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Overseas Walks:

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AUGUST 2015

ISSUE NO 211

New Zealand Walk:

Hiking to Sunrise Hut New Zealand Walk:

Te Tapui Track New Zealand Walk:

Jubilee Hut walk,

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New Zealand Walk:

Walking among the giants of

Waipoua Forest New Zealand Walk:

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This was my first time, I loved walking at that time of the night, something different. The atmosphere was buzzing.

A Half-Marathon with a Starlit Difference A vibrant 21km walk, at night, under the stars, past some of Auckland’s finest landmarks whilst raising vital funds for cancer research and care services across New Zealand.

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CONTENTS Issue 211 - 2015

2 Walking with the Stars 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Great Walk: Walking amoung the giants of Waipoua Forest 8 Overseas Walks; Walking Melbourne by foot 10 Auckland Short Walk: Botany to Cascades a walk with surprises 12 Event: Half Marathon show cases Auckland’s vibrant nightlife 14 My Favourite Walk: Hiking on the Otago Peninsula 16 New Zealand Walk: Hiking to Sunrise Hut 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walks: Waiheke Walking Festival a

great Spring walking event 23 Te Araroa Trail: Botanic Gardens to Island Bay via ` the Southern Walkway.

23 Wairoa Stream Waterfall Track to have new `signage 24 My Favourite Walk: Jubilee Hut walk - tough, long,

but well worth it 28 Overseas Walks: Discovering Pulau Ubin - Singapore

the way it was 30 New Zealand Walks: Bay of Islands Walking Festi val returns for 2015 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Overseas Walks: Spectacular Switzerland 42 Creating new walking access opportunies 43 Waikato Walk: Te Tapui Track 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for August 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Pak A Roo Jackets

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Walk talk

New Whangarei city lookout

An artists impression of a new lookout planned to be built on a hill overlooking Whangarei. The major re-

make of the lookout on the summit of Parihaka replaces the existing lookout which is being removed and the new one is expected to be built over the winter on the western side of the original footprint.

Facebook

Wa l k i n g N e w Z e a l a n d magazine has now a Facebook page: Facebook Walking New Zealand. We plan to add tid bits from time to time of interest to readers.

Refresh outdoor skills

Women of all ages who enjoy the bush and would like to refresh your skills in the outdoors. are invited to join the Auckland Women’s Outdoor Pursuits Introductory course on Saturday 1st and 8th August.

Visit: www.wops.co.nz to enrol or ring Anne at 09-480-5424.

Study finds walking

improves creativity

Stanford researchers found that walking boosts creative inspiration. They examined creativity levels of people while they walked versus while they sat. A person’s creative output increased by an average of 60 percent when walking.

Just walk for 30 minutes a day

You could cut your mortality risk dramatically if you just did this for 30 minutes. Yes walk or ride your stationary bike, or dance, or chase the grandkids around outside, or do some gardening, or all of the above.

Just be active for 30 minutes, five times a week. This simple choice cut mortality risk by nearly 20 percent in a recent study.

You can’t be your best and be there for others unless you take care of yourself first.

So no matter how busy life gets, make time for the active things in life that you enjoy. Doesn’t have to be a killer ab workout or a sweattill-you-drop spin class.

According to the US government’s physical activity guidelines, just 90 minutes of moderate physical activity each week can lower your risk of dying prematurely by 20 percent, compared to getting no exercise at all.

If there’s no special activity that floats your boat, just walk. Hoofing it for 30 minutes, five times a week, is a small and easy investment to make in your long-term health.

Paris and the Seine by bike and barge The newest bike and barge cruise offered by Cycling Europe is along the Seine River where cyclists pedal scenic bike paths each day past picturesque villages.

Highlights include Auvers-sur-Oise and Moret-sur-Loing, the symbolic forest of Compiègne where both the 1918 Armistice and the 1940 Armistice were signed with Germany, and the impressive Palace of Fontainebleau, France’s largest royal château.

Cyclists disembark after breakfast on their daily bike ride while the barge cruises to meet them for their overnight stop.

Guests only need unpack once and three meals a day are provided.

The comfortable barge caters for small groups of no more than 17 made up of multinationals.

The piece de resistance is cruising into Paris with its famous landmarks. There is a free day and overnight to enjoy the French capital.

The grade is easy so suitable for casual bikers. Departures are most Saturdays from May to September. Transfers to join and depart the barge in Moret-sur-Loing and Compiegne are provided from Paris.

The cost in a share twin cabin is approximately NZ$1,516 per person plus bike hire. www.cycling-europe.com.

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New walking adventure on Kangaroo Island open

A five-day, 63 kilometre walking adventure has opened on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island.

The Kangaroo Island Wilderness Trail is designed to showcase the island’s natural beauty and rugged landscapes, with custom-designed campsites located along the way.

Stacey Cant, South Australian Tourism Commission regional manager New Zealand, says the trail will provide visitors with never-before-access to the Remarkable Rocks, Kelly Hills Caves, Walking on Kangaroo Island Admirals Arch and Cape du Couedic light house.

‘This is a fantastic opportunity for an island that is renowned for its natural environment and abundant wildlife. It is an investment that is set to attract an additional 5,000 visitors each year and benchmark the trail to a level that is on par with New Zealand’s Milford Track and the Overland Track in Tasmania. ‘Visitors will have the opportunity to explore (at their own pace) one of the world’s most unique travel destinations.’

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Sydney walk and cruise tour

New walk and cruise tour Wa r a t a h A d v e n t u re h a s commenced a new combination tour and cruise package in Sydney, Australia.

Sydney is rated as one of the most stunning harbour cities in the world, with world-class beaches, sandstone outcrops and headlands, lush bushland and prolific wildlife.

Visitors can escape the city on this four hour tour and connect with nature and ancient aboriginal culture in secluded bays and bushland on the northern foreshore.

They then have an Enigma-X sunset cruise on Sydney Harbour, one of 16 Australian National Landscapes.

Once a prison, now a YHA Hostel

A new hostel is set to open at Fremantle Prison in spring 2015, allowing visitors to sleep in actual 19th century prison cells.

Fremantle Prison YHA will take over the space which was previously the women’s division of the World-Heritage listed building, turning it into a unique stay for adventurous travellers.

The hostel offers all the latest facilities for travellers including kitchens, large common areas, TV rooms, a laundry, recreational activities, luggage storage, Wi-Fi and computers. Read more – www.yha.com.au. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Walk talk

240,00 walk the Camino de Santiago

Since the release of the movie ‘The Way’ starring Martin Sheen, Northern Spain’s Camino de Santiago has become one of the

Walking NZ magazine now to view free on Qantas flights

Now, instead of facing a limited selection of newspapers and filling their carry-on bags with a heavy haul of pre-purchased reading materials, all Qantas customers need to do is jump on PressReader up to 12 hours before their flight and select their favourite titles including Walking New Zealand magazine.

PressReader offers the most comprehensive collection of premium newspapers and magazines in the world.

Travellers can download full versions of any publications they like to the smartphone or tablet of their choice. The downloads are theirs to keep afterward too, so it’s a great way to line up reading for not only a flight but for the vacation or business trip that follows.

Up to 12 hours prior to their Qantas flight, travellers just need to simply open the Qantas app (available on iOS and Android) on the device of their choice, and tap ‘Newspapers and Magazines’ to begin.

world’s most popular walks, according to A Walker’s World.

Recently released figures report that in 2014 almost 240,000 pilgrims from 140 countries walked the Camino de Santiago and received their Compostela (Pilgrims Passport).

To walk the entire Way of St James takes about a month to complete and comprises five stages however it’s not required to walk all five stages, and most don’t.

The last 100km takes seven days and on completion earns the Compostela or Pilgrims Passport.

A Walker’s World’s partner in Spain provides New Zealanders with the Camino experience - B&B accommodation, luggage transfers, route notes, maps and a 24 hour contact number are all included in the self guided walk.

Walking into luxury in WA’s South West

Walk into Luxury is a new business, launching luxury walking tours along the Cape to Cape track in West Australia’s famed Margaret River Wine Region from mid-August.

Walk into Luxury offers all-inclusive walk packages complete with post-walk massages, daily in-villa canapés and fine wines, exclusive dining and wine tasting experiences at renowned wineries and restaurants, and a host of other inclusions.

Luxury accommodation is also included, with stays at up to four award-winning resorts and boutique retreats. These include Small Luxury Hotels of the World members - Smiths Beach Resort and Injidup Spa Retreat - and local favourites, Pullman Resort Bunker Bay and Losari Retreat. The company is committed to supporting local products and businesses, and donates five per cent profit from every walk sold to regional charities. The walks are designed as private experiences, either with a guide, or guests can walk self-guided with all maps, safety gear and a monitored GPS device.

Voted as one of Australia’s top ten tracks (by National Geographic), the Cape to Cape track is a spectacular and varied section of coastline running from Cape Naturaliste (near Yallingup) past Margaret River to Cape Leeuwin in the South-west corner of Western Australia. The terrain includes pristine beaches, limestone cliffs and granite boulders, coastal bushland and the majestic Boranup Karri forest.

Walk into Luxury is now taking bookings for its four, five and eight day walks. All-inclusive twin share pricing starts at AUD$1850 per person for the four day (Luxury Taster) walk, $2750 per person for the five day (Luxury Escape) walk and $4350 per person for the eight day (Ultimate Luxury) walk. www.walkintoluxury.com.au. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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New Zealand Walk

Walking among the giants of Waipoua Forest

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By Beverley Bacon, DOC Web Team

o trip to Northland would be complete without a visit to Waipoua Forest and ours was no different.

Seeing Tāne Mahuta, the largest living kauri tree in New Zealand, had been on my bucket list for a while, but two kilometres further down the road we found three tracks that for my money are just as, if not more, spectacular.

The turn-off to Tāne Mahuta is signposted simply as “kauri walks” but the tracks here provide access to more kauri trees than I knew still existed in New Zealand. All the tracks come off the same central path so you can do all of them in about two hours. Otherwise take your pick from 20 minutes to one hour 20 minutes return.

First up was the walk to the tree named Yakas, named after gum digger called Nick Yakas. The track passes through beautiful kauri forest.

It then gets so close to Yakas you can really feel its enormity (you can’t get as close to Tāne Mahuta). It seemed somehow

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Above: The sign at the start of the walk to Tāne Mahuta.

Right: A Yakas.

Opposite page left: Te Matua Ngahere.

Opposite page below right: Kauri forest on the Yakas Walk.

Opposite page above right: The Four Sisters. unkind for the sign to describe the tree as “the seventh largest kauri tree” – it seemed pretty big to me.

Next up was Four Sisters - four trees that are very close together. The boardwalk circles the cluster, giving you a good view from all angles.

Then onto Te Matua Ngahere – Father of the Forest. The forest is similar to the other tracks until you turn a corner and come head on with the second largest living kauri tree in New Zealand.

The road through Waipoua Forest is 18 kilometres long and kauri trees are visible along some of it.

If you’re planning a trip to the area, visit Tāne Mahuta for sure, but make sure to allow enough time to enjoy the journey, as well as stop to admire the other “giants of the forests”.

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Overseas Walks

Discover Melbourne on foot

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he best things about Melbourne are often easy to miss – hiding down laneways, on rooftops, basements or in places that visitors might not think to look. These new and not-so-new walking tours lead visitors to some of the city’s hidden treasures.

Localing

Designed ‘for people who don’t like tours’, Localing is run by well-informed and well-connected Melbourne locals who are passionate about the city and its surrounds. Founded by old friends, Dan and Dean, the tours aim is to show visitors around at their own pace and with their interests in mind. All tours are private which means that routes are planned based on individual likes and dislikes as determined at the outset.

Where possible, Localing tours include behind-the-scenes experiences to showcase the ‘real Melbourne’. Since it launched in 2013, the company’s popularity has led to a fast-growing team of eight guides who can cater for Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian, Spanish and French speakers.

Melbourne Central Unlocked Tours

Melbourne Central Unlocked is a 45-minute tour, run by local historian and author Dale Campisi. Visitors will be shown Melbourne Central’s hidden nooks, rarely-seen vantage points and secret rooftops and hear some intriguing tales about Melbourne Central’s history, and why the site is integral to the city as a whole.

Not least of all, visitors will gain an insight into what was once the city’s tallest building, Melbourne Central’s Shot Tower Museum which is housed within the heritage listed Coop’s Shot Tower.

Greater Dandenong Cultural and Food Tours

Greater Dandenong is home to more than 1000 restaurateurs and food retailers representing cuisines from all over the world.

The suburb has guided tours exploring specific cuisines such as Polish and Afghan Bazaar, but the Food Lovers Tour provides a great overview of the many cuisines that are on offer.

And not so new but still great…

Hidden Secrets

Owner, Fiona Sweetman and her suite of guides pride themselves on dishing out Melbourne’s Hidden Secrets. The aptly named walking tours encompass a range of topics including Laneways and Arcades, Cafe Culture, The Golden Mile Heritage Walk, Architecture or Art and Design, and Vintage Outing Tours.

All options hero the laneways, the local characters, and the city’s creative heart to show visitors why Melbourne is the world’s most liveable city. The informed guides impart information that many locals are unaware of and as much as possible, the tours include products that are locally sourced and manufactured.

Melbourne Food Experiences

Melbourne is a foodie’s heaven. Its people are passionate about what they cook, eat and drink and the city is filled with fresh produce markets, famous chefs, award-winning restaurants, food stores galore and festivals dedicated to food and wine.

Melbourne Food Experiences, founded by well known local foodie Allan Campion, makes all this and more accessible for visitors.

Its walking tours lead guests  to the city’s latest and greatest restaurants, food stores and culinary icons and through lanes, alleys and grand boulevards to find the latest foodie hot spots. Guests can choose to explore Melbourne city, or nearby foodie precincts including Lygon Street, Victoria Street or Footscray.

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Those looking to sample the best of Melbourne’s bar scene can join award-winning cocktail expert Sebastian Raeburn on the Melbourne Cocktail and Bar Tour, while visitors with a penchant for art can combine their passions on the Melbourne Art and Food Tour.

Melbourne Coffee Tours

Melbourne is famed for its cafe culture, and city’s baristas pride themselves on serving some of the world’s best coffee.

From single origin to siphons, filters and third wave brews, the uninitiated can find the art of coffee a world unto its own.

Visitors stumped by where to start can join Maria Paoli on a Melbourne Coffee Tour. The professional coffee trainer and judge will lead guests to the city’s most innovative cafes and reveal the locals’ favourite spots. Group tours operate with a minimum of six people while for smaller groups, Private Espresso Treks are also available.

Street art tours

Run by street artists, Melbourne Street Art Tours reveal some of the city’s most famed street art destinations. The well informed guides share information about the artists, their techniques and their significance in making Melbourne one of the most important destinations in the world for street art.

