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Tongariro Alpine Crossing one of the best one day walks in the world

New Zealand Walks:

Paritutu Rock - a challenge in New Plymouth

New Zealand Walk:

The back story of ”The Routeburn Saga” New Zealand Walk:

Waiheke Island revisited retracing past footsteps

Photo Contest winners New Zealand Walk:

Track a memorial to Truby King

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CONTENTS Issue 267 - 2020

2 Pak - A - Roo Walking Jacket 3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 Great Walks: The Back Story of “The Routeburn Saga” 9 Great Walks: “The Routeburn Saga” 11 New Zealand Walk: Track a memorial to Truby King 12 New Zealand Walks: Paritutu Rock a challenge in

New Plymouth 15 Book: Relentless - how a mother and daughter

defired the odds 16 New Zealand Walk: Always different - The Art

Deco Walk 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 New Zealand Walk: Waiheke Island revisited - Re-

tracing past footsteps 26 New Zealand Walk: Te Pare Reserve rich in history 30 New Zealand Walk: Tongariro Alpine Crossing one

of the best one day walks in the world 36 New Zealand Walk: Wide country views from Mt

William Walk 39 New Zealand Walk: Haast Pass/ Tioripatea High

way short walks 40 Australian Walk: Unique track is popular tourist attraction 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 48 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 60 Great Forest Events

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Cover photo: A family walking in autumn on one of the many walks at the Eastwoodhill Aboretum near Gisborne.

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Walk talk

Tamaki Drive shared path construction starts

World Expeditions expands in Central Asia with new trip to Azerbaijan

World Expeditions continues taking the paths less travelled in Central Asia with the addition of a brand new trip this spring that visits one of lesser known destinations in the region: Azerbaijan.

This year, it expands its offering with a 16-day itinerary that takes in Azerbaijan, its first venture in the country, as well as Georgia and Armenia.

Launching on 26 April, the new trip starts at the largest city in the Caucasus region and capital of Azerbaijan, Baku.

Set along the Caspian Sea, the recent oil boom has flooded the city with breathtaking contemporary landmarks such as the Zaha Hadid-designed Heydar Aliyev Centre and the pointed ‘Flame Towers’ glass skyscrapers; however, Baku is also home to a UNESCO-listed, medieval Old City, which is a treasure trove of Azerbaijani history with ancient city walls, bathhouses, mosques, caravanserais and an iconic stone Maiden Tower that dates back to the 12th century.

The trip also visits the expansive Gobustan National Park, which features over 6,000 petroglyphs and engravings covering 40,000 years of rock art, as well as once inhabited caves and settlements, some of which going as far back as the Upper Paleolithic Age. The site is also home to nearly a third of the world’s bizarre mud volcanoes, which bubble and erupt, sometimes in flames across the landscape.

The itinerary also stops at the Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum Carpet. Before crossing into neighbouring Georgia, further highlights in Azerbaijan include visiting the striking Bibi Heibat Mosque, exploring the lively Fountain Square and spending time at the beautiful former Silk Road town of Sheki, whose Khans Summer Palace is said to be one of the most beautiful buildings in the Caucasus.

Construction has started on Tamaki Drive to upgrade walking and cycling facilities, forming a critical link in Auckland city’s network of cycleways.

The 7km route will enable people to walk, run or cycle from the eastern suburbs to the city centre.

A n e w t wo - w a y s e pa r a te d cycleway will be built along the seaward side of Tamaki Drive, between the Quay Street Cycleway extension and Ngapipi Road. Once completed the cycleway will connect with cycle routes to Glen Innes, Parnell and the central city.

During construction, low spots on Tamaki Drive will be raised up to half a metre to help improve protection against seasonal flooding during high spring tides. A separate path for pedestrians will also be constructed.

Above: Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff turning the sod.

Kielder Waterside Forest great for a stroll or a complete hike

With over 600 square kilometres of forest and 27 miles of shoreline to choose from, Landal Kielder Waterside, in Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland, England, is an ideal starting point for you whether you fancy a light stroll, a long walk or a complete hike if you are in that part oo the UK. You can pick from challenging long distance trails to more leisurely strolls that are perfect for the family. The Lakeside Way also provides you with over 26 miles to explore.

The Lakeside way is a multi-user trail that goes around the shoreline of Kielder Water. You can choose to walk all of it or parts of it and it makes for a stunning and unique walking experience. Whilst walking along the Lakeside Way you will be able to discover more than twenty pieces from the outdoor Art & Architecture collection as well as spot some of our wildlife.

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Walk talk

Rotorua’s Linton Park shared pathway opens in style Rotorua’s newest shared path, the Linton Park Link was opened in a flurry of fashion at a Frocks on Bikes event, held earlier this month.

The 3.1km Linton Park Link aims to provide an off-road connection from residential areas to the inner city.

Improvements to the path allow access for more users, including push scooters and mobility devices, by widening it to 2.5 metres and covering it with a hard surface suitable for small-wheeled active transport and bicycles.

It is part of the CyWay programme which is jointly funded

by Rotorua Lakes Council, the Government’s Urban Cycleways Fund and the National Land Transport Fund (Waka Kotahi).

The Frocks on Bikes event happens annually in summer featuring a different cycle route in Rotorua each year. It encourages people of all ages and abilities to experience cycling in a relaxed and social environment. This year, over 30 men and women donned their helmets and dresses to ride together in style.

Omission: In “Norfoilk Island a magicical slice of paradise” in issue 266 it was omitted that the photos were supplied by Norfolk Island Tourism.

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The back story of “The Routeburn Saga”

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By Gail Francis

Above: Arriving into Routeburn Falls Hut. Opposite page below left: In front of Routeburn Falls. Below right: A long uphill to get into stride.

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In light of the recent tragedy on the Routeburn Track, I thought it would be an opportune time to share with you my incredibly special journey of which I am eternally grateful to have experienced.

To enhance the poem to follow, I’d like to share the history leading up to this trip of a lifetime.

My parents, Colin (80) and Sylvia (81) have always been my inspiration and oracle for all things hiking in New Zealand.

Any track – you name it, they seem to have done it, including of course the Routeburn, but that one didn’t really count as it was in the massive storm that flooded Queenstown some 20 odd years ago.

Visibility was close to zero. They had to take the detour below Earland Falls and Lake Mackenzie was unapproachable and completely hidden behind the sheets of rain coming down in front of them.

So after seeing majestic photos from my first hike along the Routeburn, I could see the yearning in Mum’s eyes, I knew her life was not yet complete. A dedicated trooper after her second hip replacement dislocated three times, it was time to downsize their home. And so, on the down low, I also got into training to make this adventure happen for all of us . . . .

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Above: A beautiful scene at the summit on the Routeburn Track.

Below: At Lake Mackenzie.

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The Routeburn Saga – Twenty years back Colin and I walked the Routeburn Track Three days we tramped in mist and rain All beauty hidden . . . should we do it again The years went by. Two new hips were given To re walk the Routeburn we still felt driven One trip cancelled when my hip came out Whether or not? It’s still in doubt.

Gail takes charge in this decision And does all the bookings with great precision.

She is coming with us all the way. No ifs and buts, She has booked the huts!

We shift house, then into training.

Let us pray on the day, it isn’t raining.

At the age of eighty one This is the challenge to be done.

Air NZ flew us Tauranga to Queenstown We had scheduled a day to settle down.

Off to Skippers Canyon in a 4 wheel drive.

A wonderful day to be alive.

Next day is fine. We’re off from The Divide.

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Poem by Sylvia Francis

Gail took off at a cracking gait To save us bottom bunks if we were late!

The track became all rocks and boulders Carrying packs upon the shoulders.

Wait a tick…

I’ve got a stick. And that helps, quite a bit!

We crossed in front of Earland Falls No previous sight of this at all Except to remember we had to detour All soaking wet, and that’s for sure.

I’m tiredly on the downward part, Then suddenly the sight of Gail warms my heart!

She has walked an hour up the track To straight away take my pack.

With Gail’s GPS to egg me on The last few K’s were surely gone.

Then all at once Mackenzie Hut’s in sight With bottom bunks to sleep the night!

Next day we leave the green Mackenzie Lake behind And guess what? The weatherman is kind!

Gail is first off, then us. All early rising.

Not far uphill and the sun is shining.

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The Routeburn Saga On the tops we see Hollyford Valley far below.

The Routeburn Track is giving its show.

Later on up Harris Saddle we climb, For extra rest we find it’s time.

Then we head down and down to the Routeburn Falls For food and rest we feel the calls.

Each rocky step I take care not to trip, Thinking of the dodgy hip.

Then once more, I see Angel Gail appear!

She’s coming up the hill in top gear.

She takes my pack To carry back.

Down the track we meet ranger John.

He notices what’s going on.

“Money can’t buy that.” He said.

And that comment stays in my head.

In the hut, we stop for a break and take off our hats.

The beech forest around us glistens in the wet.

A more beautiful path I’ve never yet met.

The burn raged alongside us, our company to keep.

One crossing only, just ankle deep.

Plenty of time at the shelter, to wait for the bus.

The keas were waiting and making a fuss.

And just for once, Gail was well behind us.

She had stayed at the hut for insight to gain And anyway didn’t want to wait in the rain.

So the end the Routeburn story….

I have seen you at last, in all your glory.

My grateful thanks to the best support team, Colin and Gail, Making sure that the venture would not be a fail.

Near the hut John catches us up.

After a laugh and a chat he gives me a mandarin!

To the, (quote), ‘two cripples’ he is pandering.

He gives us a hand over the last big boulder, Knowing that against most trampers we are somewhat older!

The last night in the hut is full of warmth and chatter.

John gives us all a talk on the things that matter.

