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CONTENTS Issue No 187 - 2013

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Korokoro Dam walks 9 New Zealand Walk:Greenstone Greenstone Caples T rack more Track accessible 10 New Zealand Walks: My trip to Moturua Island 14 Around the clubs: Oldest NZ outdoor club has something for everyone17 Health: Do you get RLS 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walk: Ahuriri Estuary a sanctuary for wading birds 24 New Zealand Walk: R oydon Downs a great little Roydon farm walk 26 Overseas Walk: Gibraltar is very easy to walk around 29 Overseas Walk: The L arapinta T rail - a colourful Larapinta Trail experience 34 New Zealand Walk: L ak e Hayes T rack popular with Lak ake Track locals 36 Overseas Walks and T ours Tours 38 Overseas Walks: Guided walking holidays in Germany 40 New Zealand Walk: Harataonga Coastal W alkway Walkway 42 Window on Waitakere: Feeding frenzy 43 Event: Cadbury Dunedin Marathon now in its 34th year 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 48 Nordic Walking 50 Contents for previous 14 issues 51 Weather forecast for August 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout NZ 56 Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Walking Stars

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Walk talk Five tricks to help make walking a lifelong habit

1. Schedule it. If you treat walking as an automatic "must" on your daily list -- like brushing your teeth or taking your vitamins - then there's no debate about whether you will or won't do it.

Before long, it'll be a rock-solid habit.

2. Get a buddy. Having a friend (human or dog) waiting for you to take a walk gets you out there day after day. Your walking "buddy" doesn't even have to be somebody you see. It can be a pal with whom you check in every day, by phone or online.

If your pal doesn't get your daily "I just walked" message, he or she knows to give you a get-going poke.

3. Add some fun. Dying to play Boggle on your smartphone?

Head outdoors or hop on the treadmill, and think up words while you walk. Addicted to recorded romance novels? Listen to them only while you stride along (just don't run into anything when it gets steamy!). Whatever makes walking more fun for you, do it!

4. Keep track. A walking log, a pedometer, even a little notation in your calendar - it's all good. That's because keeping track of your kilometres and goals increases your odds of sticking to your plan.

5. Reward yourself. We're all for bribery when it comes to exercise.

Give yourself a walking goal of, say, 15 kilometres per week for a month, or 60 minutes a day for a week -- and if you're successful, treat yourself to a massage or a gotta-see-it movie or a new MP3 player for your walking tunes or recorded books.

This month’s Prizewinners The winners of this month’s Walking New Zealand promotion are: A588 Pedometer - Frances Harrison, Paeroa and a six month subscription extension to Walking New Zealand magazine, Mrs Heather Llewellin, Auckland.

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The Headland Sculpture on the Gulf on Waiheke Island which is also a great little walk in itself, is on again in 2015.

There’s no doubt that it went very well, and in almost every area “exceeded their hopes and expectations” reports the organisers.

They enjoyed wonderful weather and a record 45,000 visitors, the vast majority of whom greatly enjoyed the wider experience they made available to them.

In all, over 80 works have been sold to date, which is a major achievement.

Their primary focus was the sculpture exhibition itself.and they did not want to change it in any fundamental way, The only significant change they made to the walk itself, was reversing the direction. Again this met with a very positive response, many of those who had visited previous events finding it easier, the views better, and the experience more satisfying as a whole

Solo young adventurer tackles journey around NZ 19 year old Brando Yelavich, a kiwi has decided to set off on a solo adventure to fund raise for the Ronald McDonald House Charity for children..

He is walking around the whole of New Zealand and is living off of the land and the kindness of fellow kiwis for his whole trip. He started in February at Cape Reinga and has so far walked all the way down the North Island's West Coast, crossed the Cook Strait kayaked all through the

Marlborough Sounds, and plans to continue on down the West of the South Island then all the way back up the East Coast of NZ. Another reason why Brando is doing this journey is because he loves adventure and wants to complete this great feat which nobody has yet achieved. He has lived with dyslexia and ADHD his whole life which resulted in him struggling in school and was turned down by the NZ Army in 2012.

Holidays – keeping you healthy and happy We love them as a getaway and a time to explore, but according to a new study, a good holiday can contribute to your overall health and happiness.

Research conducted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tourismusforschung and unveiled at this year’s ITB Berlin Convention, confirmed that people who spend their money on trips, whether it be family trips, short breaks of even a concert are happier than those who acquire material objects such as jewellery and clothing.

Researcher and work and organisational psychologist Dr. Jessica de Bloom said the study revealed the joy from purchasing material objects could not compare to the excitement and mental benefits experienced while on holiday.

“One can compare a designer suit with an expensive watch, but not one’s diving holiday on the Red Sea and a colleague’s city break in Barcelona,”.

“What is more, experiences do not wear out over time.”

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Additionally, a holidaymakers’ health also benefits from the getaway, with the trip allowing them to recover from the stress of their day-to-day lives.

The study found people who do not go on holiday for longer periods are at greater risk of becoming ill or even dying earlier than those who regularly go on breaks.

However, frequent breaks rather than extended holidays are also crucial to maintaining good health.

Every type of holiday examined by the study, whether a short break or a three-week hiking trip, produced evidence of comparative benefits to people’s health and wellbeing.

“One cannot postpone one’s sleep or relaxation requirements,” Dr Bloom added.

“One long summer holiday cannot compensate for a whole year of hard work and overtime.”

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Queenstown voted one of world’s top destinations

Aussie retreat offers bush walks Get back to basics at new wilderness camping retreat Find a slice of the simple life by disconnecting from the iPhone and reconnecting with nature at Mt Barney Retreat, just two hours south west of Brisbane.

Forget ‘glamping’, this is a backto-basics camping experience accessible only by 4WD. Set amongst 300 acres of lush green forest, campers can pitch their own tent in one of the spacious sites designed to preserve seclusion, or set up camp in one of three dormitory-style cabins.

Mt Barney Retreat also offers a range of guided and self-guided bush walks and off-road 4WD tours from $50 per person, minimum numbers required.

Queenstown has been named one of the world’s Top 25 Travellers’ Choice Destinations by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest online travel community.

As well as rising to 25th place on the international list, the four season lake and alpine resort was also named best destination in New Zealand and second best in the South Pacific.

The Travellers’ Choice Destinations awards honour top travel spots worldwide based on millions of valuable reviews and opinions from TripAdvisor travellers. Award winners were determined based on the popularity of destinations, taking into account travellers’ favourites and most highly rated places.

Destination Queenstown CEO Graham Budd was delighted with award and said it was a fantastic international achievement for the resort.

“We’re aware of the power of Trip Advisor in influencing the travelling community, so the news that Queenstown has been ranked by millions of travellers worldwide alongside cities like Paris, New York and London is a testament to the quality of our operators and the exceptional travel experience they deliver.”

The cosmopolitan resort town, famous for its spectacular scenery and huge range of world-class experiences, has previously earned international accolades from other travel authorities such as Lonely Planet, Condé Naste and National Geographic.

For more information about Queenstown please visit www.queenstownNZ.co.nz.

Walking the islands of West Sweden Crowded by over 8,000 granite islands, the beautiful Bohuslän coastline stretches from the handsome city of Gothenburg all the way to the Norwegian border. Picturesque islands are sprinkled with red-and-white fishing villages from where inviting paths lead out to reach small isolated bays, rocky promontories and secluded lighthouses.

The beauty of this two-centre holiday on Sweden’s West Coast is that, despite its proximity to Gothenburg by rail, it has a remarkably remote feel to it. Spend a day or two walking round the idyllic Koster Islands before heading south to the delightful village of Fjällbacka. Walking routes head inland to reach mysterious Bronze Age rock carvings, while just a short ferry ride away are the remote Weather Islands, a remarkable marine reserve in the Skagerrak that is home to many colourful seabirds. With the bright-blue sea all around, it’s little surprise that this region is also famous for an astonishing array of seafood – mussels, oysters, langoustines and lobster – that form the basis of one of the world’s finest gastronomic traditions.

There’s also the chance to experience Swedish Highlights by adding in extra days to explore the royal island of Marstrand, and the stylish cities of Gothenburg and Stockholm.

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Korokoro Dam

â– Water flowing over the Korokoro Dam.

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n the western hills of Wellington’s Hutt Valley there is a number of interesting hill walks of varing grades with some suitable for all ages.

One popular short one is from the Oakleigh Street in the uphill suburb of Maungaraki down to the Korokoro Dam and back.

Starting from the carpark off Oakleigh Street the evenly graded track climbs a small mound and from then on its all down hill through fern and over a number of bridges to the Korokoro Dam. It is also used by mountain bikes.

While there walk down and take a look up at the water flowing down over the dam and go back up and walk further on and take a look at the lake behind the dam.

On the retun trip to the start at Oakleigh Street carpartk it is mostly up hill and can take a little longer.

Longer walk Another way but longer to get to the dam is starting from Cornish Street entrance This evenly graded track follows an old steel pipeline from the Cornish Street entrance upstream through mature and regenerating bush to the Korokoro Dam. The dam was the first gravity fed concrete dam in New Zealand, built to supply water for the Petone Borough in 1903.

A feature of New Zealand’s early european history is the large number of severely damaging fires that broke out from time to time in early New Zealand towns. These fires would destroy whole blocks of wooden buildings because they were built close

It’s an easy walk down to the Korokoro Dam.

Going this way requires a bit of up hill walking on the return trip but there are toilets available at the car park.

Getting to Oakleigh Street · By bus, catch the number 150 bus from Queensgate. · By car, turn off SH2 at Maungaraki and turn left up Dowse Drive. Oakleigh Street is at the top. · For more information on bus and ferry ser vices or bike hire, maps or general information, talk to an i-SITE Visitor Centre.

From Cornish Street, Petone Walk: Three hours return Cornish Street, Petone, just off SH2 is another good entrance spot and has the flattest Fact file walking through the entire Korokoro Gorge You can walk to the dam from either but there aren’t any toilet facilities at this Oakleigh Street or Cornish Street: entrance.and if you feel up to it, walk up to From Oakleigh Street, Maungaraki the Belmont Trig at 457m - a 4 hour walk from Walk: One hour return both entrances and you’ll be rewarded with

together. Early timber buildings in Petone suffered this fate even though an artesian water supply was available. Although the ratepayers were initially reluctant to endorse the funding of a dam, they were eventually persuaded to do so to get a water supply of sufficient pressure and volume.

The waters of the Korokoro Stream were already in use by the Petone Woollen Mills when the Petone Borough proposed to utilise the stream for a water supply. The mill had a Totara timber dam on the lower reaches to drive a turbine at the mill.

Early Maori used this route to link the Porirua and Wellington harbours.

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Korokoro Dam walks some of the best 360 views across the Wellington Region and to the South Island.

Getting to Cornish Street · By train, it’s a short walk from Petone Railway Station. · By car, take the Korokoro turn off SH2 and turn left in to Pito-one Road towards Cornish Street car park. · By bus, to Cornish Street, catch the number 154 bus from Queensgate and walk from Korokoro Road.

What you’ll need While this is an easy ride or walk make sure you’ve got a warm jersey and take plenty to drink!

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Greenstone Caples Track more accessible

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he Greenstone Caples Track is safer and more accessible to a wider range of people now a ten-year upgrade project by the Department of Conservation (DOC) nears completion.

DOC Wakatipu Works Ranger Richard Struthers said improvements to the track were aimed at attracting more family groups and novice trampers.

The easy 3-4 day valley walk 86 km from Queenstown is ideal for people who don’t want ■ to tackle anything too strenuous or who are new to tramping.

As it also links to the Routeburn Track, one of New Zealand’s Great Walks, the four huts along the Greenstone/Caples are often full to capacity during peak periods (January-March), with the high numbers of trampers wanting accommodation.