All tours end at the famous Blender Studios, where participants can take a tour of both the studios and the gallery (Dark Horse Experiment) by director Adrian Doyle. Here they can meet practicing street and fine artists, and get a feel for the art world in action.

Melbourne Architours

Run by a group of local Melburnians who work, live and breathe architecture and design in the city, Melbourne Architours shares knowledge and generates discussion about the built environment.

Architours focus on Melbourne’s evolution through its building fabric in the city and inner urban neighbourhoods. Options for tours in the city include Settlement to Marvellous Melbourne, Art Deco to Moderne and Modernism to Contemporary tour (East and West). Just outside the city, the South Yarra tour takes in a range of architectural styles and eras represented in the area, and the Fitzroy tour reveals the social and cultural heritage of Melbourne’s first suburb.

Chocoholic Tours

As the name suggests, Chocoholic Tours are designed for those with a sweet tooth. Meandering through the city’s lane ways and arcades, visitors will experience a selection of milk and dark chocolate tastings at Melbourne’s best chocolatiers. Tour options vary from the Chocolate Wonderland Tour, where a little history is thrown in the mix, to the Chocolate and Sweet Temptations Tour, for those who prefer their chocolate organic and raw.

Chocoholics who love it all can opt for the Chocolate Lovers Tour, while lovers of milk chocolate are best suited to the Bittersweet Chocolate Tour. During June and July, a new ‘Winter Warmer Chocolate Tour,’ will take place every Saturday and Sunday to showcase the best hot chocolates around town.

Walk Melbourne

Monique Bayer founded Walk Melbourne to share her paswww.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

sion for food and Melbourne. Her tours feature food and stories about the people behind the city’s thriving food and coffee scene.

The Melbourne Experience showcases a selection of the city’s best coffee, sweet treats and Chinese dumplings as well as some of Melbourne’s best designer fashion stores and finishing at one of Melbourne’s famed rooftop bar. Topic specific tour options include: Coffee Lovers Walk, Dumplings, Chocolate and Rooftop Bars.

Melbourne by Foot

Melbourne By Foot offers a range of small group tours that highlight the city’s past and present. Led by passionate Melburnians with a vision of sharing local knowledge and experience the tours are enjoyed by visitors and natives alike.

The original tour, Cultural Walk looks at everything from Aboriginal and colonial history through to modern aspects of Melbourne. Melbourne by Foot also runs a Beer Lovers Guide to Melbourne and a Beer Lovers Guide to Fitzroy.

Walk to Art

Run by local art consultant, Bernadette Alibrando, Walk to Art is an intimate, behind-the-scenes tour with an itinerary that changes frequently. It takes small groups to street art, artist-run spaces and art spaces – all in Melbourne’s intriguing buildings and laneways. Spanning culture, food and adventure, Bernadette imparts information on Melbourne’s art scene from an insider’s perspective.

Queenies Food Tours

Melbourne local Andrew Prior launched Queenies Food Tours to share his obsession with food and now offers a selection of tours in Melbourne and surrounds. Sweet Dreams Walking Tour showcasing high-end dessert and chocolate shops in Melbourne’s South Yarra. Breakfast City Walking Tour highlights Melbourne’s best places to shop, drink and eat, starting with breakfast.

The all day Melbourne French Food Tour introduces visitors to some of Melbourne’s best French culinary locations and food producers, encompassing croissants, bread, pâté, cheese and chocolate.

The new Tram-to-Market Tour highlights the best dessert shops, cafes, restaurants and specialty produce stores, with guests hopping on and off Melbourne’s free trams, before ending up at the Queen Victoria Market. Another new tour showcases the best foodie spots in Fitzroy and South Melbourne.

For more informatio go to www.visitvictoria.com if in Australia or http://www.visitmelbourne.com if elsewhere.

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Auckland Short Walk

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Short Walks in Auckland have documented over 100 short walk mini adventures which are guaranteed to get you out amongst nature and discover places in Auckland that even the locals don’t know about. Visit the website to sign up for 10 free walks and a free eGuide to get you started. www. walksinauckland.co.nz

Botany to Cascades – a walk with surprises I

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t continues to amaze us how the distances between places seem shorter when we are out walking compared to driving.

This loop walk in Auckland from Botany Town Centre and back via Cascades Road was one that took us from an unfamiliar area to an area we have walked previously. When we start exploring a new area, we are never sure what we are going to find, and we found this walk very pleasant.

We made good use of reserve walkways and the suburban streets. And we had three delightful surprises.

Our first surprise was finding a book - a travelling book (from “BookCrossing”) left by someone to be picked up, read and released!

The second surprise was stumbling upon an old farm cottage which has been converted into a cafe that is surrounded by modern suburban housing. The grounds contain a tree that was planted in 1890. A hidden gem with a rural feel right in the middle of an urban wasteland with heaps of character and charm - Hawthorn Dene Historic Country Cafe.

The third surprise was an amazing and wonderful wood carving which you would not know was there if you were travelling by car.

Above: The pathway around the lagoon at the Botany Town Centre.

Left: The pathway beside the creek. Opposite page above: A wooden carving. Below: The historic Hattaway Bridge. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Auckland Short Walk

This walk follows Botany Creek and past the historical Hattaway Bridge which connected the Cascade Farm, owned by Captain Robert Hattaway in the 1860s, to Bells Road.

Description of Walk

Description: Mostly level paths. Suitable for most ages and levels of fitness and mobility, designed with flat shoes or running shoes in mind. Suitable for pushchairs.

To see: Historical sites, bridges, waterways.

Time: approx. 75 minutes (about 7kms).

Parking: The Hub, Ti Rakau Drive, Botany.

Cafés: Hawthorn Dene Café, various at Botany Town Centre Public toilets: Botany Town Centre Children’s playgrounds: Corta bella Place and Tarnica Road reserve.

Dogs: Off leash areas: within reserves and parks.

Picnic Sites: Take your own rugs and picnic gear.

Directions: Start from Te Koha Road off Ti Rakau Drive.

1. Cross Ti Rakau Drive and turn left < along the footpath.

2. Turn right > along walkway that runs alongside the stormwater pond (beside Tiger Drive).

3. Continue along Tiger Drive and take the walkway to the left < (just before #39) to Bard Place.

4. Continue straight ahead along Bard Place.

5. Turn left < into Golfland Drive.

6. Turn left < into Corta Bella Place.

7. Turn right > onto walkway through reserve and past the playground (after #11) and continue straight ahead.

8. Cross Frank Nobilo Drive and continue along walkway on the other side (left of #21).

9. Turn left < into West Fairway.

10. Continue past Putter Place (on the right) and take the next walkway on your right >.

11. Continue straight ahead along the walkway. At the historical Hattaway Bridge, keep following the walkway that goes through the tunnel under Aviemore Drive.

12. Continue straight ahead ignoring paths to the right.

13. At Botany Road, follow the walkway to the left < and go under the roadway, staying on the right hand-side of the

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waterway. On the other side, turn left < and follow the main walkway to an over bridge.

Continue straight ahead keeping the waterway on your right >.

14. Turn right > into Millhouse Drive, then left < into Amberwood Drive (or continue to Botany Road, and turn left < along Botany Road to avoid trespassing).

15. At the end of Amberwood Drive, go through a metal gate and across the grass to the carpark of Hawthorn Dene Historic Café.

16. Turn into the metal drive and turn left < in the fence gap.

Cross the grass field diagonally to the entrance to Glassonby Road on your left <. Continue to the end.

17. Turn left > into Tarnica Road.

18. Turn right > onto walkway (opposite Aspatria Place) through the reserve, go past the playground, cross over Bowlscale Place, and continue straight ahead. Turn right > along Ti Rakau Drive to return to the start.

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Half-marathon showcases

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Auckland’s vibrant nightlife

f you were out socialising in Auckland city on a Saturday night in late November, you could have been forgiven for thinking you had possibly had one too many.

As far as the eye could see there was a stream of yellow, with people wearing bright wigs, hula skirts, flashing lights and fluro accessories.

More than 2,000 walkers pounded the pavements of New Zealand’s largest city, passing through the vibrant inner city nightlife of Ponsonby, the Viaduct and Parnell in a walking half-marathon held

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after sunset.

For some it was an event that kept them focussed on their health goals prior to the Christmas revelry. For others it was a chance to see Auckland like never before.

Many loved the walk because it was at night rather than in the heat of the day.

Poignantly, most were doing it in dedication to loved ones who were, or had, gone through cancer.

Whatever their motivation, they praised Walking Stars as a unique and memorable event.

“When we surveyed everyone following the event, 97 per cent said they would recommend it to family and friends,” said event organiser Mel Lloyd. “We had walkers aged from 15 to 85, and from all levels of fitness and all over New Zealand.

“The 21km route was predominantly flat, making it suitable for even novice walkers. There were couples, groups of friends, work teams, families and bootcamp buddies. And together we have helped raise important funds for two cancer charities.”

When asked in a post-event survey why they would recommend it, one participant replied: “The atmosphere was buzzing, people cheering us as we walked past bars, cars tooting their horns. I’m an Aucklander but I have never experienced the city like this. It was electric.”

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ing a half-marathon was the highlight, adding that cancer treatment ‘is no walk in the park either’. “I will never forget reading the signs on people’s backs, knowing who they were walking for. It was such a rewarding event. Can’t wait to do it again.”

Walking Stars is returning for its third year, being held after sunset at Auckland Domain on November 28. Early bird registrations are $49 ($65 with a commemorative T-shirt) until July 31. Registration includes a $40 Shoe Science voucher, training plans and a healthy eating plan.

Walkers are encouraged to raise $150 each, with all the fundraising going to the

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Cancer Society and Look Good Feel Better.

“The real sense of achievement I felt as I crossed the finish line was not only for me, but knowing I was doing something for others too,” one surveyed participant said. “We were proud to have been a part of this amazing event. Our family will definitely be back next year.”

Now a highlight in walking calendars, Walking Stars has raised almost $500,000 in its first two years. As well as providing care and support via the Cancer Society and Look Good Feel Better, money raised will also help fund cancer research.

John Loof, Cancer Society Auckland Chief Executive explains, “The Cancer Society aims to reduce the incidence of cancer for future generations and support those living with cancer today. Our challenge is to raise the funds we need to support people who are diagnosed and to fund lifesaving cancer research. So it is great that people helping raise funds by taking part in Walking Stars.”

To find out more about this rewarding event, go to walkingstars.org.nz.

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My Favourite Walk

Above left: Macandrew Bay car park and starting point for the Greenacres walk.

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By Robyne Selbie

y favourite walk is on the Otago Peninsula, this forms part of the rural hinterland for Dunedin city and host to a number of walks which lead to various bays and headlands along the coast, or to other vantage points overlooking the city.

My route leads me to a little known track which begins at Greenacres Street in the Macandrew Bay township and leads up to the top of the Peninsula high road.

The return trip without stops takes me about one hour thirty minutes from my back door to the top road and back to Marion Street.

Signs at the bottom of Greenacres Street point out the direction to my destination via a walking track to Highcliff Road.

The walk takes you from sea level to two hundred metres above sea level.

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From the top there are marvellous views across the peninsula and towards Taiaroa Heads, better known as the only mainland breeding albatross colony in the world or back towards Dunedin city with views of Saddle Hill.

Setting off from my home in Macandrew Bay is the easy part. It is a short walk around the edge of Otago Harbour on a brilliant autumn morning, calm, with water lapping alongside the walkway.

Seagulls and sea life accompany me on the early stages of my walk and the smell of the sea gives me a sense of well-being.

How lucky I am to live in such a beautiful place.

Once I turn off the walkway and start the hike up Greenacres Street I pass the local dairy and the school tennis court, houses and fields, easy walking at this stage because the track levels out through

the suburb and ascends gently towards the hills.

Once I pass the blue gums and the blackberry grove the climb up Greenacres Street begins to demand more energy, the view becomes rural and the city seems far away.

Sheep graze beside the track in lush fields, the Highland cattle lumber across the paddock to investigate my presence and sometimes a rabbit or hare will race into the pine plantation ahead. A local farmer stops for a chat as he loads some feed into the hayracks for the cattle. I am pleased to have a stop and catch my breath Left: Lunchtime with a view towards Port Chalmers.

Below: I am joined by a dog enjoying his romp through the grass.

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before the next phase.

This part of the walk is on a gravel track which leads up to the pine plantation and turns off to the left on a private road; from here I turn right on a pathway which leads up to the top road. This point is marked by a little wooden bench seat under a large macrocarpa tree. Just the place for a rest to catch my breath and eat an apple before heading upwards through the pine

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trees which line the track and provide some shelter from the wind and rain.

Not today though as the sun shines and the breeze is gentle. This section is a little bit of wilderness and a real contrast from city living. Horses graze up here and as I leave the plantation I clamber over a stile and cross into the final phase of the track

alongside farm pastures with beautiful views back to the city.

The track narrows and steepens but the views get better and better as I climb out onto the final section of the track.

Today I can hear the bellbirds and a tui singing amongst the trees whilst in the distance the sound of the train heading

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My Favourite Walk

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Above: Highland cattle waiting for breakfast.

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Otago Peninsula away on a journey to the north can be heard on the still air. I am joined on my ascent by a dog and its owner making the most of the open spaces.

Once I reach the top of the track I emerge onto Highcliff Road. This road leads to Castlewood Road and Larnach Castle, a well known tourist attraction on the Peninsula. I walk past the delightful settlement of Pukehiki, with its historic library and church also worth a stop off.

This is a nice diversion and well worth a look through the site before walking on to the road leading back to Macandrew Bay. Some days I turn back down the track but today I continue on along the round trip, a little longer but the day is beautiful and the scenery spectacular so i make the most of the day.

Lunch is calling and I follow my usual trail past the turnoff to the castle and turn down Castlewood Road overlooking Broad Bay. with views out to Harbour Cone. Harbour Cone overlooks the harbour and protects some of the rare gecko lizards found on its slopes. A lovely vantage point to eat my lunch and enjoy the scenery.

Castlewood Road is a steep, narrow, gravel road which leads downhill towards Company Bay. Here it meets the walkway leading back to my home in Macandrew Bay. Not easy walking if there is a lot of holiday traffic but worth the effort for the views of the Harbour and surrounding bays.

There is another option to return home via the walking track from Larnach Castle to Broad Bay but today I do not have enough time so the road walk it is.

Once I arrive at Company Bay I walk back along the harbour walkway to my starting point in the village. Time for an ice cream before I walk back home and a cup of tea.

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Hiking to Sunrise Hut

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By Dan Elderkamp

f you love tramping, this is one you can’t miss when visiting Hawke’s Bay. It offers easy hiking, beautiful bush and scenic views, and plenty of photo opportunities.

