routes well into the 1930s. Some of them have since been lost through neglect and post-World War II development but many of them still exist, maintained and way-marked by local volun-

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teers and walking organisations.

There is also an extensive network of mountain huts along the trails, particularly in the higher ranges like the Dolomites, which are open in the summer months and offer hearty local meals and simple accommodation, allowing you to do extended walks of 10 days or more.

Hidden Italy Walking Tours, has been organising and taking guided and self-guided tours to Italy since 1993. Its offerings include two guided tours to the Alps in September.

The first is the ‘Venice and the Italian Lakes’ tour, which starts in Venice on 4 September and finishes in Turin on 16 September.

One of the highlights of the tour is a fournight stay in Varenna, a charming small town in the centre of Lake Como. Being surrounded by soaring mountains and lined with famous villas and gardens and romantic towns, it is an excellent walking base.

Three large Swiss passes converge on Lake Como, making it a very important military and trade link since ancient times. Several of the historical routes still exist. The best known is the Sentiero del Viandante, or the Wayfarer’s Trail. It is 35 kilometres long and runs above the rugged eastern shore of the lake, starting in Lecco in the south and finishing in Colico at the northern end of the lake near the Swiss border.

It takes between three and four days to walk the entire length of the trail but using the efficient ferry and train services, it can be broken up into comfortable day walks.

The Sentiero was primarily a minor trade route and each town was responsible for maintaining its own section of the trail. It was designed to accommodate the convoys of heavily laden mules that carried wine and wool from Italy and cloth and weapons from Germany and many of the original features still survive: a scattering of centuries old milestones; abandoned inns in dank valleys; long stretches of low deep stairs paved with river stones or carved out of the living rock more adapted to the rhythm of a donkey’s stride than that of a modern walker; several hunched-backed stone

bridges whose sides were kept dangerously low to allow the donkeys’ bulging saddle bags to cross.

The trail is well marked and, although a little rough in parts, in pretty good condition.

The highest point is at Ortanello, where Roman ruins have been found, which at 1093 metres is nearly 900 metres above the lake level.

The trail passes through forests and small hamlets, dipping up and down to the lakeside towns. It offers spectacular views over Bellagio to the Lariani Mountains on the western side of the lake.

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Above: Walking down a track from a medieval church in the Dolomites.

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European Alps - a network of paths and trails of cigarettes and pharmaceuticals over the mountains under the cover of darkness from tax-free Switzerland and down through forests to the shores of Lake Como, where waiting speedboats took the goods to the towns of Lecco and Como at the southern end of the lake.

The trail starts in the town of Menaggio, a short ferry ride from Varenna. It crosses the Sanagra River and winds up behind the town, with sweeping views back over the lake to the Grigna Mountains on the other side, before crossing a ridge and entering forest, heading west towards neighbouring Lake Lugano and the Swiss border.

After another half hour, the trail opens onto a clearing dominated by a huge oak known locally as il Rogolone. This lovely tree is more than twenty five metres high and has a circumference of eight metres. It is over 300 years old and was once a meeting place for the scattered hamlets and villages of the area.

On a hot sunny day it offers welcome shade and is a perfect place for a picnic. From here it’s possible to continue west to Porlezza on the shores of Lake Lugano, from where you

can catch a bus back to Menaggio, or double back and follow a paved path back down through forests and villages to where you started the walk.

The second tour, ‘Verona and the Dolomites’, starts in Verona on 18 September and finishes in Cortina d’Ampezzo on 30 September. The Dolomites, a World Heritage listed site, is a soaring range of jagged limestone cliffs, further east from Como on the border between Italy and Austria.

It is probably better known for winter sports, but the things that make it a great skiing destination in winter are the same things that make it a wonderful walking destination in summer: pristine nature, spectacular scenery; the graciousness of the local people; a vast range of accommodation suitable for all tastes (from simple mountain huts to charming family run b&bs and elegant 4-star hotels); and the ski lifts, which double as cable cars in the summer and take the sweat out of getting to the start of some of the higher walks.

Although part of Italy, the Dolomites is predominantly German speaking, having been hived off the Austrians and given to the Italians in 1919 as a reward for the Italian sup-

Above: The charming small town of Varenna in the centre of Lake Como.

Below: A view of the rooftops of Varenna from the mountains that surround the town of Lake Como.

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European Alps - a network of paths and trails port of the Allies in World War I. After nearly one hundred years of living together, most of the tension has gone from what was once a difficult situation and the

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prosperous region is now home to a fascinating blend of Germans, Italians and Ladins, the indigenous culture of mountain people who claim to be the descendants of the remnants of the Roman armies that settled the region two thousand years ago.

With several peaks of over three thousand metres, the Dolomites offers all types of walking from the extreme climbing of the vie ferrate (system of iron ladders installed during World War I) and the challenging Alta Via dei Dolomiti (a long distance trail that traverses the range from east to west) to the more gentile trails in the picturesque lower valleys.

The Hidden Italy tour opts for the latter, spending eight nights in two of the central valleys.

One of the highlights of the tour is the four night stay in the Val Gardena, a deep valley near Bolzano, the regional capital, where Otzi the Iceman is now found, the centrepiece of a fascinating museum.

The most spectacular walk of this stay starts with a thirty minute cable car ride from Ortisei, the main town of the valley, up to

Above: Seceda, the start of the walk in Dolomites. Note the track running through the centre of the picture.

Seceda, a 2500 metre peak which has a breathtaking 360 degree view over the entire Dolomite range.

From here, a well marked path leads down under soaring limestone cliffs and across lush, green, mountain pastures to Selva, a small town at the opposite end of the valley.

The four hour walk can be broken up with a stop at one of several mountain huts you pass on the way, where you can have a delicious lunch of local specialities: polenta, a plate of fresh cheese and cold cuts, sausages and fine Austrian beer – something that Otzi who was found not far from here, would have greatly appreciated as he struggled over these mountains 5000 year ago.

Full details contact Michele Roberts at Eurovillas and Tours in Auckland on 0508 387 684 or www.eurovillasandtours.co.nz. We are pleased to offer a 5% discount to your readers who mention Walking New Zealand magazine, on either of our Autumn tours.

Hidden Italy has been organising and taking small group gourmet walking tours since 1993.

Our clients are generally aged between 55 and 65, retired or semi-retired professionals and the activities are targeted appropriately (ie walks not hikes!). www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Te Araroa Trail

New Hamilton route opened The 2 km section between the end of O'Dea Road and Walsh Road is now open.

The new route is part of the City to Mountain route between Hamilton’s western Dinsdale suburb and Pirongia mountain.

A Te Araroa team led by Noel Sandford has just completed a bridge across the Koromatua Stream. Signage is still not in place, but the O’Dea section is open, and completes an attractive 10 km peri-urban walk from Melva Street to the Tills Lookout, past the Taitua Arboretum, and onward from there across the new track, and backroads to Whatawhata. Te Araroa walkers headed south will go on from there, another 30 km to the Pirongia summit.

Overseas personal locator beacon helped find man in New Zealand

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British man has been successfully rescued from the wilder ness of New Zealand’s Kahurangi National Park after acti vating his McMurdo Fast Find Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) in March this year.

61 year old Chris Painter injured his knee during a ten day fishing trip and being alone and unable to move, was in desperate need of help. Luckily Mr Painter, who had emigrated to New Zealand eight years ago, was carrying a PLB, which he had purchased in the UK ten years previously. With no mobile phone signal available he took the decision to activate the device.

The PLB, a Fast Find Plus from leading emergency distress beacon manufacturer McMurdo, alerted the emergency services in Falmouth in the UK, 11,000 miles away where the device had been registered, using the global 406 MHz search and rescue satellite communication system. In turn they contacted their rescue colleagues in New Zealand to coordinate Mr Painter’s rescue.

Mr Painter, who is now recovering at his New Zealand home and walking with the aid of crutches, commented “I bought this Fast Find PLB ten years ago and I always carry it whenever I venture in to remote locations.” I was extremely grateful to have it with me during my fishing trip in the Kahurangi National Park, where I came into difficulty.

“I would like to thank the rescue services for their amazing help and speed – just one hour and 20 minutes after activating my Fast Find PLB a rescue helicopter landed and I was being attended to by a paramedic.”

It is recommended that anyone venturing into remote areas where there are limited means of communication carries a PLB, which gives a direct method of alerting the search and rescue authorities, no matter how remote the location.

As well as sending out a distress signal by satellite, McMurdo’s Fast Find PLB also transmits a 121.5MHz homing signal, to enable search and rescue teams to home in on the beacon once in the vicinity. The Fast Find 210 PLB has a 50-channel GPS, to give precise location coordinates, and make recovery speedier and more efficient. It is also subscription free and does not rely on commercial call centres. The device is rugged, compact, lightweight and easy to carry tucked into a www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

pocket or on a belt. With a simple activation process and emergency signal transmission guaranteed for at least 24 hours via a powerful 5 watt output, the Fast Find is easy and reliable to use.

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Above: Porters and cooks.

Walking in the

wilderness of Patagonia O

nly 12 hours by direct flight from Auckland, lies the cosmopolitan city of Buenos Aires. Often called the Paris of South America and for good reason. It’s vibrant, arty,

Shop signs Ollantaytambo.

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historic and boasts extraordinarily good shopping. This exciting city is also the start point for flights into the heart of Patagonia and the region’s stunning national parks.

So what is Patagonia exactly?

Well, its actually a region, not a country, encompassing approximately the bottom third of both Chile and Argentina. Some theories as to how the name came about say it, stems from Magellan’s visit in 1520. He saw large footprints from the Tehuelche inhabitants and related them to the giant “Patagon”, who was a character in a popular novel at the time.