The McKellar and Greenstone huts have recently been replaced and this winter, the 40year-old 12-bunk Mid Caples Hut will be demolished and replaced with a new 24-bunk hut.

Accommodation won’t be available at this site for most of the winter months during construction, but the Upper Caples hut will remain open, a 90-minute walk further along the Caples Track. Once the new Mid Caples hut is completed, the Upper Caples Hut will be decommissioned.

The section of track between the upper Greenstone and the upper Caples valley has been rebuilt over the past three summers, a major project that has involved rerouting the track to create an easier walk over McKellar Saddle. This raises this section to the standard of the remainder of the track.

The upper Greenstone bridge has been replaced and several bridges installed in the Caples Valley over critical stream crossings.

The carpark at the start of the track will be upgraded and enlarged soon.

Meanwhile, on the Routeburn Track, a day

shelter will be built at the Routeburn Flats Hut to accommodate the high number of day walkers to the hut (it is only a two-hour walk from the Routeburn Roadend). Construction is due to begin during the coming winter.

Two bridges on the track have been upgraded this season and the Routeburn Flats suspension bridge is currently being replaced. The track will remain open during this work but there may be short delays at the bridges.

The track between the Routeburn Flats and the Routeburn

Falls huts will be upgraded, and the septic sewage system upgraded at the Routeburn Falls Hut. Upcoming work on the Ree-Dart Track includes relocating 1.6 km of track in the Dart Valley due to damage by flooding, building a new bridge across 25 Mile Creek in the Rees Valley, and upgrading the Chinamans Bluff carpark at the Dart roadend.

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he first of June and officially winter.

As I looked upon Kororareka Bay, I couldn’t imagine better conditions — blue sky, still water and fresh air in my lungs.

My partner, Kathy, and I were spending Queen’s Birthday Weekend at the Duke of Marlborough Hotel in Russell. I was there to visit Moturua Island. Kathy, on the other hand, was keen to check out Russell’s cultural attractions, like the museum, Pompallier House

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participants will sail by yacht to Motuarohia and Moturua Islands.

During my trip, I completed part of the Four Beach Foray by circumnavigating Moturua Island.

At a local café, I met my guide for the day, Tim Grant, who was accompanied by his partner, Colette. You could describe Tim as a modern-day Davy Crocket — an ex DOC ranger, he sets traps for a living and knows the region like no one else — and having lived in the Bay for most of his life, he’s a great source of interesting facts about the region.

Left: A scenic view from Moturau Island.

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Leaving Long Beach During the Walking Weekend, participants will sail to Moturua Island by yacht. However, a yacht wasn’t available for us on this trip, so, instead, Tim organised a couple of his kayaks.

From town we took a five-minute drive to Tim and Colette’s house at Long Beach where a couple of kayaks were waiting out the front — one single and one two-seater. As Colette and I were fairly inexperienced, the two of us took the two-seater, with Tim taking the single.

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Kayaking to Moturua Island With Colette controlling the rudder from the rear, we headed towards Moturua Island. Synchronising our paddle strokes was a bit tricky at first (if you’re not careful you can end up spinning in circles), but we soon got the hang of it and settled into a steady rhythm.

With just the sound of our paddles dipping into the water, it was a neat sensation — almost hypnotic. There was hardly a ripple in the water and any thoughts of falling out and getting soaked were far from my mind.

It took us about 50 minutes to reach Moturua Island and by then my tired arms were telling me it was time to step on land.

Moturua Island During the Walking Weekend, the Four Beach Foray will involve sailing to Motuarohia Island and visiting a Maori pa site; sailing on to Moturua Island to walk its perimeter and then sailing back to the mainland. It is described as medium difficulty and will take about seven hours. I found

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My trip to Moturua Remnants of the past

There are 27 recorded archaeological sites on Moturua Island, including Maori pa, gardening sites and pits. At Homestead Bay, we saw the remains of a homestead dating back to early last century, which was home to a Maori family who farmed on the island.

At Army Bay, we also saw the concrete remains of an army observation post, which was constructed during World War Two when a Japanese invasion was a real threat.

A highlight for me was the picturesque view of Urupukapuka Island and Motukiekie Island, which we enjoyed from a vantage point above Army Bay.

Kayaking back to Long Beach

.Above: A quiet little spot on Moturau Island.

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the walk to be quite easy going. There were plenty of up-hill parts, but the tracks were very well maintained.

One feature of this walk, and all the others, is that groups will be accompanied by a local guide. So, apart from enjoying the wonderful sites, participants will also get the opportunity to learn first-hand about the flora, fauna and history of the region.

As nature intended Moturua is part of Project Island Song, a conservation effort between the Department of Conservation, the Guardians of the Bay of Islands and the Ngati Kuta and Putukeha tribes to restore the island to its natural state.

It is home to native birds, like Kiwi, Tui, and the vegetation consists largely of Manuka and Kanuka, which act as “nursery” trees by providing shelter to other species.

At one point, Tim pointed out a Tomtit (a pretty black and white breasted bird) and explained, “If they’re here then the forest must be in good shape.”

After we had walked around Moturua Island, it was time to go home. To make things interesting, we paddled to nearby Motuarohia, entering a lagoon from the seaward side, jumped out of our kayaks and dragged them a short distance to the other side before continuing our journey.

By the time we reached Long Beach (another 50 minutes later), I was definitely ready to hang up my paddle. We kayaked about 16 kilometres and my arms certainly felt it.

My trip to Moturua Island was just part of the Four Beach Foray. It was a lot of fun and I particularly enjoyed a cold beer at the Duke of Marlborough that evening.

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Opposite page above: A little “hide-a way” on Moturau Island.

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Walking across the crater on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Photo Tim Swale

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he Manawatu Tramping and Skiing Club offers something for everyone.

Whether it is a gentle walk, a walk suitable for the family, an all day walk, a walk over several days, skiing, mountain biking, geocaching or kayaking there is something for everyone.

The club, with a membership made up of people from far and wide, is the second oldest tramping club in the North Island.

Tramping trips range from easy day trips to very strenuous weekend trips and everything in between and are designed to suit people of Tramps are over varies types of terrain.

Below left: Walking through tall grass. Photo Royce Mills

Below second from left: Stream crossing on the Otaki Forks. Photo Tim Swale Opposite page left: Walking up and through the pines. Photo Royce Mills.

Opposite page right: Walking amoungst the ferns. Photo John Brock

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all ages and fitness.

Family grade trips mean that the whole family can enjoy the outdoors. Trips held on Wednesdays and Thursdays are very well supported with the club van and private vehicles transporting walkers to road ends and back.

Details of planned trips are on the trip card and in the monthly newsletter which can be accessed on the clubs website.

In just a few hours from Palmerston North you can get to the club lodge on Mt Ruapehu, Mt Taranaki, anywhere in the Ruahines, the Tararuas, the Kawekas or the Kaimanawas and numerous other areas.

The club offers both bush craft and snow craft courses. The bush craft course covers all aspects of bush craft including route finding, use of map and compass, safety in the hills and equipment to take.

The club owns a range of tramping and other outdoor gear which club members can

Time for lunch with a magnificent view over the mountains on the Central Palateau. Photo Andrew Brodie

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Oldest NZ club has something for everyone hire for a small fee. The gear available includes items such as packs, boots, billies, stoves, tents, flies, bivvy bags, personal locator beacons and alpine equipment which is only available to club members skilled in its use.

To help with transport on club trips, the club owns a comfortable, well maintained 12 seater Transit van. It has air conditioning, individual seatbelts, and enough room for packs. It is a very sociable way to get to the road end or wherever your trip is going.

There is no better place to chill than on the mountain in winter whether you are skiing, boarding or just enjoying the snow.

The club offers both snow craft courses and beginners ski courses. Beginner and advanced snow craft (alpine instruction) courses are offered in the winter.

These range from an introduction to basic snow skills (ice axe and crampon use, safe travel in an alpine environment, and building snow shelters), through to technical ice climbing. Beginner ski courses are offered in winter.

The club has many members highly experienced in the outdoors who willingly share their expertise with others.

The club owns Manawatu Lodge which is near the Top of the Bruce Road on Mt Ruapehu. The lodge offers all the comforts of home including hot showers, great kitchen facilities and heat pumps to keep you warm when it is cold out.

After spending the day skiing, tramping or just enjoying the mountain it’s a great location to watch the sun set over Mt Taranaki.

Manawatu Lodge not only provides fantastic accommodation during the ski season but all year round for walkers and club members just wanting time away from their usual busy lives.

As well as tramping and skiing, club members can also take part in activities such as rock and snow climbing, caving, snow caving, mountain biking, geocaching, kayaking, Land Search and Rescue and of course the occasional social event. The club works in partnership with the Department of Conservation and looks after the Mangahao Flats Hut and Te Matawai Hut. Club nights are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in the Rose City Aquatic Centre Rooms, Park Road, Palmerston North and are a great way to meet other people

with interest in the outdoors.

Meetings usually consist of an illustrated talk by a guest speaker or a club member.

Dates for club nights are listed on the trip card with the topic for each club night being shown in the monthly newsletter and on the club website www.mtsc.org.nz No matter your age, your experience or your fitness level there is a walk for you. Nonmembers are very welcome to attend any club trip appropriate to their experience and fitness level.

For further information and club contact details please see our website.

Below:There are great walks for all ages and abilities in the Central Plateau area.

Photo Tim Swale

Below left: Are they all waiting to use the loo? Photo by Royce Mills Below Right: Outside the Roaring Stag Lodge. Photo by Royce Mills

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Do you get RLS

by Gary Moller

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hile touring Australia, co-presenting a course for health professionals about burnout in athletes, I have been bothered at night by my worst run ever of Restless Legs.

The reason for the upsurge is obvious to me: Physical and mental exhaustion, combined with poor circulation.

In addition to being on my feet most of the day in the front of a highly knowledgeable audience (stress!), I am also spending a good deal of time hanging around airports and then sitting cramped up for hours in aircraft (poor circulation), which means: Poor oxygenation of the legs and poor elimination of metabolic byproducts which can lead to cramp.

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is an uncontrollable urge to move the legs, or creepy-crawly sensations in the legs that often leads to sleep deprivation. It is a most unpleasant sensation that can literally drive the afflicted person crazy - or the person trying to sleep next to you while you squirm and wriggle away. A light-hearted description of the ailment is the "Wiggles".

There is no denying that there are many people who suffer from leg pain and irritation while in bed; but this does not mean that the only therapy is to take a costly, powerful drug that come with a long list of nasty side effects.

The Wiggles is usually experienced at night, when in bed, and most intense during the first few hours of turning in. It can affect both the very unfit and the very fit equally but may be exacerbated by fatigue.

Here's what I think is going on: During sleep the body's central metabolism slows. What this means is the heart slows, the blood pressure drops, as does body temperature. The problem is that some muscles may still be right smack in the middle of working hard to replenish depleted nutrient stores and flush out metabolic toxins following a hard day. The muscles most likely to be afflicted are those of the lower legs because they tend to be most stressed during an exhausting day and, being furthest from the heart, are most likely to suffer the most from anything related to a reduction in circulation.

Circulation in the limbs is also partially dependent on regular muscle contraction which squeezes dirty blood back to the heart, lungs and liver. When the muscles are relaxed and still, blood flow is dependent on good blood pressure and a strong pulse which decline during sleep.

This explains why the Wiggles is experienced mostly during bed rest and most often after an exhausting day.

To explain more about why it may be experienced more after a tiring day, be it a walk in the bush or long day in front of an audience: If there is already poor circulation in the legs, such as comes with ageing and/or if the person is exhausted from something like a long day on their feet, then there is a buildup of metabolic toxins and a reduction of oxygen in the tissues. This may build to a critical level, causing micro cramping in the muscles of the lower legs and the feet www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

during the early hours of sleep. This is felt as a crawling sensation in the legs and an uncontrollable urge to flex and extend the legs. This is most unpleasant and sleep is completely disturbed.