It is also pretty safe under most weather conditions, is family and child-friendly and is therefore the most popular tramp in the eastern Ruahine Ranges, for good reason.

The start is at a well-signposted car park near the end of North Block Road.

The easiest way to get there is from SH50 in Central Hawke’s Bay. Turn down Wakarara Road, towards the mountains, and follow this for about 22km, then turn left into North Block Road. About 4km further on you’ll get to the intersection with Carsons Road – keep right, and continue on until you arrive at a farm gate, the first of three.

Please leave gates as you find them, as the road passes through a working farm.

The car park is about 0.5km after the third gate.

There is a toilet and a very useful information panel at the car park – well worth looking at (the sign, that is!). The start is over a stile just to the right of the panel, after which you follow an indistinct farm track for about 10 minutes, before arriving at another stile, which is the boundary of the Ruahine Forest Park.

A couple of minutes after this you arrive at a track junction; to the left, the Swamp Track loop, to the right, to Triplex Hut, and straight on, the Sunrise track proper. If you have some time to spare, pop into Triplex hut for a look-see – it’s only a minute’s walk from the junction.

From the junction, the Sunrise Track dips down towards a stream bridge, and then starts its relentless upward climb on a wide, metalled and benched track. It is a pleasure to walk on, and other than the fact that it’s relentlessly uphill, poses no real dangers to the moderately fit hiker.

A short while after the bridge another track junction is reached, where the other end of the Swamp Track loop joins up with the Sunrise Track – keep right here. As you climb higher, keep an eye out for the occasional view points through the trees.

Eventually the track levels out, and about an hour’s walking time after leaving the car park, another track junction is reached, with a bench seat. It’s a great place for a snack or drink, and to contemplate the Above: Great views of the Ruahine Ranges.

Left: The historic store at Onga Onga.

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saddle you can see Ruapehu and Tongariro on a clear day, and enjoy even more great views back towards Sunrise hut and the main range.

There’s also a very large slip into the Waipawa headwaters, worth a look.

Photography opportunities abound!

The hut itself is quite a large one, with bunks for 24 people. It is also the most popular hut in the Ruahine Forest Park, and can consequently be quite full and busy. It has an outside toilet, water tank, and gas heating and cooking facilities. It’s a great place to bring the kids for their first overnight hike, as it’s walkable in most weather conditions.

Once you’ve had your fill of what this place has on offer, the walk back to the car will take you an easy two hours or so. If not, there’s always the option of staying overnight, and rising early to catch the sunrise after which the hut was named. Note that there’s a charge for this, and that hut tickets can be purchased at the I-site in Waipukurau or at the Onga Onga General Store.

On your way home, take the time to stop at the historic General Store in Onga Onga for a cuppa and a muffin – we’ve made this into a tradition whenever we’ve been for a hike in this part of the Ruahine Range, and it’s one we hope to maintain – somehow a good latte just tastes even better after a solid, satisfying tramp!

Important notes: •Be prepared! Take clothing and provisions for all weather possibilities –

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beauty of the surroundings. The seat was erected by the Central Hawke’s Bay branch of Forest & Bird in honour of one of their long serving members.

Ignore the track going off left to Waipawa Forks hut, and carry straight on, upwards, once again!

Along this section there are some good viewpoints towards the east, as well as to the forested spur across the valley. Note how the vegetation starts changing the higher you climb – the lush bush starts giving way to horopito and mountain beech, and the canopy becomes lower and lower as you continue.

About one and a half hours after leaving the junction, one suddenly emerges from the bush onto Buttercup Hollow, and Sunrise Hut. There are superbly grand views from here, well worth a lingering break to take in their grandeur.

Once you’ve had a good look and taken some photos, the huts a nice place to relax for a while, and enjoy lunch. Then take the opportunity to pop up a short rise behind the hut onto the ridge.

There even more grand views open up.

If the weather’s clear, the main Ruahine Range lies before you, across a valley forming the headwaters of the Waipawa River.

In winter the tops are covered in snow, and the beauty is breathtaking. I’ve had the good fortune to tramp up to Sunrise Hut in snow a number of times, which really adds to the experience. However, if there’s a strong gale blowing on the tops, the wind-chill factor demands that you get inside the hut as soon as possible, both for comfort and for safety.

If the weather’s clear, and wind is not an issue, take a 15 to 20 minute stroll to Armstrong Saddle. The track starts up behind the hut, to the right. From the

the weather can change in a matter of an hour from beautiful sunshine and warm temperatures, to snow and sub-zero temperatures.

• Moderate to good fitness required – at least four and a half to five hours total walking required, with an altitude gain of 700m.

• Suitable for children from about 8 years and over.

• Tell someone where you’re going, and what time to expect you back.

• Fill in the hut visitor’s books – it could save your life.

• Take a map – NZ Topographical map BK36 Taoroa Junction refers, which can be purchased from Sportsworld or Dave Hern in Waipukurau.

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Photo Contest

Monthly Photo Above middle: Heather Whelan enjoying the view of the Rees Valley towards the peaks of Mt Aspiring National Park at the site of the Invincible Mine near Glenorchy, South Island.

Photo by Helen Whelan, Kensington, Whangarei.

Above left: A busy day on the Tongariro Crossing” Photo taken by me, with my sister Janine Moody in the foreground. It was our first major hike and it has ignited a fire to do many more. You can see the great number of hikers on the crossing that day, I think it was the first fine weekend in about a month!

Photo by Ken Moody, Raumati South, Kapiti Coast.

Below left: My husband Bruce at the north end of Rotoroa Island. In the background is Ponui Island. Photo by: Josephine Alexander, (Henderson, Auckland.

We are looking for the best digital photos each month depicting walking Now the time to get your digital camera out or look through your digital images and enter the

Walking New Zealand Digital Photo Contest The image could be a scenic scene, a walk on the beach with the dog, a bush walk, a street walk or anything walking that takes your fancy.

The rules are simply: there must be a person or persons walking in the picture either front, side or back on, and can be in the distance. We require an emailed image in high resolution mode, in jpeg format as an attachment, and NOT embedded in Word or in the email, and NOT a link to a website to be downloaded.

The subject line must have the words “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest” and the email must include the NAME, POSTAL ADDRESS and phone number of the person who took the photo and a small caption.

In this contest only ONE emailed photo accepted per month. Entry in the contest automatically allows us to print the image. The person who has their photo published will receive a six month subscription or a renewal to Walking New Zealand magazine of six months. If a picture is chosen for the cover page the person will receive a 12 month subscription or renewal.

Email your entries to: walkingnz@xtra.co.nz with subject line “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest”Only EMAILED entries will be accepted.

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Above right: Pip Baker crosses a bridge on the Gouland Downs, Heaphy Track April 2015. Photo by Beverley Dixon, Pinehaven, Upper Hutt.

These are the winners of this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photos in our Digital Photo Contest.

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Right: Lunchtime rest looking over Lake Waikaremoana from the Bluff, a perfect days walking with my three sons. Photo by Geoff West Mt Manganui.

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New Zealand Guided Walks

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Waiheke Walking Festival a great

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Above left: One of the volunteers talks to a group on a bush walk.

Above right: A guide and group on last years walks.

Middle: A group going down steps to the shore line.

Below: A happy group after one of the guided walks.

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alking New Zealand is pleased to be able to announce the dates for the 2015 Waiheke Walking Festival. Held over nine days, 14-22 November, this is a fantastic spring walking event and definitely not one to be missed.

Established in 2010, Festival organisers have continued to stay true to the formula that makes it a ‘sell-out’ every year.

We do use the term sell-out very loosely however, as this is a completely free event.

So what makes the Waiheke Walking Festival so popular? Each day throughout the Festival you can choose from half a dozen or so walks, each in different locations, of different lengths and levels of difficulty, and all guided by a fantastic team of volunteers alongside subject experts to suit the theme of each walk.

Think incredibly beautiful coastal scenery, very friendly local guides, fascinating topics discussed by knowledgeable experts, award winning wine, delicious food, accommodation to suit all and you have the recipe for the perfect walking holiday.

Festival Coordinator, Denise Whitfield, tells us that “every year the Waiheke Walking Festival gets bigger and better and 2015 is no exception. We are absolutely delighted with this year’s programme and are thrilled that there will be even more on offer for our visitors in addition to the walks - local businesses are offering some very generous travel, stay, eat and play discounts and special events for our Walking Festival visitors.”

When we spoke to Denise about the programme for this year she reminded us that one of the unique features of the Waiheke Walking Festival was the opportunity to participate in walks across private land. Generous landowners open their properties exclusively for the Festival and Denise was delighted to share with us that www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Waiheke Walking Festival a great spring walking event several new private properties will feature in this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programme.

Another unique enticement for participating in the Waiheke Walking Festival is the walk themes. This year will see walks about wine, olives, all kinds of local history, glow worm night walks, ecological restoration, mindfulness, medicinal plants, photography and the list goes on. There is something for everyone to enjoy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and you may even spot a celeb or two!

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We know our readers are keen to give their shoes and boots a good workout.

Looking at the programme we can see that there are plenty of good slog-style walks intertwined with some more sedate options for your less intrepid friends who might like to join you for a few days, or nine, on beautiful Waiheke.

So why not grab some of your walking buddies, or the family, and organise a fabulous spring getaway on a tropical island closer to home than you

think. Bookings for the guided walks are essential and open 1 October with options for early bird registrations also possible. Check out their website www. waihekewalkingfestival.org for all the details on how to register, travel options, where to stay and what to do while you are there. Walking on Waiheke really is walking back to happiness, you will have a ball.

Above: A walk along the sea shore.

Below: A walk beside the bush line.

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Te Araroa Trail

Botanic Gardens to Island Bay via the Southern Walkway

The Te Araroa Wellington branch will re-route the Te Araroa Walking Trail through Wellington City to Island Bay this year.

Beginning at the Cable Car in the Botanical Gardens, the trail will go through Bolton Cemetery to Lambton Quay, along to the Civic Centre then along the Wharf to Orien-tal Parade and to the Southern Walkway.

The map on this page shows the complete route and the Te Araroa web site will describe some of the main features which walkers can visit along the way.

The Wellington City Council has agreed agree to pavement plaques and signs for this route.

The trust hopes to install Te Araroa tiles along the footpaths in key locations, similar to what is done in trails such as El Camino in Spain.

It is anticipated that this route will be established in July this year.

Wairoa Stream Waterfall

Track to have new signage

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alkers in the Far North will be able to more easily access the new Wairoa Stream Waterfall Track following the announcement of a $1,463 grant to assist Vision Kerikeri with installation of signage.

The grant has been made available through the New Zealand Walking Access Commission’s Enhanced Access Fund, which supports projects designed to enhance access to New Zealand’s outdoors.

New Zealand Walking Access Commission Chief Executive Mark Neeson said the signage would help improve access a beautiful part of New Zealand.

The Wairoa Stream Waterfall Track, which is currently under construction, will stretch for 1.5 kilometres along the Wairoa Stream, providing access to a waterfall that Vision Kerikeri describes as a ‘hidden and forgotten treasure’.

“We anticipate that the new track will become popular as it is within town limits, links with other walks, and is of high interest value due to a beautiful waterfall,” Mr Neeson said.

“Vision Kerikeri is an active voluntary community group. Along with the Kerikeri Rotary Club, they have shown an admirable commitment to establishing and developing the track, and have put a lot of good work into the project.”

An earlier stage of the project was awarded $1,982 from the Enhanced Access Fund to assist with legal and survey fees involved in establishing walkway easements across private land that has been generously made available for the track.

Other recent Northland recipients of Enhanced Access Fund grants include the Waipu Lions Club, which received $8,000 to help extend the Waipu Beach to Langs Cove Coastal Walkway, and The Bushland Trust, which received $14,898 to upgrade the popular Lake Ngatu Track, North of Kaitaia.

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My Favourite Walk

Jubilee Hut walk - tough, long, but well worth it

By Philip Bronn

W

hen you hear the term Jubilee Hut you think of a celebration: Golden Jubilee; Year of Jubilee and so forth. But there is nothing remotely celebratory about this walk. It is tough and long, but ultimately well worth it.

The day began pleasantly as we drove north to Dunedin. The weather was bright and sunny but not that warm. It didn’t matter because we were walking with heavy packs, which always keeps the chill at bay.

We drove through Dunedin and turned off onto a gravel road. At first all was well: the road seemed well formed and the country was pretty.

Before long things deteriorated, almost out of hand. While the road appeared to

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be in good shape, it was plagued with pot holes. The farther in we went, the larger and more menacing the pot holes grew. In some places they seemed to straddle the road and it took all my concentration to traverse them without doing irreperable damage to the car.

On either side of the road the forest grew thicker and greener and more lush, but it was hard to appreciate as I negotiated the craters bisecting the carriageway.

Finally we came across a bay on the right hand side that might have been the carpark. Despite the fact there was no signage, we were fooled into thinking may be it was because there was a well-formed track behind some brush. We thought it would be wise, however, to continue before committing to an unmarked path.

Soon we found another bay in the road,

together with a sign announcing the track.

This appeared a lot more promising.

After piling out of the car we found a DOC sign which bore a dire warning.

Beyond a certain point, it declared dramatically, the track was only suitable for experienced trampers. My nerves were already frayed after lurching along the pot hole-strewn road.

Now the sign may as well have said ‘Abandon hope all ye who enter here’. I had visions of winding pathways traversing deadly gorges, dangerously skinny tracks where one false move would lead to death.

We started off and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the gentle incline was.

The track wound through thick brush. It was well marked with signposts at 1km intervals. I felt my confidence soar as we ticked the kms off about a km for every 20 minutes. I estimated that at our current pace we would be at the hut in three hours, much faster than the four and a half hours DOC advised.

The track gently undulated until after an hour we reached a picnic area.

After a brief break we slogged on and it was still pleasant. We hit the first ridgeline and all still seemed extremely well. The wind was light, the sun was shining and there was no chance of getting blown off the mountain, as I had feared.

The view was magnificant. From our Above left: Walking along the ridgeline.

Above right: View of the Pulpit.

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vantage point we could see the coast. In the distance I felt sure we were peering into Central Otago as the mountains appeared browner and more parched.

The track continued to meander along the ridge before we finally hit some serious uphill. It was ok. I was tired and had to stop a few times, but so far the dire warnings felt unjustified. We got to the top of the hill and onto more ridgeline. The gentle breeze continued with no threats in sight.

A little further along we came to ‘the Pulpit’, a giant rock that jutted out from the cliff face and looked like...a pulpit.

You have the option of clambering over it to enhance the already amazing view.

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But I chose to admire it from a far. Pretty soon there would be enough clambering going on.