Today Patagonia is renowned with walkers, trampers and climbers, for its spectacular mountain

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Below left: Machu Picchu's resident llama.

Below right:Heading down before another up!

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I’ll never forget my first visit to Torres del Paine, seeing the yellow and black Horns of Paine, I was as stunned by the colour of the mountains, as by the bright electric blue of Lake Pehoe. We crossed in a motorized catamaran to stay at the foot of the horns and walk up along side them the following day. I think I took over 200 photos!

The small group trip we are taking in February, heads first to Chile and the Torres del Paine National Park for a stay in the unique Ecocamp domes, while walking the superb “W” trek.

Each day we head out from base to walk a different valley, between towering peaks and glacial lakes. There is no altitude to contend with as we’re practically at sea level and all we carry is a daypack.

Then after a superb day’s walking we head back for drinks and nibbles before a hearty dinner.

Back across the border in Argentina, Glacier National Park and the Fitzroy range, serve up another set of spectacular mountains and glaciers. The scenery is so breathtaking that I honestly can’t begin to describe it and the attached photos will only give a slight idea of what it’s like.

Here we are based in the quaint village of El Chalten and again head out on day walks to experience the scenery at close hand.

Another big part of every trip to South America is the food and we sample some exquisite Argentine steaks, Patagonian lamb and Chilean King Crab dishes.

As we head to our southern most stop in the city of Ushuaia,

on the Beagle Chanel, the seafood dishes are to die for.

Luckily there is still one more walk to help burn off those calories, this time along the coastal Tierra Del Fuego National Park.

Spot Steamer Ducks, Kelp Geese, Penguins and Albatross as we explore this region.

If Antarctica is calling you, this is a great opportunity to add on that once in a lifetime trip to the white continent. Ushuaia is the start point for Antarctic cruises and you can either pre book, or leave it up chance and try for a last minute special.

This remarkable trip ends back in Buenos Aires, with a Tango show and dinner to celebrate. You can squeeze in some last minute shopping, or even add on a couple of days to Iguazu Falls.

Silvana Gottini, your kiwi tour leader will make sure you get the most out of your time here. You’ll be in great hands as its like her second home.

Above: Local children in Sacred Valley.

Below: In a cozy tent on the trail.

For a full itinerary see the website www.southernexposure-tours.co.nz or call Silvana on 0800 804 737 to see if the magnificent Highlights of Patagonia trip is right for you.

Right: Top of Dead Womans Pass at 4215m above sea level.

South American Sojourn Unique small group tour o experiencing Machu Picchu, a to Santiag ays from Lim Amazon rainforest, Lake 24 D August 2012 Titicaca, La Paz, Rio, Iguazu Falls, Departs 6th on Buenos Aires and Santiago.

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Above: What a view on day five!

The roof of

Australia

By Helen McRae

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Auswalk Walking Holidays www.auswalk.com.au

ith less than 24 hours notice, I booked my flight to Canberra and threw some clothes in a case to join the “guided” walk they call the “Roof of Australia”.

Recently appointed to a marketing role with Auswalk, I had worked just three days and then landed in Canberra to walk across the highest mountain range in Australia. I must admit I am feeling a little nervous as I have not done a lot of walking, or really, any planned walking.

The group gathered in the terminal of the Canberra airport as flights landed from cities around Australia and overseas. With every-

one accounted for we made our way onto the bus and settled in to conversation while enjoying the scenery along the way to Jindabyne.

Our guides on this trip were my bosses and the owners of Auswalk, Phil and Monica Coleman.

It was here on the bus trip to Jindabyne that I began to understand their passion of our Australian bush as they swapped the microphone for the steering wheel both telling entertaining stories about the landmarks we were passing by. The higher the altitude, the more hilarious the stories became, and so everyone arrived in Jindabyne relaxed and smiling.

After a stroll around the shopping centre and a bite for lunch, it was time for our first walk, around the shores of Lake Jindabyne.

Above: Approaching Porcupine Rocks near Perisher, Snowy Mountains.

Left: We made it!

Opposite page left: Snow Gum at Charlotte Pass .

Opposite page right: Lunch on Back Perisher Mountain.

The 2 o’clock clouds rolled in and it began to rain and blow, and continued to rain and blow.

This was a good test of our gear in case we encountered bad weather at much higher altitude and as a result Monica led a high speed shopping frenzy to secure any wet weather gear overlooked in the packing process.

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The roof of dation, some of us relaxing in the bath before making our way to the bar for drinks and a superb three course meal.

I woke to a gorgeous clear sky and early enough for a stroll around the lake and grounds before breakfast. We packed up the bus and began our travels high into the mountains toward Guthega to our starting point following the Snowy River Scheme aqueduct trail.

I had no concept of the enormous engineering feat of the Snowy River Scheme until walking it. While meandering along the trails, I imagined the thousands of skilled immigrants who arrived here to work and make a new life for themselves after WWII. We stopped for lunch and found a slab of granite or a grassy patch under a tree and demolished our wholesome gourmet sandwiches. It was easy walking along the being so distracted by the beauty of the Australian bush and finding â– wombat holes.

I have since learned that the cubic nature of wombat poo was welcomed by bush folk in the nineteenth century – they sensibly wrote numbers on all six sides and used them as dice.

We arrived at Guthega at a traditional mountain inn constructed of stone and cedar with panoramic views of Guthega Dam and the main mountain range.

Our hosts Nick and Jenny welcomed us, showing us around the property and directing us to our respective rooms. A few of us opted out of the late afternoon walk to Illawong suspension bridge, preferring a soak in the spa bath prior to drinks in the lounge. Dinner was Above left: Rolling countryside walking on day four.

Below: Hiking amoungst the wild flowers.

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Australia outstanding with the home baked trout tart melting in my mouth.

The next morning we headed up through Guthega and Blue Cow ski resorts, up to 2,000 metres. It is so amazingly beautiful at the moment with some of the best displays of wildflowers in full bloom.

Phil pointed out the native pepper plant inviting us to taste the leaf. Some of us senselessly obliged, slurping on our water bottles for relief.

We rested at the top of Back Perisher Mountain appreciating the magnificence of the ranges and the infrastructure in place for ski enthusiasts before making our way down the valley to Perisher village to meet the bus.

We had our lunch in the village centre before making our way onto Porcupine Rocks. I found this walk one of the highlights of the trip, as we walked the tracks marked for cross country skiing to the top, stepping out on to the plateau and into the enormous panoramic views of the Great Dividing Range.

We arrived in Charlotte Pass and welcomed

by Sally and Evan at yet another delightful alpine lodge where we soon found the spa bath and the bar to relax into prior to dinner.

In the morning we enjoyed a scrumptious breakfast and were off to cross the Snowy River via stepping stones, hiking our way up to the Blue Lake. A glacial lake that takes its colour from the sky and we were blessed with a wonderful sunny day making for a gorgeous Blue Lake.

We continued further along the Alpine Walking Track toward the summit of Carruthers Peak before returning to the Blue Lake and taking an off track route through thick grassy pastures and along a glacial creek back to the lodge.

The next morning we packed up ready to move on, hiking our way to the summit of Mount Kosciuszko, stopping at Seaman’s Hut along the way. I was amazed at the number of people, families with children, hiking, riding bikes, trekking and jogging all over the Snowy Mountains.

We reached the summit at 2228 metres elevation with 100 or so other people, all of us photographing the moment of achievement.

It suddenly dawned on me that this was the first time we’d seen a lot of people, having had the privilege of having most of the tracks to ourselves.

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Above: Resting on a field covered with wildflowers.

pine lodge and did the usual soak in the spa and pre-dinner drink. Luxury really….

The final day was a fitting finale, beginning with a hilarious lesson on riding up the chairlift.

Then off across the alpine fields once again blooming with flowers. The Ramshead Range loomed around us and there were many unique rock formations.

The walk finished with an easy stroll along the beautiful Thredbo River and of course a stop to soak our weary feet in the refreshing waters.

I really appreciated having two guides with

our group as it gave us less experienced hikers the option of shorter, slower or less difficult paths. At the same time, the faster more experienced hikers could bag all the peaks and boast about it.

I also learned that Auswalk also offer this same itinerary self guided and I’m sure lots of independent-minded people would enjoy the flexibility of that, especially knowing that your luggage will be moved for you while you are out on the track.

Back in the office a few days later, I took a funny call. Someone wanted info on the “Roof of the World” walk and I thought to myself – yes, it really did feel like that!

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n March, April, or September to Novem the Tihar Festival. I hate to think what those ber, the weather is perfect for walking, packed buses would be like. Our 28 seater with warm days and cooler nights. bus had 89 passengers in, or on it. Over 20 sat It is easy to walk either alone, with a group on the roof, clutching metal roof racks, othof friends, or with people you meet along the ers hung onto windows and doors, most douway. 500 different agencies in ble seats had three to five people Kathmandu offer guides, porsquashed onto them and many ters or both, and will totally stood in the aisle. But remarkably, plan, or facilitate any length of no-one looked unhappy with the trek to anywhere you want to arrangement. They were just so go. happy they didn’t have to walk four We found it easiest to hire a or five days to get home. porter/guide for two of us, and We spent the first five hours pay for our food as we went. sharing our seat with two little girls The main tourist routes are aged 4 and 10, who’d been put on grouped into ‘Districts’, each the bus in Kathmandu, to travel to of which has set prices for visit relations five hours away. They meals and accommodation, so By Barbz Lowther had no seat. I wonder how kiwi it is very easy to travel alone. kids would cope with that? These two were We chose to go up the Langtang Valley, full of smiles and just so happy to be going North of Kathmandu, because it’s not as busy on holiday. as the popular treks to Everest Base Camp The road was rough, and narrow, we had and the Annapurna region. five or six huge slips to negotiate, the brakes The eight hour bus trip from Kathmandu screamed at every corner, but they stayed smilto Dunche where we started walking, deserves ing. The next three hours, we shared with a a chapter of it’s own. mum and three children. As they got out, the We were advised to travel a day earlier than baby I had been nursing, was violently ill. We planned, because buses would be full the fol- decided luck was on our side that day. lowing day with people returning home after Although it was a bone shaking, cliff hangBuddhist tablets at Mundu Village.