That this unpleasant sensation is relieved by movement is a clue to its cause and to its relief.

Rather than resort to medication, try these first: Avoid a hot bath before bed and sleep in a cool room and cool bed If you are hot and sweaty in bed, precious blood flow will be diverted to the skin away from the muscles. You may find a cold shower before bed may be beneficial. The vasoconstriction in the skin will divert blood to the deep muscles.

If you get the Wiggles, get your legs dancing.

Turn on your bedside radio and tune into some easy listening music.

In rhythm to the music while still lying flat, gently flex and extend your ankles in time with the beat.

At the end of the 3-5 minute track, get out of bed and walk the length of the house (just a minute or two), then get back into bed.

Repeat another track of music, paddling with the feet, then go for another leisurely walk.

Then paddle another track of music while lying in bed. By about this time, you should feel a relieving of the tightness and cramping in the legs. You might want to do another one or two slow tracks of music without getting up and walking.....

Hopefully, you (and your very, very understanding partner) will nod off during one of these tracks and you will have a good night's sleep.

Why it works Rhythmic flexing of the legs activates the muscle pump of the lower legs, by which the steady contracting and relaxing of of the calf muscles pumps the stagnant venous blood back to the heart, creating space in the legs and feet for their infusion with fresh, oxygenated arterial blood. Any discomfort should disappear entirely as you rhythmically cycle through the music tracks and the backlog of stagnant blood is finally flushed out.

This method gets to the heart of the cause - metabolic stress in the legs.

Other valuable measures include: * Reviewing medication such as antidepressants, cholesterol and blood pressure pills which may be direct or indirect causes of the Wiggles. * Ensuring that the diet is rich in nutrients and antioxidants which assist circulation, muscle relaxation and protect against oxidative stress. * Avoid tea, coffee, chocolate, red wine and spicy foods from late afternoon to evening. * Moderate your exercise and try to get off your feet towards the end of the day. It is better to exercise vigorously early in the day and restrict evening exercise to activities like Yoga. * Go for a walk in the cool of the evening and do some yoga-style stretching before bed and try a cold shower.

I know, I know! The problem with these brilliant solutions, if you are like me, is once in bed total apathy takes over. Rather than do anything beneficial, you will just lie there and wiggle in agony and drive your partner nuts! That's me to a "T"!

If you try this method for managing the Wiggles, please tell us how you get on by writing a letter to the Editor.

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Left: Walking (with the aid of snow shoes and poles) in the Ivalo Wilderness, in Finnish Lapland. An amazing experience, so quiet and still, just magic. A big 'thank you' to Heidi, Antti and Melissa in Finland for making this possible. Photo by Carole Mundt, New Plymouth.

Right opposite page: Brett and I recently did a road trip around the North Island. down through Miranda, Taupo, Napier and some of the East Coast remote beaches.

The main reason for our trip was to walk the Manawatu train track, that we have been meaning to do for a couple of years.

Having done the Tairei Train track walk and thoroughly enjoying the scenery, and the walk.

We discovered Taranaki Falls, from a short walks book, and checked them out on our way back home. It was a stunning day and we loved the walk.

It was an easy, scenic track and we took our time to inhale the beauty of our gorgeous country. Well worth it. Photo shows a school group at the top of the falls.

Photo by Christabelle Rathe, Warkworth.

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Opposite page above left: Photo taken on the recently opened Paekakariki track, on a day walked by the Kapiti Nordic walking group. Photo by John Darnley, Waikanae Beach.

Above middle: Stopping to admire the view across the golden pastures of the upper Hurunui River.

This shot was taken on a weekend tramp out to the Hurunui thermal waterfall and hot spring. Photo

by Mitchell Cocking, Christchurch.

Above right: “I was glad I climbed to the Summit of Mt Luxmore on the Kepler Track. The views were superb”. Photo by A Trappitt, Dargaville.

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Above: You may have to duck when you cross under the Embankment.

Below: A carved pou pou (or Poutokowa) posts stand guard over the estuary.

flat shoreline walking track winds its way around Napier’s famous Ahuriri Estuary, and just a few drive minutes from Napier’s CBD. Along the trail, information boards provide information about the history of the area, its flora and fauna and the dynamics of the habitat.

This long, narrow estuary with its wide range of fresh to salty, shallow to deep, and sandy to muddy habitats supports an extremely diverse range of birds, fish, invertebrates and plant life.

This important wetland is a sanctuary for a wide variety of wading birds including Grey Herons, Royal Spoonbills and Pied Stilts.

Shags, Kingfishers and even Gannets may also be spotted diving for fish in this area.

Over 70 species of resident and migratory waterbirds use the long narrow estuary as a feeding and resting area.

A good place to start the walk is from the car park at the end of Humber Street. From there follow the track from the information signboard down the slope and across the creek.

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Looking down from the Meennee Quay exit towards the Embankment.

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Eucalypt trees planted to screen industrial buildings on the boundary of the Estuary Reserve. Bridging a tidal drain, the route takes you up an embankment that marks the furthest extent of several land reclamations undertaken by the Hawke’s Bay Harbour Board between 1931 and 1989.

The Embankment was built to provide a route across the estuary for the East Coast Main Trunk Railway. The bridge was recently used by freight trains on the NapierGisborne trunk line, replaced a rickety wooden bridge that connected West Quay to Meeanee.

Construction started on this project in 1914 with a “toe” of rocks laid down on each side of the tidal inlet.

A steam-powered dredge scooped up shingle and clay from the estuary to build up the Embankment. The concrete bowstring girder bridge was built in 1917 and completed in 1922.

The road declined in importance once the Pandora Road Bridge, east of the Embankment Bridge, opened in 1922. It closed to vehicle traffic in 1989.

The Embankment Bridge affords walkers good views of the estuary, including the main outfall channel to your left and the Westshore Wildlife Reserve, a significant habitat for water-loving birds.

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The boardwalk bridge beside the embankment.

A Grey Heron.

wetland, marshes and mud banks.

Before reaching the end of the former road, follow the path, indicated by marker posts, down to the right. A boardwalk bridge leads onto the flats adjoining the tidal inlet where carved pou pou (or poutokowa) posts stand guard over the estuary.

Boardwalk sections of track cope with the inundations of spring tides. At high tide, you may need to take the bank skirting Meeanee Quay as the route back to the Pandora Road

Bridge on Highway 2. Otherwise it is possible to follow the shoreline, crossing the bridge to water sports hire centre ramp and along the Humber Street Reserve back to the walk’s return to the car park.

Popular with swimmers and windsurfers, starting point.

Pandora Pond, the beach to the right, is also a launching point for kayaks and waka. It is Fact file named to honour the Royal Navy ship HMS Ahuriri Estuary Walk Pandora, captained by Commander Drury Walking track grade: Easy semi dirt and who surveyed Hawkes Bay and the Napier concrete track Roadstead in 1855.

Distance: 3.8km Follow the bank above the beach, past the Duration of walk : 45 - 60 minutes.

The boardwalks adds variety to walks around the Ahuriri Estuary.

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ne of our favourite walks is Roydon Downs, 6km’s past Paengaroa and 45 minutes from Tauranga. It’s very easy to get to - only a 10 minutes drive down Allport Road, off SH 33.

Owned by the Brann Family, this hill country far m has been extensively planted with beautiful trees, and developed for recreational activities for over 40 years.

A network of well marked tracks lead around the property, over open paddocks, up the hill for views, along beside the stream, through native bush, over bridges and past a water wheel.

It’s a very beautiful place to Opposite page and below: A Views of the Oeuteheuheu Stream from the track.

walk, especially in Autumn, when the trees are glorious shades of red and gold.

Friendly chickens followed us along and an enormous pig eyed us as we wandered past.

For a family fun day out, there is a rope swing over a ■ water hole, a water slide, tubes to use to float downstream, and barbecue areas to cook a picnic lunch.

There are little 4- bunk cabins to stay in, and a lovely new ’Woolshed’ has been built, providing very cheap, very nice accommodation.

If you do choose to stay, there are glow worms to visit at night.

This is a truly beautiful place to visit - for an hour’s walk, a day’s exploration, or a weekend away.

For more info contact: ‘Roydon Downs Bush and farm Walks’.

By Barbz Lowther Above left: A waterwheel.

Above right: One of the 4-bunk huts on the property.

Right: Toadstools on the track.

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ibraltar is a British Overseas territory on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance to the Mediterranean.

Because of this strategic position, there have been 17 sieges on the rock, with different countries trying to gain control.

Gibraltar is now a base for the British Royal Navy, and its economy is based on tourism, banking and shipping.

The city area at the base of the rock has a population of 30,000, mostly British and Spanish.

To get to Gibraltar, you must walk or drive from Andalucia (S

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Spain) across the airport runway.

Several tour guides are willing to drive tourists to all the historic sites and a cable car runs to the top of the rock; but because it’s such a small area it’s quite easy to walk everywhere.

We walked from the township, to ‘Jews Gate’ and on up the ‘Mediterranean steps’, which lead for 1.5 kilometres around the south and south east cliffs to O’Hara’s Battery at the top of the rock. Signs showed us historic

Far left: Looking over to Algeciras (Spain).

Above:Walking up the Mediterranean steps overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar.

Far left bottom: Looking along the ridge top and down to Catalan Bay. Below: A cave on the east side.

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Gibraltar is very easy to walk around sites, and caves to be explored as we climbed.

Little clumps of rare Candytuft, Thyme and Lavender clung to the limestone cliff walls, and in places, a hand rail guided us up steeper sections.

Continuing along a narrow ridge path to the cable car terminal, we had lovely views of Sandy and Catalan Bays, on the

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We passed several batteries, old searchlight posts, and gun emplacements, before seeing a group of Barbary Apes. Some were lounging on the rocks, some playing with drink bottles or bits of paper, while others were watching and waiting to grab food or drink from unsuspecting visitors.

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Above: The building on the far side of the runway is the boundary with Spain.

Below left: Walking up the Mediterranean steps.

Below: A Barbary Ape.

At the top of the rock is a restaurant and information centre with awesome 360 views from Andalucia, across the 14 mile strait to Morocco.

We continued along the ridge to the northern end, visiting a military museum, siege tunnels, and an exhibition of the history of the sieges on the rock.

To return to the main street we went past a Muslim castle, and walked down about 1,100 castle steps.

After spending the night in town, we travelled to Algeciras (Spain) and went by ferry to Morocco, Gibraltar makes an Morocco.

If you’re visiting Spain or interesting diversion.

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Window on Waitakere Upside down more often than not, the Keruru gorge on the masses of Ti Kouka seeds, fattening themselves up in preparation for winter.

In many parts of New Zealand, Keruru are rarely seen. Predated by rats or stoats or indeed illegally hunted, numbers have plunged.

Seeing as many as members and volunteers gives testament to their predator control yet historical accounts are of flocks of thousands — The Ark is not there yet but is surely progressing!

Unlike many other birds, Kereru have a crop that stores their food prior to digestion. One of the most common injuries to Kereru is

By Kay Lindley when their crop bursts when they fly into windows. The Kereru is New Zealand’s only surviving native ne Saturday, first day of pigeon. They are long-lived birds that baiting for the season, a breed very slowly. They are currently good turnout of volunteers fighting for survival say Forest & Bird. at the Ranger Station were hearing Kereru are important. Since the which lines were to be done, receiving extinction of the Moa, they are now reminders to place more marking tape, the only birds left that are capable of and how many bags to place. Regular swallowing fruit greater than 12 mm Ark members were standing away in diameter and dispersing the seed from the crowd as they had been again whole. This means that the future baiting for several years and knew the of our native trees is closely linked to drill. the survival of our Kereru.

