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Above: Steve Hartley from Taranaki fencing and DOC’s Mike Johnscheck the bridge.

A new swing bridge for the Waingongoro River is finished. The safetynetting is all in place and you can now walk across the longest andhighest swing bridge in the Egmont National Park. “At 36 metres longand 24 metres above the water it’s a biggie.There are three swing bridges in the Park and they are load testedand inspected by an engineer regularly. They’re very reliable andlast a long time,” said Dave Rogers, Programme Manager of Visitorand Historic Assets.The last bridge across the Waingongoro River was built in 1983.The bridge provides a walking option between the two roadends -East Egmont and Dawson Falls and it’s accessed by an equalnumbers of walkers from both ends of the track. A very populartramp that crosses the bridge is from East Egmont, near the mountainhouse, to Waingongoro Hut.

New long swing bridge forthe Waingongoro River

DOC closes tracks in Mataitaireserve to protect Kauri

To prevent the disease Kauri Dieback from spreading to theoldest and largest kauri forest in the Auckland region theDepartment of Conservation (DOC) has closed the tracks inthe Mataitai Conservation Area near the Hunua Ranges."The Kauri in the 680 hectare Mataitai forest is free of Kauridieback. Closing the tracks will protect this significant Kauri forestfrom being infected with this deadly disease," says DOC'sAuckland Area Manager, Brett Butland.Kauri Dieback is a microscopic fungus-like pathogen that'sspread through the movement of contaminated soil and water.People walking through contaminated soil or water can spreadthe disease on their footwear.Kauri Dieback was first identified as being the cause of Kaurideaths in the Auckland region in 2006. It's been confirmed inthe Waitakere Ranges, the Awhitu Peninsula and the Rodneyarea. The disease has also been identified in Northland whereit has infected Kauri in the Trounson Kauri Park and WaipouaForest."Mataitai is Auckland's oldest and largest Kauri forest. One Kauriis more than 800 years-old and closing the tracks will preventKauri Dieback from spreading to these ancient trees," says BrettButland.DOC has no other plans to close the tracks in other Kauri foreststhat the department manages.DOC is a member of multi agency programme working tocombat kauri dieback that includes MAF Biosecurity NZ,Auckland Council, Northland Regional Council, WaikatoRegional Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council and iwi.

Anniversary for Department ofConservationThe Department of Conservation(DOC) turned 25 years old on 1 April2012 marking a milestone year for NewZealand conservation.This year marks 125 years since TongariroNational Park was gifted to the nation and 60 years since theestablishment of New Zealand’s first National Parks Act.On April 1987, the conservation functions of several separateorganisations were brought together to form DOC.The new DOC team included staff from the New Zealand ForestService, Department of Lands and Survey, and two former areasof the Department of Internal Affairs: the Wildlife Service, andthe Archaeology Section of the New Zealand Historic PlacesTrust.New Zealand became one of the first Governments in the worldto group all of its conservation functions into one organisation,with a clear mandate to protect and restore unique places,flora and fauna.Over the last 25 years DOC has built on the successes of ourpredecessors and continued to grow conservation by workingin partnership with New Zealanders.

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Walkers in the Egmont National Park can now try out the newbarrier free (no steps) track to Wilkies Pools. It allows access tothe pools over an easy walking surface without the need tocross the Kapuni Stream. A boardwalk now takes walkers aroundthe headland and on up through the forest to the foot of thepools.It’s been a three stage project so far. Honeycomb cells wereinstalled on the first two stages to provide a solid erosion resistantsurface. Stage three was the 220m boardwalk. The raisedwalkway allows water to flow unhindered beneath and followsa line cut through the bush in December 2011.It’s now a 1.3 kilometre walk from the Dawson Falls Visitor Centreto the foot of the pools.Stage four will see a bridge built across the Kapuni Stream toallow for a Wilkies Pools round trip, past Twin Falls, Bubbling Springsand back to the Dawson Falls Visitor Centre.Wilkies Pools is named after F.W. and W.J. Wilkies - brothers whowere farming on the Manaia Road and were formed as theflow of water along the Kapuni Stream ground sand, graveland ash into an old lava flow, carving out natural channels andpools in the rock.

New track to Wilkies Pools opened

Above: DOC Ranger Kauri Fowell takes down the safety barrierto open the boardwalk section of the walk to Wilkies Pools.

Located in the Southern part of Styria, theSüdsteirische Weinstrasse (South StyrianWine Road) is often compared to Italy’sTuscany.Almost no other Austrian wine region hasundergone such dramatic trans-formations in the past 20 years as thisregion, one hour south of Graz.Exquisite wines, wine taverns withenchanting views, fine restaurants andidyllic hiking trails make this off-the-beaten path region a true delight forwalkers who love nature, food, and wine.The 44 mile-long South Styrian Wine Roadruns from Glanz-Leutschach –Gamlitz-Ehrenhausen to Strass. Take the “GlanzerWeintour,” a 6.5 mile long, well-markedhiking trail that is part of this road.Start your journey in the village of Glanz.Walk up and down gentle hills passingby vineyards, enjoying the sounds of thewooden, “Klapotetz’s,” a wind-powered

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Culinary Hike in Styria, Austrialandpost designed to scare the birds awaywhile the grapes are ripening on the vines. Stop at artistically designed wineries and trythe region’s dry, crisp, fruity and aromaticwhite wines with varieties like Welschriesling,Gelber Muskateller or Sauvignon Blanc.“Morillon” is the Styr ian name forChardonnay. It is seldom aged in new oakand the creamy apple flavor and refreshingcrisp-ness make it perfect to pair with thefr ied chickenand green saladdressed withStyr ian pump-kinseed oil. After a goodday’s walkcheck-in to oneof the manysmall inns alongthe way, run bylocal farmers Above: A Klapotetz stands in the vineyards of southern Styria.

and winemakers and watch the sun settleover the vineyards while sipping a well-earned glass of wine.

New Zealand’s southern most National Park celebrated its 10thanniversary in March 2012. Stewart Island/Rakiura National Parkwas officially opened on 9 March 2002.The park covers approximately 157,000 hectares and makesup about 85 percent of Stewart Island/Rakiura. It is NewZealand’s 14th National Park.National Parks have existed inNew Zealand since 1887, whenMaori chief Te Heuheu Tukinogifted to the nation the summitsof Tongariro and Ruapehu asour first national park - TongariroNational Park.“Giving the land National Parkstatus means that it ismaintained and preserved inperpetuity for the benefit andenjoyment of the public.DOC’s task of preserving Rakiura National Parks’ special valueshas been a collaborative effort, with locals, national andinternational visitors, volunteers and businesses all contributingto the many outstanding conservation achievements over thepast 10 years,” said Southern Islands Acting Area Manager, SueLarson.Although the island only has about 400 permanent residents,the passion, dedication and commitment to the preservationof the island is evident in the number of active conservationgroups.DOC works alongside more than 10 groups, each serving adifferent purpose - species monitoring and translocation, pestcontrol, hut building and maintenance and hut wardening.One of the groups, the Stewart Island Rakiura CommunityEnvironment Trust (SIRCET) has established a 210 ha pest controlprogramme that includes about half of the township.DOC plans to celebrate the anniversary with a communityevent later in the year to coincide with the completion of theupgrade of the Rakiura Track Great Walk.

10th anniversary for southernnational park

Above: Maui’s Anchor - thischain link sculpture at Lee Baymarks the entrance to RakiuraNational Park.


Alex and Jenny Davies

The Korokoro Falls are in a most re-mote part of Te Urewera NationalPark. Without the use of a boat on

Lake Waikaremoana, they are more than a day’swalk from either end of the WaikaremoanaGreat Walk.

The Korokoro-owhaitiri Stream flows outof a wilderness forest of dense beech andpodocarp, featuring huge trees that have beenaround since people first came to settle on thelake shore.

The Waikaremoana Great Walk itself hugsthe western shore of Waiaomoana, an almostlandlocked arm of the main lake, mostly on abench formed by lowering the level of the lakeby 5m in 1946 for power generation.

In the past 66 years, dense regrowth foresthas sprung up to heal what was a bare, muddyshoreline.

Old growth forest with towering mountainbeech trees and some big Rata is seen how-ever on many parts of the track away fromthe lake. Even along the first part of the trackleading from the lake to the falls, there is ayoung forest of Rimu.

Settlers early in the 20th century tried to clearland for dairy farms on the lake shore, butnature is rapidly restoring itself.

The falls are only 30 minutes off the maintrack, and the turnoff is 90 minutes north of

the Waiopaoa Hut. The map shows higherfalls further up the stream. Reflecting on theeffort needed to reach even that short wayfurther into the tangled, wet wilderness of theUrewera, we are very thankful for such easyaccess tracks, as well as the help of Jamie andSam of Walking Legends.

Korokoro FallsWaikaremoana

Above: Jamie tightens the wire to helpTrevor cross the Korokoro-owhaitiriStream.

Right: A 22 metre curtain of water framedby the green of moss and fern.

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Martinborough, a village in the Wairarapa, well known for its wineries, market days, wine festivals, the annual Round the Vines event is also a placewith cute get-a-way weekend holiday cottages. For those on a short stay

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A mirror image on the still partof the Ruamahanga River.

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A small footbridge. The track wanders along a farm track.

By FrankGoldingham


Below: The two arrows point to the startof the walk.

Above: The sign on State Highway 53.

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The bridge that crosses the Ruamahanga River.

The Tararuas in the background.

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The hills behind Martinborough.

the Martinborough Lions promote theRuamahanga Bridge Walk as one of threewalks in the area.

The start is about one kilometre from theMartinborough village on State Highway 53where on the left is a yellow AA sign indicatingthere is a walkway.

You know you are there, when you also seethat this is a truck washing area.

Just a few metres in from the road on theleft are two arrows on a post pointing to thestart of the walk.

The day was in Autumn, the grass was longand the track itself was not easy to find, buthidden in the grass are a number of stepsdown to a dry stream bed.