We carried on and the views continued to amaze. In the distance, spread out on an imaginary canvas, was the famous painted forest. It had a hazy quality about it, and really did look like a painting.

We soon came across a sign which said 2.5km to the hut. While it seemed our pace had slowed a little, I was convinced we were more or less home and dry.

But we still had the Devil’s Staircase to negotiate. It was this that I truly feared.

Various places described it as a sharp decline - you are advised to exercise extreme caution. It sounded perilous and easy to

fall off. From these various descriptions, the actual staircase wasn’t entirely what I imagined. It was indeed very steep, but it did not appear as dangerous as I thought. There was enough tough plant life between the path and the cliff edge that I did not feel I was about to fall into a deep, yawning chasm. The plant life also offered something to cling to in the more precarious places.

It was a lot longer than I thought though. I imangined a sharp decline, short enough to get down quickly but still deadly.

It took may be half an hour to clamber down in the end. Less than half way down my knees began to hurt and my legs shook

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Jubilee Hut walk - tough, long, but well worth it

Left: Sign to Jubilee Hut. Below: The painted forest.

almost uncontrollably.

Far, far below us was what looked like a green, fertile valley with a quaint forest.

It looked like something out of a ladybird story. The problem was no matter how hard we went, it didn’t get any nearer. It remained a cute little valley seen from a great distance.

Finally, after much humphing and pounding downwards, clinging to tussock and trying not to moan, we reached the fertile green valley with the cute forest.

It was indeed lovely, but my legs were so shot I found even the most gentle downward slope hard to negotiate.

The Devil’s Staircase is a great part of the walk. The views are fantastic and

there’s a wonderful feeling of exhilaration after you descend/ascend it. But you can’t really enjoy it unless you’re fit.

Back on level ground again, we traversed a stream, walked through the forest - a scraggy wood really - traversed the stream a couple or so more times and finally arrived at a sign which said the hut was 100m away.

To understand this ‘100m’ you need to know a little bit about physics. A car engine has a certain amount of water in it.

As the engine heats up, the water expands.

This 100m was of the expansive kind.

Maybe there was a time travel type thing going on, but this most certainly was not 100m. It was a cruel trick.

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As I almost clawed my way up this hill, I could imagine the DOC people taking a kind of perverse pleasure in erecting this sign.

Finally we reached the hut. There was another family there. A gaggle of girls was splayed across the top bunk. I didn’t wish to seem unfriendly, but all I could give the parents/supervisors of these children was a cursory ‘hello’ as I was more interested in checking there were enough bunks for us.

There were, so I relaxed a little.

Soon an older lady turned up. I didn’t know where we were going to put her, but I was thankful she’d only come for the day. She was training for a big walk the following week, so came with a big pack all the way to the hut.

After she ate her tea and regaled us with stories of other tramps, and answered our various questions on this walk and that walk, she left.

Soon, four Germans turned up. One of them asked if there was any room. “No,”

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Above: Jubilee Hut. Below: A graphic map of the area.

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I replied a little too quickly. “We’ll make room”, the others contradicted me, somewhat to my annoyance. And so they did.

The girls and the parents, together with my daughter, Leah, made their beds up top, while my son, Jonny, my wife, Helen and I squished up below. The Germans occupied (no pun intended) the other side of the bunk.

Not long after that, some Russians turned up. I have to say one of the Germans looked as annoyed as I felt when they arrived. This time, there was no room at the inn, so the Russians - two Russians and an Indian in fact - made themselves at home on the floor.

The night past quickly. I spent some of it thinking about the climb back up the Devil’s Staircase. Thankfully, however, I spent most of it sleeping.

Morning dawned and it was another pleasant day, certainly nicer than it had been the previous month.

The two Russians and their Indian friend left early as they had a long, arduous journey ahead of them. In fact, I watched as they steamed? up a distant mountain, an ascent that made the Devil’s Staircase look easy.

They were fast moving dots and traversed the mountain in what seemed like minutes. I did not enjoy such a speedy ascent, as I was to find out.

We started out shortly after breakfast. I think it took less than half an hour to reach the bottom of the staircase, two hours later, in a state of agitated exhaustion, I finally reached the top.

Jonny managed to climb in a fraction of the time I took. He even came back to where I was and took my backpack. He made the ascent look easy, like he was some kind of gazelle. Because he is fit, he could enjoy the staircase. I, on the other hand, could not.

Having traversed the staircase I felt entitled to scoff half a block of chocolate.

Suitably refreshed, we continued the journey. Everything seemed easy now.

We glided above the painted forest, sailed past the pulpit and leisurely wound our way down the brush-fringed track to the carpark.

The only thing now was to negotiate the pot-holed road, which I did with great relief.

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Overseas Walks

By Alex and Jenny Davies

Discovering Pulau Ubin Singapore the way it was

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alkers heading for trails on the other side of the world might well find themselves taking a break from air travel with a Singapore stopover.

There are plenty of walks to do along the banks of the river, up Orchard Road to the Botanic Gardens and the National Orchid Garden, or around Marina Bay

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with its gravity-defying new architectural features. But maybe they might also want a break from the perpetually growing city and its crowds.

Even on the small and densely populated island of Singapore, there are patches of rainforest and walking trails.

One such place is a small island to the north. Pulau Ubin is accessible by a

short ferry ride, and for the time being is preserved from urban development.

We avoided the city altogether by staying in Changi, a short taxi ride from the airport. From the hotel we made our way along a short coastal boardwalk past the yacht club and the gaol of WW2 infamy to the Changi Point Ferry Terminal. Each â&#x20AC;&#x153;bumboatâ&#x20AC;? takes 12 passengers and leaves as soon as it is full.

The day we took the trip, there was a steady stream of ferries making the 15 minute crossing. Most of the visitors seemed to congregate round the village by the jetty where there were many vendors with displays of rambutan, durian, giant crabs and many other food items unrecognisable to us. Apparently, the village closely resembles the Malay

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kampongs common in Singapore in the 1960s.

There were plenty of bikes available for hire, and the island is ideal for cycling with its narrow roads and traffic restricted to the occasional taxi van.

But we wanted to stretch our legs from the confines of economy class, so we chose a short loop walk to the east.

It is developed as a sensory walk for the visually impaired, but there was plenty to see as well as feel and smell. We passed some garden with medicinal herbs, some mangrove swamps and freshwater ponds.

Soon we were back at the village and taking a road leading west past one of the former granite quarries on the island.

‘Pulau Ubin’ means ‘Granite Island’ in Malay. All five quarries have been closed for some time and are filled with water.

In the 1960s there were a few thousand

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workers excavating much needed building material. This loop took us through dense rainforest ringing loudly with a multitude of unseen insects.

We encountered a man who explained that he was looking for wild durian fruit.

The size of a football, they fall from tall trees and must be found before wild pigs are attracted by their pungent smell. We later concluded that durian cakes, in spite of being a popular local delicacy, are best left for others!

Since this visit we have found out about other walks on the island. Hopefully one day we can explore the Palau Ubin Tree Trail, along which special trees are identified and explained. This trail finishes at the Chek Jawa wetlands, an intertidal area rich in wildlife and made accessible by a long boardwalk and a viewing tower.

One adventure leads to another! Always

keep in mind, though, that Singapore is growing and changing faster than just about anywhere else. A wilderness today may be gone tomorrow.

For 39 suggestions for walks in Singapore parks, go to nparks.gov.sg For even more suggestions, look at wildsingapore.com Above right: A mosaic of flora and fauna along the trails on Pulau Ubin.

Above left: Cyclist and walkers share the roads through the rainforest.

Below right: Ferries pass yachts on the way to the lush forests of Pulau Ubin.

Below left: Singaporeans love walking too!

Opposite page above: Jenny arrives on the island.

Opposite page below left: An old quarry is now a haven for herons.

Opposite page below right: Pulau Ubin map.

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New Zealand Walks

Bay of Islands Walking Festival returns for 2015

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he Bay of Islands Walking Weekend returns for 2015, from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th October.

At just three hoursâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; drive from Auckland, the beautiful Bay of Islands will once again be hosting its Walking Weekend in early October. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Bay of Islands Walking Festival returns for 2015

Walking the Bay of Islands is a relaxing way to enjoy the stunning scenery and flora and fauna. Based in Russell, there are 20 spectacular walks to choose from to suit all fitness levels and interests. You can choose from a one hour walk, full day, overnight or choose to go on several walks a day.

Above leftFantastic views from this lookout. Above right: The tall ship the R Tucker Thompson.

Opposite page: A boardwalk over the wetlands.

Opposite page below: What is left of the days of whaling.

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Step back in time with the one hour Russell tour around town or the one hour whaling walk with local man, Lindsay Alexander, who is an expert on whaling with a fount of fascinating historical facts to impart.

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Little did anyone know just how crucial whaling was to become to the Far North and that Russell would become the major port of entry.

A staggering 3,000 whaling ships came here and at any one time there could be 25 ships in the bay each with 30 men on board, here to repair and re-provision and for the men to recuperate from long weeks at sea. The ‘resting’ sailors gave rise to the epithet Hell Hole of the Pacific as they dominated the town.

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with a glass of your favourite and a delectable platter of your choice. Enjoy the best of vines and wine, walk and talk, sit and sip before returning to Russell by bus.

There is also the walk by boat option… you can catch a large motor launch out to Urupukakpuka Island to explore the its magic and beauty.

This is the largest island in the Bay of Islands and it is spectacular. From sheltered bays, ancient pa, a wildlife hide and created wetland, climb through regenerating manuka forest to scintillating views along the impressive seaward coastline.

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Hear and see the benefit of Project Island Song, with North Island Robin the

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Complete the loop walk and rejoin the ship, motor to Motuarohia and enjoy a stroll along the beach or climb to the

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lookout and take in the picturesque lagoon bay.

More walking by boat with an early morning extreme water taxi ride through the montage of islands to the edge of the bay and Cape Brett Peninsula. Scramble ashore at the old landing , step by step up to the last light keepers house. Hear the stories as you settle in for a hard climb up past the lighthouse, with many photo stops along the way.

Once cresting the last of many teasing peaks, navigate your way through salt burnt tussock country, windswept stunted manuka and glimpses of mature forest for a well earned lunch break looking back over your trail.

Re-energised wander down through significant canopy forests, evidence of Maori habitation before descending to the old fishing village of Deep Water Cove and your water taxi ride home to Russell.

There really is something for everyone!

A number of the walks are also family friendly, with some even suitable for dogs to ensure no one gets left out.

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New Zealand Short Walk

McCrae’s Bush Reserve Walk

Above left: The sign on Riverside Drive.

Below: The path on the top beside The Terrace.

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Above right: The path between the Terrace and the bush.

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cCrae’s Bush in Ashhurst in the Manawatu, is a small remnant of native bush with totara, matai and various other trees and lowland bush.

A small stream is the boundary on the south side.

You’ll enjoy a mix of native and rural environments on this track as it takes you along the terrace edge from Durham Street, down between paddocks and into the McCraes native bush remnant.

You can also enter the reserve about 300m along River Road off Saddle Road.

A path meanders through the bush and is part of the walkway network around Ashhurst.

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New Zealand Short Walk

Older & Bolder

by Judith Doyle Published by New Holland Publishers.

Send cheque for $25 (this includes P&P) to:

Judith Doyle, #3, 14 Oriental Terrace, Oriental Bay, Wellington.

Above: The short bush track is well formed.

Right: The steps up to The Terrace.

McCrae’s Bush Reserve Walk

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Location: Wyndham Street and The Terrace - Ashhurst, Manawatu Surface: Gravel, some board-walk and grass. Steps and a stile at The Terrace access point Access Points: The Terrace, River Road, Wyndham Street, Lincoln Street, Durham Street Conveniences: Parking at River Road Special Attractions: Native bush.

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Overseas Walks

By Jill Grant

Jill is an Auckland based journalist and photographer

Spectacular

Switzerland

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witzerland’s natural beauty and spectacle is a magnet for walkers but it also offers some unusual nostalgic and historic highlights along its trails.

The Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland is famous for its trio of majestic snowy peaked mountains, the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. These snowy peaks and mighty glaciers are surrounded by beautiful flower meadows and in the valleys are delightful villages complete with wooden chalets, their balconies overflowing with flowers.

Names such as Lauterbrunnen, Grindelwald, Mürren and Wengen conjure up a magical picture of the area, popular in

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Did you ever wonder what happened to Sherlock Holmes?

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson travelled across Europe to Switzerland in pursuit of Holmes’ arch rival, Professor Moriarty who escaped capture in London. They finally met Moriarty in Meiringen, Switzerland where Sherlock Holmes had his famous duel with Moriarty.

One final fight to the death took place at the remote Reichenbach Falls, where both eventually fell into the abyss. Holme’s body was never found.

Meiringen, where the Sherlock Holmes Museum stands, is a stage on the eight-day Bernese Oberland self-guided walk offered by A Walker’s World.

both summer and winter.

A weeklong walking tour of this region starts in the traffic-free village of Wengen, a charming mountain village perched on a ledge above the valley floor. It includes cable car rides, mountain trains and a nostalgic cog-wheel railway as part of the transportation to wonderful hikes among alpine meadows and glaciers.

The Chamois trail from Wengen is through a rugged landscape, the realm of chamois and mountain goats, to Mannlichen at 2222m. It’s a steep climb and takes about three hours.

The views are fantastic and you can relax and take your time to the top know-

ing there is an easy cable car ride back to Wengen.

Leaving Wengen you hike to the pretty village of Grindlewald. A stop at the highest chocolate confectionery in Europe is an opportunity for an energy boost before continuing to the old Mittelegi Hut to see an exhibition of mountaineering equipment from past eras.

Stay in a gorgeous traditional hotel in the village, known as one of the prettiest in Switzerland, for several nights.

Above: A couple rest to admire the vista.

Opposite page: The traffic-free village of Wengen is the starting point of the Bernese Oberland walk. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Overseas Walks

Spectacular Switzerland

Above: A nostalgic cog railway takes walkers up to the Schynigge Plateau.

Below: Walkers relax at a clear alpine stream.

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Spend the days walking ancient paths used during Grindlewald’s ice export times to the 16th century chapel of St Petronella; then board a gondola of the Wetterhorn cable, Switzerland’s first cable car to carry passengers, inaugurated in 1908, for a stunning ride back to Grindlewald.

The following day there is a train trip by nostalgic cogwheel railway, complete with wooden benches in the carriages and rolling stock, that takes you to the Schynigge Plateau, an alpine garden with more than 600 plant species.

Before descending, soak up the views of soaring peaks of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau then enjoy one of the finest panoramic walks back to Grindelwald.