The fault line, the swim holes and the quiz just for fun.

The last full day of walking is over and done.

Next morning, it’s raining as had been forecast.

The boulders and rocks are things of the past.

It is steady downhill to Routeburn Flats,

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Above: Staring out at the Divide.

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New Zealand Walk

Track a memorial to Truby King

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King created a dairy farm to produce milk formula for on Sinclair belongs to a group that is building a walkway to the Sir Truby King Bridge in Taha- infants. And he used his sawmill plant to power a boiler to kopa. The Walking Access Commission recently super-steam and sterilise everything (including the cows).

All that remains of Sir Truby King’s time in Tahakopa granted $8,000 toward information panels on the new walkway that tell the history and stories of Sir Truby King. now is the railway bridge he designed.

“All this stuff – goods that he produced travelled across Sinclair is an aficionado of local icon, Sir Truby King. this bridge – the bridge was unique because it was So he and other locals are building a walkway as the only bridge privately built and privately fia memorial to the man. nanced to the standard of New Zealand railways.

Dr King the renowned doctor and founder of And hence they allowed their rolling stock and Plunket was a resident of the Catlins village of locomotives to go across it,” says Sinclair.

Tahakopa between 1893 and 1929. During that “Yeah, we could do something as a memorial time, the railway came to the Tahakopa district to him. Because the bridge is the only thing left. and King was instrumental in helping that hapEverything else has been destroyed. We’ll make pen. this track in memory of him for his work here.”

Sinclair explains how his interest in a memorial to Sir Truby grew.

By Stephen Day Don Sinclair reckons a track to the bridge will let visitors to the district learn about its history.

“What I done, I set up historical films. Because “We have Airbnb guests, and they say ‘Well, what’s there was a lot of history here of the trains, sawmilling and farming. So I went out and found pieces of film that to do here?’ And we reckon by having this track we give people had in their cellars, old bits of home movie and them something to do. And it’s more to commemorate I made up heritage films and that’s how we get people him of course.”

“There are native trees and they are in very good to come down and visit the hut. And so we made a film condition. Forest and Bird have taken saplings and are of Truby King.

Wellington Council made the first part but we’ve added going to replant some of the trees. And also there is the native long-tail bat, which they are to it since then - to add more about going to take school kids down there Tahakopa. And that’s why Eleanor to view the bats. And learn about the [Sinclair’s wife] said we should make bats which are unique. something, a memorial to him. That’s The trees are matai and black pine. how that come about. By making a According to Forest and Bird, they are film.” excellent, absolutely excellent for the Sir Truby spent his time in Tahakopa kids to learn about.” as a doctor, a farmer and sawmiller. He The track travels across an unwas also Medical Superintendent at formed legal road and will have Dunedin’s Seacliff Lunatic Asylum and wheelchair access. This is a lovely a lecturer at the university. So he used short walk along the Tahakopa River, the train to get to and from Tahakopa.

“He used to bring these patients down in the train through an established stand of native trees to the historic to get them out of Seacliff,’”says Sinclair. “Out of the Sir Truby King Bridge.

Don Sinclair and the local community have done a lot institution. Seacliff was the biggest building built at the of work on the track. They have had significant support time in New Zealand.

Huge Building. And he said “Nah, nah, nah. You got from the Walking Access Commission’s regional field to get yourself out of that building and out in the fields, advisor, and we are looking forward to seeing it finished work in the fields. And you’ll feel a lot better.” So he and open to the public. brought them down on the train and they worked on the Above centre: Dr and Mrs Truby King in the garden of their Seacliff farm and in the sawmill. residence, Dunedin. Ref: 1/2-043223-F. Alexander Turnbull Library. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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New Zealand Walk

Paritutu Rock a challenge in New

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aritiutu Rock situated at the port of New Plymouth is an ancient volcano. It was set aside along with the Sugar Loaf Islands as a marine reserve in 1986.

There are fish, sponges and seals out on the islands, sometimes whales can be seen swimming past these islands. It is a very popular attraction

to locals and tourists, some having to admit defeat due to unfitness levels, vertigo and the steep drop down to the bottom.

It is a short 100 metre climb and takes about 20 minutes to the summit depending on your fitness skills. It is very steep, rocky and uneven, taking probably 30 minutes or longer for those who are slow.

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the car park winds it’s way up to the halfway point and has 200 steep steps to climb.

There is a seat halfway up the stairs, a welcome relief to catch your breath and take in the view .

When you reach the top of the stairs this is the time to decide as to whether you will continue the climb.

From where the stairs end you have to use chains embedded into the rock sides by iron bars to continue to the summit. This involves some steep narrow surfaces where you will have to haul yourself up over ledges using your legs to give you support. There can be loose stones on the surface of the track. You are virtually traversing a very steep circular side.

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Plymouth especially on a fine day. Time for a rest and perhaps photographs of the city, the coast, the wharf and on a very clear day you can spot Mt Taranaki and the three mountains Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in the national park area. There is a trig station on the summit.

Making your way down needs care and sometimes more tricky than climbing up for some.

Access to Paritutu Rock Car Park which is at the bottom of the rock is on the right hand side up Centennial Drive and signposted. For those who Opposite page above left:View of Paritutu Rock from Centenial Drive, track to the lookout can be seen on right of rock near top.

Above right: On top of lookout.

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New Zealand Walk

Paritutu Rock a challenge in New Plymouth do not wish to climb the rock there is a lovely walk along the clifftops further along with views of the coast and access to Back Beach.

The climb and walk make for an adventurous day.

Centennial Drive is at the port end of New Plymouth and can be accessed by taking St Aubyn Street from the city and following it straight through where it becomes Breakwa-

ter Road nearly to the port turning left into Ngamotu Road, then right into Centennial Drive. Other option is from the city follow Devon Street East for several kilometers, past the small shopping centre and dairy on your left, continue past the Spotswood School on your left turning right into Ngamotu Road. Continue to the bottom of the Ngamotu Road and turn left into Centennial

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Drive.

As it can be quite exposed to the wind on occasions up on the lookout may pay to take a jacket and you need sturdy shoes, not suitable for jandels.

Above: Great view on way up.

Below left: Chain used to climb to lookout.

Below right: End of stairs and beginning of rock climb.

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Deco walk

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he extraordinary thing about Napier’s Art Deco walk is that it’s never the same.

Different locals lead the walk and each have their own special Art Deco enthusiasms to share with visitors. So every walk gives a different slant on By Judith Doyle the birth of an art deco city – unique in the world.

The only thing that’s standard is that you meet at the Art Deco Centre in Tennyson Street and are shown the film of the Napier Earthquake, on February 3, 1931, and its aftermath.

From here on, the guided walk varies, as I have discovered on the three separate occasions I have taken one.

Today our guide is Keith who keeps reminding us to look up as we walk, above verandah level at the decorative stucco facades. Many bear the date of their completion.

My guide on a previous walk was more intrigued with what was below verandah level – original shop fronts, doors, leadlight glazing and ceilings.

The T&G Building with its dramatic dome and clock lantern is Napier’s most famous landmark; the Criterion Hotel is one of the best examples of Spanish Mission style while the Daily Telegraph Building represents them all. It is flamboyantly Art Deco with zigzags, fountain shapes, ziggurats and a sunburst at the base of the flagpole.

So take Napier’s Art Deco Walk yourself even if you’ve done it once or twice before – each is different.

Opposite page top: The T&G Building is Napier’s most famous. Below: Local guide, Keith, points out his favourites.

Below right: The Daily Telegraph building represents it all.

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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

Monthly 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.

Above: Members of the Upper Hutt Walking & Tramping Club at the Fern Walk in Pohangina on a wet day. Perfect bush track to wander in the rain.

Photo by Judith O’Leary, Upper Hutt.

Below: “Everything is in the “cloud” these days!”climbing Mt Te Aroha.

Jan Towers, xxxxx xxxx Opposite page above: Tourists climbing up to the restored fortress above the World Heritage site Ait Ben Haddou in Morocco. Photo by Claire Woodhall, Havelock North.

Below left: Percy Reserve, Maungaraki is such a good walk for all ages, I’ve been coming here with Quinn and Isla, two of my grandchildren for a long time. Each season is different, there’s a weta cave, ducklings in the spring, a beautiful waterfall at the end of one of the walks, imaginative games to play along the way. This time I encouraged the kids to take some photos along the way, as well as enjoying the walk. Photo by Kate Mullooly, Tauranga. Below right: Finished 2019 with a walk up the Rimutaka Incline from Cross Creek to check out the new bridge over Siberia.

Amazing! Photo by Di Bailey, Carterton.

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Waiheke Revisited — Retracing

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eventy years ago, no one thought of a walking track encircling Waiheke Island.

At the start of the 1950s a few roads connected up settlements of baches and the homes of a few residents.

There were wharves at Matiatia, Surfdale, Ostend, Omiha and more at the eastern end. Few people had cars and tarseal and footpaths were hard to find. No roads linked up the ports of Man o’ War Bay, Cowes Bay, Orapui and Omiha — access was by sea.

Young adventurers could walk all day discovering the beautiful beaches and coves along the north-eastern shores, and swim, fish and camp without encountering landowners or anyone else.

Of course, times have changed!

But while a return to a youthful paradise could be expected to bring disappointment, we found that much of the old spirit of Waiheke remains, even enhanced by improved access on foot, and by conservation of bushland remnants. New tracks avoid much of the traffic and urbanisation, and the beaches are as great as ever.

Our enthusiastic host, Vicki, met us at Matiatia wharf and introduced

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us to the comfortable accommodation she has created for walkers in a quiet side road at Onetangi.