After climbing up the other side, the grasstrack follows the fence, through a clump oftrees, down over a small foot bridge and thenit wanders across to the Ruamahanga River.

The farm track follows the river for abouta kilometre, before it meets a large gravelbeach.

Along the way in front there are views ofthe Rimutakas and Tararuas and the hills thatseparate Martinborough and the coast.

The river bends and now the track is agravel road that leads to the MartinboroughBridge.

You could return by the main road, but itis better to return the same way, as walkingalong the road can be unpleasant.

The walk takes about 30 minutes one way,and is classed as fairly easy, over uneven groundand is subject to occasional flooding.

Children need to be supervised as there isa sheer cliff down to the river.

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We are privileged to have so many public parks, reserves andwalking tracks available right in the heart of Invercargilland one, in particular, stands out.

Anderson Park encompasses a 20 hectare block ofnative bush and a magnificent art gallery and is cer-tainly one of Invercargill’s special landmarks.

It was Sir Robert Anderson’s wish that on his andhis wife’s death, the house and grounds – including the block of na-tive bush – be gifted to the city for use as a public park. The beautifulhome now houses the Anderson Park Art Gallery Society’s splendidcollection of New Zealand art, which has grown steadily since thesociety began in 1951.

Anderson Park is based around a historic Georgian-style manorbuilt in 1925 for about £10,000. Special art displays feature through-out the year and these are well worth the visit. The English gardensand children’s playground are maintained by the Invercargill City Coun-

cil Parks and Reserves division and it is clear that this is truly loved bythose who manage it.

The Lonely Planet guide rated it #3 of 36 things tosee in Invercargill and #4 out of 87 in Southland. Nowonder people in Southland love it so much.

The 500m-long winding driveway takes you throughnative bush to a clearing where the homestead sits

proudly in full view with sweeping lawns, huge elm trees and colour-ful gardens year-round.

The ponds and formal gardens are widespread and this enables thepublic to wander at their leisure through the park. Picnics, weddingsand social events are frequently held at this location and the park isavailable for hire from the Invercargill City Council.

The BNZ Active Walkers KiwiSeniors chose this as their Christ-mas destination. Starting their walk at the Stead Street Bridge, theywalked along the top of the Waihopai flood bank (built to protect the

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Left: The FormalRose Garden.

Right: Alightingfrom the bushwalk.

By Ann RobbieActive Lifestyles Advisor

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Above: Looking through the gate to the bridgeOpposite page left: Grandeur of the Anderson homestead.

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city after the damaging 1984 floods) onto Thomson bush, DonovanPark and through to Anderson Park.

On reaching Anderson Park the formal cast iron gates welcomeyou to a 20 minute native bush walk along well maintained tracks.These tracks twist and wind back and forth and have an uncannyknack of giving you a totally false sense of direction.

At the end of the walkway you are greeted by a very formal Eng-lish garden with crimped wire gates and a rose-lined archway whichleads to a wooden bridge over one of the ponds. The ducks quackand the few doves coo as you enter this area – a little like a formal‘karanga’ onto a Marae.

A separate kitchen and shelter area is available for hire and this is agreat place to lunch if the weather is inclement.

Our KiwiSeniors made good use of these facilities as the breezeand light rain was enough to cool them down after a 12km walk. Sit-ting down for lunch whilst looking out on such a magnificent view isa luxury.

Anderson Park is a fantastic place to visit with wonderful tracks,plenty of scope for hide and go seek and a large stretch of lawn toplay games on. The grandeur of the park makes it a wonderful envi-ronment for families, and it is so spread out that you can almost haveyour own area.

It is recommended for all ages and abilities and the access andparking is also extremely good.

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Above left: Looking up to the top of the WilliamWright Falls.

Right: Pohutukawa in the Orokawa Bay Reserve.

By Andrew Healey

City life can be a drag sometimes — thetraffic, the noise, a McDonald’srestaurant on every corner. Don’t get

me wrong, it’s great most of the time, but

From the city to the OrokawaScenic Reserve

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occasionally it’s good to get away and enjoythe simpler things in life.

So, you can imagine my delight when askedto visit Waihi Beach’s Orokawa Scenic Reserveand write about the experience.

After a pleasant Saturday afternoon’s drivefrom Auckland to Waihi Beach (bags packedand 15-year-old son, Liam, in tow), I checkedin to Beachaven Motels and Holiday Park. Themanagers, Murray and Yvette, were welcom-ing and, while receiving my key, I asked Murraywhat there was to do in the area. Jokingly, hereplied “nothing”. What he meant, of course,was that if you’ve come for the pubs and clubs,you’ll be disappointed.

There’s plenty to do at Waihi Beach — surf-ing, fishing, swimming and, of course, bushwalking. Beachaven is just a few minutes’ walkfrom the beach, so it’s a convenient place foradventure seekers to stay.

There are several walks to pick from. Wechose to walk from Waihi Beach to OrokawaBay and then Orokawa Bay to William WrightFalls. For those wishing to walk fromHomunga Bay to Waihi Beach, BeachavenHoliday Park offers a drop-off service so thatthe track can be walked one-way. Allow fourto five hours leisurely walking including a pic-nic stop if doing the walk one-way

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(approximately 45 minutes)At about 9am the following morning, Liam

and I walked for 10 minutes along Waihi Beachbefore entering the Waihi Beach to OrokawaTrack. Though the sky was overcast, the cleansmells and sounds of the sea more than com-pensated for the lack of sunshine.

The ever-present chatter of bird life, merg-ing with the steady rhythm of the sea, wasparticularly pleasant listening as we walked.Every now and then the trees would open upto expose the silver-lined horizon in the dis-tance and the breaking waves below. I recog-nised several species of native plants includ-ing Pohutukawa, Nikau palms, Pururi andToetoe.

I recommend this track to anyone whoenjoys the bush, but isn’t keen on too muchexertion. The path is well maintained with or-ange markers for easy navigation.

We passed all kinds of folk along the way— a women’s sports team in training, an eld-erly couple taking a leisurely hike and even aman jogging with his golden Labrador.

After about 40 minutes, the track onto thebeach of Orokawa Bay afforded the opportu-nity to mess around in the sand before head-

ing towards William Wright Falls — a greatspot for a picnic.

Orokawa Bay toWilliam Wright Falls

Track(approximately 30 minutes)

Next, we headed west along the OrokawaStream towards William Wright Falls. Thoughstill well marked, the path became noticeablymore challenging than the Waihi Beach/Orokawa Bay track and, not surprisingly, thejoggers seen earlier were no longer around.

We often found ourselves scaling banks andhopping across the stream. Liam particularlyenjoyed this track. He relished the challengeand took wicked pleasure in seeing his Dad

nearly fall into the water on more than oneoccasion.

Seeing William Wright Falls made the ef-fort worthwhile. I’m told on sunny days thefalls can become a mere trickle, but today theywere in fine form.

We took several minutes to rest, reflect, andsoak in the scene, before turning around toretrace our steps. From the beginning, we tookour time and the overall trip took about threehours.

So, for a couple of city guys keen to getback to nature, our needs were met and wemade it out in once piece. We look forward tonext time.

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Above: The rotunda at the Huntly ParkDomain.Left: The entrance sign off LakeviewTerrace.Below left: A footbridge at Huntly ParkDomain.

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Lake Hakanoa is famous for it'sbeautiful scenery. A walk around thelake is one of Huntly's most sought

after attractions.It's a lovely walk around Lake Hakanoa

and a great excuse to stretch the legs. Youstroll past the native trees, the Japanesegarden, wetlands, extensive palms and youmay see kids fishing from the jetty.

Start the walk from Huntly Park Domain,off Wright Street, just a short distance from

LakeHakanoaWalkway

SH 1 in Huntly. The walking track is pram andwheelchair friendly and an easy 3.62 kms walkand walking time at a steady pace isapproximately 45 minutes, or at an easy pacetakes about an hour or more. Another optionis to start from the entrance off LakeviewTerrace.

The track is easy and the surface is acombination of tarseal and metal which formsapproximately two thirds of the track surface.

The lake is popular for boating and also ofcourse fishing. Many houses have been builtaround the sides of this popular kake

The lake is the route for the annual HuntlyHalf Marathon, with this year’s event to be onheld on May 20. The half marathon coursetakes in Lake Hakanoa lake twice round.

The widelife is very entertaining andcurious especially if you're not familiar withCanadian Geese or Pied Shags.

A number of various information boardsaround the track provide details of the fishspecies and birds in the area.

HistoryFriends of Lake Hakanoa Walkway,

focused on creating a walking track aroundthe entire 3.62km of Lake Hakanoa. This wascompleted in 2000. The walkway has been



Above: Looking over the lake from the jetty, a spot where kids canoften fish.

Left middle: Taking a dog for a stroll.

Left below: The entrance to Ponga Grove.

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Lake Hakanoa Walkway

Fact fileHow to get to Lake Hakanoa comingfrom the south: Take SH1 to Huntly. Whenyou arrive at Huntly, turn right into RaynerRd, then left into William St, and then rightat Onslow Street.The Lake Hakanoa Walkway starts in theHuntly Domain by the two pou carvings.The entrance to the walkway is at theend of Park Avenue in Huntly Domain.Length of walk 3.62km.Time: 45 minutes to one hour.

divided into 13 zones, each with its ownseparate and different identity.

The opening of the track was celebratedin 2000 and in 2003 one zone of the walkwaywas formally opened – The McMillan Walk.

In 2004 the Green Cathedral wasestablished. The Green Cathedral an idyllicspot often chosen for weddings. The GreenCathedral has seating for 180 guests and thecar park can accomodate 40 cars. On February25th 2006 the Lake Hakanoa Walkway, in itsentirety was officially opened by well knowbotanist Professor David Bellamy.