Yet another circuit is a varied mountainous walk from 2000m along the ‘romantic trail’ to Rosenlaui Gorge. A breathtaking panorama is dominated by the Eiger. The path descends over lush alpine meadows and past dairy huts where cows graze and their bells ring through the silent countryside, to reach the impressive gorge. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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WHEN TO GO The tour can start any day from June to September.

GRADE / TERRAIN The grade is moderate to energetic. Although there are some steep hikes there is transport planned into the route to keep these to no longer than 4 hours.

There is one day’s walking of 7 hours across a plateau.

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Did you ever know or wonder what happened to Sherlock Holmes?Holmes and Dr Watson travelled across Europe to Switzerland in pursuit of Holmes’ arch rival, Professor Moriarty who escaped capture in London. They finally met Moriarty in Meiringen, Switzerland where Sherlock Holmes had his famous duel with Moriarty.

One final fight to the death took place at the remote Reichenbach Falls, where both eventually fell into the abyss. Holme’s body was never found.

The last two days are planned to travel by narrow-gauge train to Meiringen, where you can visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum and the Rheichenbach Falls, yet another touch of nostalgia.

Traditional Swiss-style hotels, chocolate brown with flowerfilled balconies and featuring Swiss culinary delights, top off the pristine Swiss countryside to add to the experience.

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Creating new walking access opportunities By

Mark Neeson,

Chief Executive, New Zealand Wa l k i n g A c c e s s Commission

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very year councils, community groups, individuals and government agencies such as the Department of Conservation create many new tracks and trails throughout New Zealand.

Helping to create new access is one of our highest priorities at the New Zealand Walking Access Commission and we facilitate it in a variety of ways, from negotiation with landholders and community groups, to establishing easements and providing funding.

Two good recent examples of new access facilitated by the Commission can be found near the top of the South Island.

The first of these is in Golden Bay, where safe access across private land was developed with the Commission’s assistance, resulting in the creation of a new publicly accessible track for walkers, bikers, horse riders and other recreational users.

The track stretches 2.2km from Grant Road near the Takaka-Collingwood Highway to Patons Rock Beach, northeast of Takaka.

At the landholder’s request, we were able to provide funding for route markers as well as signage and advice on rights of access and expected track usage.

Around 50 kilometres south, near Motueka, we have facilitated new access to the mouth of the Riwaka River in Tasman Bay by working with a landholder to install a new sign and stile over a fence on the Great Taste Trail cycleway.

This pure river flows from the base of Takaka Hill, filtered through a network of limestone caves. The new access will be popular with cyclists looking for a chance to take a dip in the river, as well as walkers,

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whitebaiters and anglers.

Our legislation, the Walking Access Act 2008, provides for the Commission to support walking access projects across New Zealand through a contestable fund known as the Enhanced Access Fund.

This fund has helped facilitate new tracks and trails across the country, and a recent example is a new walking trail on Northland’s Bream Bay coast.

This trail, which received $8,000 in funding from the Enhanced Access Fund, follows a section of the Bream Bay coastline between Waterman Drive and Ding Bay. It extends the existing Waipu Coastal Trail and is significant as it leads through spectacular coastal rock formations similar to the famed ‘Pancake Rocks’ of Punakaiki.

Along with new access, developing legally enduring access that stands the test of time is also one of our highest priorities.

A recent example is Cardiff Centennial Walkway, New Zealand’s newest official Walkway. This walkway, located west of Stratford in Taranaki, was gazetted in March this year under the Walking Access Act. While it has been open to the public since 1986, access has always been by voluntary agreement as it leads across private land in places. The landholders generously agreed to formalise the walkway by creating an access easement across their land,

Above: New track across private land in Golden Bay.

ensuring public access to this area will continue if the land is ever sold.

The walkway allows people to enjoy a beautiful section of the Waingongoro River and traverses farmland as well as natural bush. It also provides access to historical weirs and a ram pump from the historic Cardiff dairy factory built in 1891 and closed in 1951, as well as a picnic area and an observation tower with spectacular views of Mount Taranaki and the surrounding countryside.

If you’re interested in finding out more about new access facilitated by the Commission, or any of New Zealand’s officially gazetted walkways, visit the our website – walkingaccess.govt.nz.

“Older & Bolder”

by Judith Doyle

Published by New Holland Publishers.

Send cheque for $25 (this includes P&P) to: Judith Doyle, #3, 14 Oriental Terrace, Oriental Bay, Wellington. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

New Zealand Walk

Te Tapui Track

By Sonia Frimmel

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Author of Great Tracks and Trails

he Te Tapui Scenic Reserve in the Waikato covers two heavily eroded volcanic peaks: Te Tapui and Maungakawa (each around 5.6 million years old). They are part of an ancient group of volcanoes that extends north as far as Waiheke Island in the Hauraki Gulf.

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Time: Two and a half hours (circuit) Grade: Moderate It takes a while to find Te Tapui Scenic Reserve, but once you’re there, it’s worth it. A good road map or GPS will help. The bush is beautiful and the view from the summit of Maungakawa (496 metres), west towards Cambridge and east to the Kaimai Ranges, is excellent.

A loop track divides a few metres in from the car park.

Take the track to the left, it is a longer but more gradual approach to the top. There are a couple of small, unbridged streams to cross near the start, then it’s a fairly easy but steady climb up to the summit through the bush. Tawa dominates, but look for the large leaved kohekohe and the buttressed trunks of pukatea. Just before the summit the going gets a little steeper, then eases again and you suddenly find yourself in a small, grassy clearing with an elevated viewing platform.

The descent back to the car park is straightforward and direct.

In general the track is well marked and easy to follow but you may find a few fallen trees. I found that the time given for the track on the Department of Conservation sign (three to four hours) is fairly generous.

Above left: On this day someone stole the view. Middle; June was a good month to look for intersting fungi, but at the same time you need to watch out the slippery tree roots that criss-cross the tracks.

Above right: The track in the Te Tapui forest.

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Coming Events

NEW ZEALAND

JUNE 2015

6 Tough Guy and Gal Challenge, 8km, Wainuiomata 6 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 6 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 6 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 6 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 6 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 6 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 6 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 6 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 7 Blackmores Xterra Auckland, 20km & 14km, Shakespeare Park, Auckland 7 Taranaki Trail Running Series, 2km, 6km,& 12km, New Plymouth 7 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, North Shore, Auckland 10 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 13 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 13 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 13 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 13 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 13 Double Rainbow Trail Run, 17km, 25km & 46km Rotorua 13 Mount Difficulty Ascent, 21km & 42km, Cromwell 13 Tauranga Trail Run Series, 4.7km & 9.6km, Papamoa Hills 13 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 13 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 13 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua

13 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 13 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 13 Tough Guy and Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Hamilton 14 Xterra Wellington Trail Run Series, 7km, 12km & 18km, Wellington 14 Hawkes Bay Trail Run Series, Hawkes Bay 14 Sri Chinmoy Auckalnd Domain Series, 5km, 10km, & 21km, Auckland 14 Sri Chinmoy Cross Country 2.5km & 7.5km, Christchurch 14 Naki Run A Muck 5km & 10km, Urenui 14 Mount Vernon Grand Traverse, 128km, 11km & 2km, Blenheim 17 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 20 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 20 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 21 Monaco/Nelson Mid Winter Marathon & Half Marathon, Nelson 21 Te Awamutu Marathon Clinic 31st Annual Fun Run & Walk, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Te Awamutu 21 Honest 10, 10km, Wellington 21 Glen Eden 10 Miler, 6km & 10km, Auckland 24 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 27 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 27 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 27 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 27 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 27 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 27 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 27 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch

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27 Tough Guy and Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km, Auckland 27 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 27 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 28 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km, Western Springs Stadium, Auckland 28 Mud, Sweat & Tears Challenge, 5km & 10km, Christchurch 28 Wainui Classic Run 5km & 12km, Wainuiomata 28 Blackmores Xterra Auckland, 8km 14km & 20km, Totara Park Auckland

JULY 2015

1 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 4 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 4 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 4 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 4 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 4 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 4 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 4 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 4 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 4 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 5 4 Seasons River Run, 5km & 10km, Hamilton 5 Trail Trilogy Tirohia to Te Aroha, 14km, Te Aroha 5 Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Wellington 5 Hoka One One Tauhara Trail Run/Walk, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Taupo 8 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 11 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 11 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 11 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 11 Captain Cook’s Landing, 26km, Queen Charlotte Sounds 11 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 11 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 11 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 11 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 11 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 11 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 15 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 18 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 18 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 18 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 18 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 18 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 18 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 18 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 18 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 18 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 19 Run Auckland Series, 21.1km & 5km, www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Coming Events

Metro Sports Park, Auckland 19 Blackmores Xterra Series, 8km, 20km & 14km, Waiuku Forest, Auckland 19 Manawatu Striders Winter Run/Walk, 15km, 10km & 5km,Palmerston North 19 Honest 10, 10km, Evans Bay, Wellington 22 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 25 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 25 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 25 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 25 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 25 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 25 Halcombe Six-Person Relay, 29.8km, Halcombe 25 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 25 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 25 Three Pigs 16km & 5.1km, Whangarei 25 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 25 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 29 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

AUGUST 2015

1 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 1 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 1 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 1 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 1 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 1 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 1 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 1 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 1 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 1 Hoka One One Taupo Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Taupo 5 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 7 Lactic Turkey Night Bush Fun Run, 10km, Hunua Ranges, Auckland 8 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 8 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 8 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 8 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 8 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 8 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 8 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 8 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 8 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 9 Manawatu Striders Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Palmerston North 9 Blackmores Xterra Trail Series, 8km, 20km &14km, Waharau Regional Park, Auckland 12 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 15 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 15 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 15 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 15 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 15 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

15 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 15 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 15 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 15 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 16 Woodbourne Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Blenheim 16 Kaitaia Run/Walk, Kaitaia 16 Trail Triology Event 2 Waihi to Paeroa 21.6km, Waihi 19 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 22 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 22 Manawatu Striders Ashhurst to Espla-

nade, Palmerston North 22 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 22 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 22 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 22 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 22 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 22 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 22 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 22 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 23 Five Bridges Marathon, Half Marathon,

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Coming Events

10km & 5km, Cambridge 26 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 28 Great Nasby Water Race 1, 160km, Naseby 28 Great Nasby Water Race 2, 80km 60km & 50km, Naseby 13 Pelorus Trust Half Marathon, 10km, 5km, and Kids 1km, Hutt Valley 29 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 29 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 29 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 29 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 29 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 29 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 29 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 29 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 29 Great Naseby Water Race, 100km, 80km, 60km & 50km, Naseby 29 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 30 Blackmores Xterra Trail Series, 20km, 14km & 8km, Woodhill Forest, Auckland

SEPTEMBER 2015

2 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 5 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 5 Hoka One One Kimloch Off Road Challenge, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Kinloch 5 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 5 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 5 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 5 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 5 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 5 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 5 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 6 North Loburn School Loburn, Canterbury 9 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 12 Hoka One One Legend Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Waitakere

Great Barrier Island

Wharf to Wharf Marathon 3rd October 2015

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Ranges, Auckland 12 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 12 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 12 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 12 Kaikoura Whale Run, Half Marathon & 10km, Kaikoura 12 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 12 Whangamata Run/Walk Festival, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Whangamata 12 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 12 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 12 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 12 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 12 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 13 Pelorus Trust Run/Walk, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Lower Hutt 16 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 19 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 19 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 19 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 19 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 19 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 19 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 19 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 19 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 19 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 20 ACC Whangarei Half Marathon & 9km, Whnagarei 20 Blackmores Xterra Trail Series, 20km, 14 & 8km, Hunua Ranges, Auckland 20 Honest 10, 10km, Evens bay, Wellington 23 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 26 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 26 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 26 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 26 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 26 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 26 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 26 Abel Tasman Coastal Classic, 36km, Nelson 26 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 26 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 26 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 26 Head for the Hills Run/Walk, 13km, Macandrew Bay, Dunedin 27 Trail Triology Event 3, Paeroa to

Thames, 28.7km, Paeroa 27 Rimutaka Crossing Re-enactment March official WW1 commemoration, 21km, Featherston to Trentham 30 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

OCTOBER 2015

2-4 Bay of Islands Walking Festival, Russell 3 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 3 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 3 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 3 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 3 Great Barrier Island Wharf to Wharf, Marathon & Half Marathon, Great Barrier Island 3 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 3 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 3 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 3 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 3 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 4 Hamilton Half Marathon, 10km &5km, Hamilton 7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 10 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 10 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 10 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 10 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 10 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 10 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 10 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 10 Blackmores Xterra Trail Series, 45.5km, 29.5km & 13km, Waihi 10 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 10 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 12 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 17 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 17 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 17 Barry Curtis Parkrun 5km, Flat Bush, Auckland 17 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 17 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 17 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 17 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 17 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 17 Trailways Dun Run 22km, Matai Dam,

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Coming Events

Nelson 17 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 18 Honest 10, 10km, Evans Bay, Wellington 18 Pukekohe Half Marathon & 6km, Pukekohe 21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 24 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 24 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua 24 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 24 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 24 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 24 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 24 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 24 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 28 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 31 Cornwall Park Parkrun, 5km, Auckland 31 Millwater Parkrun, 5km, Silverdale, Auckland 31 Dunedin Parkrun, 5km, Dunedin 31 Hagley Parkrun 5km, Christchurch 31 Hamilton Parkrun, 5km, Hamilton 31 Lower Hutt Parkrun, 5km Lower Hutt 31 Kapiti Coast Parkrun, 5km, Otaihanga 31 Porirua Parkrun, 5km, Porirua

NOVEMBER 2015

1 ASB Auckland Marathon, Half Marathon, 12km & 5km, Auckland 14 Tarawera Trail Marathon & 50km, Rotorua 14-22 Waiheke Walking Festival, Waiheke Island 21 Air New Zealand Queenstown Marathon, Queenstown 22 Manawatu Striders Ashhurst to Esplanade 20km & 12km, Palmerston North

DECEMBER 2015

5 Asics Kepler Challenge 60m & 27km, Te Anau

FEBRUARY 2016

20-28 Great New Zealand Trek, Hawardesouth, South Island

MAY 2016

14 Air New Zealand Hawkes Bay International Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Napier

OVERSEAS EVENTS JULY 2015

3 Marburg Marathon, Marburg, Germany 4-5 Gold Coast Airport Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5.7km, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 4 Jolster Marathon, Jolster, Norway 2-5 IML Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland 10 Kauris Half Marathon, Qld, Australia 10 Hawick Walking Festival, Hawick, Scotland 12 Cairns Marathon, Cairns, Qld, Australia 12 Sydney Harbour 10k & 5km, Sydney,