It was a perfect day for walking, and Vicki recommended the “Beaches ‘n’ Baches” segment of Te Ara Hura, the remarkable 100 km walking trail encircling the island.

So while she gave her dog a run on Oneroa Beach, we set off along the sand, over headlands to small coves with little or no road access, and through bush reserves with views out across the Hauraki Gulf to islands adrift in a sunlit sea.

At Enclosure Bay, at the bottom of a small valley, we came across a striking group of eight pou (carved posts) with a forest of young native trees beyond.

Above left: Nikau Palms in Whakanewha Regional Park.

Above right: Pou and a planted forest at MacKenzie Reserve.

McKenzie Reserve was a neglected pine forest until cleared in 2005 and imaginatively replanted to form a restoration model. This is one of several schemes on Waiheke that we were to encounter, to protect and revegetate the land.

Te Ara Hura led us up through the reserve and so on to more roads and tracks winding through bush remnants and baches hiding among the trees. At a high point of the road with a view over the gulf to the end of Coromandel Peninsula, Vicki managed to find us and took us back for a tasty meal and a good night’s sleep.

Next day, the weather looked great for tackling the “Far End” section of Te Ara Hura. The pamphlet promised “big skies, big views and

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fresh air therapy”. Just as it was 70 years ago! Vicki left us some way along Man o’ War Bay Road, by another block of native trees doing fine after nine years of growth.

The scattering of vineyards was all new from the sheep farm of the old days, as was the road itself that replaced a sheep track along the coastal ridge. But Owhiti Bay, our much favoured campsite of old, looked much the same; turquoise water, a clean sweep of sand, bush remnants and pohutukawa crowding the shore.

But these days there are “private ownership” signs. Behind us, there was the cone of Rangitoto on the horizon and we were reminded of how close Auckland is to the remote-

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ness of eastern Waiheke. We took a side road dating back to the military activity of the Second World War, up through the peculiar basalt boulders that give the vantage point here the apt name of Stony Batter. The rocks date back to a volcano that erupted, we are told, eight million years ago.

In their midst, gun emplacements and tunnels (not open for inspection as in the old days!), remain from the time when the US naval fleet’s anchorage in the Hauraki Gulf needed defending. To the north, beyond Thumb Point (Te Patu) at the northern tip of Waiheke, lay the guano splashed Gannet Rock (Horuhoru)

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and the expanse of the Gulf to Little Barrier (Hauturu).

From Stony Batter there are access tracks to the coast north and south, but not east, where years ago some bays provided adventurous overnight camp sites. Following the road back, we reached Man o’ War Bay where Vicki picked us up and took us on a tour south along the ridge line with great views of Pakatoa, Rotoroa and Ponui Islands. There are so many other islands to see.

The great weather continued next day. Another short drive and we were soon at a dropoff point at the head of a tidal creek at Awaawaroa on the southern coast of the island.

Te Ara Hura led us up along a ridge looking down on neat wineries on slopes above the mangroves.

There was a tricky bit using a rope down beside a steep fenceline, then up to Trig Hill, where distantly, beyond Brown’s Island/Motukorea lay the cluster of towers of central Auckland and even further, the Waitakere Ranges.

Soon we left the open hills

Above: Owhiti Bay is still lovely and wild.

and dropped into a long, cool forested valley leading to Whakanewha Regional Park. The track found a tortuous way through a dark green nikau palm jungle. This segment of Te Ara Hura is called “Forest Heart”.

At the long, sweeping beach, sculptures reflected the local enthusiasm for preserving nature, and signs warned us of not interfering with dotterel breeding. Therefore the track skirts around the back of the beach, then through some forest and into the laid-back settlement of Omiha.

Vicki found us relaxing under a pohutukawa at a beach beyond the promontory where the wharf and the ferries that visited it are just a distant memory.

The drop-off on the next day was at the western end of Blackpool Beach, near the Piritahi Marae. An old wooden scow that had seen better days lay peacefully surrounded by the high tide.

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along the pebbly beach. From Waiheke Revisited chicks around the southern-most point the sun gleamed on the Gulf, spread out beyond Oneroa to Great Barrier Island on the horizon. This “Headlands” part of the trail began through patches of forest and along quiet roads to eventually rejoin the coast.

We followed around several headlands separated by isolated coves.

At Matarahui Bay, a pair of oystercatchers paraded with their three Above: Onetangi Beach from the top of the Zig-Zag track.

Below left: Giant volcanic boulders at Stony Batter Below right: A reminder of turbulent times: a gun emplacement on Stony Batter, .

track clung to the cliff edge, heading north. In some places, spectacular and ostentatious homes rose up on the ridge above to better capture the views across to Motuihi and Rangitoto Islands, and the passing yachts.

Past Church Bay, giant pohutukawa trees with artistically twisted trunks and roots hung out over the water. Could they have been the inspiration for the biennial “Headland Sculpture on the Gulf” exhibition that choses sites along this part of the trail for its dramatic, but ephemeral, art works?

Just around the corner we were

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back in sight of the ferries, the wharf and giant carpark at Matiatia, and the ever helpful Vicky to take us back to Onetangi for another special meal and some rest.

On our last day, the sun shone and we had time for a walk along Onetangi Beach. Compared to beach holiday locations on the mainland, Onetangi had changed remarkably little. Many houses are the same as remembered from summer holidays long ago, a lack of “progress” explained to us because of a need for their own water supply from the roof and their own septic tanks. Island life is different.

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Over the ridge, we found we could not enter Forest and Bird’s bush reserve. It was remembered as a wild and unkempt place with tracks where the owner had dragged out puriri logs for fence posts.

We used to explore its depths, looking for giant trees and especially the kauri on the top ridge, and marveled at the big flocks of kereru that thrived on this possum-free island.

Today, the route for Te Ara Hura is blocked by the threat of kauri dieback. So we used only a small section of the trail to make our way back to

Above: Te Ara Hura passes around Hekerua Bay with a view to Rakino Island on the horizon.

the beach.

The fast ferry back to town bears little resemblance to the old days.

On the Baroona or the Tangaroa, it was an hour and a half journey, uncomfortably packed full of holidaymakers regretfully leaving a few days of Waiheke sunshine at the end of a long weekend.

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t the southern end of Hahei Beach near Whitianga on a prominent hill Te Pare Historic Reserve encompasses the remains of two prominent Ngati Hei pa sites.Â

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gaunga, Ngati Tamatea and Ngapui.

Hareheretaura Pa is perched on the tip of the headland and surrounded by steep cliffs, coupled with a ditch and bank on the landward side and created a good defensive position.

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Above left: View from the top of the point.

Opposite page Below left: View of Hahei Beach.

Above right: Walking back along the beach Below right: Walking down the stairs to the beach.

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Te Pare Reserve rich in history to prevent damage to the midden deposits on the slopes below the terraces.

Hahei Pa is on the ridge above the track leading to Hereheretaura Pa. Steep cliffs on the south side drop down to a bay while on the north side seven terraces fan out around the main platform. Unlike Hereheretaura Pa defensive earthworks

appear to have been minimal.

The beginning of the track passes over a bridge and through a grove of ancient pohutakawa trees. Before emerging onto grassland a side track on the left in the trees leads down a staircase onto the extreme southern end of Hahei Beach, a section of this beach is often cut off at high tide.

The main track as it wends it’s

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Above: A view of Te Pare Point from the Hahei Beach, the hill in the background. You can still see the old original track zig zagging up to the top.

Below left: Warning signs.

Below right: Path close to cliff face.

No fencing be careful.

way to the top has spectacular views especially at the top covering the Hahei township and coastline, both north toward Cathedral Cove and south toward the Alderman Islands as well as Mercury Bay.

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This walk even though it is uphill is easy as it zig zags to the top. There is a seat more or less halfway up and the path has non slip concrete pavers set into the ground.

A former track up toward the pa’s is visible but not maintained.

There are several very dangerous areas where the path passes very close to the side of the cliff which is not fenced and there is a sheer drop down into a rather angry sea.

Please watch your children and dogs at all times when getting near the top. An over enthusiastic dog could also become a fatality.

My sister and I spent quite awhile sitting on the grass lookout at the top admiring the beautiful views, the sides of which are not fenced and care must be taken.

On the way down we took the above mentioned stairs that lead down onto Hahei Beach to be confronted by an extremely beautiful cliff face of many colours.

The tide was on its way out so we were able to walk along the base around the corner then back onto the road not far from the Par Road entrance to the pa.

If it takes your fancy a stroll along the beach to the other end (not far) is worth the effort.

Of the different many walks I have been on this one was extremely beautiful with its views and the easy walk to the top. If you are in the area put it on your bucket list.

Getting there. Turn off SH 25 between Coroglen and Whenuakite and before entering Hahei township turn right onto Par Road. The reserve is signposted at the end of Par Road which is only a short drive or walk from the Hahei township.

There are various signs along the walk warning of danger areas.

There is cell phone coverage. The most important item is your camera.

Enjoy.

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Tongariro Alpine Crossing one of the best one day walks in the world

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By Lesley Farmer

ongariro National Park is the 4th oldest national park in the world and New Zealand’s first, established in 1894.

It contains the Tongariro Alpine Crossing said to be the best one day walk in NewZealand and 6th best in the world! It also boasts dual UNESCO World Heritage status.

Doing the crossing was unexpected, a work colleagues friend had dropped out due to injury. When the question was asked did I know anyone who would like to go, I didn’t hesitate. 2020 New Year resolution “ Life is short, say yes, be bold, do more of what you enjoy!”

So......I find myself with my workmate and her 17 year old son waiting for a 6am shuttle bus from National Park to the start of the crossing at Mangatepopo. There is an air of anticipation amongst the bus passengers as we tumble out.