The thirteen zones are: The WalkwayEntrance, Huntly College Native Tree Reserve,Seibu Bunri Gardens – Japanese Garden- ,McMillan Walk, WEL Energy Trust GlobalGardens, Environment Waikato WildlifeGardens, Palm Beach, Contemporary MaoriGarden, The Green Cathedral , Ponga Groveand The Huntly Domain.

The Hakanoa gateway is a notice board thatprovides a brief overview of the Maori andcolonial history of Huntly and of how LakeHakanoa comes to have it's name. An extractfrom the notice board reads...

"Haka Noa - Lake Hakanoa derives itsname from the ritualistic war chant that wasperformed by ancient Maori warriorsbelonging to local hapu (tribe), Ngati mahutaand Ngati Whawhakia. Rejoicing of the people- the time for fishing was near. It was time forthe ceremony of the Noa, (lifting of the tapu)so people could fish the waters again. Thenaming of the lakes were done by the ChiefPotatau Te Wherowhero, Te Paki and HetaTarawhiti."

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Above: Looking acrossthe lake at sunset.Left: Walking throughone of the thirteensections.Below: A shaded walkthrough a pergola.


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New Arthur'sPass walking

trackNew link tracks and an extensive upgrade

of existing tracks in Arthur's Pass NationalPark means that walkers can now go fromthe village all the way to the summit ofArthur's Pass.

The popular Bridal Veil Track has beenextended through alpine shrublands andwetlands to reach historic Jack's Hut - arestored roadman's cottage.

From there walkers cross the road towhere a new track extension takes walkers tothe Dobson Nature Walk on the summit ofthe pass.

The village to pass track idea was firstfloated over a decade ago, and now hasbecome a reality, presenting the best ofArthur's Pass. It has diverse alpine vegetation,waterfalls, wetlands and rich history,interspersed with stunning views of themountains. The track gradient is generallygentle, with some steep steps either side ofBridal Veil Creek.

Walking time - 1 hour 20 minutes one way(3.4 km).

Above: The Webb family explore the newtrack that links Bealey valley to DobsonNature Walk. Photo S Mankelow.

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Submitted by MaryDettling, StratfordAbove: Somemembers of theIndependent WalkersTaranaki Groupcompleted the 31kmRoad Walk aroundRorotonga whileothers completedthe 10kms on 22ndSeptember last year,say Mary Dettling,Stratford.There are from left:Nancye & WallaceWeir, Albert & MaryDettling, Stu & BevHartley, Alan & JeanHigham. Allcomplete 5 hoursand under.The group dressedup for the 5km funwalk on the daybefore.Mary Dettling camefirst in the Women31km walk in 4 hour33minutes.

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We are looking for readers’ favourite walks. Many of us goout regularly walking on a route which we class as our favourite,for a number of reasons.

Perhaps because for it’s scenery, it’s safe, it’s challenging, it’sflat, it’s hilly, it’s varied, or for whatever reason.

We would like you to tell us in your own words what is youfavourite walk and why. Email us a story from say 250 up to 1200words including a photo or photos.

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Below: “Sunshine, surf, and sand – what more could a girl and her dog want?” Photoby Jean Porter, Warkworth.

Above right: “Eager kids stride out (a la Abbey Road) on a distant ridge miles in frontof the adults - Kepler Track”. Photo taken by Peter Stevens, Silverstream.

Above left: "Looking toward the Red Crater on the TongariroCrossing mid afternoon in late February 2012". Photo by RossThomson, Silverdale.

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To enter:The rules are simply: there must be a person or personswalking in the picture either front, side or back on, andcan be in the distance. We require an emailed image inhigh resolution mode, in jpeg format as an attachment,and NOT embedded in Word or in the email, etc. Photosmust be emailed and not sent by post.In the subject line type “Walking New Zealand PhotoContest” and the email must include the NAME,ADDRESS and phone number of the person who tookthe photo and a small caption. In this contest onlyONE emailed photo accepted per month.Email your entries to: [email protected] withsubject line: “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest”


Above: “About two hours from Queenstownhiking to Ben Lomond Peak this view opened. Icould not resist to capture this explosion ofOtago orange”. Photo by Tomas Kasse,Queenstown.

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The image could be a scenic scene, a walkon the beach with the dog, a bush walk, a streetwalk or anything walking that takes your fancy.

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In this contest only ONE emailed photo accepted permonth. Entry in the contest automatically allows us toprint the image. The person who has their photo publishedwill receive a six month subscription or a renewal to Walk-ing New Zealand magazine of six months. If a picture ischosen for the cover page the person will receive a 12 monthsubscription or renewal.

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Below: “Photo of Denise Evans onthe Mangawhai CoastalWalkway”. Photo by Lyn Meredith,Morrinsville.

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In the Maori language, Takaro means play.So if you enjoy your playtime on twowheels, it’s time you paid a visit to Takaro

Trails.Located in Napier, Hawke’s Bay, on the

East Coast of New Zealand’s North Island,Takaro Trails provide a unique opportunityto explore the Hawke’s Bay region, close-up,by bicycle.

“It’s a great way to get to know the areaintimately and you cover much more groundthan by foot,” says Jenny Ryan, owner ofTakaro Trails.

Jenny, herself a keen cyclist, openedTakaro Trails three years ago. She’d recentlycompleted a cycle tour in the South of Franceas well as the Otago Rail Trail and felt that,as a concept, cycle touring was an excellentholiday activity. “The Hawke’s Bay, with itscycle tracks, lends itself to cycling, and a lotof what people enjoy about the region, likethe great food and wine, fits really well withcycling,” she says.

Hawke’s Bay is New Zealand’s oldest wineregion, having produced fine wine for morethan a century and, of course, Napier isfamous for beautiful Art Deco architecturedating back to the Napier Earthquake in1931.

Nowhere in New Zealand are cyclistsmore catered for. The Hawke’s Bay recentlyreceived over two million dollars from thenational Cycleway Fund and the regioncurrently boasts 180km of off-road cycletrails. When the Winery Trail is completedby the end of June, the length of trail willexceed 200 km.

Takaro Trails operates all year round and

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Shaun savesthe day

By Jocelyn HallHavelock North

We went to walk the HollyfordAs down south we did roam -Put on my trusty tramping boots:Oh no!! My insoles are at home!!

To tramp 5 days with no insolesI simply could not bear,No shops for miles and miles around -But then …. What’s this I hear?

Fly Fiordland’s pilot ShaunHeard of my trial ahead,Became my all-time hero with“Hey, take mine” he said.

SoOff came his bootsOut came his insolesOff came my bootsOut came the scissorsOff came the trimmingsSnip snip snip

In went the insolesIn went my feetWhat a world of difference,Now my feet are sweet!

Thank you Shaun at Milford SoundYou sure did save the day,Then flew us off to start our trampAt lovely Martins Bay.

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receives a wide range of visitors, including groups of friends, retireesand families seeking an active holiday.

They offer three multi-day tours and four one-day tours. The three-day tours are mostly off-road and traverse flat terrain, making themsafe and easily manageable for people with moderate levels of fitness.

For more experienced cyclists, there is a five-day tour over morechallenging terrain that covers 50 percent country roads and reachesas far as Waipawa in Central Hawke’s Bay.

Visitors are supplied 24-gear, hybrid-style bikes that are specificallychosen for the local topography with helmets, panniers (optional) andodometers. A full back-up service is provided, including detailed ridinginstructions with suggestions on places to visit; accommodation andrestaurant bookings — even a pick-up service should you purchasesomething too big to fit on your bike.

Prices range from $55 per person for a one-day tour, through to$879 per person for the five-day tour. These prices includeaccommodation and a pick-up service.

“The cycleways are a linking mechanism around the region, so youcan experience all that Hawke’s Bay has to offer,” says Jenny. She

explains that their tours are not just “point and ride”; rather, they’reabout exploring what the region has to offer — the vineyards, the ArtDeco architecture in Napier, the chocolate factory and CapeKidnappers’ Gannet Safari, to name a few.

Jenny: “I think cycling in the Hawke’s Bay is a great addition to theNew Zealand active holiday’s portfolio”.

For more information visit: www.takarotrails.co.nz.

Cycling tours

o Trails - fun on wheels


The Tongariro River Lookout Track begins at either the SH 1 bridge or the Major Jones footbridge, KouraStreet, Turangi. This loop track can be walked in either direction. It is described here from the SH 1 accesspoint. There is a car park area just over the bridge on the left hand side going north. Cross the road and walk

up to the first lookout on the northern side of the bridge. The views get better as the further up the hill you walk.From here the track climbs steeply to a viewpoint over the Tongariro River, a trout fishery of international renown.

Mt Pihanga, and the eroded volcanoes of the northern range of Tongariro National Park form a backdrop to thetown of Turangi. The track wanders through bush to the Major Jones footbridge at the southern most point of thetrack. To walk the loop track takes about an hour.

Tongariro River Lookout Track

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The township of Turangifrom the lookout track.

Coming down fromthe first lookout.

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Above: The SH 1 bridge that crosses the Tongariro River with Lake Taupo in the background. Below: Looking up the Tongariro River fromthe high point of the track towards the Tongariro trout fishery.


Record entries in


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Event


Over 2700 participants took part in the 2012 Great Forest events,held through the Rayonier Forests at Waitarere Beach, in ideal walkingconditions

In the half marathon walk there were 180 finishers with 531 finishers

in the 10km walk and 453 in the 5km walk.Sixteen walkers completed the marathonwalk.

The 10km and 5km events are alwayspopular with families with children and thisyear was no exception. There was a changeto the 5km course from previous events.

Waitarere events


Around 70,000 people of all shapes,sizes, ages, and fitness levels participated in the 40th annual Round the

Bays 2012 race on Sunday 18th of March. Abeautiful morning greeted the participants withnear perfect conditions.

Great camaraderie was especially evidentwithin the Harbour Sport Green Prescription(GRx) team. A community group based atBeach Haven the team of five GRx membersand three Harbour Sport GRx facilitatorswalked the course together.