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ing, very scary ride, we loved the interaction with the locals, and it made us appreciate our life here.

We spent the night in a guesthouse at Dunche, and started up the track early next morning. An hour later we had views of the border, and snow capped mountains of Tibet.

We walked on a good track through pine forest, to Thulo Syabru, a busy little village.

After exploring the various stalls and buying mittens, because mornings and evenings were quite cold at the altitude, we walked on through terraced fields of corn, rice, millet and brightly flowering rape, grown for oil.

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Tsergo Ri (5,000m) the highest peak above Kyanging Gompa.

swing bridge over the river.

In the last eight years, the govenment has built many of these metal foot bridges, which have made access so much easier for people in remote villages.

The track continued up again to a tiny tea house perched on the top of the ridge. From here it was steeply down hill to a cluster of houses at Landslide, aptly named, because not only did we have to climb over several large slips, but also the track was re-routed in many places where earlier slips had destroyed access.

Because the track headed steeply uphill yet again, we decided to call it a day, and spent the night with fingers crossed, hoping we didn’t slip away, as we slept.

The following day was uphill all the way, past Bamboo, and Langtang Khola to Rimche, where we had a break.

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Buddhist Stoopas on the way down the Helambu, between Sermathang and Kakani.

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Above: Kyanging Gompa - an incredibly beautiful village near the head of the Langtang Valley.

Below right: Swing bridges built between villages have totally changed the lives of the locals, enabling most children to attend schools.

Carrying supplies up to Ghoretabula.

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Nepal is the perfect place to trek as we walked up the valley, it became more and more thunderous, with huge boulders tumbling and crashing down a series of waterfalls, and sending up a fine spray which kept the vegetation lovely and green. It was a spectacular valley, with lots of monkeys playing in the trees After a rest at Llama Hotel, we continued on and up through a forest of very tall Poplars and Alders, changing higher up, to Larch and Cyprus. Yellow and orange lichens hung off the branches, like big droopy curtains, and there was a covering of yellow and orange moss on the forest floor. It was a really pretty track, all the way to Ghoretabula.

There, we spent an interesting evening with six sherpas. All had led several groups to the top of Everest, and the stories they had to tell were amazing! They all had huge admiration for Sir Ed, because he was one of the few foreigners who cut his own tracks and carried his own gear. On this trip they were waiting for a helicopter to drop off a group of Japanese. Their job was to lead them back down the Langtang valley.

The next morning was freezing as we passed several locals crawling out of little shelters, to milk their 10 cows. By 9.30am the sun burst through, and the day became progressively warmer. We wandered through villages of tiny stone huts, where sheep, goats and cows, were prevented from straying by neatly built stone walls.

As we reached the village of Mundu, there were rows of Buddhist tablets on either side of the path , and the streams propelled Buddhist prayer wheels.

That afternoon there were awesome views of snow-capped mountains at the head of the valley, and nestled just over a rise, was Kyanjing Gompa - our destination. .

As soon as the sun set, once again it was freezing, so we sat around a pot belly stove and coughed our way through the evening, as the guesthouse filled with thick blue smoke.

Early the next morning the guys climbed to Tsergo Ri (5,000m) while I walked to the glaciers, which were impressive, but not as

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spectacular as Franz Josef.

We changed accommodation that night, and were rewarded with scrumptious food cooked on a simple clay oven. A Y-shaped fire-clay pipe sat in the middle of a heap of stones, which were then coated with clay, daily.

A fire was lit at the base of the Y and food was cooked over the top vents. It was so efficient.

We headed back down the next day. It was so much easier losing altitude, and we were able to enjoy the scenery more, and chat to locals, many of whom had a smattering of English. By then we had a vocab of about 10 Nepalese words.

The village gardens were full of beans, parsnips, potatoes, turnips, carrots, corn and cabbages. Men ,women and children all carried huge loads of grains, vegetables, firewood , or dung.

We passed women washing clothes at the only tap in the village, and others shaping dung into “patties” to be dried for fuel. It was the children’s job to turn them over regularly. All managed to call Namaste and give a cheery smile.

By 3.30pm we were back down to Llama Hotel, where we spent a cozy night, before walking back through the forest past Bamboo, and Landslide, to Thulo Syabru.

Day 8, saw us climbing steadily uphill on dusty narrow tracks, across grassland, with snow-capped peaks towering over us. We soon reached Rhododendrum forest, cloaked with the golds and reds of Autumn. It was really beautiful, but by time we reached a peak, with a Buddhist Stoopa, we were enveloped in thick cloud, which obscured any views.

We continued through Cholangpati, where we stopped for Sherpa Stew, and on up to Laurebinayak.

Suddenly the cloud rolled away to reveal a Big Blue Mountain House, with a German Bakery! We sat and watched the sun set behind layers of snowy tops. It was glorious.

Then the cloud moved in again.

Next day’s walk took us to Gosainkund (Holy Lake). We passed a series of lakes, and a cave, where it is rumoured that “Lord Shiva” lived for his last years.

Early the following morning we reached the top of the pass in just over an hour. It was stark desolate barren country with huge jagged peaks all around us and layer upon layer of mountain ranges in the distance, quite Majestic.

We went steeply down scree, held in place by scrubby hebes, lichen, patches of cornflow

Above: Buddhist Shrines between Semathang and Kakani down the Helambu Valley.

Below: left: Children we shared a seat with for 4 hours on the local bus from Kathmandu to Dunche.

Below right: Kyanging Gompa - a beautiful village near the head of the Langtang Valley.

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Majestic views of the Langtang Ranges.

Women in long dresses are seen everywhere.

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ers, and bright blue gentians peeping through moss on the side of the track.

In an hour the vegetation changed to Juniper, and Bamboo and forest. We spent the night at Gopte, sipping mustang coffee.

Next day we continued down through tall Rhododendrums, Cedars, Cyprus, and Bamboo to Melanchigaon.

We spent time watching preparations for a new guesthouse. Two men sat on an enormous boulder with hammer and chisel, chipping off blocks to build the lodge, while another five were levelling the site with a huge wooden blade, three pushing and two pulling a handle.

Once again we marvelled at their patience.

The following morning it was another down and back up to Tarkeyhyang, then down and up to Gungyn. After two days of extremes, 1,000m up and down between villages, we arrived at Mountain View Lodge at Sermanthang.

What a warm welcome we received! It was like visiting a favourite aunt and uncle. This couple had lived here all their lives, but had managed to learn English first from an agricultural student who spent a year in the village, and then from anyone passing by. They were teaching a 12 year old girl from a neighbouring village (five hours away) how to cook

for tourists.

It was hard to believe that the track was all downhill from here, but it was.

We walked past many Buddhist Stoopas and shrines, many of which were built to protect the half bulldozed road. This was a village project, started two years ago, but held up by many slips in the rainy season.

Our final day was almost as interesting as the first. At Melanchi Bazaar we boarded an old bus with most windows broken, to travel four hours to Kathmandu. We jerked along the track, for 45 minutes, when with a loud crack, the brake drum split in half.

After 40 minutes another old bus rumbled along to pick us up. We spent half an hour in that one when an accident blocked the road.

At that point we had to walk two hours uphill to a village on another route. Ninety people were crammed into a 30 - seater, and we finally arrived in Kathmandu seven hours after we started.

We stayed in ‘Hotel Potala’ right in the centre of Thamel, and wandered through the bustling city that night, enjoying sounds, smells, and sights that make Nepal.

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Walking t Gary’s in his adapt a cap.

Gary Hauseman who is walking the world and so far has walked about 24,000 miles across USA, Europe, United Kingdom, Central America, South America, Australia and New Zealand. He has about 14,000 miles to walk across Asia, Africa and South America to break the Guiness Book World Record set by Arthur Blessit. Here are his experiences walking from:

Globe, Arizona to Sonoita, Arizona 182 miles, 24,453 Total World Walk Miles wo days of cold wet rain (35 to 40 F) slowed me down just past Globe. Worst weather to walk in, actually prefer below 32 F and snowing as you can keep dry and warm. Kept my body warm and dry in my wool and Gore-tex, but fingers and toes eventually get wet and cold.

Even with wool socks and wax shoe polish on my leather walking shoes they get soaked after a couple hours of rain. I keep warm if I keep on walking, but once you stop and the blood slows you get cold.

So I stop, set up my tent, take off wet clothes, and get in sleeping bag.

Fire up the stove and cook some hot dinner of my usual ramen noodles, two eggs, teaspoon of oats, half carrot, half onion, and two teaspoons of olive oil.

Hard to find a good pair of really waterproof gloves, I used to pull my gloves inside my Gore-tex jacket when I had a bigger coat. Hard to keep walking when your hands and feet get cold. Even harder to put on wet and cold socks, shoes, and clothes on a cold morning.

It rained all the next day, so I ended up just staying in my tent and reading, napping, darning my wool socks, writing, listening to radio, eating, sewing up a few rips, and other miscellaneous stuff. I can imagine how hard it is to stay in a tent for a week or two when you get hit by a blizzard climbing up in Alaska or in the Himalayas.