We have struck it lucky with brilliant cloudless skies, the sun light just starting to creep over the snowy topping on Mt Ruapehu. Mt Ngauruhoe is solid and uncompromising, sitting

firmly between Ruapehu and Mt Tongariro. Their majesty is awe inspiring.

The track features excellent signage boards informing you of where you are on an elevation cross section diagram, volcanic features and history of volcanic activity. A reminder that we are on the volcanic plateau and walking beside active volcanoes!

We are starting at an elevation of 1120m above sea level. The air is fresh so we put on another layer, our backpacks and begin the walk up the Mangatepopo Valley. A mixture of well-formed gravel paths and board walks, flanked by great cliffs of rock.

I am surprised at the diversity of alpine plants creating a tapestry of colours. We are surrounded by heavily flowering small manuka, mountain daisies and alpine flora.

The track leads us to the Devils Staircase, which rises from 1400-1600 metres above sea level. I suspect this climb has been much improved with the addition of wooden staircases, ever rising to the saddle between Ngauruhoe and Tongariro.

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view back down the valley and there is Mt Taranaki in the distant horizon, clear and distinct. Wow. There are plenty of wows on this tramp. The next one is when we find ourselves on the vast flat south crater, bordered by high craggy rock cliff faces.

Ngauruhoe to our right, sits imposingly dominant with its steep sides looking impossible to ever scale; climbing is in fact discouraged.

It is like a harsh luna landscape, devoid of any vegetation.

There is time for photos. As we leave the crater, we begin climbing over a rugged tumble of rocks and boulders to a ledge. A photo opportunity looking south. A lull before the daunting steep ascent to the Red Crater, the highest point at 1880m.

Trampers ahead look like little ants on the peak.

This is a challenging, scramble over a jumble of boulders with steep cliffs on each side. Not for the faint hearted or vertigo impaired. I keep my eyes Opposite page: Walking down the scree escarpment of fine loose volcanic gravel that shifts under your foot.

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and mind firmly fixed ahead on each foot and hand hold.

The redness of the scoria is deep rusty red in the crater, a gaping scar disappearing off to the right.

That was a challenging climb, but what comes next is equally as testing.

The scree slope that descends to the beautiful, often photographed, Emerald lakes (Nga Rotopounamu). The scree escarpment is fine loose volcanic gravel that shifts under your foot.

Trampers all develop their own strategies to descend. Mine is to step with my foot sideways, allowing my boot to bed into the loose scree. Others take it front on, keeping a steady pace sliding downwards. One, clearly frightened boy of about 12, was adamant he was going down sitting on his bottom.

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Northern Circuit. I wished them luck especially on the uphill climb.

It’s a steep steady descent with the reward of the lakes at the end. It’s 10am and we decide its ‘lunch time’ perching on one of many boulders, viewing the vivid green lakes. The outstanding colour is derived from dissolved minerals leaching into the water.

Many walkers are sitting around the lakes, resting, eating and taking photographic proof of their walk.

The view is impressive with the huge flat, central crater ahead, bounded again by impressive rugged cliff faces and black lava flows. It is very hard to judge size and distances in this landscape. To the south is the bush line of the Rimutakas and the Rangipo desert.

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Above: An alpine flower.

The smell of sulphur fills the air and volcanic vents are evident by the steam rising in various places. It is hard not to think about the recent tragedy on White Island.

The lakes mark the halfway point in the 19.4 km crossing.

Refuelled, we are off again, an easy flat walk across the wide Central Crater Plateau. What looks like white rocks scattered everywhere turns out to be a flowering alpine plant.

At the end of the crater plateau we have a short climb to view Te Wai Whakaata.o Te Rangihiroa (Blue lake ). The lakes are tapu, sacred, to Ngati Tuwharetoa.

All trampers are asked to respect this and not throw stones in the lakes or touch them. Everyone respects this. It was also so encouraging to not see any litter at all the whole walk, despite the high numbers walking the crossing.

DOC has wisely and kindly provided toilets at one to two hourly intervals. They have cleverly camouflaged each loo in photographic images of the surrounding landscape, be it rock or bush, to help them blend into the environment. Well done DOC! The terrain begins to change from totally rocky and barren, to increasing vegetation as we begin to move towards the northern slopes of Tongariro. The view takes in Lake Rotoaire, forest and farmland.

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trampers are visible as little dots on the distant track. It’s hard on the knees and seems relentless after the thrill of the surprising, changing volcanic landscape we have negotiated.

It is a well-formed track over pumice soil, fitted with many plastic honeycomb track holders. The vegetation has been varied and surprising with a range of so many different colours.

There are flowering alpine plants like white mountain daisy, introduced heather, hebe and bright yellow mountain buttercup.

After forever, the low alpine vegetation is suddenly waist high, then head high and unexpectedly you drop into great New Zealnd bush with tall podocarps, mostly totara, and mountain cabbage trees.

It is cool and shady, a welcome respite from the clear skies and hot sun.

Before long you become aware of a rushing noise, is that water?

A very fast-moving stream is rushing over boulders eventually to a waterfall. It is the Mangatetipua Stream.

There is evidence of and signage warning of past lahars sweeping through the area. The sign warns not to linger!

We enjoy a more leisurely pace enjoying the bush, it’s coolness and tranquillity soothing after the harshness of the barren rocky volcanic environment.

Suddenly it’s over! We arrive at a large wooden platform filled with reclining trampers awaiting their shuttle.

We tumble on to the waiting bus, tired but exhilarated having walked six hours 45 minutes to complete the hike.

After hot showers, an early dinner, we were all ready for bed by 7:30pm.

It was a privilege to have enjoyed the natural and wild beauty of Tongariro and I highly recommend researching the following excellent websites for more detail. Yes, there were a lot of trampers but at no time did we feel hindered by other walkers.

We were warned of the potential for rapid change of weather and wind chill factor and to be prepared for all weathers. Thankfully we had a wind at times to make the heat bearable.! The websites advise six to eight hours to

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In 1887, the generosity and foresight of the Ngāti Tuwharetoa people saw 2630 hectares of the central volcanic plateau being declared sacrosanct by the Ariki (Chief), Horonuku te Heuheu Tukino IV, enacting a tuku (act of customary lore) of the three volcanic peaks to protect and preserve the mountains for Ngāti Tuwharetoa, other iwi and all New Zealanders.

The intention of the tuku was to enter into a partnership with the Crown, to ensure the continued protection of Tongariro.

The partnership included the summits of Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. This ultimately means the area is now secure, ensuring everyone can enjoy the mountains forever in their natural state.

Te Heuheu said: “Behold, beyond are the fires of these mountains and the lands we have held in trust for you. Take them in your care and cherish them, they are your heritage and the heritage of your children.”

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n the late spring of 2019 my son Sudeep and myself planned to go for a half day walk to Mt William, located in the south of Auckland and south of the Bombay Hills.

It is about 40 minute drive from the Auckland CBD and good for a half day walk with friends and family taking it easy for six hours .

The walk wanders through farm lands; native bush and open grazing land with gentle to rather a steep climb near the peak (373m); on the Waikato side, allowing stunning 360 degrees views.

We started from Rockfield Road, Penrose at about 8:30am and it took about 40 minutes to get to the car park.

The weather was predicted sunny and warm. When we reached the car park, it was a clear blue sky.

We crossed the fence and walked along a side track of private land and headed north. Then, near a small stream we started walking on somewhat undulating ground going uphill. The paddocks was covered with yellow wild strawberry.

After the paddocks, there was a style to cross the fence to enter the

native bush, which is a part of Mt William Scenic Reserve. Then, we walked through a bridge over a small stream. On the other side we walked along the stream for a few minutes then it started a gentle uphill track.

There were a few muddy places, because of the drainage problems.

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At places, there were wooden steps which made it easier. The bush was dominated by kauri, king ferns including silver fern, beech, puriri, manuka, and nikau. It took 25-30 minutes to reach the upper end of the bush and ended up in open country, where cattle were grazing.

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The track then continued uphill.

The exposed soil was somewhat slippery, plus we had to watch out to avoid stepping on cow packs..

We walked this uphill track for about twenty minutes and met with another track coming from Pirrit Road. We walked past and kept going uphill parallel to it. There was right turn still walking uphill for about 5 minutes, and turned slightly left and still going uphill.

From here the altitude gradient was higher and often time slippery as well. One has to be careful not to step on wet exposed surface. Finally, we were there at the trig. The views all around were stunning. Just by reaching there it was like winning the prize of seeing the stunning views, extensive farm land, with Mt Puketutu to north side and dairy farms to south.

On a good day, it is possible to see the Sky Tower in Auckland and Rangitoto Island. It was a bit breezy on the top. The native bush extends along the north-eastern side of the peak along the gully.

There were a few people including a family with some kids at the top..

After drinking water, and while relaxing a bit, enjoying the view, we Above right: Family with two little girls at the peak of Mt William.

Below right: Cows resting after grazing in a private section near the car park.

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Wide country views from Mt William walk other walkers heading to the peak.

saw more black clouds were looming over the peak. We decided then to start our return journey to the car park by the same way to avoid any rain On our way back we saw a beautiful view of southern farm land. We saw one large group of Japanese tourists geared and prepared for a tough climb to the top as well as

We came to the car park in less than an hour. Downhill walk was faster and easier. The tracks are well sign posted and easy to follow.

The closeness to megacity, easy access and beautiful sceneries made it one of my favorite walks.

How to get there Coming from Auckland head south on SH 1 up to Pukeno area, and from there turn left on SH2. Then, after about two kilometres leave SH2 and turning left on Irish Road for about a one kilometre and turn left again on McMillan Road and drive up to the car park at the end where the Mt William Walkway It can be a circuit walk if one plans.