It was the first time this grouphad attempted something of thismagnitude and each of the mem-bers were determined to reach theirgoals.

Colin Fuller was a particularly inspirationalmember on the day. Colin has sciatic nervedamage, is in constant pain and has a walkingstick as his steady companion.

Despite this he was determined to com-plete the course. Six weeks before the raceColin and the other members of his GRxgroup trained for the race, improving every

week, but Colin never reached the 8.4k mark.Colin arrived at the race without his walkingstick, ready to tackle his huge goal of com-pleting the course before the scanners stoppedrecording race times.

Harbour Sport GRx facilitator, Alex AhChong remembers his determination duringthe race, “I was worried about him as he wasstruggling, but he assured me he was going tofinish no matter what. He didn’t want to dis-appoint me or the group and really pushed

himself.”At the finish line the whole

team cheered Colin on,moving Ah Chong to tears,

“About 800 meters away from thefinish line Colin began to really pick up hispace. It seemed as though he had forgottenabout the pain, he was so focused on the finishline. It was very emotional and inspiring to usall.”

GRx facilitator Hanna Charman found theHarbour Sport GRx Community Group fromBeach Haven to be a very tight knit supportgroup. “They look out for each other; they spur

each other on andencourage each other toreach goals they neverwould have done ontheir own.We all feel likea family”.

The idea to take partin the Round the Bays2012 was the inspirationof one of the groupmembers, RichardWilkinson.

They not only metwith the GRx facilitatorevery week for training,but also met on theirown to train.

Charman was veryimpressed with thegroup, “They motivatedme to help them achievemore. If they can ac-complish this in oneweek, what could weaccomplish together in ayear? This is not just ajob; I care so much foreach member and wantto help them achieve all

Round the Bays emotionaland inspirational

High achiever

Above and below” Colin atthe finish line and some ofthe team celebrating theirsuccess!

We offer a 12km shuttle option for walkers as well.Whakamaru Dam cruise with drop off for 12km, 8km, 6km walk $25pp.

of their goals.”Members like 80 year old Andrew Campbell

(the first to cross the finish line out of thegroup, beating his goal of 80 minutes by com-pleting it in 76 minutes) and Colin inspiredmany but all of the members pushed them-selves way beyond what they thought possi-ble. Ah Chong noted that “An event like thisproves that people with health conditions stillwant to help themselves get better, to im-prove.” She also proudly declared “All of theGRx team facilitators agree that this groupproves that no matter what your health condi-tion, age or situation, it’s never too late!”


Above: Bridge over lagoon. DOC photo

Below: Relics from the past. DOC photo

Above: Galway Beach. Department of Conservation photo

There are five walks at Gillespies Beachwhich allow visitors to explore the areano matter how much time they have

available.

Miners Cemetery Walking TrackTime: Five minutes /270 metre returnJust before the signposted turnoff to the

Gillespies Beach campsite and car park thereis a short walk to the historic miners cemetery.The cemetery is a reminder of the harsh envi-ronment the early gold prospectors lived andworked in.Gillespies Suction Dredge Walk

Time: 15 minutes /400 metres returnThe Gillespies Suction Dredge Walk is a

short loop track starting from the mainGillespies Beach car park. Wander past his-torical remains of the suction dredge used bythe miners in the late 19th century. Interpre-tation panels take you back to when GillespiesBeach was a bustling gold mining town.

Gillespies Bucket Dredge WalkTime: 30 minutes /1.6 kilometre returnFollow the Miners Tunnel Track from the

main Gillespies Beach car park and campingarea through gorse-covered dredge tailings tothe remains of an old 1930s gold dredge. Ona clear day the mountain tops will peak abovethe gorse. Continue to the Miners Tunnel orGalway Beach or, return the way you came orvia the beach.

Gillespies Beach walkingtracks Miners Tunnel Track

Time: One hour 40 minutes / 3.6 kilometres re-turn

Continue past the bucket dredge and outonto the beach. Walk north along the beachuntil you reach Gillespies Lagoon. The lagoonis crossed by a bridge five minutes inland. En-joy spectacular views from here on a fine day.

From the lagoon the track follows the lineof a gold miners’ pack track, climbing up anold glacier moraine before entering a tunnelbuilt to provide an all-tide access route forminers. The track emerges to a viewing pointabove the beach - there is no access to thebeach from this point.

Galway Beach Tramping TrackTime: Three hours 30 minutes / 6.8 kilometres

returnFollow the Miners Tunnel Track from

Gillespies Beach car park and campsite. Turnoff at the Galway Beach sign, just before theminers tunnel. The track weaves through rimuforest and leads to aremote beach. The sealcolony at Galway Beachis a haul-out (resting)colony for seals in thewinter

Take care not todisturb the seals andnever get between theseals and the sea. Do not try and walk throughthe colony to Gillespies Lagoon - you mustreturn to the car park via the track.

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Getting thereGillespies Beach is a 21 kilometre drive from

Fox Glacier Weheka. Head west along CookFlat Road, passing the turn off to LakeMatheson and the Peak Viewpoint along theway.

Half of the journey is on a narrow, unsealedroad - keep left, and keep your speed to aminimum. The road is not suitable for towingvehicles.

About the areaFox Glacier areaThe area around the Fox Glacier township

offers visitors a rare opportunity to easily acessa dynamic glacial environment in a forested areawhile within driving and walking distance fromthe main highway.

A visit to Gillespies Beach offers a scenicdrive, lovely views of the Southern Alps KaTiritiri o te Moana, an historic cemetery andcoastal walks. In 1865 a prospector namedGillespie discovered gold here. Soon, a settle-ment of several hundred people established.

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Enchanting L28 Walking New Zealand, issue no 173 - 2012

The Bled Lake came into existance when the Bohinj Glacier movedaway. It is 2120 m long, up to 1380 m wide and it is of the tectonicorigin, After the last Ice Age, the Bohinj Glacier deepend its naturaltectonic hollow and gave it its present form. When the ice meltedthe basin was filled with water. The lake has no considerable affluentsexcept some streams. The thermal springs in the northeast part arecaptured in three swimming pools: at the Toplice Grand Hotel, ParkHotel and Golf Hotel. The beauty of the lake is stressed by theisland on the west side. The temperature of the lake reaches up to25°C in the summer and gets ice covered in winter.


Above: For a small charge you can ringthe bell in the church.

With its natural beauty, points ofhistorical interest and an advantageous geographical location,

makes Bled in Solvenia an ideal place forwalkers and hikers.

The image of Bled with the castle, the lake,and the island in the middle of the lake, aresights by which Bled is well-known.

Lake Bled a glacial lake in the Julian Alpsin northwestern Slovenia, adjoins the touristtown of Bled.

The lake is 2,120m long and 1,380m wide,with a maximum depth of 30.6 meters and isthe only natural island in Slovenia.

The forested slopes of Jelovica andPokljuka, the Julian Alps with their highestpeak Triglav, the symbol of the Sloveniannation and the Karavanke Mountains, serveas the background to this magicial spot.

In the middle of the lake lies the island withthe Church of Assumption, both rich inhistory.

In addition to all these features, Bled andits surroundings provide a number of otherinteresting sights that are worth a visit.

The walk around the lake starts from thetown area of Bled and is about 6km long andis a very easy 60 to 90 minutes shoreline walk.

Starting anti-clockwise the walk is over veryeasy flat terrain with different views of the

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Left: The island with steps leading up tothe Church of the Assumption.

Lake Bled


Below left: The track aroundthe lake is popular for bothwalkers and cyclists.

Below right: A shop on theisland caters for a widevariety of souveniers.

pretty island with the Church ofSt Maria, also known as the churchof the Assumption, ever changingas you walk along the lake shore.

To be able to enjoy the area,the authorities do not allow motorpowered boats on the lake itself.The main sound you hear are fromthe tourists having a go at ringingthe church bells.

At almost a third of the wayround, you pass close to quaintcolourful Slovenian homes nearthe Veslaski Rowing Centre withall its facilities.

Lake Bled is well known amongworld rowers, because it has verygood conditions for rowing. Ithosted the World RowingChampionships in 1966, 1979,

1989 and in 2011.The views now change with the

high mountain range in thedistance with Mt Triglav is 2,864mhigh, the highest mountain inSlovenia. Even in summer youcan see snow on the top of theJulian Alps.

The Bled Castle, a medievalcastle is a silent witness to its

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Enchanting Lake BledViews of the island are everchanging along the walk.



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Pletnas by the shoreline awaitingcustomers for the island visit.

The boardwalk section of the track. A quaint Slovenian house.

A colourful Slovenian house.You could take a ride witha horse and carriage!


Above left: A short trip in a pletna to theisland takes about 15 minutes.Above right: Inside the 15th centuryChurch of the Assumption is amagnificent altar.Left middle: The Bled Castle from thewalkway.Below left: The town of Bled with its touristfacilities.

former power, resolute and proud on a highrock above the lake, stands watch over thetown.

Bled Grad (Castle) - perched above thelake the castle holds several attractionsincluding a museum, printing works and winecellar. From there are magnificent views overthe town and lake.

After a walk along a board walk the CafeBelvedere is a welcome stop and is an idealplace to sample Slovenian cuisine.

Walking on, the wharf area comes into viewlined up with boats (plenta) with their platnarseager for customers.

The only way to get to the Bled Island isby a row boat, or by the traditional means ofnavigating Lake Bled, the (plenta) boat,propelled by nothing but pure physical strengthof the boatsman. They take you on a 20 minutescenic ride across the lake with a 3o minutestop at the wonderful island.

The island has several buildings, the mainone being the Pilgrimage Church of theAssumption of Mary (Slovenian: CerkevMarijinega vnebovzetja), built in the 15thcentury. The church has a 52-metre tower.

Once on the island there is a climb of 99steps up the stairway, or there is a longer buteasier track that winds around the island tothe church.