Hearing first the characteristic Recent studies have shown that wump, wump, wump, they casually despite the fact that kereru can live looked south and saw a group of six between 15 and 20 years, in some parts Keruru flying towards them and then of the country, at present the average another group and another. Excitedly, lifespan is between one and a half and they interrupted the volunteers’ five and a half years. briefing as nearly 40 Keruru came The biggest threats to Kereru are across and started wheeling to impact injuries with windows and cars, descend onto the slopes below closely followed by habitat loss, Pukematekeo Track. predation and illegal hunting.

It was a spectacular sight as white What can you do to help? The bellies flashed against forest greens. biggest thing you can do is learn to Settling, then rising, individuals and appreciate what we have before it’s small groups made the air live. gone! Plant trees in your garden to Buoyed by this display, they all headed encourage kereru to visit. Kereru have off for their tasks but over the next adapted their diet over the years to eat weeks Keruru were seen in big numbers.

One estimate on one occasion was of nearly 50 birds. “Tirau” [= plants that are both native and exotic.

For the opportunity to see whitehead in the Waitakere ranges, and many Ti] supplies the answer. Those sites with lots of Ti Kouka, or cabbage tree, our most common native Cordyline species also known to go on the Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks series, please email me on: kaylindley@xtra.co.nz. throughout the Pacific as Ti, provide abundant seasonal food.

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The red coloured hills at sunset. Photo by Lynette Graham

The Larapinta Trail - a colourful experience

Walking through a small gorge. Photo by Singer

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he Larapinta Trail, in the heart of Central Australia, is an extended bushwalking track running west from Alice Springs to Mount Sonder (Rwetyepme), along the backbone of the West MacDonnell Ranges.

It was completed in 2002, and its 223 kilometres are fast gaining a reputation for offering one of the finest walking experiences in the world.

The steep red slopes of the West MacDonnell Ranges rise â– dramatically from the Central Australian desert. They typify the rugged landscapes of the Red Centre with the changing hues of their mountain peaks, rolling hills and dry river valleys made famous in the paintings of Albert Namatjira.

The Larapinta Trail provides an unequalled opportunity to experience this living desert landscape and take in its special wild and remote places. It crosses a variety of terrain, from high ridgelines to sheltered gorges and is home to many of the arid zone’s rare plants.

It also links the well known visitor attractions along the ranges where walkers can join or leave the Trail.

Trek Larapinta is a small, local business that specialises in the Larapinta Trail. Established in 1998 Trek Larapinta has pioneered small group trekking tours on the Larapinta Trail.

They think small is beautiful. Being small, they can focus on quality and sustainability. Being local, they maintain strong knowledge of the landscape and build deep connections with the community.

They guide walking tours for small groups and organise transfers for independent walkers, support Indigenous enterprises and practice environmentally responsible travel.

They do this in the places they know and love: the Larapinta Trail and Central Australia.

These are special places for them.

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High up on the hills.

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A kalaidiscope of colour.

Photo by Lynette Graham

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Lake Hayes Track popular with locals

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ust fifteen minutes drive from Queenstown and nine minutes from Arrowtown is the beautiful Lake Hayes which is popular with walkers and cyclists.

The single track makes it possible to walk a circuit of Lake Hayes that has been an eternal favourite of locals and visitors.

The track is either well-graded, or a wooden walkway, to create an easy stroll around the lake, famous for its stunning reflections.

Native birds to be seen along the way include the Deep Blue Pukeko, also known as the New Zealand Swamp Hen! There are some inclines, but they're pretty short, and mostly the track's easy.

There are toilet facilities at the recreation and picnic area at the Arrowtown end of the lake, which is also a great spot to pause for a dip in the lake. The path has some steep drop offs at some points, so keep small children close to you.

One can stroll, walk, run or cycle around a lake surrounded by spectacular mountains;,

where you may see some Australasian Crested Grebe.

The track is probably best in early morning or later in the afternoon if you are a cyclist, because of it's popularity with walkers particularly in the weekends.

Despite it's brown colour (due increased algae bloom in recent years) Lake Hayes is perfectly safe for swimming and is a very popular swimming spot with locals during the summer months when it is significantly warmer than the other lakes in the region.

On calm days the Lake generates wonderful reflections of the Remarkable Ranges and in autumn when the leaves are changing colour their is an extremely romantic feeling.

Getting there Lake Hayes is 14km from Queenstown or 5km from Arrowtown.

As you drive from Frankton, you'll see a carpark at the end of the Ladies Mile Road, as you descend towards Lake Hayes, or continue to the pavilion where there' s lots of parking.

You can enter the circuit track at Lake Hayes Pavilion and show grounds on SH 6; Bendemeer Bay; North Lake Hayes picnic area; Arrowtown Road and Rutherford Road (off Speargrass Flat Road).

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Above left: A flat section of the track off Lakes Hayes Recreation Reserve.

Above right: A view of the Remarkables.

Right: A rolling section of the track.

Right middle: A strong wind stirs up the lake.

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By Alex and Jenny Davies

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n the north-western coast of Aotea (Great Barrier Island) a part of the rugged coastline looks out towards the high fortress cliffs of Rakitu Island.

Years ago, a bridle track was cut, skirting the cliffs as a land access to Okiwi and Port Fitzroy. Attempts at farming the land resulted in the destruction of all the forest, mainly by fire.

In the 1940s, the route for a motor road was made over an inland saddle past the rocky pinnacles, the remnants of the Great Barrier volcanoes. The old track was abandoned, and obscured by tall regenerating Kanuka until it was cleared quite recently.

Today the reincarnated track forms a five hour, reasonably level and easy walk along a contour between 40 and 100 metres above sea level. Once you leave the well-provided campsite at Harataonga Bay, the trail lies in

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splendid isolation.

Our friends left us at Harataonga, and parked their vehicle by the road at the other end of the track, meeting us for lunch on a cliff top above Komahunga Bay. Here, we took their keys and eventually met them back at Harataonga.

The scene at Harataonga Bay must have been very different in 2007 when, for 12 weeks, 13 “castaways” took part in a TV reality show. Rather than British television crews with all their gear, we found just a couple of camper vans.

A loop track has been made to lead us up a steep route to a pa site overlooking the bay. Several huge old Pohutukawa extend their branches over the mounds and trenches of the ancient fort and frame today’s peaceful scene.

Spared by the forest clearing, and by the predation of possums that were never liberated on the island, these trees are a special part of all the Great Barrier coastline. We then link back to the old benched track, working our Tipi and Bobs Waterfront Lodge situated on the waters edge of Tryphena. Self contained and serviced waterfront accommodation.

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way over the long fingers of volcanic flows that protrude into the sea below us. Behind the interspersed bays, we follow inland to cross small streams that flow down to the white curve of beaches. Some of the bays are private land, but the owners leave it all in a wild state.

Between the bays, the track traverses precipitous cliffs with expansive ■ views.

Skirting around the hill above Omahungaiti Bay, we reach a viewpoint above the large sandy tidal estuary of Whangapoua Bay. Beyond are the densely forested hills to the north of the island. It’s not far now to the end of the track.

Aotea boasts many fine walks; now we are looking up at the volcanic formations around Hirakimata (Mt Hobson). The spectacular Windy Canyon route to the summit passes through here. It’s another example of the special walking opportunities offered on Aotea.

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Fact file •Aotea is reached year round by ferry (4½ hours, or faster in the summer holidays) or light plane (35 minutes) from Auckland.

•There is a wide variety of accommodation, and rental cars are available.

•The island is 30 km long. Cook named it Great Barrier as he sailed north in to the Hauraki Gulf from the exposed Pacific coast.

•Volcanic activity ceased here about 5 million years ago, but the hot springs in a natural stream are a treat.

•The whaling and Kauri timber industries have gone, leaving the island to a special breed who like the isolation, and living independently of many modern conveniences.

•Without possums and stoats, and cleared of goats, birdlife abounds. Kereru are common and Kaka are heard often.

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Above: Rakitu Island and Omahungaiti Bay. Below: Whangapoua Bay.

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Cadbury Dunedin Marathon now in its 34 year

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he 34 th staging of the Cadbury Dunedin Marathon plus Half Marathon Run and Walk will be held on Sunday September 8th 2013 again organised by the Caversham Harrier and Athletic Club.

The event was established in 1979 originally organised by the Dunedin Federation of Sports Medicine.

There have been many changes made to the format of the marathon over the years all designed to make the event more accessible and enjoyable for the ever increasing numbers of competitors.

The marathon organising committee of the Caversham Harrier and Athletic Club were honoured to be presented with the 2012 Innovation In Sport Award at the Annual Otago Sports Awards for their work in marketing and growing the marathon on taking over the organisation in 1985.

Last year marked the 25th year of major event sponsorship from Cadbury Ltd making it one of the longest running corporate partnerships of its type in New Zealand.

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This year for the second time race headquarters will be based at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Anzac Avenue. The start of the Half Marathon Run and Walk will be in the Stadium Car Park with the newly designed course meaning competitors will be able to take in many of the city’s sights.

The further extension of the harbourside walkway- cycleway will mean competitors will be able to enjoy more time away from the confines of State Highway 88. This will also provide additional viewing for those travelling on the supporters train from Dunedin to Port Chalmers.

The associated Children’s Challenge will be held for the second time this year starting on Logan Park and finishing inside the Forsyth Barr Stadium. Organised by marathon committee member and retired Dunedin

Above and below: Entrants in last year’s Cadbury Marathon events. Photos by Seen in Dunedin

School Principal Dave McWhinnie the event attracted more than 600 runners from year three to year eight. Children will complete the”marathon” distance in stages during the school terms with the final 2.2 km run on the actual day. Supporters and Runners can watch on the big screens in the stadium’s competitors cross the finish line.

The Children;s Challenge will start at 8.30 am, one hour prior to the start of the Half Marathon Run/Walk.

On line entries for all events are available from website www.cadburydunedin marathon.co.nz. along with full race information. Postal address P.O.Box 5378, Moray Place, Dunedin 9010.

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NEW ZEALAND JULY 2013 3 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 3 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 3 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 3 The Shoe Science Run Club 5km, Auckland 6 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 6 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 7 Tauhara Trail Run/Walk, Taupo 7 Hidden Trail Half Marathon, 12km & 4km, Kawerau 9 Round the Hood, 5km, Morningside, Auckland 10 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 10 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 10 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 10 inov-8 Trail Run Night Series, 6km & 12km.