Starting from McMillan car park, take Mt William walkway to the peak of Mt William (373 m) and continue on the same track on the opposite side, towards Puketutu Road.

After reaching there, walk to Mt Puketutu (379 m), and back to the Puketutu car park to return. There is a large tele communications tower there.

It has to be planned and coordi-

Above left: Grazing area where seasonal yellow wild strawberr y flowers dominated Above right: Mike posing with some cattle on the southern slope.

Below left: The track was muddy at places in the native bush.

nated with someone to drop off at the starting point and pick up from finishing point. Otherwise, one will be doing the full circuit taking all day, plus walking along the narrow road, which is not everyone’s preference.

The route for full circuit will be: Leaving motorway number 1 – to Beaver Road – Razorback Road – Puketutu Road to car park – walk to Mt Puketutu peak (379 m) – walk back to Puketutu Road – then, Mt William walkway leading to Mt William peak, then, descend to McMillan Road car park to pick up car, - from there turn right on Irish Road – again right to SH2, which then finally leads to Motorway number 1 on right side.

The farmland section of the track from Puketutu Road to the reserve boundary (so access to the trig) is closed for lambing season from 1 August to 30 September. The reserve section from McMillan Road to the farmland remains open.

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Haast Pass/Tioripatea Highway short walks Time: 20 min return Distance: 1 km Time: 25 min return The walk takes you up through silver Distance: 1 km beech forest to a viewing platform An easy walk along a track lined with overlooking the Makarora Valley and tree fern, passing some fine examples surrounding mountain peaks. of miro, matai and silver beech trees.

The broad gravel bed of the Haast Blue Pools Walk River is in contrast to the jumble of Time: 1 hr return huge boulders over which the aptly Distance: 1.5 km An easy walk that starts at the carpark named Roaring Billy cascades. just north of Muddy Creek and leads Pleasant Flat through silver beech/tahina to a Time: 5 min return swingbridge overlooking the pools at Distance: 0.2 km the mouth of Blue River. Large brown Starting from the carpark this is an and rainbow trout can often be seen enjoyable, short bush walk beside a feeding in the pools. tranquil mountain stream. Pleasant Flat is an attractive picnic and Makarora Bush camping area with impressive views Time: 15 min of Mount Hooker. Overnight camping Distance: 1 km is permitted; a small charge applies. Starting from the car park, just north of the Makarora Tourist Centre, this Thunder Creek Falls looped nature walk passes through Time: 5 min return podocarp and silver beech forest Distance: 0.2 km with good specimens of matai, miro, An easy walk along a sealed track, kahikatea and rimu. Another feature that passes through kahÄ mi and silver is a pitsaw display, illustrating this beech to the 28 metre, spectacular pioneering timber milling technique. and aptly named, Thunder Creek Falls.

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Above: The carving at the entrance to the track. Middle: The track is flat and easy.

Below left and right: There sre s number of carving along the track.

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ne Track for All is a two kilometer walking track on the north headland of Ulladulla Harbour in New South Wales, Australia. It is a free public area which has four lookouts providing spectacular views of the coast and the harbour.

The track tells the story of the southern Shoalhaven Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal history, from an Aboriginal prospective.

The Aboriginal walking track has been constructed in a way that, from a higher vantage point or from the air, the two halves appear as two large goannas, with four carved platforms for some of the best views of the Ulladulla Harbour.

It is a cultural trail that will delight all, with the stories illustrated with carvings and paintings by local Aboriginal Elder Noel Butler, linking indigenous culture with white man history.

This unique heritage track is flat easy walking and has been carefully constructed to provide assisted wheelchair, pram and bicycle access.

There is also disabled access parking at the track head and there is space for buses to drop off passengers.

Local people have even started using it as an exercise path, demonstrating that it is “One Track For All” The trail has been developed with the help of the Budawang Aboriginal Landcare Group, and is becoming one of Ulladulla’s biggest tourist drawcards.

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Ulladulla is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia in the City of Shoalhaven local government area.

It is on the Princes Highway about 230 kilometres south of Sydney, half way between Batemans Bay to the south and Nowra to the north.

Historically Ulladulla was an important port for the local timber and dairy industry.

Today the harbour is home to a fleet of commercial fishing trawlers but, increasingly, the town has become a coastal holiday resort and popular place for retirement. It is one of those rare places on the New South Wales coast where the main artery - the Princes Highway - actually passes the harbour which, with its two boat ramps, is nestled between enclosing headlands.

On either side of the town there are holiday beaches, seven lakes and in the hinterland there are state forests, mountain ranges and national parkland which are ideal for bushwalks and scenic drives. www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Above: One of the lookouts showing Ulladulla Harbour.

Below right: An unique carving.

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CONTENTS for previous 15 issues MARCH 266 2020

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Cable Bay’s family farmland walk 8 New Zealand Walk: Eastwoodhill - the national arboretum of New Zealand 12 New Zealand Walk: Eastwoodhill offers six walks to suit all levels and abilities 14 New Zealand Walks: Four walks at Hanmer Springs in one week 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 Overseas Walks: Norfolk Island - a magical slice of paradise 23 New Zealand Walk: Milford to Takapuna Walk 26 New Zealand Walk: Herekawa Stream and Clifftop Walk 30 Overseas Walks: Experience Australia’s newest walking challenge - Ranges to River 34 New Zealand Walk: Carter Scenic Reserve walk 36 New Zealand Walk: Walk to the stars near Napier 38 New Zealand Walk : Otari Wilton’s Bush - with 14kms of walking tracks 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 48 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 60 Manawatu Walking Festival

FEBRUARY 265 2020

4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Top picks to explore this summer 9 Auckland Short Walk: St Johns Bush Walk a short nature walk 10 New Zealand Walk: Waikato River Walking Track 12 New Zealand Walk: Te Koutu Park - a delightful walk 14 New Zealand Walk: A taste of the Old Coach Road 16 New Zealand Walk: Pakihi Track reopened for the summer season 17 New Zealand Walk: Motukiore Island Walk for great views 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 New Zealand Walk: Beach walk Pukerua Bay to Plimmerton 22 Need2Know: New digital maps help people explore outdoors 23 Overseas Walk: Feet dangling over the Lysefjord 28 New Zealand Walk: Ongaonga - a village steeped in history 30 New Zealand Walk: Banks Track - New Zealand’s first private walking track 37 New Zealand Walk: Lake Panorama, Henderson and Kiwi Esplanade Walkway 38 Need2Know: International Marching League encourages may walking bring us together 39 Event: Manawatu Walking Festival now in sixth year 41 Training: Exercise programme tips 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 48 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 60 Manawatu Walking Festival

JANUARY 264 2020

3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 Te AraroaTrail: Family of seven takes on 3,000km trail 8 My Favourite Walk: Spoilt for choice in Wellington 12 New Zealand Walk: Tarawera - a legacy to up hold 16 Australian Walks: Five Hinterland hikes to take your breath away 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 New Zealand Walks: Two clubs and two tracks 22 Overseas Walks: Walking with Fat Betty on the Coast to Coast 27 Overseas Walks: Dolomites - King of the alps 28 Overseas Walks: Walking paths on Niue Island 35 New Zealand Walk: Shine Falls Hawkes Bay’s highest waterfall 35 New Zealand Walk : Kamahi Loop Track to Falls and Heays Access Road 36 Overseas Walks: Walking through the Deserts and Canyonlands of the USA 39 New Zealand Walk: Te Henui extension a rustic and interest-

ing stroll OCTOBER 261 2019 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 3 Contents 44 Index of previous 14 issues 4 Walk Talk 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 6 My Favourite walk: Nugget Point 48 Coming Events: Overseas short walk is a classic 50 Te Araroa walkers urged to take The 9 Subscription page Trail Pledge 10 New Zealand Walks: Five great day 52 Directory of Walking Groups walks from Christchurch 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 12 My FavouriteWalk: Emily’s visit to 59 Green Prescription Emily Falls 60 Manawatu Walking Festival 12 New Zealand Walks Two walks in Peel Forest DECEMBER 263 2019 14 Overseas Walk: Walk Ireland’s 3 Contents poignant National Famine Way 4 Walk Talk 6 Te AraroaTrail: New walking season 16 New Zealand Walk: Mt Cargill for magnificent views of Dunedin marks start of Te Araroa odyssey 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly for many folk Photo Contest 7 Te AraroaTrail: Walkers take to the 20 New Zealand Walks: One Tree Hill a Te Araroa Trail for many reasons jewel in Auckland’s Cornwall Park 8 NZ Shared Pathway: Pathway between Petone and Wellington 26 New Zealand Walks: Walking to the ‘Centre of New Zealand’ now in planning stage 10 Overseas Walks: How to spend 48 29 Need2Know: Take me to the river 30 Overseas Walks: South Africa’s hours in the Gold Coast hinterland Bushmen, Bergs, Battlefields and 12 New Zealand Walk; A day taking two Big Five walks in the Totara Reserve 14 New Zealand Walks: Five Kerikeri 36 Event: Toi’s Challenge is a lovely hard run or walk waterfall walks 16 NZ Shared Pathway: Another link 38 New Zealand Walks: On the trails in the Bay of Islands opens in city’s coastal path 17 Book: New Zealand’s Native Trees 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly 45 Coming Events: New Zealand Photo Contest 50 Coming Events: Overseas 20 Club to celebrate birthday by gifting 52 Directory of Walking Groups track to Pukekohe 22 Overseas Walks: Carnavon National 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription Park walks were magical 29 NZ Shared Pathway: Cambridge 60 Walking New Zealand Shop to Hamilton pathway construction begins 30 Overseas Walks: Rhodo heaven in Annapurna 36 NZ Adventure: Retirees go for their final tree-top adventure 39 New Zealand Walk: Oakura Seaside Beach Walk 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Manawatu Walking Festival

NOVEMBER 262 2019

3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite walk: East, West home’s best 8 Books: Day walks in New Zealand, The 50 Best Bird Watching sites 8 Readers View: What is in a name?