Inside the church is the wishing bell datingback from 1534, where for a small chargetourists can have a go as a bell ringer. The belltolling can be heard almost everywhere aroundthe lake.

Each year a number of couples come toget married in this famous church.

On the island is a tourist shop and a

Enchanting Lake Bled


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historical museum, both worth a visit.The boats awaits for you for the return trip

back to the lake edge.It is only a short walk to the town of Bled.No visit to Bled would be complete without

sampling their main culinary speciality the BledCream Cake.

The cake recipe was brought to the localHotel Park in 1953 by Istvan Kovac, chef ofthe hotel's confectionery store. He came toBled from Serbia where a similar cake wasinvented after the second World War. Over10 million cream cakes have been baked at thehotel's patisserie since its invention.

It is a cream slice made of leaves of dough,filled with vanilla and sweet cream and dustedwith icing sugar.

A wonderful way to end the walk and enjoythis treat in the hotel patisserie with views overthe lake.

HistoryBled became an independent self-govern-

ing district, a municipality, in 1995.With an area of 20.513 hectares (approxi-

mately 80 square miles) and over 11,000inhabitants, it ranks among the medium sizedSlovenian municipalities.

The main economic activity of Bled as amunicipality is tourism with its broadly-baseddeveloped services.

A Bled Cream Cake.

Fact fileBest time to go: All year round, but inwinter the lake can freeze over. It ispossible (at your own risk) to walk on thefrozen lake to the island.Cost: (Plenta) boat trip - 12 euro. Enterchurch on island - 3 euro.How to get there:Vehicle: Bled is situated in thenorthwestern part of Slovenia, 47km fromthe nearest Austrian and Italian borders.It can be accessed year round from theregional road Karavanke Tunnel–Ljubljana, exit Lesce.Rail: The Lesce–Bled Railway Station, onthe Oste railway line (Munich–Salzburg–Villach–Ljubljana–Belgrade–Istanbul–Athens), is only 4km from Bled. The otherrailway station, Bled–Jezero, is on therailway line Villach–Jesenice–NovaGorica.Bus: There are regular buses running fromBled to local destinations and all majorSlovenian centres.Air: International Ljubljana Airport, Brnik,is 36km away.

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Above: The Avon River winds its wayaround the gardens.Left: Map of the gardens.Below: The bridge across the WaterGarden area.

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Above: The gardens are also popular withjoggers.

The Christchurch Botanic Gardensfounded in 1863 with the planting ofan English Oak tree, now feature one

of the finest collections of exotic and nativeplants found in New Zealand.

Towering majestic trees - many over 120years old - dominate the gardens, forming astriking backdrop to the extensive themedplant collections and sweeping lawns.

The gardens are an oasis in the city ofChristchurch - 21 hectares of horticulturaldisplays, several conservatories, memorials,garden art and many walking tracks.

A loop of the gently-flowing Avon River,criss-crossed by bridges, encloses a large partof the gardens.

The Botanic Gardens are now planted with10,000-plus specimens of indigenous andintroduced plants. There are conservatoriesand thematic gardens to explore and a cafe atthe Botanic Gardens visitors centre.

A quiet area where visitors and locals alikecan walk, picnic or just wander around andforget about the earthquake destructionaround the city.

The gardens are open every day of the yearat 7am, and admission is free.

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Above middle and below: There are many interesting walking tracks to explore the gardens.



By Lani Lopez

British research into cancer treatmentand recovery offers exciting hope forcancer sufferers and has turned medi-

cal advice on its head.Cancer specialists in the UK have for many

years advised cancer patients to rest during andafter cancer treatment. New research hasturned that advice now to instruction for pa-tients to get out and exercise immediately.

One of Britain’s leading cancer specialists,Jane Maher, chief medical officer ofMacmillan Cancer Support explains, “The ad-vice I would previously have given to one ofmy patients would have been to ‘take it easy.’This has now changed significantly. There re-ally needs to be a cultural change so that healthprofessionals see physical activity as an inte-gral part of cancer after-care, not just an op-tional add-on.”

The findings that led to this change are trulyastonishing and Dr. Maher says they shouldbe grabbing widespread attention for the ben-efits of exercise. “If physical exercise were adrug, it would be hitting the headlines.”

It deserves to hit the headlines too, withthe research uncovering these remarkable can-cer-killing properties of exercise.

For prostate cancer, exercise reduces therisk of dying from the disease by up to 30%.

For breast cancer, exercise can reduce therisk of the cancer recurring by 40%.

For bowel cancer, patients’ risk of dyingfrom the disease can be cut by around 50%

Even in the midst of that most terrifyingof life challenges, cancer treatment, the ben-efits of exercise are now clear and bring newhope for cancer recovery.

So the crucial questions then are what sortof exercise do we need to do and how muchof it?

The good news is that every little bit counts.Lead researcher Professor Robert Thomasexplains, “It doesn’t need to be anything toostrenuous - doing the gardening, going for abrisk walk or a swim, all count.”

The question of how much to do is a littlemore complex, Professor Thomas says. “Allpatients getting cancer treatment should betold to do two-and-a-half hours of physicalexercise every week.”

But he suggests more exercise be done forsome specific cancers. Bowel cancerpatients,for example, are told that by “doingaround 6 hours of moderate physical activitya week their risk of dying from the diseasecan be cut by around 50%.”

The first step to getting the benefits ofexercise is to get started.

I always advise to start exercise with walk-ing. Don’t worry about where to walk, howlong for or how far to go. Just put on yourshoes and get out the door. Once you’re actu-ally out walking, decisions of how fast, howlong and how far, take care of themselves.

Having started, the next key is equally sim-ple: Keep going.

To keep going I recommend putting twothings in place. First, find a partner or team.Committing to a morning or evening walk inyour own mind is one thing. Making a date tomeet a friend at the corner, at a specific timeto walk together is a far more committed thingand much harder to get out of. A friend infitness is a friend indeed.

Kids are great motivators too. A walk with

a child of any age to start the day, or before orafter dinner, very quickly becomes a treasuredroutine.

To keep going, keep rewarding yourself. Afriend in her fifties joined a gym for the firsttime this month. The gym understands thisprinciple and has a rewards system in place.For going twenty-six times in her first twomonths she was rewarded by the gym withthree months’ free membership - a reward withboth health and financial benefits.

That worked for her, but what works foryou? Tailor your rewards to your own endsand make them worth achieving. Set a goal,say ten walks, and agree on a small reward withyour fitness friend. Bigger goals, say your firstforty- or sixty-minute walk, deserve a biggerreward.

The greatest reward of course is wellbe-ing. Exercise has multiple health benefits. Wecan go quite literally from head to toe and findthem everywhere: exercise improves brainfunction, memory and focus, eye health, bal-ance, heart, breast, lungs, digestive function,kidneys, prostate, joints and circulation. Thisis by no means a comprehensive list.

Exercise is unparalleled in attaining andmaintaining good health. We know we shoulddo it and now we know that it is never too lateto start.

Exercise for a healthier and happier you.Don’t wait for exercise to be part of your

treatment plan. Start today.If you would like free advice on an exer-

cise plan or just want encouragement alongthe way, email me at [email protected] or find me on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lanilopezcom.

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Gary Hauseman who is walking the world andso far has walked about 24,000 miles across USA,Europe, United Kingdom, Central America, SouthAmerica, Australia and New Zealand. He hasabout 14,000 miles to walk across Asia, Africa andSouth America to break the Guiness Book WorldRecord set by Arthur Blessit. Here are his experi-ences walking from:

By GaryHauseman

Sonoita Arizona to Wilcox Arizona196 miles, 24,649 Total World Walk Miles.

Walking in the mountains and high desert of southeast Arizonanow, 3,000 to 5,000 feet in elevation. Colder nights (28F to 40F), andwarm days (50F to 75F).

Small towns spaced 20 to 30 miles apart with maybeone or two gas station/stores, post office, RV park, and afew boarded up business's. Mining, ranching, and growingcotton, hay, beans, corn are the main livelihood. Lots oftourism with ghost towns, old west towns, artists towns,and lots of retirement RV campgrounds. Nice quiet peaceful walkingcountry.

I can always find a spot in the desert to camp with some deadwood nearby to use for a fire in the morning. Underground wateraquifers are being depleted by the big cities, farmers, ranchers, andclimate change.

About 12 years now of below normal rainfall in the southwest. A50 year drought back in the late 1200's drove the Anazazi Indians outof the Mesa Verde area in southwest Colorado where I worked forfive summers. Before the white man moved into Arizona in the 1800'sand started building dams and diverting water there were lots of freeflowing rivers. Now only the Colorado River flows year round andeven that dries up before it reaches Mexico and is supposed to flowinto the Gulf of California.

Some states like Colorado even made it illegal to gather the wateroff your own roof for personal use. You can actually set up a systemto collect, store, and treat enough water for a family in almost all areas.Australia has quite a few companies that build and sell water collec-tion systems.

Found two smartphones on the side of the road this week. Chargedthem up and they both worked after two months and eight monthsoutside. Left messages for the owners and one guy got back to me inan hour and drove up to pick up his Samsung Galaxy smartphone.The other guy had moved to another state, upgraded to a new I-Phone,and said I could keep it. Lots of recent headbanger music on it that Ido not like, so I will have to load it with some of my classic rockmusic and see about getting it unlocked and set up with a different cellphone service provider.

As I was going through the Fort Huachula Army base area I raninto a runner. I could tell right away he was a marathon runner fromKenya. Thin, compact, track suit, not an ounce of fat on him. JosephChielee said he was trying out for the USA Olympic Marathon teamnext week up at Colorado Springs for the London 2012 summer Ol-ympic Games.

He's in the army now and has his USA citizenship, but originallyfrom Kenya. I will have to check and see how he did in the trials. Ithink he wanted to walk around the world with me some day. A lot ofpeople say that, but I usually tell them it's best to plan their own ad-venture. Feel free to email me and ask questions about how to do it,but I prefer walking alone at my own pace and do what I want to do.Hard when you have somebody else with you that goes a different

pace or wants to do different stuff than you. I travelled with a girl-friend once and she kept buying stuff and I had to carry it in my packas hers was stuffed full.