Luckily the sun came out the next morning and I warmed up fast and dried out my clothes as I walked uphill to El Capitan Pass at 4983 feet elevation. Snow level was just a couple miles past my camping spot, so if I just had walked a couple more miles I could have camped in slightly colder but snow instead of rain. Laid out my tent, sleeping bag, and other misc. stuff to dry in the sun when I got to the picnic/ view area at the top. Nice view of all the snow covered hills in the

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surrounding area.

One morning the police came by to check on my fire. It was going to be a cold night, so I usually collect firewood and set up a fire for the morning. After I cook and eat my breakfast in my tent while I am still in my sleeping bag, then I get up and start the fire outside. Nice to sit by the fire, watch the sun rise, and break camp slowly as I warm up.

Police said no problem, just make sure the fire is out good. I always douse with water,

By Gary then smoother with dirt, then sprinkle leaves Hauseman on it to make sure I leave no trace behind.

Into Tucson where I left my Runabout Stroller with some friends and took the bus up to Page Arizona for a Houseboat Christmas on Lake Powell. If you work the whole season at Lake Powell Resorts for Aramark you get a free houseboat rental for one week, you just have to pay $24 a day for insurance.

Had a nice Christmas with my girlfriend and her family. Took a swim in the cold lake (50 F) off the slide.

Stopped at the Pima Air and Space Museum southeast of Tucson.

I parked my stroller in front of the entrance and was asked by the staff what I was up to. When I told them about my world walk they gave me free admission, as long as I wrote about it on my website.

Neat place, over 3000 aircraft, and related air force and private stuff on display. I liked the Wright brothers replica aircraft, smallest prop and jet planes, hang glider, one man helicopter, huge Super Guppy cargo plane, B-52 Strato-Fortress, and various vintage biplanes and homebuilts. Its called the boneyards as thousands of planes are parked here in the really dry desert where they can still be used later for parts and history of aviation.

Hotter days (70 to 78 F) as I got into the lower desert (1000 to 2000 feet above sea level). Taking lots of shade breaks whenever I see a decent sized bush or tree. I lay out my foam pad in the shade and take a siesta with a wet washcloth over my face and head. Usually a couple cars stop to check and see if I am okay. I usually just give them the okay sign with my thumb and tell them I am just taking a nap.

Wearing my sun robe almost every day and laying a wet washcloth over my "adapt-a-cap". I have to tie it down with a bandana or a big semi going by will blow it right off.

Lots of people say I look pretty funny or weird (my girlfriend and her kids), in my getup, but its the best way to stay cool and avoid sunstroke.

I still remember the day back in Texas in 1996 on my first walk when I found a bed sheet on the roadside. That day I got sunstroke from having my arms and legs exposed. That night I had a headache and was dehydrated, so I took some aspirin and drank lots of water.

Felt okay in the morning, but I cut a hole for my head and sewed up the sides to wear as a sun robe ever since. Had a friend sew up a nicer sheet when I got back to Page later. It looks similar to what most desert people wear in the Middle East.

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the World Wasp as I eat pretty much the same thing everyday. Once in a while I find some nice roadkill to eat. Now when I say roadkill I actually mean packaged food that has fallen out of a car or truck. Candy, donuts, soda, water, potato chips, and other stuff. As long as it is unopened and looks good I usually chow down. Most prepackaged food has so many preservatives in them that they will last for five to 10 years or more on the shelf.

I read about one teacher that has a Twinkie on top of his chalk board that is like 20 or 30 years old and still looks good to eat. I never have been hungry enough to eat any roadkill yet, but they do have some good cookbooks on how to prepare roadkill. It is best if you keep a roll of aluminum foil in your car, as you can field strip an animal, wrap a nice cut in foil, place it on your engine, and set a timer for two to four hours depending on how thick a cut of meat it is.

Always nice if you have some potatoes, carrots, onions, and seasoning to throw in with the meat to make it a complete meal.

Closest I came to eating real roadkill was in Australia when I encountered a live hurt Kangaroo on the roadside. A couple road workers had just witnessed it being hit by a car five minutes earlier. After one guy helped me remove a tick off my back he grabbed an axe and put it out of its misery. It had its back broken and was thrashing around in the ditch. I asked if he was planning on taking it home for dinner, but he said it was probably all bruised up from being hit. Plus most wild Kangaroos are all filled with parasites, and mostly skin and bones.

Almost all Kangaroo meat you eat is farm raised, fed good feed, wormed, and treated with antibiotics. But he said I was welcome to it if I wanted it. I had just finished lunch, plus it was pretty hot out with all kinds of flies around. So I choose not to field strip it there, maybe next time I see a dead Kangaroo. The local Aborigines having been hunting and eating Kangaroos for 30,000 to 40,000 years.

Passing through lots of small towns in southeast Arizona now.

They usually have maybe one or two gas station/mini-marts. Usually they have some chairs out front on the porch, or a table inside with a bunch of chairs around it. Always nice to sit down with some locals, drink coffee and hear some local stories. Mostly ranchers, hunters, bikers, or world walkers. Nice when they have a hot wood stove to warm up by.

Headed southeast for Tombstone, Douglas, Road Forks New Mexico, Benson, and back to Tucson. Going to take another break to go up to Page Arizona for a friend’s wedding. Then probably walk south for Mexico through Nogales.

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rom journalist in Mumbai to being a volunteer in the Waitakere ranges could be argued a significant change, but the absence of the odd 20 million people hasn’t fazed volunteer Natasha Sahgal who has taken to her new environment with gusto and who writes: I have never been stung by a wasp or a bee, so in my head there was nothing wrong with those hard-working insects. This is the reason that I found it hard to understand why there was much excitement on the new study being introduced at Ark in the Park – trapping wasps.

After meeting Robert Brown, my doubts vanished as he explained the urgent need to rid the park of them. Robert, currently based in Christchurch, is doing a study on wasps which is funded by the University of Auckland. It involves using a sweet smelling lure that he created to attract wasps to a sticky trap where they will get stuck.

So far, he has only experimented over the South Island, where the problem is intense and this lure has worked extremely well. Ark in the Park is the first place on the North Island where he has tried this technique.

The success of the experiment in the South Island can be seen by the fact that at most times it took less than two hours for the trap to be completely filled with the insects. While some other small insects do mange to get stuck, he seems to be doing well in attracting a majority of only wasps. A bird has never been caught and we can only hope that it stays this way.

The wasps begin to get visible during the summer, stinging volunteers and trampers. So the reason we begin so early is in the hope to attract the queen wasp, thus hopefully eliminating the large families that she is capable of bringing up.

While the stinging can get annoying for us, it is not the main concern about these introduced pests. Wasps eat tiny invertebrates and ingest honeydew, both of which are sources of food for many native birds or reptiles.

Three blocks in the Ark in the Park have been set up with these bright red traps and a total of around 200 traps have been set. The monitoring and rebaiting will be done after a month of the setup.

As my first project as a volunteer with the Ark, it was quite a time-consuming task and I can only imagine the manpower that it will need to set up traps in the whole park and regularly monitor them. But I do know that we need to begin the eradication process, because you don’t need to get stung by one to understand the seriousness of the problem.

Nobody in the Walking Waitakere groups have yet been stung but we very much appreciate the efforts of volunteers such as Natasha in keeping us safe from wasp stings.

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by Ark in the Park members, and for the opportunity to go on the Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks series, please email me on: kaylindley@xtra.co.nz.

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Are you being bu

by Gary Moller

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s we age, things gradually fall into various states of disrepair and dilapidation and we eventually die. Its a hard fact of life that the most certain thing in life is that we all are going to die.

After all; every person in history died no matter what sort of life they led - be it a “good” or “bad” one.

It seems that “feeling old and decrepit”, if that’s the right expression, is accepted with sad resignation by many of us as being the norm of “being old”.

What fascinates me increasingly about this “getting old” business is figuring out which, in the long list of age-related ailments, is more due to controllable factors than plain old ageing.

What is surprising, when you investigate carefully, is how many ailments that are put down to getting old may, in fact, have very little

And with parasites - Note the high Fe in relation to Cu.

of anti-depressants and muscle relaxants.

The air of resignation always hangs heavy over those age-related aches, pains and unbearable fatigue.

A tired farmer. Note the extreme level of Fe in relation to Cu.

Note the elevation of Fe in relation to Cu.

to do with advancing years and more to do with controllable factors that one has a considerable degree of control over.

When you take your complaints to your doctor, what do you do when you are told :”There’s nothing we can do for you - These things are normal for your age”?

Of course - you will obediently act your age - Be old and put up with it! If you are dissatisfied with this diagnosis and keep going back, you risk being labelled a head-case and prescribed a mouth-full

It is possible that many age-related ailments are not age-related Not completely anyway.

Let’s explore just one of many examples: PARASITES. Parasitic infections like worms, protozoa (eg: giardia and toxoplasmosis) and puss-filled abscesses from chronic infections (the most common being dental abscesses and rotten gums).

Of the many people who consult me with chronic fatigue and intractable aches and pains I estimate that from 10-20% have the telltale signs of a chronic infection which is often supported by a history that points that way (eg: Tummy aches and loss of weight 20 years ago following back-packing Asia, working with animals or a history of problem teeth).

Examples are shown of cases of suspected or confirmed infections that were picked up with a Trace Nutrients Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) and who had remarkable improvements in health following treatment.

One way that your immune system attempts to combat an invader is it tries to deprive the nasty little critters of life-giving iron (Fe on the charts). It does this by shifting iron from the circulation and into storage mainly within the bones and joints.

While this may slow, or halt the advance of invader, it will not get rid of them and there is a cost to the host over the long term who may

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gged by parasites? feel extremely fatigued from “infectious anaemia” and suffer from aching bones and joints and even develop rheumatoid arthritis.