10 New Zealand Walk: Walking Stars in Wellington 11 Need to Know: New Zealand postage stamps celebrate Te Araroa Trail 12 Event: Tenth year for popular walking festival 14 Event: Great Forest events going strong 24 years on next year 15 My Favourite Walk: 35 years from 3 day tramps to 3 day walks 16 Great Forest events 17 Poem: The saga of Milford Track 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 Australian Walks: Walking at Uluru a land rich in indigenous culture 22 New Zealand Walk: Rata Street Loop Track 23 Need2Know: What have you got planned for Get Outdoors Week?

29 New Zealand Walks: Mahu Whenua Trail network delights tourists and locals 30 New Zealand Walk: Te Aro Piko a meandering path 32 New Zealand Walk: Maude Track leads to Mangakotukutuku waterfall 34 Overseas Walks: Walk castle to castle on Czech’s Greenways Trail 41 Overseas Walk: 10 reasons to hike in Austria 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Walking New Zealand Shop

SEPTEMBER 260 2019

3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite walk: Lush native forest and stunning views a feature of North Egmont walks 12 New Zealand Walk: Tunnel Beach’s sculptured coastline 15 Te Araroa Trail: Numbers walking on trail increasing 16 New Zealand Walk: Atiwhatu Hut walk popular in Tararuas 16 Mt Favourite Walk: Atiwhakatu Hut Walk attracts many types of walkers 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 New Zealand Walks: Legs eleven with Warkworth Walks 2019l 22 New Zealand Walk: Bay of Islands best kept secret 26 New Zealand Great Walk: Humpridge Track to be a NZ Great Walk 28 Need2Know: New track database has over 300 walking trails 28 Overseas Walk: Caloundra Coastal Walk a leisurely scenic walk 31 Overseas Walk: Eight days to Everest Base Camp 39 Quick facts on Trekking Everest Base Camp 40 Need2Know: Consider these 5 things before tackling a winter tramp 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Taupo Marathon events

AUGUST 259 2019

gional Park a walkers paradise 33 New Zealand Walk: Kapiti Island 34 High Achiever: Perth to Melbourne in 80 days 36 New Zealand Walk: Three generations in Waiohine Gorge tramp 38 New Zealand Walks: Vineyard walks a feature of Bay of Island Walking Weekend 39 New Zealand Walks Two walks in Peel Forest 40 Need2Know: Top 10 things to pack for a day walk or hike 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Taupo Marathon events

JULY 258 2019

3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite walk: An estuary walk in our Deep South 8 New Zealand Walk: Beveridge to Arataki Path 10 Great New Zealand Trek: Great NZ Trek ends at Bluff after 14 years 12 High Achiever: Four day trek ends with a Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award 16 Overseas Walk: Machu Picchu - a treasure to cherish 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 My Favourite Walk: Waitahinga Dam trails revisted 22 My Favourite Walk: Walking the Crossey-Massey Loop, Hunau Regional Park 26 Event: The Bay of Islands Walking Weekend where the walking is wonderful and the welcome is warm!

28 Te Araroa Trail: Over 1000 walkers this season completed the trail 29 Event: Striders events 30 Overseas Walk: Table Mountain - one of the ten wonders of the world 34 Overseas adventure: Rail trails cycling in the Clare Valley 39 my Favourite Walk: Coastal views highlight of new cleared trail 40 My Favourite Walk: Tawatawa Reserve walking tracks 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Taupo Marathon events

JUNE 257 2019

3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 Te Araroa Trail: Lessons from walking the Te Araroa Trail 12 Need2know: DOC’s top five wildlife photography tips 14 New Zealand Walk: Wellington City to Sea Walkway 16 Need 2 know: Great Harbour Way to be funded 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 My Favourite Walk: Barrett Domain walkls have bush, wetlands with a rural outlook 24 Northland Experience: Hiking Cape to Cove: Cape Brett to Whangaroa Harbour to mag-nificent kauri 30 Overseas Walk: Walking Cornwall’s South West Coast Path 35 Need2know: Shared path planned across Tararua Ranges 35 Need2know: Funding boost for Hawkes Bay trails 36 Overseas Adventure: Vietnam - for adventure, history and culture 40 Overseas Walks: Ten top spring gardens to visit in Cornwall 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Pak-A-Roo Jackets

3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite walk: Kaimai Ranges offer many walking attractions in a diverse forest of caves and birdlife 12 New Zealand Walk: Stewart Island with the lovliest public road in the country 14 Shared Pathway: New bridge links city to Massey and Linton 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 Shared Parthway: Cycling the Karangahake Gorge section of the Hauraki Rail Trail 24 My Favourite Walk: Ratapihipihi Scenic Reserve - a sub tropicial rail forest 28 New Zealand Walk: Belmont maga- MAY 256 2019 zine walk with relics of World 3 Contents War 11 4 Walk Talk 30 New Zealand Walk: Belmont Re- 6 My Favourite Walk: Lake Rotomanu

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Walkway 10 New Zealand Walks: Many tracks lead up Mount Parihaka, Whangarei 14 New Zealand Walk: Bush Chapel Walk 15 Need 2 know: Mokihinui River catchment land to be added to Kahurangi National Park 16 NZ Shared Pathway: Waiuku Trail milestone reached with first sodturning event 17 NZ Shared Pathway: Waiuku advocate wins outdoor access champion award 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 Overseas Walks: A glimpse of Patagonia 24 Northland Experience: Magical experiences on the Cook to Kupe tour 31 Australian Walks: Decidedly deciduous: Colourful bush walks in Victoria 32 Event: Festival’s interesting walks attracted many 34 New Zealand Walk: Cape Kidnappers Track 39 New Zealand Walk:Matiatia to Owhanake Bay walk 40 Event: Back to the future at Christchurch’s Marathon 42 Overseas Walks and Tours 44 Index of previous 14 issues 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 59 Green Prescription 60 Pak-A-Roo Jackets

30 Overseas Walk: Mrs Tiggy Winkle Walk 35 New Zealand Walks: Escape! Revive! and Reconnect! on the Abel Tasman walks 40 New Zealand Walk: A winter tramp up to Pinnacle Ridge 42 Auckland Short Walks: New future for Short Walks in Auckland 44 Overseas Walks and Tours 45 Index of previous 14 issues 46 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 60 Manawatu Walking Festival

FEBRUARY 253 2019

3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 My Favourite Walk: Hillary Trail - a scenic four or five day walk 11 New Zealand Walk: Ready for adventure and entertainment 12 New Zealand Walks: 9 New Zealand tracks to explore this summer 15 Need 2 Know: Kiwis conquer Everest from home 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 NewZealand Walk: Pakira, a farm walk in the Whanganui hills 26 Overseas Walks: Reflecting back on walking in Bavaria, Germany 35 Index of previous 14 issues 36 Overseas Walks: 5 Hinterland hikes to take your breath away 38 New Zealand Walk: Pink Beach - Whats so special about Pink Beach?

40 Te Araroa Trail: Young walkers on track for Te Araroa record 42 Overseas Walks and Tours APRIL 255 2019 44 New Zealand Tour: Nature walking 3 Contents in the South Island 4 Walk Talk 6 New Zealand Walks: Catchpool Val- 46 Coming Events: New Zealand 50 Coming Events: Overseas ley has walks for all types of fitness 6 New Zealand Walks: Catchpool Val- 52 Directory of Walking Groups ley walking, tramping and cycling 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 10 New Zealand Walks: ECHO Walk- 60 Manawatu Walking Festival ing Festival JANUARY 252 2019 12 New Zealand Walk: Kaurilands 4 Walk Talk Domain, Titirangi 6 New Zealand Walk: Upgrade to 14 My Favourite Walk: Sand, sand and popular Cam-borne Walkway more sand 11 Health: 6,000 steps a day keeps OA 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly limitations away Photo Contest 12 New Zealand Walk: A spring trip 20 My Favourite Walk: Two ways to hike to Te Puia Hot Springs to Herepai Hut 16 New Zealand Walk: Two trails at Te 21 New Zealand Walk: Mt Herepai Hut Puia Hot Springs climb has a mixed track 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly 22 My Favourite Walk: One path to Photo Contest rule them all on the Tongariro 20 Auckland Short Walk: Glen Eden Alpine Crossing bush and stream walk 28 Overseas Walk: Walk in Singapore, 22 New Zealand Walk: The Tarawera a city in a garden Trail - one of the best in the Bay 30 New Zealand Walk: Popular Wai26 New Zealand Walks: Mangawhai heke Island walk start from wharf Walking Weekend to celebrate 32 New Zealand Walk: Kahikatea Walk 20th anniversary - a nature walk 30 Overseas Walk: Adventure on the 34 Overseas Walk: Soaking up the Murray in comfort views in WA - Cape Naturaliste 34 Murray River Walk risng with Lighthouse to Yallingup Riverland tourism 37 New Zealand Walk: Sculpture Walk 36 Overseas Walk: Nepal hike helps in Botanic Gardens forgotten shepas 40 Overseas Walk: China - a land of 40 New Zealand Walk: Te Henui Loop long history, ancient cultures and walking track diverse landscapes 44 Overseas Walks: Why go hiking 42 Overseas Walks and Tours in Austria?