Into Tombstone, an old west tourist town where I sat and talked toJim Pierce at his Apache ATV rental place and had a cup of coffee.Jim gave me his card and told me to call if I ran into any troublearound this area. People always want to help me on my walk withfood, water, advice, money, and good wishes.

One lady stopped to chat and asked if I needed anything. I told herI had a sore throat and was out of sore throat lozenge’s.Sure enough she had a bag she could give me. Usually ifI need something I just look on the side of the road till Ifind it or get it from somebody that stops to talk to me.Or I buy it in a store at the next town I come to.

One bicycle tourist stopped to chat and offered me a loaf of bread,but I had plenty of food with me, and bread is a little too squishy tocarry in my stroller. Dan Howard had an old mountain bike loadedwith way too much stuff. He had two extra rims, two extra tyres, twowhite five gallon buckets for panniers, huge load of miscelaneous stuffpiled high on his front and back rack. He said he kept on finding stuffon the road side and kept it till he could give it away to some one. Iusually just leave stuff I find that I do not need at a gas station or ona picnic table at a rest stop.

His bike looked really top heavy and hard to control. You tend toget a lot of flats and broken spokes when you are overloaded. Mythree wheel Runabout Stroller can carry lots of extra weight and sitsreal nice and low on three wheels.

Tombstone is a nice old western tourist town with lots of horsedrawn wagons giving tours around the main streets past old saloons,general stores, the OK Corral, and other old west touristy stuff. Lotsof locals are dressed in old west clothes with guns ready for their re-enacted shootout at the OK Corral between the Earp Brothers andthe Clanton Gang. I talked to one Busker (entertainer playing for tips)with hand bones, banjo, and all dressed up top hat and fancy clothes.Johnny Bones gave me $5 out of his tips hat to help me on my worldwalk. Kind of funny as usually you are supposed to tip the buskers,not have them tip you. But I guess just seeing me and hearing aboutmy world walk entertains people.

Bisbee was the next big tourist town I passed through. Big coppermine at one end of town that looked closed down for now. Lots ofthe copper mines have been bought up by a few huge multinationalcorporations. Some they close down and others they reopen and putlots of new money into depending on the price and supply of thedifferent minerals. Lots of art galleries, B and B's, coffee houses, giftshops, museums, and other tourist stuff to see. One couple stoppedthat owned a B and B and offered me a free stay. So I had a nice hotshower, warm bed, and home cooked meal. They had two hugecottonwood trees at the entrance to "The Gardens" B and B. Theymust have been 150 to 200 year old trees.

Stopped one day to take a short siesta on the roadside. Pulled overinto a gravel pullout and laid down my foam pad and sleeping bag bythe fence. Hard to get a rest as about six cop cars pulled over to checkand see if I was okay. They said they kept getting 911 calls about aman lying on the roadside. Two Bisbee cop cars, one county sheriff,two highway patrol cars, one border patrol car, and one ambulance


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stopped. I guess from now on I will have to take my siestas hiddenbehind some bushes or trees so I can remain unbothered.

While I was at a gas station in Sunsites, Arizona I heard somestrange snorting coming from the back of a pickup truck. The ownerssaid they found two baby Javalina's (wild pig like rodents) by a deadmother. They still had their umbilical cords attached, so probably justa day or two old. Fairly used to people, as they came right up to myhand as I crouched down and offered them some of my coffee in asmall bottle cap. They ended up giving them away in a cardboard boxto another local to take home. Not a good idea to make a pet out of awild animal, in six months those cute babies will be tearing up, biting,and chewing everything in sight. Better to just let nature take its course.

Lots of Sandhill Cranes flying overhead in a V formation. Theyhave a preserve near Wilcox Arizona where they either stay the winteror stop to rest on their migration. Jim Frasier stopped to chat with meas I was breaking camp near the San Pedro River Preserve. Old guy ina cowboy hat with his pickup truck and a platform for his mobilityscooter. Said he still walked 1200 steps out and back to his mailboxeveryday to try and keep his body working. He said he heads intoTombstone everyday for breakfast at his favorite local cafe. As I waswalking down the main street of Douglas two local girls stopped meto ask about my world walk. June and Aaliyah were passing out adflyers to local business's. I took their picture and posted it on myFacebook page for them.

While I was sitting outside a store in McNeal drinking coffee ontheir bench I heard someone inside say "there is a smelly biker out-side, make him leave". Not sure if he was joking or serious. I keeppretty clean by taking a washcloth bath with soap at least once ortwice a day in a rest room. My clothes sometimes go a week or twobefore I run them through the washing machine though. I had justtalked to that cyclist about an hour earlier, so he might have sat at thesame bench as me a while back and I was confused with him. I thinkhe smelled a little more then me, but its hard to tell when you are onthe road camping how good or bad you smell. You nose tends toblock out your own smell after a couple days and you just smell newstuff. Always nice when I can take a hot shower and launder my clothes.

I was planning on walking a little bit more, but felt like I havewalked enough for this trip. I walked about 900 miles in eight weeks

on this trip. I had a great time and met a lot of nice people. Saw an oldDodge Caravan that I liked as I was walking out of Wilcox that Icould pick up cheap.

So I packed up my Runabout Stroller and drove back up to PageArizona to take it easy for two months till I start work at Lake Powell.

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Lizard monitoringIt certainly has been busy in the Ark in the Park area lately; a novel

reptile monitoring technique developed by Trent Bell has beeninstalled at the Ark as well as in three other sites in the Auckland

region.Closed cell foam covers are placed on tree trunks at spacings through

the forest and at intervals they will be inspected to see if any lizardspecies are utilising the warm, dry refuge.

The foam applied to the tree trunk replicates how bark naturallyacts as a refuge, shielding anything hiding there from prying eyes ofthe aerial predators that previously were all that geckos and skinks hadto be concerned about.

Mammalian predators, rats, and stoats commonly usescent to guide their hunt so reptile numbers are low in main-land sites. The Ark members hope though to observe in-creases with predator management.

Katherine Da Silva shares her experience with this moni-toring:

Being involved with the novel project to set up 200 foam coversaround the Ark in the Park was a fun and educational experience.For an individual such as myself whose main ambition in the future isto become a dedicated herpetologist, being able to participate in the setup of a large monitoring project for our native geckos provided a valu-able insight to complications of designing and organising such a project.

I had the pleasure of sitting in on planning discussions and working closelywith the great duo Tent and Sarah, and observed an immense amount of effort,time, and patience in solving any interfering obstacle or hitch that arose while theywere in Auckland.

The underlying goal was to provide a long-term and experimentally robust setup, with the outcomes to be compared to several other monitoring projects similar indesign, which are being set up across the country.

Trent and Sarah are extraordinary scientists who are specialists in their fields;I soaked up as much information as I could and enjoyed every moment of conver-sation and advice they had to give.

There were several volunteers who donated their time and worked hard in

placing the covers onto designated trees along transects that at times consisted ofdense vegetation that required significant jostling.

I found fellow volunteers fun and enthusiastic about being outdoors and thor-oughly enjoying the labour. Appreciatively, Mother Nature provided us withbeautiful weather to work in on both days of cover placement.

I am very much looking forward to the start of the actual monitoring, andhope we discover a nice population of dazzling green and forest geckos within Arkin the Park, and possibly arboreal skink species.

I feel this addition of a long-term gecko monitoring programme within theWaitakere Ranges Regional Park will provide further public awareness of ourcryptic lizard species and enhancement to the numerous conservation projects al-

ready underway in the ecological and species rich environment of theWaitakeres.

Lizards belong to the group of animals known as rep-tiles. This group includes Crocodiles, Turtles, Snakes,Tuatara and Lizards. There are many different types ofLizards in the world, but in New Zealand we only haveGeckos and Skinks.

· Lizards/karara are an important yet often unseen partof our native biodiversity. Most people only realise theyhave lizards on their property when their cat brings onehome!

· In New Zealand, there are Geckos with baggy, velvetyskin and broad heads; and Skinks with sleek, smooth skin - like asnake with legs.

· Lizards help scatter the seeds of some of our native plants andmay also pollinate their flowers.

The NZ Lizards Database has been created based on the vision ofTrent Bell. Trent is a herpetologist, formerly based at Landcare Re-search and now operating as EcoGecko Consultants. Trent can becontacted directly at http://www.ecogecko.co.nz;

To see the wonderful work done by Trent and Ark in the Parkmembers, and for the opportunity to go on the Walking WaitakereWednesday Walks series, please email me on: [email protected].

Window on Waitakere

From KayLindley

Te Araroa Trust postponed the scheduled opening of the KerikeriTrack on Saturday March 24th after a weather bomb hit theFar North that week.

Floods caused widespread damage around Kerikeri, Te Araroa’snew river-side track included. It eroded in places, and floodwatershung trackside fencing with “washing” and littered the track surface.

Despite missing its official opening though, the 26-km KerikeriTrack is open for public use for the next two weeks. It closes again forfour and a half months on April 29th.

The closure is a condition of the walkway licence. The closureextends through to September 14th, and incorporates both the shoot-ing and lambing seasons.

Following the opening washout, Te Araroa Trust decided it wastoo awkward to arrange another opening in April only to close the

Te Araroa Trail

track again two weeks later. The trust has therefore postponed theopening until September 2012.

Weather bomb delays opening

Right: Trackentrance atWaiare Road.Photo by Greg Blunden

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by Gary Moller Dip Ph Ed PG Dip Rehab PG Dip Sport Med (Otago) FCE Certified

Discovering dentalproblems

Health

In my article “Are you being bugged by parasites? I described howthe Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis can be used to detect infectionsin the body, usually parasites, rotten gums or a dental abscess.