Iron is an antagonist to copper (Cu on the charts), so high iron in the tissues from a chronic infection will tend to push copper levels down. You can see this consistent pattern of high iron and low copper in all of these cases of suspected and confirmed infection.

These infections may show up on standard blood tests; but not all the time and maybe never if the infection is at a stalemate with the host immune system.

I liken this to trench warfare - stalemate with neither party going anywhere - they have cancelled each other out; but the host - that’s you - are going to lose in the end unless you bring in the B-52 bombers! More about bombing raids shortly.

Farmers drench their cattle at least annually, pet owners de-worm them. Parents de-worm their children. But few think of drenching and deworming themselves.

Should adults de-worm when they de-worm the kids and the family cat? Should a farmer de-worm regularly? What about the drainlayer? Or how about the rugby player who spends his weekends rolling about in the mud that has been well-fertilised the night before by that flock of seagulls that had spent the day feeding at the municipal dump?

The answer is quite obvious isn’t it? Of course they should be deworming. Call in the B-52 bombing raid!

Parasites are smart little critters which have spent a million years figuring out how to get from your cat’s bottom into your mouth.

When considering what action to take, you must consult a suitably qualified health professional who can match signs and symptoms with tests. High iron on the hair tissue test can be due to things other than an infection and these must be considered. Even if it turns out that there is something else going on, it is still a good idea to deworm regularly; especially if you have pets, or are in a high-risk occupation like working with animals.

The first bombing raid on those pesky critters can be with some de-worming pills from your local chemist. Make sure that you do the entire family at the same time, including the family pets and any other animals you have contact with, so as to minimise the risk of re-infec-

tion. Carefully follow the advice of the chemist as to the dosing protocol.

If your symptoms do not improve within a week or so of the deworming (In most cases there may be no symptoms, other than rather vague ones such as feeling tired, intolerance of some foods, or a grumbling tummy), or you suspect you have something else going on, like the residue of an invasion of giardia from years ago, then you may need to do something more substantial. The best action is to contact me privately and I’ll do my best to help you work through the options.

And don’t forget to get your teeth and gums checked and given a thorough cleaning by the dental hygienist. A dental abscess can seriously pull your health down if left to fester.

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35 Event: Fast walking in Wellington 36 High achiever: I feel more than good!

37 Podiatry: DOMS: Delayed onset muscle soreness 38 New Zealand walk: Step out and Lake walk enjoy this slice of rural life 24 Overseas walks: Trekking 39 New Zealand walk: Mangati/ China’s Tiger Leaping Gorge Hickford Park 30 Overseas walks: Walking 40 Health: Reversing cardiovascular tropical islands of discease risk and quality of life Queensland 43 Weather forecast for October 34 Books: Walks to Waterfalls 44 New Zealand coming events 35 Books: New day walks guides 50 Window on Waitakere: Kauri published dieback: a far more serious 36 Overseas: Kiwis conqueor threat to the park than we think!

Kilimanjaro for Christchurch 51 Overseas walks and tours earthquake 52 Directory: Walking groups 37 Podiatry:Shin splints throughout New Zealand 38 Take a kid tramping 59 Mizuno Offroad Marathon Taupo 38 Event: Moro Marathon events 60 GPx Need help to get active 40 Window on Waitakere: Moby SEPTEMBER 2011 164 and Punga 4 Walk talk 40 Poor footwear link to foot 6 New Zealand walk: Mayor Island impairment 9 41 Health: Training advice for the Readers views: Signs and the visually impaired pedestrian Oxfam Trailwalk 43 Weather forecast for December 10 Event: Where the field meets the forest 44 New Zealand coming events 11 New Zealand walk; Deans Bank 46 Overseas coming events Track 56 Country Breaks 12 New Zealand walks; Coromandel 59 Buller Gorge Half Marathon coastal walking tour 60 Great New Zealand Trek 16 New Zealand walks: Waterfall NOVEMBER 2011 166 walks 4 Walk talk 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 6 Walking Access Mapping 22 New Zealand walks: AkitioSystem now open for public Glenora Walk - New Zealand’s use newest private walk 7 New sponsor for South Island 28 Overseas walks: Revamped marathon Goldfields Track relaunched 8 New Zealand walks: Pirongia 30 Overseas walk: Four days walking tracks exploring Yosemite National Park 10 New Zealand walks: An 34 New Zealand walks: Warkwoth indulgent walk over coastal walks - more walks worth doing country 36 High achiever: Mobile scooter to 15 Water fountains spout clean walking around town green water 37 Podiatry: Haglunds deformity 16 New Zealand walks: Auckland’s 38 Long walk: Walking the World Coast to Coast Walkway 39 Window on Waitakere: Better 18 New Zealand walks: Coast to biodiversity Coast walk passes a number of 40 Health: High doses of interesting places Ergocalciferol a concern 19 Books: Wainwright’s 1938 42 Index over previous 14 issues Pennine journey re-creathed 43 Weather forecast for September 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 44 New Zealand coming events 22 New Zealand walks: Whararoa 46 Overseas coming events Farm walks opened 48 Nordic Walking Calendars 24 New Zealand walks: Awesome 49 Event: Birds a plenty at Bay Orui on Riversdale Beach 50 New Zealand walk: Dome Forest 26 Plan to have walking trail and Totara Scenic Reserve around Lake Rotorua walks 28 Overseas: Hiking up an Austrian 51 Overseas walks and tours Alp 52 Directory: Walking groups 36 Overseas walks: Outdoor throughout New Zealand sculptures a growing tourist 59 GPx Need help to get active attraction 60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half 37 Podiatry: Verrucae Marathon 38 Window on Waitakere: Hihi AUGUST 2011 163 update 38 Event: A fresh start in Taupo for 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mangawhai half marathon Heads Lookout 40 Event: Perfect conditions at 8 New Zealand walk: Clevedon Kinloch Scenic Reserve has significant 41 Health: The 21 day rule of heritage value thumb 43 Weather forecast for November 10 Te Araroa Trail: Ocean to Ocean leg soon to go 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Nordic Walking: How Nordic 10 Te Araro Trail: Levin to Wellington link now open Walking developed 12 Overseas walks: Innsbruck 50 Overseas walks: Art, history hiking boots or high heels? and architecture in Sacramento 13 Canterbury walks: New walkway walking tours in Canterbury 51 Overseas walks and tours 14 New Zealand walk: Te Anau - a 56 Country Breaks place in paradise 59 Buller Gorge Half Marathon 16 New Zealand walk: Walks 60 Great New Zealand Trek around Lake Mangamahoe OCTOBER 2011 165 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 4 Birkenhead War Memorial Park 22 New Zealand walks: Waiheke walk plans second walking festival 4 Walk talk 22 News: New bridges improve the 6 New Zealand walks: Walks from Pouakai Circuit the Waioeka Gorge 23 Event: Coundown is on for the 10 Testimonials from people saved Taupo Half Marathon by using a McMurdo 24 Overseas walks: Walking on the emergency locator beacon unique island of Guernsey and 12 New Zealand walks; Sark Compresensive range of walks 29 High achiever: Motivated man in at Waiheke Festival walking back to happiness 14 New Zealand walks: Catered 30 Overseas walk: Two weeks in Coast Walks - discovering Annapurna hidden gems in Northland 36 Window on Waitakere: Further 19 New Zealand walks: Te Aroha expansion Wetlands 36 Books: Walking the Waitakere 20 Digital Photo Contest winners Ranges 22 Te Araroa Trail: Another section 37 Podiatry: Diabetes and feet of Te Araroa Trail opened what’s the connection?

24 Harbour Bridge Pathway - what 38 Long walk: Walking the World do you think?

40 Health: The controllable factors 26 Event: Auckland classic back for in aging its 10th year 43 Weather forecast for August 27 More people in Nelson and 44 New Zealand coming events Tasman about to “Get moving” 47 Overseas coming events 28 Overseas: Venice and beyond 51 Overseas walks and tours by bike and barge 52 Directory: Walking groups 34 Event: SBS Marathon defies the throughout New Zealand earthquakes 59 GPx Need help to get active

CONTENTS for previous 14 issues APRIL 2012 171 10 New Zealand guided walks: 4 Walk talk Fiordland Coast Walks Exploring a land unknown 6 New Zealand walk: Karituwhenua Stream 12 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy Walkway and beyond 8 Walkers benefit by new 15 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy Horopito to Ohakune link Gateway to paradise 11 Major project to rejuvenate Abel 16 Te Araroa Trail - One of world’s Tasman National Park ecology greatest walks opened 11 Books: Cycling Auckland 19 Digital Photo Contest winners 12 Event: Alpine plant enthusiasts 20 New Zealand guided walks: hitch ride to herbfields Kahurangi Guided Walks Walking with Nature 13 Southern Lakes now a world top ten region 23 New Zealand guided walks: South Island has it all!

14 New Zealand walks: Many wetland walks around area 24 New Zealand walks: Queen Elizabeth Park 16 New Zealand walks: Rotorua woman explores the Forgotten 26 Overseas guided walks: Coast Contrasts and contraditions part of Sicily’s charm 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walks: River walk 31 Readers Views: Karangahape Road footpath waterfalls with paddleboat option 31 New Zealand walk: Rare 22 New Zealand walk: Tour de opportunity for winners to visit Stoke iconic Whale Island 23 Te Araroa Trail: New high view points opened in Southland 32 Overseas walks: Walking the Pacific Crest Trail 24 Overseas walks: Two easy walks in Blue Mountains National 37 Podiatry: Pre- walking warm up routine Park 38 Overseas walks: Is Azerbaijan 30 Overseas walks: Walk in the new Gold Coast?