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NSW, Australia 19 Airlie Beach Running Festival, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Airlie Beach, Qld, Australia 19 Koenig Ludwig Marathon, Fuessen, Germany 19 Salomon Trail Running Series Race 2, 6.6km, 12km & 17.5km, Plenty Gorge, Australia 20 Run the Great Whitsunday Trail, 28km, Conway Range, Qld, Australia 20 Ipswich Park to Park, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Ipswich, Qld, Australia 21-24 IML Four Day Walk, Nijmegen, Netherlands 25 Australian Outback Marathon & Half Marathon, Ayers Rock, NT, Australia 25 Swiss Alpine Marathon, Davos, Switzerland 25 -26 10th Hunter Valley Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10.3km 5.2km & 2km, Pokolbin, NSW, Australia 26 Run Melbourne Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 26 Westlink M7 Blacktown City Running Festival, Blacktown, NSW, Australia

AUGUST 2014

1 IML 2 day walk Walkers Festival of Lithuania, Jurbarkas, Lithuania 2 Brisbane Marathon Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 5km & 2.2km, Brisbane Qld, Australia 2 McDonalds Townsville Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Townsville, Qld, Australia 9 Monschau Marathon, Monschau, Germany 9 Devil Bend Fun Run 21km, 10km & 5km, Tuerong, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia 9 LJHooker Broome Marathon, 19.6km & 11.3km, Broome, WA, Australia 7-9 IML Three Day Walk, Vaasa, Finland 15 Helsinki City Marathon, Helsinki, Finland 16 Salomon Trail Running Series Race 3, 7km, 15.5km & 21km, Olinda, Australia 22 Reykjavik Marathon, Reykjavik, Iceland 23 Sandy Point Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Brighton, Australia 23 Mudgee Running Festival, Marathon, Half Maraton 10km & 5km, Mudgee, Australia 27 Tomintoul and Glenlivet Walking Festival, Tomintoul, Scotland 29-30 IML Two Day Walk, Verdalsora, Norway 29-30 Wonderland Run Grampians, 8km, 20km & 35km, Grampians, Vic, Australia 30 Shepparton Running Festival, Marathon, Half Maratrhon, 10km & 5km,

Shepparton, Australia 30 Sunshine Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 5km & 2km, Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia 30 8th Annual Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s NSW Unity Walk & Run, 4km & 8km, Sydney, NSW, Australia 30 De Castella Run 2 Mend Minds, 5km, 10km & 15km, Kew Boulevard, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 30 Lake Macquarie Running Festival, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Newcastle, NSW, Australia

SEPTEMBER 2015

4 Bradford On Avon Walking Festival, Bradford On Avon, England 5 The South Pennines Walk & Ride Festival, South Pennines, England 5 Castlerock Walkdest, Castlerock, Northern Irealand 5 Corwen Walking Festival, Corwen, Wales 6 Dubbo Stampede, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5.5km, Dubbo, NSW, Australia 6 Scottish Borders Walking Festival, Inneriethen, Scotland 6 Ross Marathons, Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Ross, Tas, Australia 6 Coffs Harbour Running Festival, Half Marathon, 10km, 5km & 3km, Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia 11 Blairgowrie & East Perthshire Walking Festival, Blairgowrie, Scotland 11 Wee Binnian Walking Festival, Newry, Northern Ireland 12 Jungfrau Marathon, Interlaken, Switzerland 12 Isle of Harris Mountain Festival, Isle of Harris, Scotland 12 Jesey Autumn Walking Wekk, Jersey, England 12 Petra Desert Marathon, Petra, Jordan 12 South Cornwall Walking Festival, Looe, England 13 Sidmouth Walking Festival, Sidmouth, England 13 International Vilnius Marathon, Vilnius, Lithuania 12-13 IML Two Day Walk, Arenzano, Italy 14 Wellington Walking Festival, Wellington, England 17 Kingston Walking Festival, Kingston, England 18-20 IML Three Day Walk, Seefeld, Austria 19 Swanage and Purbeck Walking Festival, Swanage, England 19 Oslo Marathon, Oslo, Norway 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Beijing, China 20 Moscow Marathon, Moscow, Russia 20 Siberian International Marathon, Omsk, www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Russia 20 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, Bridge Run & Family Fun Run, Sydney, NSW, Australia 20 Great Whitsunday Trail. 28km, Whitsunday, Qld, Australia 20 Salomon Trail Running Series Race 4, 8km, 15km & 23km, Anglesea, Australia 20 Run the Great Whitsunday Trail, 28km, Qld, Australia 23-25 Australian Adventure Festival 100km & Half Marathon, East Gippsland, Vic, Australia 24 Patley Bridge Walking Festival, Patley Bridge, England 25 Ross-onWye Walking Festival, RossonWye, England 26 Christmas Island Marathon, Christmas Island, Australia 26-27 IML Two Day Walk Brno, Czech Republic 26 Suffolk Walking Festival, Suffolk, England 27 Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany 27 Warsaw Marathon, Warsaw, Poland

OCTOBER 2015

2 Dursley Walking Festival, Dursley, England 2 Cowalfest Walking & Outdoor Festival, Cowai, Scotland 3-4 IML Two Day Walk, Fulda, Germany 3-4 Kielder Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Northumberland, England 4 Brussels Marathon, Brussels, Belgium 4 Cologne Marathon, Cologne, Germany 4 Hans Christen Andersen Marathon, Odense, Denmark 4 Kosice Marathon, Kosice, Slovakia 4 Capricorn Coast Running Festival, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Yeppoon Main beach, Capricorn Coast, Qld, Australia 10 Fermanagh Walking Festival, Fermangh, Northern Ireland 10 Drovers’ Tryst Walking Festival, Crieff, Scotland 11 Sweat Vs Steam 5km & 12.5km, Echuca, Vic, Australia 11 Budapest Marathon, Budapest, Hungary 11 Graz Marathon, Graz, Austria 11 Italian Marathon Memorial Enzo Ferrari, Maranello, Italy 17-18 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona. Spain 17-18 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 18 Amsterdam Marathon, Amsterdam, Netherlands 18 Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 7.5km & 3km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 18 Lisbon Marathon, Lisbon, Portugal 18 Asacona-Locarno Marathon, Locano, www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Switzerland 23 Wicklow Walking Festival, Wicklow, MAY 2016 Great Wall Marathon, Bejing, China Ireland 24 Polar Circle Marathon,Greenland JUNE 2016 25-26 IML Two Day Walk, Won-Ju, Korea Big Five Marathon, Souith Africa 25 Frankfurt Marathon, Frankfurt, Germany 25 Ljubljana Marathon, Ljubljana, Slovenia 25 Polar Circle Marathon, Kangerlassuaq, NORDIC WALKING Greenland 25 Venice Marathon, Venice, Italy 26 Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2015

1 Great Barrier Marathon Festival, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 1 New York Marathon, New York, USA 1-3 IML Three Day Walk, Higashi-Matsuyama, Japan 7-8 IML Two Day Walk, Taipei, Taiwan 8 Rursee Marathon, Simmerath-Einruhr, Germany 8 Athens Marathon, Athens, Greece 15 Isanbul marathon, Istanbul, Turkey 15 Palermo Marathon, Palermo, Italy 15 Marathon Popular de Valencia, Valencie, Spain 21-22 IML Two Day Walk, Jogiakarta, Indonesia 28 Bagan Temple Marathon, Myanmar 29 Florence Marathon, Florence, Italy 29 Central Coast Half Marathon & 10km, Central Coast, Qld, Australia 29 San Debastian Marathon, San Sebastian, Spain

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CONTENTS for previous 14 issues JULY 210 2015

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Great Walk:10 things to know before Walking the Milford Sound 11 Robin charms Prince Harry on Ulva Island 12 New Zealand Walks: Sea, Sky and Bush - another great walking weekend in Central Hawkes Bay 16 Books: Wildboy - an epic trek around the coast of New Zealand 17 Event: 10k for 10k a colourful event 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 17 New Zealand Walk: One Tree P o i n t W a l k w a y , Ruakaka, Whangarei 22 Overseas Walks: Queensland National Parks with great walks 26 Auckland Short Walk: Wattle Down - South Auckland 30 Overseas Walks: Hikes and sights of Argentina - from south to north 30 New Zealand Walk: Ten minutes walk to a seal creche 33 Event: The Great New Zealand Trek Stage 10 - Hanmer Springs to Hawarden 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Bay of Islands Walking Weekend returns for 2015 40 My Favourite Walk: Tongariro Alpine Crossing ticked off!

43 Waikato Walk : Omaru Falls Scenic Reserve 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for July 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Walking with the Stars

JUNE 209 2015

15 New Zealand Walk: Visiting the Franz Josef Glacier 16 New Zealand Walk: Whangarei’s new loop walkway 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Australia’s top walking and hiking hotspots 22 My Favourite Walk: Kauri Coast walks - with great coastal views 25 Auckland Short Walk: Blockhouse Bay Tiriwa Walk 26 My Favourite Walk: Town and country walk with no hills!

28 New Zealand Walk: Moutohora an island sanctuary 30 Overseas Walks: Walks in Townsville - a beach, a mountain and a river within a city 36 New Zealand Walk: Heritage zone handed into public hands 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk : Camping and tramping - 5 top South Island spots 40 Event: Marathon returning to central city 42 Te Araroa Trail: New Zealand trail selected as one of the world’s best 43 Event: Take on the Lake in Rotorua 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for April 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription

APRIL 207 2015

4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite Walk: Te Ara Tahuna Estuary Cycleway and Walkway 8 Event: Unique opportunity to walk Taieri Gorge 9 Readers View: Auckland scenic walk 10 New Zealand Walk: Onepoto Walk - full of interesting coastal views 14 New Zealand Walk: Restoring the Sign of the Packhorse Hut 15 New Zealand Walk: Visiting the Franz Josef Glacier 16 New Zealand Walk: Whangarei’s new loop walkway 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Australia’s top walking and hiking hotspots 22 My Favourite Walk: Kauri Coast walks - with great coastal views 25 Auckland Short Walk: Blockhouse Bay Tiriwa Walk 26 My Favourite Walk: Town and country walk with no hills!

28 New Zealand Walk: Moutohora an island sanctuary 30 Overseas Walks: Walks in Townsville - a beach, a mountain and a river within a city 36 New Zealand Walk: Heritage zone handed into public hands 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk : Camping and tramping - 5 top South Island spots 40 Event: Marathon returning to central city 42 Te Araroa Trail: New Zealand trail selected as one of the world’s best 43 Event: Take on the Lake in Rotorua 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 51 Weather Forecast for April 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Green Prescription

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Nga Tapuwae o Toi The footsteps of Toi 10 New Zealand Walk: Mt Peel an annual event for Christchurch group 12 Overseas Trails: 10 world’s most amazing long dis tance trails 14 New Zealand Walk: Heading out to Roaring Stag 16 Books: Lydia Bradley: Going up is easy 16 Auckland Short Walk: Greenhithe, North Shore Auckland 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Walking the Cares Gorge 26 New Zealand Walk: The Cape Brett walk, Bay of Islands 30 New Zealand Walks: Eastern Taranaki Experience - from convent to pub 34 Waikato Walk: Kakepuku Historic Reserve 36 New Zealand Walk: A big day in the Matukituki Valley 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk: Wairarapa coastal walk now has more options 40 Overseas Walks: 24 hours in Graz 40 Health: Are you getting too much calcium?

42 Overseas Walks: Restored medieval hamlet close to walking and hiking tracks 42 Event: Great Forest Events attrached entrants from throughout new Zealand 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for June 4 Walk Talk 52 Directory: New Zealand Walk6 New Zealand Walks: A circumnavigaing Groups tion by foot steps 56 Country Breaks 7 New Zealand Walk: Enjoyable day 60 Green Prescription walk at Limestone Roadend 14 Event: Beers Farm - Te Anau 16 New Zealand Fam Walks: Lynton 4 Walk Talk Downs Farm Stay walks 6 My Favourite Walk: Te Ara Tahuna 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners Estuary Cycleway and Walkway 20 My Favourite Walk: Omaha Beach has 8 Event: Unique opportunity to walk walks for everyone Taieri Gorge 26 Health: Overdosing with vitamin D 9 Readers View: Auckland scenic continues to be widespread walk 20 Overseas Walks: Discovering Andalu10 New Zealand Walk: Onepoto Walk cia - the walks, the culture, the food - full of interesting coastal views 28 New Zealand Walks: Top ten heritage 14 New Zealand Walk: Restoring the places to visit this summer Sign of the Packhorse Hut 33 Event: On track in the Manawatu

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MAY 208 2015

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Gorge 36 New Zealand Walk: Ruakuri Walking Track - Ruakuri Scenic Reserve 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Overseas Walks: Discover Portugal’s walking trails 44 New Zealand Coming Events 45 Christchurch Marathon 48 Overseas Coming Events 51 Weather Forecast for March 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 Wellington Marathon

FEBRUARY 205 2015

4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite Walk: Moke Lake circuit walk - Queenstown 7 Books: Revelling in our sub-antarctic islands 8 Auckland Short Walk: Onehunga to Pah Homestead 10 Event: Mangawhai Walking Weekend on track 10 Books: Walking the Waitakere Ranges 12 New Zealand Walk: Headland Sculpture on the Gulf 12 A Walk and cycle on the Waikato River Trail 15 Safety: Ensure your gear is now in ‘Peak’ condition 16 New Zealand Walk: Tirohanga Track to Ruapane Pirongia Forest Park 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Walking in the Picos de Europa 25 New Zealand Walk: Matekai Park - Oakura 26 Overseas Walks: Torres del Paine - a very special park 29 Event: Manawatu Walking Festival 30 Overseas Walks: The Larapinta Trail offers a myriad of stunning views 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walks: Echo Walking Festival 41 International Marching League encourages “May walking bring us together” 42 Window on Waitakere: Navigating dangerous flora 42 Health: Compression clothing can they improve recovery and performance?