In this follow up article, I present the case of a fit man in his 50’s(Myself).

When looking at the hair tissue mineral analysis charts to the right,keep an eye on the relationship between Cu (copper) and Fe (iron)which I have high-lighted with a red line.

.When there is a chronic infection, the immune system attempts tostarve the invaders of life-giving iron. It does this by shifting ironfrom the circulation and into storage in the bones and even the joints.

The down-side of taking iron out of the circulation is the infectedperson will tend to suffer aches, pains and fatigue. Sometimes theymay be diagnosed as suffering “infectious anaemia”.

In my case, I was generally in very good health, although aware ofa problem with bad breath.

Two weeks after the abscess down the side of one of my back

Copper andiron are inbalance. Noevidence ofi n f e c t i o n ,a l t h o u g hthere areother healthissues.

While otherhealth issuesare improving,note the slightincrease iniron relative tocopper. Notsignificant butworth keepingan eye on

Iron has shot uprelative tocopper. I wasoff to see mybrother (Adentist) whodiscovered ap u s s - f i l l e dabscess deep inthe back of mymouth -Yuck!

No moreevidence ofan infectionand I amfeeling great.

Although thereis a slightdifference, ironand copper arefine but I amkeeping a closeeye on themand am muchmore diligentwith dentalcare.

teeth was discovered and treated, I rode the ride of my life in theHuka Challenge Mountain Bike Relay Race. With my partner, Alofa,we won the race outright and currently hold the team’s race record.Here’s where you can see our 2010 record

I put this amazing gain in performance down to the freeing up ofiron stores for oxygen transport and storage.

I have a sneaking suspicion that things may not be 100% at themoment, so I did another Hair Tissue Analysis on myself last week.I’ll have those results in about three weeks from now and will publishan update.


CONTENTS for previous 14 issuesMAY 2012 172 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Whananaki

and Onekainga Tracks 8 New Zealand walk: Under the

arches. . .10 My favourite walk: Ohinetonga

Loop Walk13 New Zealand walks: Manawatu

- more to offer than firstmeets the eye

16 New Zealand guided walks:Hiking to the World of thegods

18 Digital Photo Contest winners20 Overseas guided walks:

European Alps - a networkof paths and trails

25 Te Araroa Trail: New Hamiltonroute opened

25 Overseas personal locatorbeacon helped find man inNew Zealand

26 Overseas walks: Walking in thewilderness of Patagonia

28 Overseas guided walks: Theroof of Australia

32 Overseas walks: Nepal is theperfect place to trek

37 Overseas walks and tours38 Walking the World39 Window on Waitakere: Wasp

study40 Health: Are you being bugged

by parasites?42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for May44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events49 Nordic Walking Calendar50 Podiatry: Common toenail

problems51 Product marketplace:

Lightweight hiking shoeintroduced

52 Directory: Walking groupsthroughout New Zealand

56 Country Breaks60 Wellington MarathonAPRIL 2012 171 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk:

Karituwhenua StreamWalkway

8 Walkers benefit by newHoropito to Ohakune link

11 Major project to rejuvenate AbelTasman National Park ecology

11 Books: Cycling Auckland12 Event: Alpine plant enthusiasts

hitch ride to herbfields13 Southern Lakes now a world

top ten region14 New Zealand walks: Many

wetland walks around area16 New Zealand walks: Rotorua

woman explores the ForgottenCoast

18 Digital Photo Contest winners20 New Zealand walks: River walk

with paddleboat option22 New Zealand walk: Tour de

Stoke23 Te Araroa Trail: New high view

points opened in Southland24 Overseas walks: Two easy walks

in Blue Mountains NationalPark

30 Overseas walks: Walk inBurgundy and experience goodfood and wine

34 New Zealand walk: Taieri Gorgerail walk coming up

36 Walking the World38 Health: Does adding more

calcium in the diet preventOsteoporosis?

40 Podiatry: Painful forefoot?41 Overseas walks and tours42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for April44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events50 Window on Waitakere:

Contractors50 Nordic Walking Calendars52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand56 Country Breaks59 Christchurch MarathonMARCH 2012 170 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: A taste of a

mountain track 9 Tell someone where you are

going and returning10 New Zealand guided walks:

Fiordland Coast Walks -Exploring a land unknown

12 New Zealand walks: Glenorchyand beyond

15 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy -Gateway to paradise

16 Te Araroa Trail - One of world’sgreatest walks opened

19 Digital Photo Contest winners20 New Zealand guided walks:

Kahurangi Guided Walks -Walking with Nature

23 New Zealand guided walks:South Island has it all!

24 New Zealand walks: QueenElizabeth Park halfwaybetween Paraparaumu andPaekakariki

26 Overseas guided walks:Contrasts and contraditions partof Sicily’s charm

31 Readers Views: KarangahapeRoad footpath waterfalls

31 New Zealand walk: Rareopportunity for winners to visiticonic Whale Island

32 Overseas walks: Walking thePacific Crest Trail

37 Podiatry: Pre- walking warm uproutine

38 Overseas walks: Is Azerbaijanthe new Gold Coast?

39 Window on Waitakere: Rareplants for rare fauna

40 Health: Vitamins and minerals dowork - Case in point - Psoriasis

41 Overseas walks and tours42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for February44 New Zealand coming events50 Nordic Walking Calendars51 Nordic Walking Nordic Walking

- Just what the doctor ordered52 Directory: Walking groups56 Country Breaks60 Rotorua Marathon FEBRUARY 2012 169 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: A taste of a

mountain track 9 Tell someone where you are

going and returning10 New Zealand guided walks:

Fiordland Coast Walks -Exploring a land unknown

12 New Zealand walks: Glenorchyand beyond

15 New Zealand walks: Glenorchy -Gateway to paradise

16 Te Araroa Trail - One of world’sgreatest walks opened

19 Digital Photo Contest winners20 New Zealand guided walks:

Kahurangi Guided Walks -Walking with Nature

23 New Zealand guided walks:South Island has it all!

24 New Zealand walks: QueenElizabeth Park

26 Overseas guided walks:Contrasts and contraditions partof Sicily’s charm

31 Readers Views: KarangahapeRoad footpath waterfalls

31 New Zealand walk: Rareopportunity for winners to visiticonic Whale Island

32 Overseas walks: Walking thePacific Crest Trail

37 Podiatry: Pre- walking warm uproutine

38 Overseas walks: Is Azerbaijanthe new Gold Coast?

39 Window on Waitakere: Rareplants for rare fauna

40 Health: Vitamins and minerals dowork - Case in point - Psoriasis

41 Overseas walks and tours43 Weather forecast for February44 New Zealand coming events51 Nordic Walking Nordic Walking

- Just what the doctor ordered52 Directory: Walking groups56 Country Breaks59 Xterra RotoruaJANUARY 2012 168 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Inspirational

Northland forest walk 9 ABC of walking10 New Zealand walks: Waikato

River Trail opened12 New Zealand walks: Million

dollar walk, view and cruise16 My favourite walk: Duder

Regional Park walks18 Digital Photo Contest winners20 New Zealand guided walks:

Routeburn and Milfordfavoured top walking attractions

22 New Zealand guided walks:Kaikoura Wilderness Walks -an ultimate wildernessexperience

24 Overseas guided walks: Walkingin the wilderness of Patagonia

28 Event: Sunset Coast Walk hasamazine views

28 Overseas guided walks: Walk

Europe or China in style in2012

30 Overseas walks: SouthernSpain - in the footsteps of theMoors

34 New Zealand walks: Walk inTaupo’s secret bush-garden

36 New Zealand walks: GoldfieldsHeritage Trust

37 Podiatry: Stress fractures38 High achiever: The Golden

Gate Bridge was anachievement

40 Window on Waitakere: CanopyCorps

40 Health: Massage: Essential forperformance and careerlongevity

43 Weather forecast for January44 New Zealand coming events49 Nordic Walking Calendars51 Overseas walks and tours52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand56 Country Breaks60 Great New Zealand TrekDECEMBER 2011 167 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Walk the

trail of the gold miners 8 New Zealand walks:What walks

are planned for next Sea, Skyand Bush Walk

10 New Zealand walks: Newscenic walkway in Bay ofIslands

13 The many uses of walkingpoles

14 New Zealand walks: RangitoroIsland Scenic Reserve

18 New Zealand walks:Piriharaeke Walkway opened

20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Daylight

saving signals start!23 New Zealand walk: Sutton Salt

Lake walk24 Overseas walks: Trekking

China’s Tiger Leaping Gorge30 Overseas walks: Walking

tropical islands ofQueensland

34 Books: Walks to Waterfalls35 Books: New day walks guides

published36 Overseas: Kiwis conqueor

Kilimanjaro for Christchurchearthquake

37 Podiatry:Shin splints38 Take a kid tramping38 Event: Moro Marathon events40 Window on Waitakere: Moby

and Punga40 Poor footwear link to foot

impairment41 Health: Training advice for the

Oxfam Trailwalk43 Weather forecast for December44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events56 Country Breaks59 Buller Gorge Half Marathon60 Great New Zealand Trek

NOVEMBER 2011 166 4 Walk talk 6 Walking Access Mapping

System now open for publicuse

7 New sponsor for South Islandmarathon

8 New Zealand walks: Pirongiawalking tracks

10 New Zealand walks: Anindulgent walk over coastalcountry

15 Water fountains spout cleangreen water

16 New Zealand walks: Auckland’sCoast to Coast Walkway

18 New Zealand walks: Coast toCoast walk passes a number ofinteresting places

19 Books: Wainwright’s 1938Pennine journey re-creathed

20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Whararoa

Farm walks opened24 New Zealand walks: Awesome

Orui on Riversdale Beach26 Plan to have walking trail

around Lake Rotorua28 Overseas: Hiking up an Austrian

Alp36 Overseas walks: Outdoor

sculptures a growing touristattraction

37 Podiatry: Verrucae38 Window on Waitakere: Hihi

update38 Event: A fresh start in Taupo for

half marathon40 Event: Perfect conditions at

Kinloch41 Health: The 21 day rule of thumb43 Weather forecast for November44 New Zealand coming events49 Nordic Walking: How Nordic