Albany, Auckland 13 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 13 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt

14 Festival of Walking Event 2, Mt Smart, Auckland 14 Trust House Cross Country 6km & 4km, Masterton 14 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Mid-Year Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 16 Round the Hood, 5km, Morningside, Auckland 17 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 17 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 17 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 17 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 20 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 20 Furneaux Lodge Captain Cook’s Landing 26km, Picton 20 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 20 Wilkinson Trophy Race 10km & 3km, Wellsford 21 Run Auckland Series, 5km & 10km, Botany, Auckland 21 HB Trail Run Series, Half Marathom, 15km & 9km, Rissington 21 Manawatu Striders Winter Run/Walk Series, 3km, 10km & 5km, Palmerston north 23 Round the Hood, 5km, Morningside,

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Auckland 24 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 24 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 24 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 27 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 27 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 27 Halcombe Rerlay, 29.2km, Halcombe 27 Island Stride, 10km, Waiheke Island 28 Festival of Walking Event 3, Auckland Domain, Auckland 28 Sri Chinmoy Events, 10km, 5km & 2km, Christchurch 30 Round the Hood, 5km, Morningside, Auckland 31 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 31 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 31 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 31 inov-8 Trail Run Night Series, 6km & 12km, Tahuna Torea Nature Reserve, Auckland

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Coming Events 20 Round the Hood, 5km, Morningside, Auckland 20 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 21 inov-8 Trail Run Night Series, 6km & 12km, Birkenhead, Auckland 21 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 21 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 21 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 22 Brooks Shoe Clinic 5km Series, Petone 24 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 24 Haven Reality Sanctuary Run, 25km & 14km, Melson 24 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 25 Cambridge Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Cambridge 27 Round the Hood, 5km, Morningside, Auckland 28 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 28 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 28 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland

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SEPTEMBER 2013 1 Broderick North Shore Marathon, 10km & 5km, Takapuna, Auckland 3 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 4 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 4 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 4 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 5 Brooks Shoe Clinic 5km Series, Petone 7 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 7 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 7 Mizuno Kinloch Off-Road Challenge, Taupo 8 Cadbury Dunedin Marathon & Half Marathon, Dunedin 10 Round the Hood, 5km, Morningside, Auckland 10 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 11 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 11 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 11 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 14 Arthur Lydiard Legend Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Waitakere Ranges, Auckland 14 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 14 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 15 Oxford Country Classic, Half Marathon, 12km & 7km, Oxford 15 Pelorous Trust Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Petone 15 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Mid-Year Series, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 17 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 18 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 18 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 18 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 21 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 21 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 21 Muddy Amazing Adventure Race, 30km, Waiheke Island 24 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 24 Round the Hood, 5km, Morningside, Auckland 25 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 25 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 25 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 28 Abel Tasman Coastal Classis 36km, Nelson Bays 28 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 28 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 28 Frontrunner Series, 10km & 5km, Queenstown

OCTOBER 2013 1 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 2 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 2 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 2 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 4-6 Bay of Islands Walking Weekend, Russell 5 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 5 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 5 Sterling Sports Rabbit Island Rampage, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Richmond, Nelson 6 Hamilton Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Hamilton 8 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 9 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 9 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 9 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 12 Great Barrier Wharf to Wharf Marathon & Half Marathon, Great Barrier Island 12 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 12 Subway Dun Run 22km, Maitai Dam, Nelson 12 Xterra Trail Challenge Waihi, 60km, Marathon, 19km & 13km, Waihi 12 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 13 Wairarapa Country Marathon, Half Marathon, & 10km, Masterton 13 Hill Free Half Marathon, 10km &2km, Dunedin 12 Xterra Trail Challenge Marathon, Waihi 13 Wairarapa Country Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Masterton 15 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 15 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 16 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 16 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 16 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 19 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 19 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 19 Bayleys Rail Trail Rampage, 23km & 10km, Little River, Canterbury 20 100% Heathcote Appliances Morrinsville College Fun Run/Walk, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Morrinsville 20 ANZA Challenge, 5km & 10km, Auckland 20 Muddy Good Run, 5km, Rakaia 20 Napier City Pak’n Save Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Napier 22 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 22 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 23 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 23 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 23 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 26 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 26 Frontrunner Series, 10km & 5km, Queenstown 26 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 26 Lodge to Lodge Half Marathon & Bayleys 10km, Mt Lyford www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Coming Events 27 New World Marlborough Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Blenheim 29 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 29 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 30 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 30 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 30 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland

NOVEMBER 2013 2 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 2 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 2 Queen Charlotte Ultra Marathon, 71km, Marlborough 3 Adidas Auckland Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 5 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 5 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 6 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 6 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 6 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 8 Steelformers Around the Mountain Relay, 150km, New Plymouth 9 The Taniwha, 58km, Marathon, Half Marathon & 14km, Waikato River, Tokoroa 9 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 9 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 9 Feilding Marathon & Half Marathon, Feilding 9 The Taniwha 60km, Marathon, Half Marathon & 14km, Tokoroa 12 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 12 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 13 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 13 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 13 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 16 The Molesworth Run -Relay, Hanmer Springs 16 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 16 Waiheke Trailblazer Marathon, & Half Marathon, Waiheke Island 16 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 17 Ascoit Park Festival of Running Invercargill

17 Julian’s Berry Farm and Cafe Tois Challenge, 17km & 6km, Whakatane 17 Save the Children Fun Run, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Thames 17 New Zealand Home Loans Round the Bridges, 12km 6km & 2km, Hamilton 19 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 19 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 20 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 20 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 23 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 20 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 23 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 23 Speight’s West Coaster, Auckland

23 Ellesmere Road Runners Event Half Marathon & 10km, Leeston 23 Frontrunner Series, 10km & 5km, Queenstown 23 The Great Cranleigh Kauri Run, 70km, 32km, Half Marathon & 13km, Coromandel Peninsula 24 RunMahana Half Marathon & 10km, Nelson 26 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 27 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 27 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 27 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 29 K2M Kura to Mount 25km, Auckland 30 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 30 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt

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Coming Events 30 Speights West Coaster, Marathon, 30km Half Marathon & 13km, Bethells Beach, Auckland 30 The Breeze Walking Stars Night-time Marathon, Auckland, www.walking stars.org.nz

DECEMBER 2013 1 Classic Hits Mahana Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Nelson 3 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 3 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 4 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 4 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 4 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 7 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 7 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 10 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 10 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 11 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 11 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 11 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 14 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 14 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 14 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon & Half Marathon, Wanganui 14 Hanmer Springs Holiday Homes Alpine Marathon Hanmer Springs 17 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 17 Round the Hood 5km, Morningside, Auckland 18 The Rat Race 5km, Auckland 18 The Shoe Science Run Club, 5km, Mt Eden, Auckland 18 Waitakere 5km Fun Run/Walk, Henderson, Auckland 21 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 21 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt 24 O’Hagan’s 5km Series, America’s Cup Viaduct, Auckland 28 Cornwall Park 5km Fun Run, Cornwall Park, Auckland 28 Lower Hutt Park Run 5km, Lower Hutt

JANUARY 2014 12 NBS Nelson Striders Half Marathon & 10km, Nelson 25 The Big Easy Mountain Marathon, 30km & 12.2km,. Wanaka

FEBRUARY 2014 1 Mount Oxford Odyssey 18km, Oxford 9 Pukekohe Half Marathon & 6km, Pukekohe 22 Bedrock 50, 52km, Oxford 22 Shotover Moonlight Mountain Marathon, Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Queenstown 27-1 March Manawatu Walking Festival, Palmerston North

MARCH 2014 1 Waiheke Round Island 100km Relay, Waiheke Island 8 Motatapu Off Road Marathon, Miners Trail Run/Walk 15km, 49km Adventure Run, Queenstown area 15 Surf 2 Firth Bush Marathon and Half Marathon, Thames 16 Capital Punishment 8.3km Wellington 22 Northburn 100 161km, 100km, 50km & Half Marathon, Cromwell 29 Southern Lakes Half marathon & 10km, Wanaka

APRIL 2014 12 Alpine Lodge Loop the Lake, Nelson Lakes

OVERSEAS EVENTS JULY 2013 4-7 IML Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland 6-7 Gold Coast Airport Marathon, Half Marathon,10km, &5.7km, Surfers Paradise, Qld, Australia 7 Geraldton Marathon, Geraldton, WA, Australia 8 Big Red Dash, 250km 6-Day Stage Race, 100km Ultra Marathom, Marathon, Simpson Desert, Qld, Australia

14 Gold Rush Marathon, Babinda Boulders, Qld, Australia 16-19 IML Four Day Walk, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 20 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland 45km Mt Haig Marathon, Qld, Australia 21 Bush Capital Bush Marathon, Canberra, Australia 21 Run Melbourne Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 21 Airlie Beach Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Airlie Beach, Qld, Australa 21 Winery Running Festival Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia 27 Australian Outback Marathon, Half Marathon, 11km & 6km, Yulara, NT, Australia 28 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon, Blacktown, NSW, Australia 28 Ipswitch Park to Park, Half Marathon, 10km 5km & Family Challenge, Ipswitch, QLD, Australia

AUGUST 2013 4 Townsville Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Townsville, Qld, Australia 4 Mizuno Brisbane Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, %km & 2.2km, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 9-11 IML Three Day Walk, Vaasa, Finland 11Monschau Marathon, Monschau, Germany 17 Helsinki City Marathon, Helsinki, Finland 18 Sandy Point Marathon, Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Sandy Point, Vic, Australia 18 New Caledonia Marathon & Half Marathon, Noumea, New Caledonia 17 -18 Waga Wagga Trail Marathon Running Weekend, Half Maratrhon, Marathon relay, 10km & 5km, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 18 Alice Springs Community Bank Marathon, NT, Australia 24-25 IML Two Day Walk, Verdal, Norway 24 Reykjavik Marathon, Reykjavik, Iceland 25 Chevron City to Surf, Marathon, Half Marathon, 12km & 4km, Perth, SA, Australia 25 Sunshine Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, !0km & 5km, Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia 25 Shepparton Marathon, Shepparton, Vic, Australia 25 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland, 64km Kuranda to Port Douglas, ultra, Qld, Australia 25 Perth City to Surf Marathon, WA, Australia

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Coming Events 25 The Athletes Foot Adelaide Parklands Marathon, Adelaide, SA, Australia 25 2013 De Castella 5km Walk, Kew, Vic, Australia

SEPTEMBER 2013 1 The Ross Marathon, Tasmania, Australia 7-8 IML Two Day Walk, Arenzano, Italy 13-15 IML Three Day Walk, Seefeld, Austria 14 Jungfrau Marathon, Interlaken, Switzerland 15 Moscow Marathon, Moscow, Russia 15, International Vilnius Marathon, Vilnius, Lithuania 15 Christmas Island Marathon & Half Marathon, Christmas Island 15 The Bendigo Bak Coffs Harbour Running Festival, Coffs Harbour Qld, Australia 21 Oslo Marathon Oslo, Norway 22 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, Sydney, NSW, Australia 22 H.C. Andersen Marathon, Odense, Denmark 22 Siberian International Marathon, Omsk, Russia 27 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, WA, Australia 28 Lap the Lake Marathon, Penrith, NSW, Australia 28-29 IML Two Day Walk, Brno, Czech Republic 29 Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany 29 Warsaw Marathon, Warsaw, Poland

OCTOBER 2013 5-6 IML Two Day Walk, Fulda, Germany 6 Toowoomba Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia 12 Fitzroy Falls FireTrail Marathon, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 13 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland Twin Bridges Half Marathon, Qld, Australia 13 Budapest Marathon, Budapest, Hungary 13 Cologne Marathon, Cologne, Germany 13 Eindhoven Marathon, Eindhoven, Netherlands 13 Graz Marathon, Graz, Austria 13 Italian Marathon Memorial Enzo Ferrari, Maranello, Italy 19 Polar Circle Marathon, Kangerlassuaq, Greenland 19 Bribie Beach Dash, Bribie Island, Qld, Australia 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 20 Amsterdam Marathon, Amsterdam, Netherlands 20, Dresden Marathon, Dresden, Germany 26-27 IML Two Day Walk, Won-Ju 27 Ljubljana Marathon, Ljubljana, Slovenia 27 Frankfurt Marathon, Frankfurt, Germany 27 Venice Marathon, Venice, Italy 28 Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2013 2-4 IML Two Day Walk, Higashimatsuyama 3 Port of Portland 3-Bays Marathon, Portland, Vic, Australia 3 Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival, 74km, Half Marathon, & 10km, Port Douglas, Queensland 4 Carcoar Cup, Carcoar, NSW, Australia 6 Brussels Marathon, Brussels, Belgium 6 Lisbon Marathon, Lisbon, Portugal 9 Canegrowers Great Barrier Reef Marathon, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 9-10 IML Two Day Walk, Taipei, Taiwan www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

10 Deep Space Mountain Marathon, Canberra, Act, Australia 10 Athens Marathon, Athens, Greece 17 Istanbul Marathon, Istanbul, Turkey 17 Palermo Marathon, Palermo, Italy 17 Marathon Popular de Valencia, Valencia, Spain 24 Florence Marathon, Florence, Italy 24 San Sebastian Marathon, San Sebastian, Spain

DECEMBER 2013 28 Summit Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia

27-28 IML Two Day Walk, Brno, Czech Republic

OCTOBER 2014 4-5 IML Two Day Walk, Fulda, Germany 11-12 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 18-19 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 25-26 IML Two Day Walk, Won-Ju, Korea