44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for February 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 The Great New Zealand Trek

JANUARY 204 2015

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Tanekaha Falls Walk - a tribute to a group of retirees 10 Securing outdoor access for the next generation 12 New Zealand Walk: From hut to hut on the Matemateaonga 14 Rare penguins highlight of Hollyford Track early walkers 16 New Zealand Walk: Pukemokemoke Reser ve offers several walk options 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Auckland Short Walks: Le Roys Bush Northcote North Shire walks 22 New Zealand Walks: Mahi Aroha - explore the environment like never before 26 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa Trail to be in TV series 26 Te Araroa Trail: New 5km walking track 26 Te Araroa Trail: City to Sea via Southern Walkway change in 2015 28 Overseas Walk: In the steps of the ancients - a walk in Athens 33 New Zealand Walk: Weather no problem for Dargaville group 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 New Zealand Walk : Linklater Reserve 39 Around the Clubs: Striding out fun with a popular club 40 High Achiever: 65 year old walked 150 marathons 41 Event: Waiheke Island Wharf 2 Wharf 42 Window on Waitakere: Batwalks planned in Auckland 42 Window on Waitakere: Mapau tree fruit popular with birds 43 Training: Low carb diet: not the best for everyone 44 Coming events: Stirling Sports events: are something unique 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events

50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for January 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 The Great New Zealand Trek

DECEMBER 203 2014

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Pukawa to Omori Track 6 Te Araroa Trail: Cape Reinga to Bluff 8 New Zealand Walks: Outdoor couple make footprint on NZ walking scene 12 New Zealand Walks: Hiking New Zealand’s Hump Ridge Track more wilderness, less people 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 Overseas Walks: Inspiring walks in Spain 24 Ballard of St James 26 New Zealand Cycling Tours: Kiwi women take to the cycling trails 28 Overseas Walks: San Francisco’s ways: Umbria ‘s pilgrim routes 36 New Zealand Walk: Te Kauri Park Scenic Reserve 37 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Event: Tussock Traverse walking through a natural and cultural wonderland 40 Event: Cadbury Dunedin Marathon events 42 Window on Waitakere: Possum trapping 43 Training: Exercise programme tips 44 New Zealand Coming Events 48 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for December 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 The Great New Zealand Trek

NOVEMBER 202 2014

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Paparoa - a village in the valley 7 Having fun with your Sun sign 8 New Zealand Walk: Woolshed Creek - Mt Somers 11 Auckland Short Walk: Macleans Park and Eastern Beach 12 Overseas Trails: Victoria’s top rail trails 14 Overseas Walks: Walking Sandiago’s “other side” 16 New Zealand Walk: Tutukiwi Reserve 17 New Zealand Walk: Orongorongo a popular track in Rimutaka Forest Park 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walk: Lindsay Bush Scenic Reserve 22 New Zealand Walk: Silica Rapids Walk has plenty of variety 24 New Zealand Walk: Tama Lakes - in Tongariro National Park 26 New Zealand Walk: Tiki Trail - Gondola base to summit, Queenstown 28 New Zealand Guided Walks: Guided walks with a difference 30 Overseas Walks: In the footsteps of ancient travellers - Japan on foot 34 Waiheke Walking Festival 35 Event: Iconic Kiwi event celebrates 10 years 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Around the Clubs: New walk for Dargaville group 39 High Achiever: Walking the Way of St James - Gay Rowe’s Spanish Odyssey 40 High Achievers: Doctors visit start of a new journey for Dunedin couple 41 New Products: Bracewear: relief for troublesome knees and elbows 42 Window on Waitakere: Whitehaed releases 42 Health: Feet should be strong and flexible 44 New Zealand Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for November 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 56 Country Breaks 60 The Great New Zealand Trek

OCTOBER 201 2014

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walk: Coppermine Creek - a remote bush with a human history 8 New Zealand Walk: Consult the song book (or Crumpy) before you head outdoors 12 New Zealand Walk: The Rangiwhai Range with a volcanic history 15 New Zealand Walks: Kawakawa Station Walk revisited and revitalised

18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walk: Rotary Spring Step Out for the Well Foundation 22 Overseas Walks: South America - a rich ecological region 24 New Zealand Short Walk: Ongaonga - a village steeped in history 26 New Zealand Walks: Waiheke Walking Festival promises to be best ever 28 Overseas Walks: Grand Canyon Walkway - prettiest in Blue Mountains 30 Overseas Walks: Mossman Gorge oldest rainforest on earth 33 Auckland Short Walk: Te Atatu Peninsula Walk 34 New Zealand Walk: Sandy Point Invercargill’s walking playground 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 39 Podiatry Heel pain 40 Event: Manawau Striders Half Marathon 41 Window on Waitakere: Canopy climbers 42 Health: Feet health - “canary’s in the coal mine” 44 New Zealand Coming Events 47 Overseas Coming Events 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for October 52 Directory: New Zealand Walking Groups 59 Green Prescription 60 Napier City Half Marathon

SEPTEMBER 200 2014

4 Walk Talk 6 Event: Waiheke Walking Festival biggest in Australia 10 New Zealand Guided Walk: Hollyford Track an all season track 14 New Zealand Walk: Rotary Spring Step out at Long Bay 16 New Zealand Walks: Warkworth Walks - walks worth doing 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 New Zealand Walk: Sawcut Gorge Walk - with a surprize at the end 24 New Zealand Walks: Bay of Islands for fantastic walks 28 Books: Paradise Saved 28 Books: Peter Snell and the Kiwis who flew 29 Event: Thousands became walking stars in Auckland night-time half marathon 30 Overseas Walks: Uncover Italy’s amazing Amalfi Coast 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Event: Rarotonga - a walk run festival for addicts 40 High Achievers: Green Prescription helps a Northland family to be active again 41 Window on Waitakere: Thud, stunned, stiff!

42 Health: There are healthy alternatives to modern medicine 44 New Zealand Coming Events 51 Weather Forecast for September 56 Country Breaks 60 Napier City Half Marathon

AUGUST 199 2014

4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite Walk: The Millennium Track - beautiful in all seasons 8 New Zealand Walk: Bay of Island Walk: a yacht and a pair of hiking boots 10 My Favourite short Walk: Te Puna Quarry Park Garden full of interesting treasures 13 New Zealand Short Walk: Anzac Park Scenic Reserve 14 Te Araroa Trail: New Puhoi Track opened 16 Monthly Photo Contest winners 18 Walking Experience: Fulfilling farmland venture on a one tree hill 20 New Zealand Walk: Te Ara Piko Pathway officially opened 21 New Zealand Walk: Albany Scenic Reserve Track 22 Need2Know: Don’t underestimate the dangers asociated with rivers 23 New Zealand Walk: Brook fence clears final hurdle to Nelson Valley 24 Health: 6,000 keeps a day keeps OA limitations away 24 New Zealand Short Walk: Seaview Gardens Reserve 26 New Zealand Guided Walk: Saunter back into the 1930’s 28 Overseas Walks: Eight new guided tours added to Auswalk walking holidays 32 New Zealand Short Walk: Mangere Mountain Walk

33 High Achiever: Age no barier to climbing a mountain 34 Cycling Tours: Cycling the Rebuild Zone in Christchurch 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 High Achiever: Bubbly teen helped

by Active Families 38 New Product: Walking lightly 40 Need2Know: What you tread you spread 42 Window on Waitakere: Nest searchers 43 Health: Walking during pregnancy 44 New Zealand Coming Events 51 Weather Forecast for August 56 Country Breaks 60 Taupo Half Marathon

JULY 198 2014

4 Walk Talk 6 Event: The Great New Zealand Trek Stage 9 9 High Achievers: Inspiration on the start line of Hoka One One Taupo Half Marathon 10 New Zealand Walk: Waikato River Walking Track 13 Event; 10k to 10k 14 New Zealand Walk: The Kaitake Range 16 Monthly Photo Contest winners 18 Overseas Walks: Sydney’s new luxury hiking and camping experience 20 My Favourite Walk: Hidden treasures close to home 22 Overseas Walks: Escape the Winter Blues 24 New Zealand Walk: Helicpter to Venus 27 New Zealand Walk: Cape Brett Walking Track - absolutely incredible 30 Overseas Walks: Cactus to clouds 35 Event; 35th Cadbury Dunedin Marathon in September 38 New Zealand Walks: Great walks planned for walking weekend 40 Around the Clubs: Waoku Coach Road 42 Window on Waitakere: Top of the table 43 Health: Baseline amount of exercise for a person to be healthy 44 New Zealand Coming Events 51 Weather Forecast for July 56 Country Breaks 60 Take to the trails with Total Sport

JUNE 197 2014

4 Walk Talk 7 High Achiever: Green Prescription paves way to healthier lifestyles 8 New Zealand Walk: Doug Walker Memorial Walkway 10 New Zealand Walk: Te Hapu - simplicity amoungst spendour 12 New Zealand Walk: In the footsteps of Scott on Quail Island 18 Monthly Photo Contest winners 20 My Favourite Walk: Wairere Falls after 30 years 24 My Favourite Walk: Peak Hill Walkway has spectacular views 26 New Zealand Walk: Tararua treasures 28 My Favourite Walk: Fiji waterfall walk 30 Overseas Walks: Baffling Bulgaria 36 Overseas Walks and Tours 38 Overseas Walk: Lake Hart - a walk on a salty lake 40 Event: A sea of purple at Hamilton 41 New Product: Socks you wished Santa had delivered 42 Window on Waitakere: Activity board 43 Health: Morton’s Foot associated with foot and ankle pain 44 New Zealand Coming Events 47 Overseas Coming Events 49 Event: Record running for Wellington Marathon 50 Index for previous fourteen issues 51 Weather Forecast for June 56 Country Breaks 59 Wellington Marathon 60 Take to the trails with Total Sport

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AUGUST WEATHER FORECAST

According to Ken Ring

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AUGUST SUMMARY 6th-8th: Anticyclonic conditions.

9th: Westerly change brings changeable weather.

12th: Over the next four weeks El Nino continues to affect the country with more westerly and southwesterly winds over South Island and more frequent south-southwest winds over North Island.

There may also be a number of significant snow storms in the south and east. Wet conditions come to areas just north of Auckland, Coromandel, Hawkes Bay, parts of inland and North Canterbury, Fiordland and the Southern Lakes and southwest of the South Island, but below average rain in parts of South Canterbury and Manawatu. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Overall sunny with average temperatures especially in Taranaki but milder in the east.

Temperatures close to average in most places, slightly above average in parts of the east from Gisborne to Canterbury.

12th-16th: Cold southerlies prevail.

13th: Chance of snowfall in high country areas, possibly affecting the North Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Desert Road and the South Islands Lindis Pass. Snow may also fall to sealevel in Southland.

16th: Cold southerlies continue with high swells and high winds through Cook Strait.

17th-20th: Anticyclonic conditions over the South Island.

19th: Chance of unusual low temperature in Hamner Forest.

21st-30th: A period of westerlies a n d n o r t h we s t e r l i e s w i t h troughs of low pressure and deep depressions to the south of the country.

Ken Ring author of . . .

25th: Snow to low levels in Southland with thunderstorms and heavy rain. The same weather pattern may bring fresh snow to Queenstown ski fields.

27th: High temperature for Akaroa.

28th-29th: Conditions rather warm especially in eastern regions.

31st-4th September: Cold southerlies with low pressures over and to the east of the North Island.

Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occur around 1st (perigee), 15th (new moon), 18th (apogee), 30th (full moon) and 31st (perigee).

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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 09-429-0211

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 THUMBS UP ADVENTURE GROUP (TUAC): Alan Grigg 027-493-6850, Libby 021-137-1488, Leonie 021-222-8982, www.tuac.co.nz AUCKLAND CENTRAL

AUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday (AM), Helen Meyer 09-815-1444 AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: Sarah Hart 09-625-7891, actc. trampingclub@gmail.com 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 09-576-9807 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, Sally 09-522-5321 EPSOM Y’s COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Tuesday/Thursday (AM), Don Hay 09-636-9730 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09827-2737, Danny 09-627-9993 MT ALBERT Y’s WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Friday, (AM), 09-846-0788 MT ROSKILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: Theresa McDonald, 09-624-3281 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Marshall Piecy 09-445-3808, www.oacnz.org ST HELIERS HIKERS: First/Third Wednesdays (all day), Glenn 09528-9726 WALKING CLUB: Graeme Easte, 09-376-5901

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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 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nz WEST AUCKLAND

BLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Terry Wilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071, terryandsheena@xtra.co.nz, www. bluetopwalkers.weebly.com FIA OLA WOMEN’S DEVELOPMEMT WALK GROUP: Monday to Saturday, Anne, 09-813-0021 FIT4LIFE: Glenfield, Monday (PM), Friday (AM), Sarah 021 534 649 FOOTSTEPS: Saturday (AM), John 09-410-2995 GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), Ethel Denscombe 09-818-3561 GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM) and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230 GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne 09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867 GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300 HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM), Alene Couchman 09-818-2580 KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin 09-838-6553 KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin 09-818-6084 KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-412-8914 LYNNMALL CITY MALL WALKING: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA), 09-826-2333 LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09827-2737, 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 09-412-8076 MASSEY JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Kerry Watt 09-838-6665 or 021-517-049 NEW LYNN ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: New Lynn, Wednesday, Lorraine, 09-827-8663 RANUI MORNING WALK GROUP: Monday to Friday (AM), Judith 09-832-5692 RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09832-4069 RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 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 09-817-7212,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 09-482-1320,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), Dave Pampitt 09-410-5287 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 021-268-4154, pam_4882@yahoo.co.nz GREENHITHE WALKING GROUP: Greenhithe, Tuesday (AM), Marjorie Andrew 09-413-9065 HIGHBURY COMMUNITY HOUSE: Highbury, Thursday, Friday (AM), Judy Mayn 09-480-5279 MAIRANGI WALKING NETWORK: Mairangi Bay, Everyday (AM), Paula Cole 09-444-6435 MEADOWOOD WALKING & TALKERS: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Carol Buckner 09-479-7804 MILFORD MALL WALKERS: Greenhithe, Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Carol Mosedale 09-443-2054 MILFORD MENS PROBUS: Ian Hall 09-479-4259 NORTH SHORE DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Every second Sunday (AM), Sue Pearson 09-449-2221 NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: www.nstc.org.nz NORTHCOTE WALKING GROUP: Northcote. Tuesday, Bernie Pringle 09-410-5700 bernie@pringle.co.nz, or Mavis Martin 09-486-2574 mavay@xtra.co.nz 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 Lindsay 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 09473-4489 Pakuranga Nordic Walkers: Thursday (AM) Deidre Nielsen 09-271-3324 YMCA Nordic Walkers Thursday (AM) June Stevenson 09-361-6636 or 0274-383-923 RODNEY

10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Ivan Melville 09425-4999 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), Pam Jordan 021136-6129, pajordan0452@gmail.com MONDAY NIGHTA, Orewa, Monday (PM), Laraine Chase 09-427-9321 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 09-431-4692 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Anne 09-480-5424, www.wops.co.nz WAIHEKE ISLAND

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

HOWICK TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Gayle Sephton 027-635-4063 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, 09-232-8844 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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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MANUREWA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB WALKERS: Sunday (AM) HOWICK UXBRIDGE WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 09-535-6467 HOWICK Y’S WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-5153 PUKEKOHE TRAMPING CLUB: Mark Leys 09-294-8927 TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Noel Newsome 09-278-4962