Burgundy and experience good food and wine 39 Window on Waitakere: Rare plants for rare fauna 34 New Zealand walk: Taieri Gorge rail walk coming up 40 Health: Vitamins and minerals do work - Case in point - Psoriasis 36 Walking the World 41 Overseas walks and tours 38 Health: Does adding more calcium in the diet prevent 43 Weather forecast for February Osteoporosis?

44 New Zealand coming events 40 Podiatry: Painful forefoot?

51 Nordic Walking Nordic Walking 41 Overseas walks and tours - Just what the doctor ordered 42 Index over previous 14 issues 52 Directory: Walking groups 43 Weather forecast for April 56 Country Breaks 44 New Zealand coming events 59 Xterra Rotorua 46 Overseas coming events JANUARY 2012 168 50 Window on Waitakere: 4 Walk talk Contractors 6 New Zealand walk: Inspirational 50 Nordic Walking Calendars Northland forest walk 52 Directory: Walking groups 9 ABC of walking throughout New Zealand 10 New Zealand walks: Waikato 56 Country Breaks River Trail opened 59 Christchurch Marathon 12 New Zealand walks: Million dollar walk, view and cruise MARCH 2012 170 16 My favourite walk: Duder 4 Walk talk Regional Park walks 6 New Zealand walk: A taste of a 18 Digital Photo Contest winners mountain track 9 Tell someone where you are 20 New Zealand guided walks: Routeburn and Milford going and returning favoured top walking attractions 10 New Zealand guided walks: 22 New Zealand guided walks: Fiordland Coast Walks Kaikoura Wilderness Walks Exploring a land unknown an ultimate wilderness 12 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy experience and beyond 24 Overseas guided walks: Walking 15 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy in the wilderness of Patagonia Gateway to paradise 28 Event: Sunset Coast Walk has 16 Te Araroa Trail - One of world’s amazine views greatest walks opened 28 Overseas guided walks: Walk 19 Digital Photo Contest winners Europe or China in style in 20 New Zealand guided walks: 2012 Kahurangi Guided Walks 30 Overseas walks: Southern Walking with Nature Spain - in the footsteps of the 23 New Zealand guided walks: Moors South Island has it all!

34 New Zealand walks: Walk in 24 New Zealand walks: Queen Taupo’s secret bush-garden Elizabeth Park halfway 36 New Zealand walks: Goldfields between Paraparaumu and Heritage Trust Paekakariki 37 Podiatry: Stress fractures 26 Overseas guided walks: 38 High achiever: The Golden Gate Contrasts and contraditions part Bridge was an achievement of Sicily’s charm 40 Window on Waitakere: Canopy 31 Readers Views: Karangahape Corps Road footpath waterfalls 40 Health: Massage: Essential for 31 New Zealand walk: Rare performance and career opportunity for winners to visit longevity iconic Whale Island 43 Weather forecast for January 32 Overseas walks: Walking the 44 New Zealand coming events Pacific Crest Trail 49 Nordic Walking Calendars 37 Podiatry: Pre- walking warm up 51 Overseas walks and tours 52 Directory: Walking groups routine throughout New Zealand 38 Overseas walks: Is Azerbaijan 56 Country Breaks the new Gold Coast?

60 Great New Zealand Trek 39 Window on Waitakere: Rare plants for rare fauna DECEMBER 2011 167 40 Health: Vitamins and minerals do 4 Walk talk work - Case in point - Psoriasis 6 New Zealand walk: Walk the 41 Overseas walks and tours trail of the gold miners 42 Index over previous 14 issues 8 New Zealand walks:What walks 43 Weather forecast for February are planned for next Sea, Sky 44 New Zealand coming events and Bush Walk 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 10 New Zealand walks: New scenic 51 Nordic Walking Nordic Walking walkway in Bay of Islands - Just what the doctor ordered 13 The many uses of walking 52 Directory: Walking groups poles 56 Country Breaks 14 New Zealand walks: Rangitoro 60 Rotorua Marathon Island Scenic Reserve 18 New Zealand walks: FEBRUARY 2012 169 Piriharaeke Walkway opened 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: A taste of a 20 Digital Photo Contest winners 22 New Zealand walks: Daylight mountain track saving signals start!

9 Tell someone where you are 23 New Zealand walk: Sutton Salt going and returning

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60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half Marathon 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 50 Nordic Walking Calendars 51 My favourite walk: Wellington’s Eastern Walkway 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 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 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking burns more kilojoules 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout New Zealand 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 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 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 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 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

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MAY WEATHER FORECAST MAY 1 TO MAY 31 2012 Daily Summary 1st May 2012 Cold southerlies bring a few centimetres of snow in inland areas of North Canterbury.

1st–10th May 2012 Westerlies with southwesterly outbreaks on the 1st, 3rd and the 6th, then turning anticyclonic.

12th May 2012 Chance of flooding on the West Coast of the South Island. Hawke’s Bay may receive its main May rain over the next week, with some heavy overnight falls, but even this may not take the monthly amount over the norm.

For the next month rain, some heavy, features highly with most of this month’s rain for both islands falling over the next two weeks. However, it may continue dry in Auckland, Northland and Hawke’s Bay. Central North Island regions can expect the highest falls, particularly the ranges and mountain areas.

Flooding can be expected after the 21st and towards the end of May there is a likelihood of heavy falls in most North Island districts apart from Gisborne/Hawke’s Bay and the lower North Island. In the South Island, the West Coast and parts of Southland can expect much rain in the last week of May and the first week of June.

Eastern regions may also experience rain with the risk of flooding in Christchurch and inland Otago. The hydrolakes and Queenstown may receive good rain over this period.

Much of the North Island again experiences heavy rain in the first week of June with flash flood risks to low-lying areas of Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taranaki and Manawatu, and to riverways in the ranges especially for Central Plateau.

Colder weather at first, which brings frosts to many South Island districts, is relieved in early June by a temporary milder spell.

Central Plateau and Oamaru may be the coolest districts in this period and the high country of the central North Island, together with parts of the east and south of the South Island, can expect snow in the last week of May. The second week of June should see a clearing in the west of the South Island, spreading over the whole island.

Temperatures across the South Island should stay higher than average, not significantly dropping until August. Further north, eastern Bay of Plenty and the lower North Island may be very mild over this four-week period.

Sunshine levels may be highest around Marlborough in the South Island, while areas north of Auckland are sunniest in the North Island from mid-May onwards.

20th–31st May 2012 Heavy precipitation in Central Plateau.

26th May 2012 Electrical storms, particularly in Southland. Gales in Invercargill and snowfalls in Invercargill.

29th–30th May 2012 Widespread thunderstorms.

Allow 24-hour error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 6th (full moon), 6th (perigee), 20th (apogee) and 21st(new moon).

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NEW ZEALAND EVENTS APRIL 2012 1 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 2 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 4 Millenium Walkway, Oxford, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 11 Sign of the Takake, Port Hills walk, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 14 Great Forest Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Waitakere Beach 16 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 15 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 15 Moonshine Half Marathon, Trentham

15 Heart 4 Heart Half Marathon, Tauranga 14 Paymark XTERRA Rotorua Festival Half Marathon, Rotorua 15 Hastings Half Marathon & 10km, Hastings 18 Lyttelton to Corsair Bay, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 21 Bush to Beach Half Marathon,Otama Beach, Coromandel 21 Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake, 25km, Lake Rotoiti 23 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk, Manukau 24 Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon, Wellingtgon 25 Ruamahanga Ramblers, Walkers and Running Group, Anzac Day, Dalefield Hall 25 Sefton Domain and environs walk, Bishopdale Ramblers, Christchurch 28 Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon, Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon & 5km, Rotorua 30 Pakuranga 5km Road Race Run & Walk,

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MAY 2012 2 Dargarville Run/Walk, 12km,& 6.8km, Dargarville 6 Nelson Shoe Clinic Half Marathon, Nelson 6 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 12 Saint Clair Yineyard Half Marathon, Marlborough 13 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 20 Huntly Half Marathon, Huntly 27 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera

JUNE 2012 1 Hidden Trails Half Marathon, 12km & 4km, Kawerau 3 Christchurch Airport Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Christchurch 10 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 17 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 19 Balclutha Half Marathon, Balclutha 24 Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 1.5km, Wellington

JULY 2012 7/8 Auckland Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Auckland 8 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Remuera 15 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 21 Waikato Draught Palmerston North Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Palmerston North

AUGUST 2012 2 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 4 Waikato Draught Rotorua Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Rotorua 5 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 9 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 11 Waikato DraughtRotorua Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Rotorua 16 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 18 Waikato DraughtRotorua Tough Guy & Gal Challenge, Rotorua 19 Petone Workingmens Club 5 Bridges Marathon, Wellington 23 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 26 BMW North Shore Marathon, Auckland 30 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt

SEPTEMBER 2012 6 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 9 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 9 Moro Marathon, Dunedin 15 Lydiard Legend Marathon, Auckland 16 Pelorus Trust Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Wellington 16 Carters Whangarei Run/Walk Festival Marathon, Whangarei 23 Tauranga City to Surf and Surf to Surf, Tauranga

OCTOBER 2012 7 Wairarapa Country Marathon, Masterton 8 XTERRA Waitti Marathon, Waitti 13 Great Barrier Island Wharf to Wharf Marathon, Great Barrier Island

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Trentham Memorial Park, Barton Road, Upper Hutt 10km walk & run: A flat, off-road course through park, bush and along the Hutt River trail, starting and finishing at Trentham Memorial Park. Suitable for walkers and runners of all ages and fitness levels.