NOVEMBER 2014 1-3 IML Three Day Walk, Higashimasuyama, Japan 8-9 IML Two Day Walk, Taipei, Taiwan

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JANUARY 2014 7 Siberian Ice Marathon, Omsk, Russia

FEBRUARY 2014 9 Schoorl Run, Schoorl, Netherlands

MARCH 2014 16 Barcelona Marathon, Barcelona, Spain 18 Marathon de Monaco et des Riviera, Monte Carlo, Monaco 23 Rome Marathon, Rome, Italy

APRIL 2014 4 -5 IML Two day Walk, Gilboa, Israel 6 Milan City Marathon, Milan, Italy 9 North Pole Marathon, North Pole Camp, Russia 13 Paris Marathon, Paris, France 13 Rotterdam Marathon, Rotterdam, Netherlands 13 Vienna Marathon, Vienna, Austria 27-28 IML Two day Walk, Boras, Sweden

MAY 2014 3-4 IML Two Day Walk, Blankenberge, Belgium 11-12 IML Two Day Walk, Wellingborough, Unoted Kingdom 17-18 IML Two Day Walk, Bern, Switzerland 29 -1 June IML Two Four Walk,Chantonnay, France

JUNE 2014 14-15 IML Two Day Walk, Diekirch, Luxemburg 28-29 ML Two Day Walk, Viborg, Denmark

JUL:Y 2014 3-6 IML Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland 15-18 IML Four Day Walk, Nijmegen, Netherlands

AUGUST 2014 8-10 IML Three Day Walk, Vaasa, Finland 30-31 IML Two Day Walk,, Verdal, Norway

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CONTENTS for previous 14 issues JULY 2013 186 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: On foot in Central Hawkes Bay - The Sea, Sky and Bush walks 2013 9 Health:Free your feet and banish limiting back pain 10 New Zealand Walks: Beachcombing at Elliot Bay 14 New Zealand Walk: A walk back in time 17 Great Walks: Greatest season for Fiordland Great Walks 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walk: Tongariro Alpine Crossing reopened 20 Event: Walk your way to a birthday bash 22 Readers views: Blood pressure medications 23 Books: The Way It Was 24 Event: Great Forest events 26 My favourite walk: Raumati South to Wanganui along the beach in five days 28 Overseas Tours: Tour gives different German experiences 30 New Zealand walk: Nugget Point walk 34 New Zealand walk: Around the shores of Lake Tarawera 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Overseas Walks: Australia’s Glass House Mountains 41 Health: Putting the adventure back into exercise 42 Window on Waitakere: More Whiteheads released 43 Event: Night-time walking for a good cause 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 48 Nordic Walking 50 Contents for previous 14 issues 51 Weather forecast for July 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout NZ 56 Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Walking Stars JUNE 2013 185 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: The Waikato River Trail - creating great memories malong the way 10 New Zealand Walks:Waitangi: Forest to Ferns and Riverside Ramble 12 New Zealand Walks: Lake Coleridge becoming a popular destination for walkers 14 New Zealand Walk: Winter Wither Hills walking 17 Great Walks: Nine Great Walks in nine weeks 17 New Zealand walk: Moncktons Scenic Reserve 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 My favourite walk: Waitaki Valley vistas 24 Te Araroa Trail: First half on Paekakariki Escarpment Track open 26 Overseas Walks: Croatia’s contrary walks 29 Event: Challenge yourself in Wellington in June 29 Event: IIawarra Fly Treetop Walk turns five 30 Overseas Walk: The Great Ocean Walk - realisation of a dream 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Whirinaki Night Life Walk 39 Readers’ views: 40 Health: Eight secrets for a long and healthy life 42 Window on Waitakere: Bird song on popular walk 43 Event: Christchurch Marathon returning to pre quake entries 43 My Favourite Walk:Mount Manaia Track 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Nordic Walking 51 Weather forecast for June 52 Directory: Walking groups throughout NZ 56 Country Breaks 60 Wellington Marathon MAY 2013 184 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: The pioneer walk - bush, sand and history 10 New Zealand Walks: Ngatuhoa Lodge - a winter weekend

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adventure 12 New Zealand Walks: Lake Coleridge becoming a popular destination for walkers 13 New Zealand Walk: Godley Head Track - back up and running 14 New Zealand Walk: Mt Kaukau a walk with magnificent views 17 Great Walks: More people talking on DOC’s Great Walks 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walk: Brills Hut one of DOC’s best kept secrets 22 My Favourite Walk: Decisions, dangers and deviations on the Heaphy Track 25 New Zealand Walk: Lake Coleridge becoming a popular destination for walkers 26 New Zealand Walk: Meandering to magical Munro Beach 29 Product Marketplace: Skechers gives walkers a new way to go 30 Overseas Walk: Zagoria - one of the world’s hidden treasures 35 Event: Great turnout for Round the Bays 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Blenheim’s riverside and hillside walks 40 Window on Waitakere: Los Voluntarios Mexicanos 40 New Product: Portable water filter - ideal for bush walking 41 Health: Monitoring high blood pressure 42 Long Walk: Walking the world Nogales to Gila Bend 44 New Zealand Coming Events 51 Weather forecast for May 56 Country Breaks 60 Wellington Marathon APRIL 2013 183 4 Walk Talk 6 Great Walks: The Abel Tasman Coastal Walk 11 Event: Te Araroa Kids mark their achievement 12 Event: Great Barrier Island Walking Festival 14 Event: Rotorua Marathon oldest in Oceania 15 New Zealand Walk: New loop track opens in Manawatu Gorge 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walks: Whananaki Coast Walkway and Tutukaka Lighthouse 22 New Zealand Walk: Church Bay Track an island art trail 26 New Zealand Walk: Urupukapuka Island: an unspoiled paradise 28 Overseas Walk: Maroochy Wetland Sanctuary 30 Event: Taieri Gorge Rail Walk 32 Overseas Walk: Crete’s Samaria Gorge - a most spectacular walk 34 Event:BIG WALK aims to keep Kiwi kids on track 35 Podiatry: Knee pain with walking up or down stairs 36 Overseas walks and tours 38 Event: Striders Super Seven Series 40 Window on Waitakere: Helping hand 40 Event: Sunrise Walk for Hospice 40 Health: Advice for a man doing an ultra marathon 42 Overseas Walks: Exploring Ireland’s Skellig Islands 44 New Zealand coming events 51 Weather forecast for April 56 Country Breaks 60 Hastings Half Marathon MARCH 2013 182 4 Walk Talk 6 Great Walks: The Heaphy Track 10 Event: New walks planned in walking festival 11 Event: ECHO Walking Festival 12 Overseas Walks: County Clares ‘Eden’ - a walkers paradise 12 Overseas Walks: Sidetracks Germany 14 Te Araroa Trail: Wilderness run for Project Crimson 15 New Zealand Walks: Exploring Egmont National Park and Mt Taranaki 16 New Zealand Walks: Lake Hood Trail 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Event: Go one step beyond this April - Great Barrier Island Walking Festival

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23 Te Araroa Trail: The power of walking 24 Event: High Country Musterers Walk 26 New Zealand Walk: Behind the scenes on the Banks Peninsula Track 30 Overseas Walks: The giants of Girraween 34 Event: Sea, Sky and Bush event so much more than a walk 35 Podiatry: In toeing and out toeing in children 36 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand Walks: Exploring the Bay of Island’s Kauri Ridge 40 Window on Waitakere: Joining the dots 40 Health: Strong feet by running barefoot in childhood 42 Long Walk: Walking the World 44 New Zealand coming events 51 Weather forecast for March 56 Country Breaks 60 High Country Musterers Walk FEBRUARY 2013 181 4 Walk Talk 6 Great Walks: The Milford Track the finest walk in the world 10 Great Walks: The Kepler Track - an adventure above the clouds 13 Great Walks: Aurora australis -Looking for the Southern Lights 16 Overseas Walks: Italian delight - Two weeks of walking, wine and food 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Event: Mangawhai Walking Weekend 22 Event: Amazing adventure for KiwiSeniors 24 Event: Shouting out about the Bay of Islands Walking weekend 26 Overseas Walks: The TarkineTrail - a rainforest paradise 30 Overseas Walks: Alsace walk has something of the feel of a pilgrimage 35 The Country and Outdoor Recreation Calendar 36 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand Walks: Walking cavalcades 40 Window on Waitakere: Home grown 41 Health: Not healthy to go on a fat-free diet 42 Long Walk: Walking the World 44 New Zealand coming events 51 Weather forecast for February 56 Country Breaks 60 Sterling Sports Half Marathon JANUARY 2013 180 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Sanctuary of silence 9 Product Marketplace: Summer skin protection 10 Great Walks: The Kepler Track - an adventure above the clouds 13 Great Walks: The Routeburn Track - beautiful beyond words 17 Books: Calling them home, Untamed Coast, 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Noosa - a walk in the park 25 Event: A walk for all the family 26 Overseas Walks: The Inca Trail and beyond 29 New Zealand Walk: Solitude on Drift Bay walking track 30 New Zealand Walks: Take a hike and discover Queenstown this summer 34 New Zealand Walk: My idea of a real holiday!

36 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand Walk: New track at Mangawhai 40 Window on Waitakere: Deep mineral mystery 41 Health: Start walking before you get pregnant 42 New Zealand Walk: Schnell Wetlands new walk 43 New Zealand Walks: Untouched tussock on Fairlie alpine country track 44 Event: A shinning response to a stormy day 45 Podiatry: Differences in leg length common 46 New Zealand coming events 51 Weather forecast for January 56 Country Breaks 60 Waiheke Wharf to Wharf

DECEMBER 2012 179 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Whareama Wonderland!

8 Window on Waitakere: The first Kokako nest in 80 years!

8 New Zealand walk: Secret Art Walk 10 Overseas walks: Australia’s Big 10 14 Great Walks: Whanganui Journey - a personal perspective 17 Books: Exploring Aotearoa 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas walks: Newfoundland - a new global hotspot 22 New Zealand walks: Te Puia Lodge and the hot springs 26 New Zealand walks: Dargaville groups adventure in Bay of Islands 28 New Zealand walks: Headland Sculpture on the Gulf - a walking event 26 Overseas walk: Alaska, Canada and the bears!