44 Index of previous 14 issues 46 Coming Events: New Zealand 45 Coming Events: New Zealand 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 50 Coming Events: Overseas 60 Manawatu Walking Festival 52 Directory of Walking Groups 56 New Zealand Country Breaks 60 Pak-A-Roo Jackets

MARCH 254 2019

3 Contents 4 Walk Talk 6 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa Trail: NZ’S own pilgrimage trail 8 New Zealand Walk: Lake Rototoa a jewel in Hamilton city 12 Auckland Walks: Walks for every Auckland landscape 14 My Favourite Walk : Climbing Otanewainuku - the first walk of the year 18 Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest 20 NewZealand Walk: A wildlife walk around Kaikoura Peninsula 23 News: Wainuiomata shared pathway a mile-stone 24 New Zealand Walks: Beautiful countryside and views on Walkworth walks 29 Event: New walks in 5th Manawatu Festival

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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), Lynley Thompson 021-102-3974, colvilleestate1@gmail.com 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 TIKIPUNGA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Barbara Derrick 09435-0746 WAIPU WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM) WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB: Sue Guyatt 09-436-1441 GREAT BARRIER ISLAND

BARRIER TRAMPING& BEER LOVERS CLUB: Sunday, John Brock 09-429-0211

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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),Elane Hayes 09-576 4293, 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 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Donna Sheppard, info@wops.co.nz, 09-535-8239, www.wops.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), chubadajc@gmail.com, www.joggers.co.nz AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Michael Vickers, 09-579-5355 AUCKLAND BAPTIST TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday Monthly (PM), (BIA), John McCarthy 09-630-4073 RACEWALKING AUCKLAND: Sunday (AM), Grant 09-299-5634, www. sportsground.co.nz/racewalkingauckland/ AUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Tony Walton 09-630-2591 www. aucktramping.org.nz AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Michelle Lee 09-358-1296 BLOCKHOUSE BAY WALKING CLUB: Ces Gussey 09-837-5441 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 STEP OUT WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Olivia 09-555-5164 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Donna Sheppard, info@wops.co.nz, 09-535-8239, www.wops.co.nz WEST AUCKLAND

BLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Terry Wilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071, terryandsheena@gmail.com, www.

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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 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), Mary Davies 09-412-2262 LYNNMALL SHOPPING CENTRE KIWIFIT CLUB: Monday, Wednesday (AM), (BIA), 09-826-2333 LYNFIELD WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene 09-8272737, 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 SOUTH ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: Te Atatu South, Wednesday, Edna, 09-834-1401 THE HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Joy Williams 09-817-2464 or 027-353-3434 TITIRANGI TWILIGHT WALKERS: Tuesdays, Thursday, (PM) Titirangi Library, Wednesday (PM) Glovers Real Estate Green Bay, Louise 021437-547, louisenicholson@xtra.co.nz TITIRANGI WALKERS: Sundays (AM), John Harris 09-627-0099, jeanah@ihug.co.nz 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, Donna Sheppard, info@wops.co.nz, 09-535-8239, www.wops.co.nz WEST AUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), www.westaucklandtrampingclub.co.nz

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10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 60’s UP TORBAY/BROWNS BAY: Wed (AM), Jan Elliott 09-473-3811, Josette Westcott 09-479-8159 ABERDEEN ROAD WALKERS: Campbells Bay, Saturday (PM), Patsy Hulse 09-410-9353 BUSH WALK & TALK: Margi Keys, 09-443-6919 or 0274-481-581 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), Gaye Green 09-444-7946 DEVONPORT WALKERS: Devonport, 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

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(AM), Dave or Panny 09-476-7447 NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Falk Werner mail@nstc.org.nz, www.nstc.org.nz NORTHCOTE WALKING GROUP: Northcote, alternative Tuesdays, Brucilla Wright 09-480-0150, brucilla.wright@xtra.co.nz TORBAY WALKERS: Torbay, Wednesday (AM), Lorna Stewart, 09473-8731 WALKERS & TALKERS: Campbells Bay, Wednesday (AM), Brenda Gray 09-410-4019, Dorothy Ensor 09-478-6702 WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, Donna Sheppard, info@wops.co.nz, 09-535-8239, www.wops.co.nz

NORDIC WALKING GROUPS

Acacia Cove Nordic Walking Group: Sunday (AM) Jenny Wills 09267-5416 Bridge the Gap Nordic Walkers: Sunday (AM ), Sheila Milbourn/ Margaretha Cooper 027-537-0944/021-141-3801 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), Marie McLisky 09-475-5247 or Judy Hawkins (after 6pm) 027-572-2474 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

ABERDEEN ROAD WALKERS: Campbells Bay, Saturdays (PM), 09482-1172 10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610 ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Ivan Melville 09425-4999 HIBISCUS COAST TRAMPING CLUB: Evert second Sunday, Lynley Dill, 0274-258-281, lynley.dill@gmail.com HEALTH IN ACTION: (BIA), Susie George 09-426-1269 HELENSVILLE WALKERS: Helensville, Tuesday (AM), Janet Heron 09-420-8773 HIBISCUS COAST WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Wednesday (PM), Kevin Tiller, 09-426-6461, 021-0265-1534 LEISURE WALKERS: Whangaparaoa, Thursday (AM), Pam Jordan 021136-6129, pajordan0452@gmail.com MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), Snells Beach, 09-Lyne Melville 09-425-4999 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 & WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday Thursday, Sunday (AM), 021-042-1325 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 POKENO TRAMPING GROUP: 1st and 3rd Sunday, (BI) Marlene Lynam 027-647-8422, pokenotrampinggroup@gmail.com MANUKAU TRAMPING CLUB: Judith Walker, 09-296-6977 MANGERE BRIDGE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM). Meet at Village Square 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 HOWICK PICTON CENTRE WALKERS: Howick Picton Centre, Monday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-2712 HOWICK Y’S WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-5153 PUKEKOHE TRAMPING CLUB: Mark Leys 09-294-8927, mleys@ orcon.net.nz TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Noel Newsome 09-278-4962

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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 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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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 TRAMPING CLUB: Alan Bigham 07-856-4646 NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Monday Tuesday (AM), Roslynn Billman 07-847-4873 SILVERDALE WALKING GROUP: Sister Anne Marie Jones 07-856-8980 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), Ross Murphy 027-474-1213 or Michael Robinson 027-322-5335 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), Corry Crabb 07-888-8412 MATAMATA TRAMPING & WALKING GROUP: Shirley Hickson 07-8821355, brian.shirl@clear.net.nz MORRINSVILLE

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

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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 RAGLAN

RAGLAN RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM), John Lawson, johnragla@ gmail.com 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), 027 758 3410 TAUPO TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Thursday (AM), Weekends (AM or PM), Isabel Hutcheon 07-376-9319 MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (BIA), 027-592-2994 WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (PM), (I), info@sportwaikato. org.nz TE AROHA

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 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: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Hillary Thomas 07-871-5022 TE KUITI

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

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

BAY OF PLENTY

GISBORNE

COROMANDEL

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

GISBORNE CANOE & TRAMPING CLUB: Gillian Ward 06-867-4591 GISBORNE RUNNERS & WALKERS: Norma Miller 06-868-7477 WAIROA

WAIROA WALKING GROUP: Sara Rangi, or Denice Gasson 06-838-3071

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

HAWKES BAY

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

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 WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette 06877-2114 HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Monday, Thursday (AM), (BI) Janet 06-878-4317 KIWI SENIORS: Eana Young 06-845-9333 x 708 RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Bernie Bowden 06-876-9701, www.runwalkhb.org.nz

KAWERAU

ROTORUA

CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07 348-2538 LAKE CITY ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS GROUP: Tueday, Thursday (PM), Sunday (AM), Rob Colledge 07-348-7768, info@lakecity.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 ST BARNABAS WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (BIA), Joy Gordon 07-357-5744 THE THURSDAY STROLLERS: Thursday (AM), (B), Myrtle Raxworthy 07-346-3772 U3A WALKING GROUP: 2nd and 4th Fridays (AM), Ann Sullivan 07348-1991 annsullivan822@gmail.com WALKING WITH JOY: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Elaine Wood 07-349-4228 TAURANGA/MT MAUNGANUI

AGE CONCERN: Tauranga, Wednesday (AM), 07-578-2631 CITY ON ITS FEET: (COIF) (BIA) For days and time phone Sport Bay of Plenty 07-578-0016 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 RUNNERS & WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, info@mtrunnersandwalkers.co.nz , www.mtrunnersandwalkers.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: Pat 07-544-0670 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: packnboots@gmail.com TE PUKE WAIHI

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 WHAKATANE

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 WALKING GROUP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Sandy Shultz 07-869-5338 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

NAPIER

AHURIRI WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (I), Diane Turner 06-844-4114 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 Hacche 06-844-4891 or Lance Connolly 027-464-2018 TARADALE/GREEN MEADOWS

TARADALE/GREEN MEADOWS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (IA), Diane Turner 06-844-4114 TARADALE/SPORT HAWKES BAY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Nga Gifford-Kara 06-845-9333 WAIPUKURAU

WAIPUKURAU WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Eleanor Green 06-857-8612

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 EGMONT ATHLETICS: Karen Green, 06-758-1569 WAITARA

WAITARA WEEKLY HIKOI: Monday (PM), Waitara Netball Courts, Trevor Todd 06 754 8508 INGLEWOOD

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

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

WHITIANGA

HASTINGS

STRATFORD RUNNERS & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), 06-765-8549 STRATFORD WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Carol Digby 06-765-7482 HAWERA

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

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

WANGANUI WANGANUI

BUSHWALK & TALK WHANGANUI: Margi Keys, 06-344-1250 or 027448-1581 margikeys93@mail.com

LEGEND

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

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

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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

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

SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD Wednesday (AM), Deane James 06-327-7607

MANAWATU

PALMERSTON NORTH

HOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), Dorne Jarvis 06-357-2444 KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, 06-354-3342 HOT-Whitu CHICKS Saturday, (AM), (BIA), laurenparsons.co.nz/ hot-whitu-chicks MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), Bob 027-208-3719 or Kate 027-567-3896 MANAWATU STRIDERS: Sunday (AM); Manawatu Striders Clubrooms, Manawaroa Park, (behind the Esplanade Cafe), (BIA), Bob 027-2083719 or Kate 027-567-3896 PALMERSTON NORTH JOGGERS & WALKERS: Esplanade,Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), (BI), Robyn McKey 06-354-9952.