Half Marathon trail walk & run: A very scenic off-road trail with long, flat stretches along the Hutt River Trail at the beginning and end. In the middle, a challenging 5km hill section over Cannon Point Walkway provides spectacular views of the Hutt Valley and native bush.

This event is most suited to experienced, long distance competitors with a high level of fitness. ½ M entry up to 5 April: $35 10k entry up to 5 April: $25 Late entry from 6 April: $40 Late entry from 6 April: $30 Online entry via http://www.trenthamunited.co.nz Enquiries: Michael Beaumont via events@trenthamunited.co.nz Trentham United Harriers & Walkers Club, PO Box 40 357 Upper Hutt

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10 Speight’s West Coaster Marathon, Auckland 11 Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon, Riverton

DECEMBER 2012 1 New World Marlborough Marathon, Blenheim 8 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon, Wanganui

OVERSEAS EVENTS APRIL 2012 1 Hill to Harbour Half Marathon, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1 Newcastle Herald Hill 2 Harbour Challeng, 2km, 10km & 21km, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 15 Geelong Half Marathon, Geelong, Vic, Australia 15 The Canberra Times Canberra Marathon, Canberra, ACT, Australia 15 Southern Charity Challenge Half Marathon, 15km, 35km & 60km, SA, Australia 15 Marathon de Paris, Paris, France 15 Oxfam Southern Charity Challenge Half Marathon, Goolwa, SA, Australia 16 Boston Marathon, Boston, USA 18-19 IML Vancouver Two Day Walk, Vancouver, USA 22 Virgin London Marathon, London UK 22 Mt Mee Classic Trail Marathon, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 29 Gold Rush Marathon, Babinda Boulders, Qld, Australia

MAY 2012 5-6 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km & 42km, Blankenberge, Belgium 5-6 Wild Endurane Challenge 100kms 50km, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia 6 Westpac Hilly Half Marathon, Hamilton Island, Qld, Australia 11-13 IML Two Day Walk, Yatsushire, China 12-13 IWL Waendel Weekend, 15km, 25km & 42km, Wellingborough, England 13 Three Waters Marathon, 50km, Marathon & Half Marathon, Bunbury, WA, Australia 13 Volkswago Prague Marathon, Prague, Czech Republic 13 Noosa Half Marathon, Noosa, Qld, Australia 17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Chantonnay, France 19 The Great Wall Marathon, Beijing, China 19 Mount Beauty Half Marathon, Mount Beauty, Vic, Australia 20 Great Ocean Road Half Marathon, Lorne to Apollo Bay, Vic, Australia 20 Bunbury Half Marathon, Bunbury, WA, Australia 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switzerland 21-22 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China 26 Warwick Pentath Half Marathon, Warwick,

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Coming events Qld, Australia 27 Sri Chinmoy Williamstown Half Marathon, Newport, Vic, Australia

JUNE 2012 2-3 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km & 40km, Diekirch, Luxembourg 3 BMA Mackay Marina Run, Half Marathon, 8km & 5km, Mackay, Qld, Australia 3 Asics Elleker Half Marathon, Elleker, WA, Australia 3 Traralgon Marathon, Half Marathon & Quarter Marathon, Traralgon, Vic, Australia 3 Queensland Half Marathon, Mackay, Qld, Australia 9-10 40th Townsville Road Runners Morning Run Celebrations 10 Rocky Hill Marathon, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia 10 Macleavy River Marathon, South-West Rocks, NSW, Australia 17 Perth Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia 23 Big Five Marathon, African Savannah, South Africa 23-24 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 40km & 45km, Viborg, Denmark 24 Pichi Richi Marathon, Flinders Ranges, SA, Australia 28-1 July IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland

JULY 2012

& 5km, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 8 Ulverstone Marathon, Ulverstone, Tas, Australia 8 Geraldton Harriers Marathon, Geraldton, WA, Australia 17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Netherlands 21 Wilco Round Island Relay, Efate, Vanuata 22 Hunter Valley Marathon, Pokolbin, NSW, Australia 22 Mt Haig Trail Marathon, Lake Tinaroo, Qld, Australia 28 Australian Outback Marathon, Half Marathon, 11km & 6km, NT, Australia 29 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon, Blacktown NSW, Australia 29 Bush Capital Bush Marathon, Canberra, ACT, Australia

AUGUST 2012 4 Tony Ireland Holden Townsville Marathon, Townsville, Qld, Australia 5 Mizuno Brisbane Marathon, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 10-12 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km & 42km, Vaasa, Finland 19 The Athletes Foot Adelaide Marathon, Adelaide, SA, Australia 19 Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 19 Alice Springs Community Bank Marathon, Alice Springs, NT, Australia

1 Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km

18th Annual Woodville Lions Club

Manawatu Gorge Track & Tunnel Walk See COMING EVENTS page on Walking New Zealand website after March 31 to find exact date of event. Website: www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Approximately 8kms 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours walking time

Funds raised go to Cancer Care and local charities

Essential: • Moderate fitness • Sturdy footwear (preferably boots) • Wet weather clothing and a strong TORCH.

$25.00 (No gate sales). Minimium age 10 years

Strickly limited tickets (This popular event has sold out every year)

User pays BBQ and drinks available

Tickets available from I-Sites at: Woodville (Tararua) 06-376-0217, 0800-827-278, email info@tararua.com Palmerston North 06-350-1922, 0800-626-292, Email palmerstonnorth@i-site.org Phone bookings accepted, cheque, credit card and Visa debit

For further information: Clive Boyden phone 06-376-4554 or Ron Mabey 027-449-8764

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SEPTEMBER 2012 2 The Ross Marathon, Ross, Tas, Australia 8 Le Marathon du Medoc 2012, Medoc, France 8-9 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km, Arenzano, Italy 14-16 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km & 42km, Seefeld, Austria 16 Blackmores Sydney Marathon, Sydney, NSW, Australia 20-28 Round Rarotonga Road Race, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 22-23 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km, & 50km, Brno, Czech Republic 29 Lap the Lake - Penrith Lakes Marathon, Castlereagh, NSW, Australia 30 BMW Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany

OCTOBER 2012 6 Fitzroy Falls Fire Trail Marathon, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 6-7 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda, Germany 7 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chicago, USA 20 Polar Circle Marathon, Greenland 20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 21 Toowoomba Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia 27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju, Korea 28 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, Rottnest Island, WA, Australia 29 Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2012

A Sunday in April/May 2012 Start times: 9.00am, 9.45am, 10.30am at Ashhurst Domain SH3, Ashhurst

19 Mudgee Running Festival, Mudgee, NSW, Australia 25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km, Verdal, Norway 26 Shepparton Marathon, Shepparton, Vic, Australia 26 City to Surf Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia

4 Port of Portland 3-Bays Marathon, Portland, Vic, Australia 4 Carcaor Cup Marathon, Carcoar, NSW, Australia 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km Higashimatsu-yama, Japan 10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Taiwan 11 RACV Maryville Marathon, Maryville, Vic, Australia 11 Deep Space Mountain Marathon, Namadgi Natiuonal Park, ACT, Australia 14 The Solar Eclipse Marathon, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 25 Glenbrrok Marathon, Glenbrook, NSW, Australia

DECEMBER 2012 Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia

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Nordic contacts Contact details for two groups in New Zealand promoting Nordic Walking: 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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Podiatry

Common toenail problems A fungal toenail.

By Rachel Carle

can be treated sufficiently by removing the spike of nail giving advice on how to care for it as it grows out further.

Occasionally this does not work, so a small operation must be performed to permanently reduce the width of the nail. It is a Ingrowing toenails: This is where the nail pierces simple procedure done under lothe skin of the toe, causing a cal anaesthetic, often giving a lifewound, which can lead to infec- time of relief. tion and pain. They can develop Fungal Nails: due to trauma to the nail plate, Fungal nails are very common poor nail cutting technique or sim- and difficult to treat. It can be asply from the shape of the nail. sociated with fungal skin infecHow they are treated depends tions and is more common in upon the severity of the ingrown older people. toenail, but a podiatrist should be It can vary in appearance from the first port of call. Often they white to yellow and can cause the

T

oenail problems occur freqently, and can vary from irritating to debilitating. Here is a brief description of a few commonly seen toenail conditions.

nail to become thickened and distorted, with a build up of debris under the nail.

Treatments can include oral medication, antifungal laquers, topical treatments (such as tea tree oil) or surgery if the distorted nail be due to trauma, skin disease such is causing pain. as psoriasis, or inherited.

Black Nails: Care should be taken not to get Can occur secondary to an infection, so remember to clean trauma, where it is simply a bruise it daily with salt water, and see a under the nail plate or may be a podiatrist or a GP if it is painful. sign of vitamin deficiency. If it occurs without cause, please see your GP for a blood test.

Koilonychia:

This is where the nail plate changes shape and become concave in nature. It can be caused through anaemia or iron deficiency, or from trauma.

If it occurs you should speak to your GP and obtain a blood test.

Baue’s lines:

These are clear ridges which go along the width of the nail. They are often related to a period of poor health, but can occur without cause. They will eventually grow out and no treatment is required.

An ingrown toenail.

Onychogryphosis:

Is a thickening and distortion of the nail, typically the great toenail. It frequently occurs in elderly people where there has been previous trauma to the nail (eg from a horse standing on the toe as a child), or from poorly fitting shoes or poor blood supply.

A podiatrist will be able to manage this deformity and ensure the nail remains pain free.

Paronychia:

Is an inflammation of the skin surrounding the nail. This can lead to a change in the nail shape, coupled with pain, redness and swelling.

It can be related to long standing bacterial infection around the Onycholysis: area and can be treated with apThis is where the nail becomes propriate antibiotic therapy coudetached from its bed. This can pled with cortisone treatment.