33 Global search for the Great Walker 34 High achievers: Up the river and down the river with the River Queens 36 High achiever: Dan’s 2km triumph 38 Event: Moro Marathon events 40 New Zealand walks: Mangakino - the secret’s out 40 Health: Adrenal fatigue - today no reference in text books 42 New Zealand walks: Great walking in the Wellington region this Summer 44 New Zealand walks: Walking surprises at Tuatapere 45 Podiatry: Socks,socks, socks 46 New Zealand coming events 50 Weather forecast for December 50 Event: Damp and wet conditions for marathon entrants 51 Marketplace: Travel size Medicine Kit 56 Country Breaks 60 Pak a Roo Jackets NOVEMBER 2012 178 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Albany Lakes Park - a walk after you shop 8 New Zealand walk: Exploring the Heaphy Track - gourmet style 10 Event:Forty walks in Waiheke Walking Festival 12 Macpac has gear for serious and leisure walkers 14 Event: Following in the footsteps of the Marines 16 New Zealand walk: Diverse landscape on K2K walk 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walks: Coromandel adventure 24 New Zealand walk: Walk back in history on Kawau Island 24 Cycling tours: Cycle the Alps to Ocean in comfort 26 Overseas walk: The Galapagos Islands of couse 29 Overseas walks and tours 30 Overseas walks: Village to village in Spain’s Moorish Alpujarras 36 New Zealand walks: A planned trip with an element of surprise 38 Event: Stunning weather for Taupo event 40 Marathon prize a fantastic walking holiday in Austria 41 Health: Ways to return to regular exercise after a sickness bout 43 Weather forecast for October 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Te Araroa Trail: New section goes under motorway 50 Event: Damp and wet conditions for marathon entrants 56 Country Breaks 60 Napier City Half Marathon OCTOBER 2012 177 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Albany Lakes Park - a walk after you shop 8 New Zealand walk: Exploring the Heaphy Track - gourmet style 10 Event:Forty walks in Waiheke Walking Festival 12 Macpac has gear for serious and leisure walkers 14 Event: Following in the footsteps of the Marines

16 New Zealand walk: Diverse landscape on K2K walk 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walks: Coromandel adventure 24 New Zealand walk: Walk back in history on Kawau Island 24 Cycling tours: Cycle the Alps to Ocean in comfort 26 Overseas walk: The Galapagos Islands of couse 30 Overseas walks: Village to village in Spain’s Moorish Alpujarras 36 New Zealand walks: A planned trip with an element of surprise 38 Event: Stunning weather for Taupo event 40 Marathon prize a fantastic walking holiday in Austria 41 Health: Ways to return to regular exercise after a sickness bout 43 Weather forecast for October 44 New Zealand coming events 49 Te Araroa Trail: New section goes under motorway 50 Event: Damp and wet conditions for marathon 52 Directory: Walking groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Napier City Half Marathon SEPTEMBER 2012 176 4 Walk talk 6 Event: Waiheke Walking Festival - a bucket list walking event 10 New Zealand walk: Up Shirt Tail - down by “Shirt Tale” 18 Event: Cadbury Moro Marathon - a major event on Dunedin calendar 14 High achiever: Finding myself through walking through Wellington 16 New Zealand walk: The Rob Roy Glacier Walk 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand walks: Warkworth Walks - now four years old 24 Overseas walk: Everest Base Camp - was the challenge I needed 28 New Zealand walk: Walking The Queen Charlotte Track - luxury lodges and gourmet dining 36 Podiatry: Ankle sprains - how to recover faster and strong 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 Overseas walk: An odd encounter on Sydney’s foreshore 40 Window on Waitakere: Kokako old and new 40 Product Marketplace: Bra designed for larger woman 41 Health: Here’s some simple advice to give relief from sore feet 43 Weather forecast for September 44 New Zealand coming events 28 New Zealand walk: Four Waikato short walks 56 Country Breaks 60 The Duke of Marlborough Hotel AUGUST 2012 175 4 Walk talk 6 My Favourite walk: Te Mata Peak popular with locals 9 New Zealand walk: Forest erntrance upgrade for Whakamarama 10 New Zealand walks: Te Rangiita River walk 12 Te Araroa Trail: The Wellington spectacular 13 Training: Warm up is important before walking 14 My favourite walk: Langs Beach walk 16 New Zealand walk: St James trail upgrade to benefit families 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Great New Zealand Trek: Tikokino to Akitio 24 New Zealand guided walks: Bush and Beyond now in their 20th summer of walks 27 Walking Access funds makes outdoor access easier 28 Overseas walks: Petra - a jewel in Jordan’s crown 36 Event: Asian walking groups set up in North Shore 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand walk: New Brighton Pier 39 Podiatry: Twenty interesting foot facts 40 Window on Waitakere: Our streams our dreams 40 My favourite walk: Mangaweka Scenic Reserve Track

41 Health: Get walking it’s easy as 1-2-3 43 Weather forecast for August 44 New Zealand coming events 50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking and effective exercise option for diabetes 56 Country Breaks 60 The Duke of Marlborough Hotel JULY 2012 174 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: St Bathans walks 6 New Zealand walk: New Opotiki bridge encourages walkers and cyclists 8 New Zealand walk: Treading through the turbines 11 New Zealand walks: Raglan walks - Bryant Memorial Reserve walks 12 Overseas walks: Walking in Northern Italy and in the Dolomites 14 Book: Auckland’s Best Bush, Coast and City Walks 15 New Zealand walk: Moturiki Island walk 16 New Zealand walks: Walking Full Circle from The Duke and back 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Event: In the back and beyond Linton Station reigns supreme 22 New Zealand walks: Ruahine Forest Park has many walks 26 New Zealand walks: Cornwall Park One Tree Hill walks 30 Overseas walks: Shackelton’s Walk 34 Overseas guided walks: Climbing Myanmar’s Mt Victoria 36 Step it out campaign to encourage walking 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 New Zealand walk: Nature’s highway in Landsdowne 39 Podiatry: Toe numbers with walking - possible causes and solutions 41 Training: Training for walking a half or full marathon 40 Window on Waitakere: Team Robin 43 Weather forecast for July 44 New Zealand coming events 50 Event: Feilding to Palmerston North events 52 Directory: Walking groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription JUNE 2012 173 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Korokoro Walkway 8 New Zealand walk: Ruamahanga River Bridge walk 10 New Zealand walk: Invercargill’s hidden walking treasure 12 New Zealand walks: From the city to Orokawa Scenic Reserve 14 New Zealand walk: Lake Hakaroa Walkway 17 New Zealand walk: New Arthur’s Pass walking track 18 Digital Photo Contest winners 20 Cycle tours: Takaro Trails - fun on wheels 22 New Zealand walk: Tongariro River Lookout Track 24 Event: Record entries in Waitarere events 26 High achiever: Round the Bays was emotional and inspirational for group 27 New Zealand walk: Gillespies Beach walking tracks 28 Overseas walk: Enchanting Lake Bled 34 New Zealand walks: Christchurch Botanic Gardens 36 Walk away cancer 37 Overseas walks and tours 38 Walking the World: Sonoita, Arizona to Wilcox, Arizona 40 Window on Waitakere: Lizard monitoring 40 Te Araroa Trail: Weather bomb delays opening 41 Health: Discovering dental problems 43 Weather forecast for June 44 New Zealand coming events 48 Nordic Walking: Event popualr with Nordic walkers 49 News: Tongariro National Park 49 News: Porirua walking tracks get high-tech treatment 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription

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AUGUST WEATHER FORECAST AUGUST 1 to AUGUST 31 2013

According to

Daily Summary

Ken Ring

The first 10 days are fairly dry for both Islands with heavy rain and snow expected in second to third weeks of the month.

1st August 2013 Waikato and Waipa River levels falling despite continuing rain.

1st - 10th August 2013 Disturbed westerlies continuing, and very cold southwesterlies.

6th -7th August 2013 The Desert Road may close again due to snow and ice.

7th-9th August 2013 Cold southerlies may bring snow to sea-levels in Southland and Otago with roads closed north of Dunedin. Snowfall in coastal areas.

8th August 2013 Cold southwesterlies ease as an anticyclone moves onto the SI from the Tasman Sea. 9th August 2013 Rain in the Waikato dries up.

11th August 2013 Over the next four weeks

The Moon controls the weather. Each moon phase has a changing effect. The atmostphere has a tide that is forever changing and the weather is what results. Shaded areas depict rain or showers.

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In contrast, rain may be well above average along the Kaikoura Coast and north Canterbury due to a two day rainfall event. These patterns extend onto Northland and with more frequent westerlies over the rest of NI and southwesterlies prevailing over SI. Apart from the first week in this four week period, most depressions may pass well to the south. Rain may be low for the time of year in most of Northland and Gisborne.

Whangarei is dry, also Kaikohe, Wanganui, Manawatu, south Canterbury and coastal areas of Otago. But rain may be above average between Kaikoura and Christchurch. Average sunshine in most places however it may be sunny in the southern lakes and central Otago, Gisborne, Buller, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury and coastal Otago.

Temperatures below average in the southwest of SI, central NI, Fiordland, Westland, much of Otago, inland south Canterbury and all central NI regions between Masterton and Hamilton.

11th -16th August 2013 Unsettled in the north and east as a depression crosses the NI. Meanwhile an anticyclone brings cold southeasterlies to the south and east of the SI. 13th August 2013 Waikato River rises. Snow closes Desert Road.

14th -15th August 2013 High rainfall for parts of Canterbury including Kaikoura, Waipara North and Cheviot.

15th August 2013 No substantial rainfall may occur in Canterbury over the next four weeks.

17th -25th August 2013 Anticyclonic at first, then northerlies.

18th August 2013 Heavy rain NI. 19th August 2013 NI rivers rise. New snow Mt Ruapehu.

20thAugust 2013 Change to southwesterlies.

26th -31st August 2013 An anticyclone may be followed by strong westerlies from the 27th.

28th August 2013 Gale force winds may affect many SI areas, especially rural Canterbury, south and west of Christchurch. The same weather system may bring high rainfall with surface flooding to Wanaka, Hawea and Cromwell, with Milford Road possibly closed due to avalanche risk.

Strong winds also NI. Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 3rd (apogee) , 7th(new moon), 19th (perigee), 21st (full moon) and 31st (apogee)

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Ken Ring author of . . .

Predict Weather 2013 at a bookstore near you

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

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

DARGAVILLE DARGAVILLE TRAMPING GROUP: Last Sunday of month (AM), Maxine Stringer 09-439-7815, 09-439-6029,stringer@infogen.net.nz

WHANGAREI KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Lee Taylor 09-4303470 CARDIAC CARE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM or PM), Jo or Hugh Knight 09-438-7976 KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Kensington Reception, 09-437-4404 GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUPS: 0800-228-483 HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Thursday (AM), Val Babe 09-437-1657 HIKURANGI WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM) KAMO 60’s UP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Yvonne 09-435-1101 KENSINGTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Thursday (PM), Sport Northland 09-437-4404 TIKIPUNGA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Barbara Derrick 09435-0746 WAIPU WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM) WHANGAREI ATHLETICS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Tuesday Thursday (AM), Saturday (PM) Morris or Shirley Gray 09-436-1524 WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB: Sue Guyatt 09-436-1441

GREAT BARRIER ISLAND BARRIER TRAMPING& BEER LOVERS CLUB: Sunday, John Brock 09429-0211

AUCKLAND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB: midweek, weekends (BIA), walks, tramps, Val Todd 09-579-8250, www.oacnz.org AUCKLAND NATURAL HISTORY CLUB: Every second Sunday, (AM), (IA),Praemi Perera 09-836-9161, www.aucklandnaturalhistoryclub.org ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Tramps, walks, cycling, Sunday, Saturday, Marianne Rienhard 09-575-2429 ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Sunday, Saturday & weekdays, tramps, walks , Beryl Borthwick 09-444-9667 or Sue Fitzpatrick 09-576-1069

AUCKLAND CENTRAL AUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday (AM), Helen Meyer 09-815-1444 AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: Jenny Andrew 09-5705455 AUCKLAND WALKERS & JOGGERS CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Bev Horton 09-625-5329 AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Ray Vickers 09-576-6906 AUCKLAND BAPTIST TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday Monthly (PM), (BIA), John McCarthy 09-630-4073 AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER CLUB: John Yolland 09-5769807 RACEWALKING AUCKLAND: Sunday (AM), Grant 09-299-5634, www.sportsground.co.nz/racewalkingauckland/ AUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Doug Astley 09-620-4923 AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Michelle Lee 09-358-1296 BLOCKHOUSE BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE: Len Govind 09-627-9911 ELLERSLIE Y’S WALKING CLUB: Olive Andrews 09-634-4148 EAST AND BAYS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Glendowie, Saturday, Denise 09-570-9683 EPSOM Y’s COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Tuesday/Thursday (AM), Don Hay 09-636-9730 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-9993 MT ALBERT Y’s WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Friday, (AM), 09-8460788 MT ROSKILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: Theresa McDonald, 09-624-3281 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Marshall Piecy 09-4453808, www.oacnz.org ST HELIERS HIKERS: First/Third Wednesdays (all day), Glenn 09528-9726 WALKING CLUB: Graeme Easte, 09-376-5901 LES MILLS GYM: Seven days, (AM) (PM), (BIA), Powerwalking, Dave Buchan, 09-379-9590 STEP OUT WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), 09-379-2095 x 9704

GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), Ethel Denscombe 09-818-3561 GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM) and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230 GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne 09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867 GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300 HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM), Alene Couchman 09-818-2580 KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin 09-838-6553 KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin 09-818-6084 KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-412-8914 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, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 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: Sundays (AM), John Harris 09-8177212,www.titirangiwalkers.com 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, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nz 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: Browns Bay, Tuesday, Friday (AM), Pam Mattson 09-302-4882 or 021-1268-4154 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

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

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LEGEND Fitness levels: “B” beginner, ”I” intermediate, “A” advanced. (AM) denotes morning walk, (PM) denotes an afternoon or evening walk.