CLUB PED: Monday, Wednesday, (PM), (IA), Ongley Park; Saturday, (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179 HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, Adrienne Kennedy 06-350-8617 MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey Recreation Centre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471 MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), (IA) Kenyon Moore 06-354-9317, k.moore@actrix.co.nz METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B), Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860 U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06356-4384 WOMEN’S AFTER 5.30 WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), (I), Liz MacNeill 06-357-8216

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 WELLINGTON TRAMPING & MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: www.wtmc. org.nz WELLYWALKS: www.meetup.com/WellyWalks WELLINGTON MEET-UP TRAMPING CLUB: www.meetup.com/WellingtonTrampingGroup

LOWER HUTT

WALK FOR HEALTH: Tuesday (AM), Saturday (AM), Sunday (AM), (BIA), Joan 04 5697 188 or 022 5697 188, www.walk4health.org.nz POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday (PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603 HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Carol 04-586-7784 WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04567-5727 WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every second Wednesday (PM), 04-564-6019 HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04970-6901 KAUMATUA TRAMPING CLUB: www.kaumatuatc.org.nz TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Neil Robinson 04-5678741 neilwrobinson747@gmail.com LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Judy, 04-528-4445 HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Mark Potter, info@hvmc.org.nz WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179 ALICETOWN WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Karen 04-589-2646 KIWI MASTERS WALKERS: Wednesday Saturday, Sunday (PM), Richard Davies 04-566-1335 or 027-566-1335 OLDER ADULTS – LEISURE WALKING GROUP: Judy 04-528-4445 NORDIC WALKING: Sunday (AM), Silva 04-562-7671 or 021-175-4081, silva.noakes@gmail.com PETONE COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING GROUP: 1st and 3rd Thursday (AM), Michelle PORIRUA MANA JOHNSONVILLE

FRIDAY WALKERS: Brian Grinstrup or Bruce Sheppard 04-237-6374 TAWA LINDEN HIKERS: 04-232-8705 CHURTON PARK COMMUNITY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Thursday SENIOR WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Gail Byrnes (PM), Churton Park shops, churtonparkcw@gmail.com 06-323-5470 WEA RAMBLERS: Muriel Thompson, Tawa FOXTON TAWA/LINDEN WALKERS: Maurice 04-232-4407 or Claire 04-232-8764 FOXPEDS: Monday (PM), Foxton, Foxton Beach, (BIA), Dave Blackett, WHITBY SUNDAY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Don Quirk 04-234-7700 or 06-363-5743, Michelle Duffy, 06-363-7987 Christine Coshan 04-971-2141 g.cl@paradise.net.nz FEILDING

LEVIN

LEVIN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), Karen Humpage 021-757-871, levinharriers1@gmail.com, www.levinharriers.com WEDNESDAY LEISURE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), Lila McCall, 06-367-9070 LEVIN JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, (BIA), Colleen Francis 06-368-8624

WAIRARAPA MASTERTON

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

UPPER HUTT

AURORA HARRIER CLUB: Peter Wrigley, p.wiggles@paradise.net.nz TUESDAY TRIPPERS: Tuesday, Trevor Barnes 04-977-4332 or 021-1588033 trevor.barnesnz@gmail.com FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper Hutt TRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Jon Roskvist, 021-460-877 or 04-526-6906 UPPER HUTT WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Judith O’Leary 021508-020 KAPITI

KAPITI CARDIAC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Graham Priest 04-293-7872 KAPITI WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Muriel Hill 04293-5121 KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday, email kapitithursdaywalkers@ gmail.com, www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitithursdaywalkers MARTINBOROUGH KAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-902-1754 MARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-306-9226 KAPITI WANDERERS: Tuesday (alt), email: kapitiwanderers@gmail. com, www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitiwanderers WELLINGTON KAPITI WEEKDAY WALKERS: Monday, Wendy Stratford 04-905-7520 WELLINGTON twstratford@gmail.com, or Julian Harris 04-905-3733 junjo@clear.

BROOKLYN WALKERS: Edith, 04-384-6799 net.nz BUGGY WALKING GROUP: First Thursday of month (AM), www. SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022 buggywalk.co.nz CANCER SOCIETY, WELLINGTON DIVISION: Monday (AM), 04 389 8421, contact@cancersoc.org.nz LEGEND FOREST & BIRD: 04-567-7271 levels: “B” beginner, ”I” intermediate, “A” advanced. (AM) ORIENTAL BAY WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Christine Blakely 04-383-6276 Fitness denotes morning walk, (PM) denotes an afternoon or evening walk.

MT VICTORIA WALKING GROUP: Euan Harris 04-384-4770 Group co-ordinators are asked to please advise us of any updates by fax 06-358-6864 or email walkingnz@xtra.co.nz.

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50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), 03-579-3101 PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991

NELSON MOTUEKA

MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Motueka, Thursday, www.motueka50pluswalkers.org.nz, secretary50pluswalkers@gmail.com or Shirley 03-528-9434 MOTUEKA TRAMPING CLUB: Day and multi day trips available, secretary.motuekatc@gmail.com NELSON

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: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), Roger Haynes, 03-539-6402 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@gmail. com, www.waimeatrampingclub.org.nz TAKAKA

GOLDEN BAY ALPINE AND TRAMPING CLUB: Regular day and overnight tramps, Gaylene Wilkinson, Club President , beachgums@gmail.com WEDNESDAY WALKERS GROUP: Weekly day walks, Richard English 03-525-6179 rsenglish@xtra.co.nz

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), E: chchmarathonclinic@gmail.com, https://chchmarathonclinic.wordpress.com/ 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, (BI), John www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

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Willis 03-329-4243 EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), Bruce 03-981-5329 ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Trish Vessey 03329-1865 HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553 HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-338-8306 KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), Don Lyon 03-327-9064 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 OLYMPIC ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Margaret Flanagan 03-355-4902 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), Larry Jones 03-382-0201 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 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),4-5 hour tramps in Banks Peninsula and the hills and lower mountains from Mt Hutt to Mt Grey, pioneertrampers@gmail.com 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 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 MY WALKING GROUP: For singles 45+, Saturday, Sunday, (BI), Llolyd 03-323-6232, cathygoulter@xtra.co.nz TUESDAY TREKKERS CLUB: Tuesday, (AM), Necia Sullivan 03-338-9035 TOWER TRAMPING & WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, (IA), Denise Mason 03-942-6735, Sunday, Yvonne van Eerden 03-339-0751 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz

Directory 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 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, Lilly Chamberlain 03-981-9545, 021-399-546, lillianc@paradise.net.nz WEEKEND WANDERERS: Sunday (PM), Marilyn Dean 03-338-3826 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, 03-

449-2580, Eleanor Edgar 03-448-6767

OAMARU

SENIOR CITIZENS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nancy Bell 03-434-5061 OAMARU FRIDAY WALKERS: Every 2nd Friday (AM), Barbara McGann 03-434-9178 WEDNESDAY WALKERS TRAMPING GROUP: Jane Naish 03-434-6363 NORTH OTAGO TRAMPING & MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Margie Carrington 03-434-8484 DUNEDIN

ACTIVE WALKERS: Monday (PM), Bill Brockie 03-467-9114 ARIKI DUNEDIN WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Saturday (PM), Nola Crewe 03-481-1158 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), Kevin Blair 03-476-3289 MORNINGTON MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (B), Shirley 03-4536398 or 021-294-2218 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), Bev Buchanan, 03 455 5260 60 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Jimsie Smith 03-466-7374 60’s PLUS RAMBLERS: 1st & 3rd Tuesday, Brian Ralph 03-476-6514 60’s PLUS TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Thursday, (A), >4 hours, Karen Byers 03-456-2595 60 PLUS HIKERS: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Jasmone Chin 03-453-6526 ALEXANDRA

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

WAKATIPU WALKERS: Thursday, www.wakatipuwalkers.co.nz WANAKA

WANAKA WALKERS: Monday (February - Mid-December (AM), (BI), Ruth Harrison 021-474-904, ruthharrison01@icloud.com, wanakawalkers.blogspot.co.nz

SOUTHLAND INVERCARGILL

60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Olive Swain 03-214-4802 YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Joan Tuffery, 03-216-7377 ACTIVE WALKERS KIWI SENIORS: Thursday, Sport Southland 03-2112150, e:kiwiseniors@sportsouthland.co.nz, wwwsportsouthland. co.nz GORE

GORE DISTRICT WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), NgaireEvans 03-208-4744 or Maureen Jones 03-208-7322, maway50@gmail.com HOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053 NORTHERN SOUTHLAND

NORTHERN SOUTHLAND WALKERS: 2nd and 4th Thursdays, Mossburn.: Jo Muir, 03-248-6474, Balfour: Christine MacLean 03-201-6390, Riversdale: Margaret McLennan, 03-202-5868

LEGEND

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

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