Paronychia.

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DARGARVILLE DARGARVILLE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (PM), Joan Burnett, 09437-8708

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WEST AUCKLAND BLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Terry Wilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071, www.bluetopwalkers.org.nz 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)

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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 09-412-8914 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 09-8386665 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 09832-5692 RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09832-4069 RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 09-4129952 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, 09-836-8031 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, 09-443-6919 or 0274-481-581 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), Paula Cole 09-444-6435 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: www.nstc.org.nz 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

RODNEY 10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Edna Prbert 09-4255928 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 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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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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 07-8809088 AFTERWORK WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (PM), Janis Jeffers, 07-889-7032 MATAMATA TRAMPING & WALKING GROUP: Shirley Hickson 07888-6054

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

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 07-357-5744

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 07-578-0016 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 07-867-7011 WAIHI STROLLERS: Friday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011 WAIHI MONDAY TRAMPING: Monday (AM), Marie 07-863-4633 or Barry 07-863-4567

NAPIER AHURIRI WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (I), Beverly Gillies 06-8436805 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 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

HAWERA

TE AROHA

WHAKATANE

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

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

TE AWAMUTU

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

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

WHANGAMATA

WANGANUI

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

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

WHITIANGA

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

EAST COAST GISBORNE

TOKOROA

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

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

HAWKES BAY

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

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

KAWERAU 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

OPOTIKI BUSH WALKERS GROUP: First Monday of month, (AM), John Looney 07-315-5507

ROTORUA www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

HASTINGS 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 06-876-3371 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-8730971 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Jane 06877-0017 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette 06877-2114 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lyn 06-8777886 KIWI SENIORS: Eana Young 06-845-9333 x 708 RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Doug Clark 06878-2785, www.runwalkhb.org.nz

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

ELTHAM

WANGANUI 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 WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Karen Buckholt 06-349-2315 WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), Darol Pointon 06-345-3137

WAVERLEY SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: (AM), (BIA), Betty Morrison 06346-5613

OHAKUNE SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young 06385-4055

MARTON SPORT WANGANUI 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, 06354-3342 MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM),

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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

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

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 MASTERTON 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

HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Jenny Raymond, 04-569-6232 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

KAPITI 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 THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday, email kapitithursdaywalkers@gmail.com,www.sportsground.co.nz/ kapitithursdaywalkers KAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-9021754 KAPITI WANDERERS: Tuesday (alt), email: kapitiwanderers@gmail.com, www.sportsground.co.nz/ kapitiwanderers MONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or Steve Golledge 04-904-5904 SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022

SOUTH ISLAND MARLBOROUGH BLENHEIM

MARTINBOROUGH

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

MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-3069226

NELSON

WELLINGTON

MOTUEKA

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 KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-479-5420 MIRAMAR WALKING GROUP: 04-388-1944 NEWLANDS COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING: Tuesday (AM), 04-4788799 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 04-586-4088 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

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MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Nora Morris 03-528-6290

NELSON NELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West, 03-548-3655 NELSON KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), 03-548-1126 WAKEFIELD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lou Manson, 03541-8414 TAHUNA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), 03-548-1126 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), 03-9418999 AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 AVONSIDE KIWI SENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jan 03-389-2755 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, 03-3882593 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 03351-6681 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 03-338-3826 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 HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (BI), mainly 12 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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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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 03-348-9351 ROWLEY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Lee Tuki 03-373-8150 ROVER HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BI), Steve Mitchell 03-3488195 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 03-337-1436 SOUTH CHRISTCHURCH/SYDENHAM WALKERS: Sunday (AM) (IA), Ray 03-332-0555 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, 03366-0689, 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), 03-94128999

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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

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

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ALEXANDRA

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

ALEXANDRA HARRIER & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), April to October, John Thampson 03-448-7244, www.alexharriers.co.nz ALEXANDRA WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Ngaire Turnball, 03-448-8726

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 ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB: Diane Milne 03- 303-6250 METHERN & DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Helen 03-308-7011 MT SOMERS TRACKS: Warren Jowett 03-303-0880, www.doc.govt.nz MT SOMERS WALKWAY: Marilyn & Bruce Gray 03-303-0809 PACIFIC ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Ashburton Domain, Torika Patterson 03-308-5868 ST DAVIDS WALKING GROUP: Barbara Lischner 03-308-5174, www.st-davids.org.nz WALKING GROUP: Eileen Ward 03-307-0475 WALKING GROUP: Ethel Powell 03-308-9662

STH CANTERBURY PLEASANT POINT

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

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

WANAKA WANAKA WALKING Group: Monday (February - Mid-December (AM), (BI), Marion Barnett 03-443-1780

SOUTHLAND INVERCARGILL 60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Len Johnston, 03-231-3372, Don Todd, 03-217-5931 YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Joan Sutherland, 03-218-8738 BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Thursday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz

GORE BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: 3rd Tuesday, Susie Burrows 03-208-3846, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz HOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053

NORTHERN SOUTHLAND BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: 2nd and 4th Thursday, Ann Robbie 03211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz

TE ANAU BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Wednesday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz

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

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GISBORNE

GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS

GISBORNE

NORTHLAND

WAIKATO

A dropoff, a 4-6 hour Walk, a Hot Shower & Spa, an amazing Dinner, Bed & breakfast.

Where: Out in the Styx Cafe at Pukeatua, Waikato (40 mins from Hamilton)

Walk the Maungataurari Crossing Kayak the Arapuni Lake OR just sample the homemade food and soak up the ambience.

Bookings essential: call us for a brochure

Phone 07-872-4505 or freephone 0800-461-559 Website: www.styx.co.nz

CAPE RUNAWAY

Two or Three Day Unguided Coast Walk

Cape Runaway

Sleeps 14 people, ideal for tramping, mountain biking groups etc to explore this area. Also great fishing. Fully equipped.

Whangarei Heads, Northland, N.Z. Private and public tracks, ocean and harbour beaches Return to new, purpose-built accommodation each night Fabulous, fresh food Only three hours from Auckland CBD Check out our specials on-line

Phone: 09 434 0571

Large farmhouse, 'Hayward's', available to rent.

Sally & Jim Kemp 07 3253609 or ruku.kemp@xtra.co.nz

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND

www.coastwalks.co.nz

NORTHLAND

How about a tramping weekend in the beautiful Bay of Islands?

Gather your friends together and head North to The Bay of Islands Country Lodge where you will be treated to two 2-3 hour guided tramps through the Puketi Kauri Forest and along the Haruru Falls track to Waitangi with a Devonshire tea party awaiting you at the end.

You will arrive and check in Saturday at around 12 pm then set off for the first of your walks through the magical Puketi forest ending up at the Waipapa River. That night you will be treated to a BBQ dinner and get together back at the Motel before spending the night in one of our newly re furbished rooms.

Sunday morning you will wake up to a continental breakfast in your room then set off to the Haruru waterfalls to walk the lovely scenic track to Waitangi.

Your guides Laraine Chase former competitive triathlete and Ironman and Ed Lyman former rugby player will look after you, not only out on the tracks, but back at their motel too.

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PRICE: $140 per person, minimum 2 people.

You may wish to stay the Friday night also, cost $50 per person

Bookings essential 0800 4 country - www.boicountrylodge.co.nz Situated 10 minutes from Kerikeri and Paihia on 6 acres of garden and lawn with spa and pool.

www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND

Step iinto the 1RUWK ,VODQG·V +HDUW« Lake Waikaremoana, Whirinaki, Tongariro NEW ʹ Coromandel 4 day Walk

Great Group Deals & Piggy Back Special ʹ Kids go FREE! Ask for details

Ph: 0800 WALK NZ www.WalkingLegends.co.nz

WAIRARAPA

WAIRARAPA

Akitio-Glenora Walk

Unguided 2 or 4 day walks

* October to March/April * Groups 4 - 8 people

Whareama Coastal Walk

TWO DAY This is a stimulating and breath-taking 2-night 2-day fully catered walk over private farmland and isolated Wairarapa coastline.

Price from $250 pp. Please see website for details:

www.whareamawalk.co.nz 114 Langdale Road, RD 12, Masterton Phone: 06-372-3722 - Email: info@whareamawalk.co.nz

To advertise in Overseas Walks and Tours

Spectacular northern Wairarapa countryside, coastal & Native bush.

Contact Michelle Phone 06-358-5088, 021-707-015 or email michelle@dapper.co.nz

Phone: 06 374 3513 for bookings (evenings) Website:www.akitio-glenorawalk.co.nz Email: bookings@akitioglenorawalk.co.nz

EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE

WAIRARAPA

ADVENTURE!

- New Zealands newest private walk, our best kept secret

TARANAKI

GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS

NELSON/WEST COAST WAIRARAPA

Kawakawa Station Coastal Walk

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

www.kahurangiwalks.co.nz

“Bridge to Somewhere”

• 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

John Croxford, Takaka

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

Ph: 06 307 8989 E: kawakawastation@farmside.co.nz

www.kawakawastationwalk.co.nz

MARLBOROUGH

Please tell our advertisers you saw it advertised in Walking New Zealand magazine.

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

CANTERBURY

CANTERBURY

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

Please tell our advertisers you saw it advertised in Walking New Zealand magazine. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS

MARLBOROUGH

MARLBOROUGH

CANTERBURY

Banks Peninsula Track

SIMON AND LYNDA HARVEY GLEN ORKNEY PB BLENHEIM 7240 Phone: 03 575 7361 Email: info@tussocktrack.co.nz

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

CANTERBURY

CANTERBURY

FIORDLAND

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Make this your first multi-day tramp

www.bankstrack.co.nz FIORDLAND

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