Group co-ordinators are asked to please advise us of any updates by fax 06-358-6864 or email walkingnz@xtra.co.nz

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, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nz Y’s WALKING SUNDAY GROUP: Northcote, Sunday (AM), Malcolm Curtis 09-444-3823

NORDIC WALKING GROUPS Acacia Cove Nordic Walking Group: Sunday (AM) Jenny Wills 09267-5416 Bridge the Gap Nordic Walkers: Sunday (AM ), Sheila Milbourn/ Margaretha Sehnert 027-456-2233/021-141-3801 Cornwall Park Nordic Walking Group: Saturday (AM), June Stevenson 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923 Cornwall Park Nordic Gold (Senior Group) Monday (AM), June Stevenson 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923 North Shore Nordic Walkers Sunday (AM), Kay Livingstone 09-4734489 Pakuranga Nordic Walkers: Thursday (AM) Deidre Nielsen 09-2713324 YMCA Nordic Walkers Thursday (AM) June Stevenson 09-3616636 or 0274-383-923

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, 09-532-8442 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: Mark Leys 09-294-8927 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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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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 WANDERERS TRAMPING CLUB: Colin 07-855-1335

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 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

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

TE AWAMUTU MARATHON CLINIC: Wednesday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Ross Thomas 07-871-5022

EAST COAST

TE KUITI

GISBORNE

TWILIGHT WALKING GROUP: Monday, (PM), (BIA), Dede Downs, 07-878-7867

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

TOKOROA

HAWKES BAY

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

HASTINGS

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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

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

KATIKATI KATIKATI TRAMPING CLUB: fortnightly weekends (AM), Maddy Pyle 07-552-0215

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

ROTORUA CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07 348-2538 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: Lynda 07-552-5359 TAURANGA ROAD RUNNERS: Sunday (AM), Ross 07-576-4852 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: Eveie 027-434-7877 and Julie Fox , 021-215-8516

TE PUKE TE PUKE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-573-8306

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

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 07-863-4597

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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 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

WHAKATANE

We obtain information for this column from a large number of sources up to two years in advance and sometimes there are date changes etc that occur. If there are any changes in dates etc, we ask clubs to advise us direct. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

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

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

WHITIANGA

WANGANUI

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

WANGANUI

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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

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

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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), Dorne Jarvis 06-357-2444 KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, 06354-3342 HOT-Whitu CHICKS Saturday, (AM), (BIA), laurenparsons.co.nz/hotwhitu-chicks MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM), Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), Alister Martin 06-353-7175 PALMERSTON NORTH JOGGERS & WALKERS: Esplanade,Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), (BI), Robyn McKey 06-354-9952.

CLUB PED: Monday, Wednesday, (PM), (IA), Ongley Park; Saturday, (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179 HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, Adrienne Kennedy 06-350-8617 MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey Recreation Centre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471 MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), (IA) Gillian Absolom 06-329-6898 METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860 U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06356-4384 WOMEN’S AFTER 5.30 WALKING GROUP: 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 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

MARTINBOROUGH MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-3069226

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

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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

WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Visitor Information Centre

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

LOWER HUTT

CANTERBURY

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 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

CHRISTCHURCH

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 AURORA HARRIER CLUB: Peter Wrigley, p.wiggles@paradise.net.nz TUESDAY TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123 FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper Hutt TRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Jon Roskvist, 021-460-877 or 04-526-6906 UPPER VALLEY WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Allison 04-563-6661

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 50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Colin 03-572-9423 or Joan 03-578-1922 PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991

NELSON MOTUEKA 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

LEGEND Fitness levels: “B” beginner, ”I” intermediate, “A” advanced. (AM) denotes morning walk, (PM) denotes an afternoon or evening walk.

Group co-ordinators are asked to please advise us of any updates by fax 06-358-6864 or email walkingnz@xtra.co.nz

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 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, www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburban groups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483 LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social group for gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-332-8724 LINWOOD AVENUE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Thursday (AM) (B), 03-389-5303 LINWOOD KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), Phyl 03-389-6130 LYTTELTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Lyttlelton, (BI), Ada Goodwin 03-328-7235 MAIREHAU LADIES PROBUS, Tuesday, Leah 03-385-6310 MARYVILLE KIWISENIORS:: Monday (AM), Valmai 03-377-8742 MERIVALE KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), June 03-355-8703 MT PLEASANT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Pauline 03-3844794 NEW BRIGHTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and strollers), Joy 03-383-4494 NEW BRIGHTON WORKING MENS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (I), Jenny Wilson 03-332-8818 NEW BRIGHTON ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Phil Bastion 03981-1798 NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery 03-388-7335 NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999 NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-3883237 NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494 NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-3855338 NEW BRIGHTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000 NZ VIVENDI SOCIETY: Sunday, Janet 03-389-1609 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’ TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-6840 OXFORD WALKING GROUP: Monday Thursday (AM), Coral Gilbertson 03-312-3155 OPAWA KIWISENIORS: Monday, Tuesday (AM), (BI), Carol 03-3325638 PAPANUI KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Elaine 03-352-7519 PAPANUI WALK ‘n’TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-8999 PARKLANDS KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), (BI), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PARKLANDS WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), BIA), Bernard Marriott 03-383-2665 PENINSULA TRAMPING CLUB: (Family Strollers Group), Sunday, Gloucester Street, (BIA), Rick Bolch 03-338-5156 PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-3227220 PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-3432216 PLEASURE WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (AM) (I), Colleen Cook 03-389-8607 PORT HILLS NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Chiaki Jagau 03-981-1433 PORT HILLS ATHLETIC WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Glen Watts 03-332-1964.Saturday (PM), Peter King 03-341-1154 QE11 MINI HIKERS: alternate Wednesday, QE11 Park, (BI), Beverley Church 03-388-5736 Q.E. PARK STROLLERS: Tuesday, John Plumridge 03-385-9710 RETIREES CLUB KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkers and stroller groups), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 RETIREES SOCIAL CLUB: Thursday (PM) (BI), 50 + age group, Ira Williams 03-342-8172 or Carol Roscoe 03-337-5901 RICCARTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Enid 03-348-9351 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

LEGEND Fitness levels: “B” beginner, ”I” intermediate, “A” advanced. (AM) denotes morning walk, (PM) denotes an afternoon or evening walk.

Group co-ordinators are asked to please advise us of any updates by fax 06-358-6864 or email walkingnz@xtra.co.nz www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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 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: 1st Sunday and 2nd Wednesday of month, (AM), 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 PLEASANT POINT WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Esther, 03-614-7524

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

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

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

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

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

ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA HARRIER & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), April to October, John Thompson 03-448-7244, www.alexharriers.co.nz

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

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GISBORNE

GISBORNE

WAIKATO

GISBORNE

GREAT BARRIER ISLAND Tipi and Bobs Waterfront Lodge situated on the waters edge of Tryphena. Self contained and serviced waterfront accommodation.

Six Units sleep 2-4pax, Cottage sleeps 2-7pax. Licensed Restaurant and Bar catering for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinners. We can arrange your travel package. Contact Margery Phone: 09 4290550 Mob: 0275505187 E: tipinbob@xtra.co.nz Web: waterfrontlodge.co.nz

MEDLANDS BEACH BACKPACKERS AND VILLAS Self contained and backpacker accommodation.

5 Minutes Walk to Medlands Beach, Great Barrier

To Book call 09 429 0320 Website :

www.medlandsbeach.com

Be Touched By Nature Nature’s Garden B&B offers you a relaxing holiday Enjoy: · Bush-walks in mature native forest, · Diverse bird-life, · Organic gardens and orchards, · Spacious architecturally designed home. · 3 dbl. bedrooms with separate bathroom and toilet. · Continental breakfast.

From NZ $ 130.00 per night for 2.

Rosalie Bay Rd., Tryphena Phone 09 429 0494 Email : enquiries@naturesgardenbandb.co.nz www.naturesgardenbandb.co.nz

NORTHLAND

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND

Two or Three Day Unguided Coast Walk

Step into NZ·s Heart« Please tell our advertisers you saw it advertised in Walking New Zealand magazine.

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

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THAMES

WALKING IN THAMES Kauaeranga Valley or Goldtrail walks S.C. Accomodation or B&B; ex. rates valley2view@xtra.co.nz Ph. 07 868 7213

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WAIRARAPA

WAIRARAPA

Akitio-Glenora Walk

Unguided 2 or 4 day walks

- New Zealands newest private walk, our best kept secret * October to March/April * Groups 4 - 8 people

GREAT COUNTRY BREAKS TARANAKI

EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE Spectacular northern Wairarapa countryside, coastal & Native bush.

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

WAIRARAPA Whareama Coastal Walk Fully catered 2 or 3 Day Walking Adventure over private farmland and isolated Wairarapa coastline.

Make your next holiday a walking one

Phone (06) 372 3722 www.whareamawalk.co.nz

For as little as $120pp you and your friends can enjoy some of New Zealands best native bush and wetlands during the day. Then at night relax with a glass of wine in our bush spa.

“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

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

Shona Inder Phone: 06-377-4802 0274-408-123 Email: shona @tararua walk.co.nz Website: www.tararuawalk.co.nz

WELLINGTON

To advertise in this section contact michelle@walkingnewzealand.co.nz DIPLOMA COURSE

DIPLOMA COURSE

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

NELSON/WEST COAST

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 John Croxford, Takaka www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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

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MARLBOROUGH

MARLBOROUGH

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

CANTERBURY

Banks Peninsula Track Self guided two or four day walks

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

CANTERBURY

CANTERBURY

CANTERBURY

NELSON/WEST COAST

* Delightful and well equipped accommodation * Great value tramping - the Kiwi favourite * There is now a full pack cartage option for groups Make this your first multi-day tramp

www.bankstrack.co.nz

Gourmet Guided Walks Heaphy, Abel Tasman & Nelson Lakes

Day & multi-day options Gourmet meals & trail snacks Door-to-door Nelson transport ISLAND STEWART Small groups Professional, safe, informative & fun guiding service

HOUSE FOR SALE

HOUSE FOR SALE

www.southernwilderness.com Tel: 03 545 7544 Email: info@southernwilderness.com

House and Cottage For Sale Down a kilometer of fern-banked gravel driveway is a stylish new house and old cottage in 6 Ha. mature beech-podocarp forest. * House and cottage form a horse-shoe shape facing the sun. * 2 bedrooms in each building. * Property is quiet, sheltered and secluded. * Extensive tracks, vegetable gardens, internal workshop, decks, shed.

* Tui, Morepork, Bellbirds abundant. * Some 400 year old Rimu. * Feels remote but is 6km from Silverstream. * Offers over 880k

Contact sheelaghleary@gmail.com. or phone 027-390-3065. Trade Me Reference Number 587512868

Stewart Island Walk Unique Back-Country Tracks Day Walk / Hiking Adventures Stay on location in calm waters, living aboard the adventure yacht Elwing Tailor-made: * Flora * Fauna * History * Views * Artistic & Photographic opportunities * Individuals, Groups & Families

Your Host, Elwing Discoveries Email: info@elwing.co.nz www.elwing.co.nz

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