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 07-855-2224 HAMILTON EAST WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848 HAMILTON TRAMPING CLUB: Alan Bigham 07-856-4646 HILLCREST WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), Nell Bradburn 07-856-3787 MEMORIAL PARK WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Maureen Doms 07-855-2497 NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Monday Tuesday (AM), Roslynn Billman 07-847-4873 SILVERDALE WALKING GROUP: Sister Anne Marie Jones 07-856-8980 CLAUDELAND WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848 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 07-827-3097 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, 07-868-6025 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 07-378www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

4992 WAIORA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), Kaye Beatson 07-378-6957 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (PM), (I), 06-378-9229

WAIHI

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 07-862-8184

WHAKATANE

TE AROHA

TE AWAMUTU

TE AWAMUTU TUESDAY TRAMPERS: Tuesday, Lesley 07-870-1973 or Kathy 07-870-2006 TE AWAMUTU WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), Jan Jefferies 07-889-7032 TE AWAMUTU MARATHON CLINIC: Wednesday (PM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Ross Thomas 07-871-5022 TE KUITI

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

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

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 SUNSHINE WALKING GROUP: Whakatane, Tuesday (AM), (I), Graham Thomas, 07-307-9800 HARRIERS WALKERS WHAKATANE: Saturday, (PM), (I), Noel Jones, 07-308-7101 NGA-TAPUWAE O-TANEATUA TRAMPING CLUB: Whakatane, Ohope, Opitiki, Kawerau; John Keene, john.keene@clear.net.nz WHITIANGA

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

WHANGAMATA RAMBLERS: Ron Le Noel, 07-865-9475 WALK WHANGAMATA: Everyday (AM), from Surf club WHANGAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-865-8182 WHAGAMATA TRAMPING CLUB: 07-865-9110

BAY OF PLENTY

EAST COAST

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

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

COROMANDEL 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), Colin Smyth 027-499-941, lakecity@xtra.co.nz, www. lakecity.co.nz 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 KAIMAI RAMBLERS TRAMPING GROUP: Wednesday, Roger 07544-1622 Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), YMCA, 07-578-5891 MOUNT JOGGERS & WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, info@mtjoggersandwalkers.co.nz , www.mtjoggersandwalkers.co.nz 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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HAWKES BAY HASTINGS

BRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM), (BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285 FLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy 06-879-7077 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Eddy 06-876-3371 HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-873-0971 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 06-877-7886 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 NAPIER

AHURIRI WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (I), Beverly Gillies 06-8436805 NAPIER WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), (I), Lyn 06-835-7704 NAPIER SOUTH WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (B), Maria Rogers 06-843-1225 RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Mike Sheely 06843-7804, www.runwalkhb.org.nz Ys WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, Napier, Kay 06-844-4891 or Dot 06-844-6885 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), Wednesday (PM), www.npjw.co.nz 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 Walking - 2015 WalkingNew NewZealand, Zealand,issue issueno no211 2112015

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INGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Maureen 06- 756-7255 HAWERA

HAWERA WALKING GROUPO: Friday (AM), Nancy Riddick 06-278-5784 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

WANGANUI WANGANUI

CASTLECLIFF WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Ethel Fackney 06-344-4375 RONA & GLAD’S WALK GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Rona Wright 06344-5434 WANGANUI HARRIER CLUB: Wednesdays, Saturday (PM), Secretary, P O Box 702, Wanganui, Perry Newburn 06-343-6484 SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), Karen Buckholt 06-349-2315 WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), Darol Pointon 06-345-3137 WAVERLEY

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

WELLINGTON

MOTUEKA

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 04-383-6276 MT VICTORIA WALKING GROUP: Euan Harris 04-384-4770 WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 ISLAND BAY WALKING GROUP: Community Resource Centre, Island Bay, 04-383-7464 WALKING FOR LIFE: Lynne Waring, Miramar KARORI WALKING GROUP: Mavis Shaw, Kelburn KARORI ARTS & CRAFT WALKING GROUP: 04-934-8630 KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-479-5420 MIRAMAR WALKING GROUP: 04-388-1944 NEWLANDS COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING: Tuesday (AM), 04-4788799 TARARUA TRAMPING CLUB: www.ttc.org.nz WEA MIDWEEK WALKERS: Hanna Harwood WELLINGTON WEDNESDAY WALKERS: 04-388-1988 WELLINGTON CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: 04-934-4729 WELLINGTON HARRIER ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM) mid March to mid October, (BIA), Veronica Gould WELLINGTON MARATHON CLINIC: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Toni 04478-9201 WELLINGTON MID-WEEK WALKERS: Tues, Thursday (PM), Bart Jones 04-477-3746 or David Lonsdale 04-977-8990 WELLINGTON NORDIC WALKERS: Rod McColl 04-526-6833

NELSON

WELLINGTON

SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young 06LOWER HUTT 385-4055 WALK FOR HEALTH: Tuesday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), MARTON SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD Wednesday (AM), Deane James Sunday (AM), (BIA), Jean 04-589-7887 or Dave 04-970-5133, www. walk4health.org.nz 06-327-7607 POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday MANAWATU (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603 PALMERSTON NORTH HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Carol 04-586-7784 HOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), Dorne WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04Jarvis 06-357-2444 567-5727 KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednesday 06-354-3342 (PM), 04-564-6019 HOT-Whitu CHICKS Saturday, (AM), (BIA), laurenparsons.co.nz/ HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04hot-whitu-chicks 970-6901 MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM), TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), Alister Martin 526-7440 06-353-7175 LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918 PALMERSTON NORTH JOGGERS & WALKERS: Esplanade,Tuesday, HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Mark Potter, info@hvmc.org.nz Thursday, Saturday (AM), (BI), Robyn McKey 06-354-9952.

WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 CLUB PED: Monday, Wednesday, (PM), (IA), Ongley Park; Saturday, EASTBOURNE WALK GROUP: Lesley O’Neil, Eastbourne (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179 ALICETOWN WALKING GROUP: 04-589-2646 HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, Adrienne Ken- KIWI MASTERS WALKERS: Richard Davies 04-566-1335 nedy 06-350-8617 OLDER ADULTS – LEISURE WALKING GROUP: Judy 04-528-4445 MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey Recreation PORIRUA Centre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471 FRIDAY WALKERS: Brian Grinstrup or Bruce Sheppard 04-237-6374 MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLY WALKERS: TAWA LINDEN HIKERS: 04-232-8705 Sunday (AM), (IA) Gillian Absolom 06-329-6898 WEA RAMBLERS: Muriel Thompson, Tawa METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), TAWA/LINDEN WALKERS: Maurice 04-232-4407 or Claire 04-232-8764 Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860 UPPER HUTT U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06- AURORA HARRIER CLUB: Peter Wrigley, p.wiggles@paradise.net.nz 356-4384 TUESDAY TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123 WOMEN’S AFTER 5.30 WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), (I), FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper Hutt Liz MacNeill 06-357-8216 TRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Jon Roskvist, 021-460-877 or 04-526-6906 FEILDING SENIOR WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Gail Byrnes UPPER HUTT WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Helen 04-970-2046 06-323-5470 KAPITI KAPITI CARDIAC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Graham Priest 04-293-7872 FOXTON FOXPEDS: Monday (PM), Foxton, Foxton Beach, (BIA), Dave Blackett, KAPITI WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Robin Leger 04905-4680 or Muriel Hill 04-293-5121 06-363-5743, Michelle Duffy, 06-363-7987 KAPITI SUNDAY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Frank Morris 04-293-2567 LEVIN LEVIN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Ivan Morgan or Ethel Symes 04-904-1485 KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday, email kapitithursdaywalkers@ 06-368-3622 gmail.com,www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitithursdaywalkers WEDNESDAY LEISURE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Lila McCall, KAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-902-1754 06-367-9070 KAPITI WANDERERS: Tuesday (alt), email: kapitiwanderers@gmail.

LEVIN JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, (BIA), com, www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitiwanderers Colleen Francis 06-368-8624 MONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or Steve Golledge 04-904-5904 WAIRARAPA SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022 MASTERTON

SOUTH ISLAND

WALKING GROUP RECREATIONAL: Edna Patrick, 06-377-4338 ORIENTEERING GROUP: 06-377-7961 or 379-5124 CARTERTON 40+ STRIDERS: Ada Lyster, 06-379-8746 MARLBOROUGH RUAMAHANGA RAMBLERS: Winter Saturday, Summer Tuesday (PM), BLENHEIM (BIA), Ray Wallis 06-377-0703 50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), 03-579-3101 MARTINBOROUGH MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-306-9226 PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991

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NELSON

MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Nora Morris 03528-6290 NELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West, 03548-3655 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 03-544-2286 WAIMEA HARRIER WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Sunday (AM) (BIA), Heather McNabb, 03-547-8490 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Visitor Information Centre WAIMEA TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM) (PM), wtc.richmond@xtra. co.nz, www.waimeatrampingclub.org.nz TAKAKA

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

CANTERBURY CHRISTCHURCH

ACTIVE CHRISTCHURCH SUNDAY WALK: Sunday (AM) (BI), 03-9418999 AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060 AVONSIDE KIWI SENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jan 03-389-2755 AVONHEAD KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Bess 03-342-7647 AFTER WORK WALKING CLUBS: around Christchurch, (BI), for all ages and fitness levels, recreation clerk, CCC 03-371-1778.

ARAI-WALKERS: Wednesday, Wainoni/Aranui, Natalie Hoani, 03388-2593 ARTHRITIC AMBLERS: Wednesday, (B) suitable for people with physical disabilities, Trevor Randall 03-385-7446 BEXLEY KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Kath 03388-6161 BARRINGTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Nita 03-337-1493 BECKENHAM WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (PM), Di 03-385-3452 BISHOPDALE RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM) (I), Bishopdale, Paul Muir 03-359-7971 BISHOPDALE TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM),(IA), www.bishopdaletrampers.org.nz BURNSIDE JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM) Burnside, Anne Uys 03-342-6337 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 03-382-2302 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 6.5PM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-338-8306 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), Lyane Graham 03-327-5679 KAIAPOI NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457 KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburban groups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483 LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social group for gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-337-6103 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 03-384-4794 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 03-388-3237 NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494 NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-385-5338 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 03-332-5638 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), Merv Meredith info@peninsulatrampingclub. org.nz, www.peninsulatrampingclub.org.nz PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-322-7220 PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-343-2216 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 03-383-5448 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 03-348-8195 SALLY STROLLERS: Saturday, fortnight, general Christchurch, (B), leisurely pace, Margaret Bennetts, 03-322-9187 SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 03941-5409 “ A SLICE OF HERITAGE WALKS” with Walktologist Graeme Stanley, Tues (PM) Thurs (AM ), Graeme Stanley 03- 980-1553 SOMERFIELD KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Marie 03-337-1436 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 03-338-9035 TOWER TRAMPING & WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, (IA), Dave Bates 03www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

332-6233, Sunday, Yvonne van Eerden 03-339-0751 WAINONI/AVONSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES: Thursday (AM), 03389-2285 WALKIE TALKIES WALKING GROUP: Thursday, (B), members mainly from Burwood United and St Kentigerns Parish, John 03-981-9994 WOMEN WALK: Wednesday and weekends, throughout Canterbury not in city area, (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921 XY’s WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Maureen Ryder 03-383-1226 or Alison Jarvis 03-338-2678 “Y’s WALKERS” (YMCA): Tuesday, Thursday, (BIA), City YMCA, 03-3660689, 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, John Williams 03-383-0064, jo_wil@xtra.co.nz 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, 03756-9037

HOKI HIKERS: Tuesday (AM), Margaret Stevens 03-755-6466

OTAGO CLYDE

CLYDE OFF-ROAD WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Judy Blanch, 03449-2580, Eleanor Edgar 03-448-6767 OAMARU

SENIOR CITIZENS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nancy Bell 03-434-5061 OAMARU FRIDAY WALKERS: Every 2nd Friday (AM), Barbara McGann 03-434-9178 WEDNESDAY WALKERS TRAMPING GROUP: Jane Naish 03-434-6363 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 DUNEDIN: walking track maintainers, Wednesday (AM), Graeme Elliot 03-454-3350, ellio@xtra.co.nz HALFWAY BUSH WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (I), Pat Garth, 03-476-2579 HILL CITY WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Alex McEwan 03-455-4851 KOPUTAI WALKING GROUP: 2nd Tuesday, (AM), Noeline Forgie, 03-472-8302 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 03-489-4071 PHOENIX CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nina Davidson 03-471-0114 PINEHILL WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Norman Vare 03-473-8683 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), Chris James 03-488-2228 WAIHOLA WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Elizabeth Jones 03-489-8064 XY TRAMPING CLUB: 1st & 3d (& 5th) Tuesday, (AM), Prue Turnbull 03-454-3991 Y’S WALKING GROUP: Sunday (AM), Betty Booth 03-456-2000 60 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Judith Wright 03-456-2080 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 03-476-1545 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), Olive Swain 03-214-4802 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, Harley Ware 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 03-2112150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz TE ANAU

BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Wednesday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nz WalkingNew NewZealand, Zealand,issue issueno no211 2112015 Walking - 2015

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Discover the southern Kaipara with our unguided multi-day catered walks through a unique private farm and intensive conservation project featuring native bush, salt-marsh wetlands, coastal forest and rolling farmland.

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Akitio-Glenora Walk

Fully catered 2, 3 or 4 day walks

- New Zealands newest private walk, our best kept secret * October to March/April * Groups 4 - 10 people

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Spectacular northern Wairarapa countryside, coastal & Native bush.

Discover Manawatu’s Beehive Creek, Sledge Track, Gorge walks . . .

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

Whareama Coastal Walk

EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE

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

Phone (06) 372 3722

www.whareamawalk.co.nz

0800 282 848 MARLBOROUGH

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3 day unguided coast and bush walk

www.kawakawastationwalk.co.nz 06 307 8989

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Fun Cycling Tours to Beautiful South Island Locations

Molesworth Station Cycle Tour - 4 or 5 days Tasman Great Taste Cycle Tour - 5 days Alps2Ocean Cycle Tour - 5 days Fully supported cycling, great food, comfortable beds and fabulous scenery.

Group or individual bookings welcome, bike hire available.

Contact The Molesworth Tour Company today for your next holiday.

Ph. 03 5728025 info@molesworthtours.co.nz

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“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.

1 hour from Marlborough’s Queen Charlotte Walkway 0274 483 133

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

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SOUTH ISLAND

Want to try something different this summer...?

With 23 cycle trails under the Nga Haerenga cycleway umbrella, there is something for everyone.

Adventure South operates guided tours on most grade 1 & 2 trails – an ideal way to get exercise, meet new friends and stay healthy.

Check out our website for details www.adventuresouth.co.nz/cycle_trails

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Phone 03-685-4848 Email: info@walkfourpeaks.co.nz

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Banks Peninsula Track Self guided two or four day walks

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

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phone 03 319 2715 www.kaikouratrack.co.nz

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