Walking developed50 Overseas walks: Art, history and

architecture in Sacramentowalking tours

51 Overseas walks and tours56 Country Breaks59 Buller Gorge Half Marathon60 Great New Zealand Trek

OCTOBER 2011 165 4 Birkenhead War Memorial Park

walk 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Walks from

the Waioeka Gorge10 Testimonials from people saved

by using a McMurdo emergencylocator beacon

12 New Zealand walks;Compresensive range of walksat Waiheke Festival

14 New Zealand walks: CateredCoast Walks - discoveringhidden gems in Northland

19 New Zealand walks: Te ArohaWetlands

20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 Te Araroa Trail: Another section

of Te Araroa Trail opened24 Harbour Bridge Pathway - what

do you think?26 Event: Auckland classic back for

its 10th year27 More people in Nelson and

Tasman about to “Get moving”28 Overseas: Venice and beyond by

bike and barge34 Event: SBS Marathon defies the

earthquakes35 Event: Fast walking in Wellington36 High achiever: I feel more than

good!37 Podiatry: DOMS: Delayed onset

muscle soreness38 New Zealand walk: Step out and

enjoy this slice of rural life39 New Zealand walk: Mangati/

Hickford Park40 Health: Reversing cardiovascular

discease risk and quality of life43 Weather forecast for October44 New Zealand coming events50 Window on Waitakere: Kauri

dieback: a far more seriousthreat to the park than we think!

51 Overseas walks and tours52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand59 Mizuno Offroad Marathon Taupo60 GPx Need help to get activeSEPTEMBER 2011 164 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mayor Island 9 Readers views: Signs and the

visually impaired pedestrian10 Event: Where the field meets the

forest11 New Zealand walk; Deans Bank

Track12 New Zealand walks; Coromandel

coastal walking tour16 New Zealand walks: Waterfall

walks20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Akitio-

Glenora Walk - New Zealand’snewest private walk

28 Overseas walks: RevampedGoldfields Track relaunched

30 Overseas walk: Four daysexploring Yosemite National Park

34 New Zealand walks: Warkwothwalks - more walks worth doing

36 High achiever: Mobile scooter towalking around town

37 Podiatry: Haglunds deformity38 Long walk: Walking the World39 Window on Waitakere: Better

biodiversity40 Health: High doses of

Ergocalciferol a concern42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for September44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events48 Nordic Walking Calendars49 Event: Birds a plenty at Bay50 New Zealand walk: Dome Forest

and Totara Scenic Reservewalks

51 Overseas walks and tours52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand59 GPx Need help to get active60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half

MarathonAUGUST 2011 163

4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mangawhai

Heads Lookout 8 New Zealand walk: Clevedon

Scenic Reserve has significantheritage value

10 Te Araroa Trail: Ocean to Oceanleg soon to go

10 Te Araro Trail: Levin toWellington link now open

12 Overseas walks: Innsbruck -hiking boots or high heels?

13 Canterbury walks: New walkwayin Canterbury

14 New Zealand walk: Te Anau - aplace in paradise

16 New Zealand walk: Walksaround Lake Mangamahoe

20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Waiheke

plans second walking festival22 News: New bridges improve the

Pouakai Circuit23 Event: Coundown is on for the

Taupo Half Marathon24 Overseas walks: Walking on the

unique island of Guernsey andSark

29 High achiever: Motivated man inwalking back to happiness

30 Overseas walk: Two weeks inAnnapurna

36 Window on Waitakere: Furtherexpansion

36 Books: Walking the WaitakereRanges

37 Podiatry: Diabetes and feet -what’s the connection?

38 Long walk: Walking the World40 Health: The controllable factors

in aging43 Weather forecast for August44 New Zealand coming events47 Overseas coming events51 Overseas walks and tours52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand59 GPx Need help to get active60 Mizuno Taupo Off Road Half

MarathonJULY 2011 162

4 Walk talk 6 My favourite walk: Manawatu

Gorge Track 8 New Zealand walk: Walk among

the native plants 9 Event: New trail event in Nelson

sanctuary10 New Zealand walks: Four short

Bay of Islands walks12 Canterbury walks: Top places to

propose to your princess13 Canterbury walks: Canterbury

ready, willing and able to showvisitors a great time

13 News: Tawa shared pathwaystarts to take shape

14 New Zealand walk: Parry KauriPark

20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: The Great

New Zealand Trek - Stage six26 New Zealand walk: Walk the

capital’s Sculpture Trail28 Overseas walks: The Dreampath

- a walk from Munich to Venice34 New Zealand walk: A few

surprises for BNZ ActiveWalkers at Green Lake

37 Window on Waitakere: The highground

37 News: New cycle trail willbenefit walkers

38 Long walk: Walking the World39 Event: Feilding to Palmerston

North event40 Event: Taupo half marathons

back for 201142 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for July44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events50 Nordic Walking Calendars51 My favourite walk: Wellington’s

Eastern Walkway52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand59 GPx Need help to get active60 Wellington Marathon

JUNE 2011 161 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Much to

explore on Great Barrier Island12 Canterbury walks: Tuatara Tours

has eight tours operating13 Canterbury walks: Christchurch’s

Marathon helping Cantabriansget back on their feet

14 New Zealand walks: WhararikiBeach Hilltop walk

19 Event: Whenuapai Half Marathonevents

20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: A volcanic

experience24 New Zealand walks: Mavora - an

area of peaceful tranquillity25 New Zealand walks: Mavora

Lakes Park tracks26 NZ walk: Beating the bounds27 Event: Challenge yourself28 Event Great Forest events30 Overseas walks: La Dolce Vita!

cooking and walking in Italy36 Window on Waitakere: The

Hillary Trail37 Podiatry: Blisters - a common

complaint38 Long walk: Walking the World40 High achiever: Maisie Brown’s

journey to better health40 Event: Huntly Half course on a

variety of terrain41 Health: Result of getting rid of

toxic elements43 Weather forecast for June44 New Zealand coming events50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking

burns more kilojoules52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand59 GPx Need help to get active60 Huntly Half Marathon

MAY 2011 160 4 Walk talk 6 My favourite walk: Headland,

sculpture on the Gulf 9 Canterbury walks: Bank Peninsula

Track escapes big quake10 Canterbury walks: Many short

walks just north of Christchurch11 Canterbury walks: Fabulous

walks in Rangiora and Oxfordfoothills

12 Canterbury walks: KaikouraWilderness Walk

13 Canterbury walks: Business asusual at Christchurch activetravel company

14 New Zealand walk: RockyMarlborough high - The AwatereTussock Track

18 Te Araroa Trail: Trail now goesunder State Highway 1

18 Books: Natural New Zealand19 Motivation: Pathway

visualisation20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Arataki

Nature Trail26 Overseas walks: On foot in

Slovenia’s Julian Alps30 Overseas walks: The Emerald

Isle - made for walking36 Window on Waitakere: Kokako

capers37 Podiatry: Plantar Fascitis38 Event: Wellington Round the

Bays41 Health: Ongoing neck and

shoulder pains43 Weather forecast for May44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events51 Overseas walks and tours52 Aorangi Mountains52 Long walk: Walking the World54 New Zealand walk: Warkworth

River Walkway59 GPx Need help to get active

APRIL 2011 159 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: New track

opens at Mangawhai Heads10 New Zealand walks: Walking

festival ready for greaternumbers

12 Overseas walks: Walking tourfeature historic USA sites

13 High achiever: John’s remarkablerecovery to now having climbedthe Mount

14 New Zealand walk: Kauri GlenReserve

16 New Zealand walks: RainbowMountain-CraterLake walks

18 Te Araroa Trail: Clearwaterresidents helped mark newSouth Island trail

20 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Craters of

the Moon - a geothermal walk25 Motivation: Believe and win26 New Zealand walks: New

walkway links two parks28 Event: Manawatu Super Seven

grows in strength30 Overseas walks: Hiking and

cruising around coastal Italy40 Book: Walks in nature -

Melbourne40 Reader’s views: Says advise not

“best practice”41 Health: How to walk away from

fluid retention43 Weather forecast for April44 New Zealand coming events48 Overseas coming events51 Overseas walks and tours52 Long walk: Walking the World54 Window on Waitakere:

Waitakere Reservoir is outwardbound

55 Event: Huntly half ready to roll60 Wellington Marathon



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

JUNE WEATHER FORECAST

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JUNE 1 TO JUNE 30 2012

4th–5th JUNE 2012Thunderstorms with fork lightning.5th–7th JUNE 2012Chance of thunderstorms.7th JUNE 2012Chance of gales.10th JUNE 2012Thunderstorms every day for a period withthe power to disintegrate electric fence unitsand telephones.Over the next four weeks, particularly dryconditions may continue in northern districtsof the North Island including Bay of Plenty,Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay.In contrast it may be rather wet in Nelson andcoastal Otago.Especially sunny weather may prevail in thefar north and south. There may be a very coldsoutherly outbreak at the end of this four-weekperiod, in mid-July.Auckland has another dry month. Northlandalso continues its dry run, as does Hawke’s Bay.The driest regions may be Northland, SouthAuckland and eastern Bay of Plenty, all ofwhich can expect less than half average rainfall.But it may be very wet with twice the rainfallaverages in Nelson and coastal Otago.Rain may also be above average in Tongariro,Horowhenua, Marlborough, coastal Southland,Buller and Westland.Very sunny conditions may be expected inNorthland, Southland and Fiordland,particularly in Kaitaia and Invercargill. Waikato,King Country and Otago may also be sunnierthan average.By contrast, cloudy conditions may prevail inall east coast regions from Gisborne toCanterbury, including Nelson. Nationalaverage temperatures may be slightly below thelong-term average. Temperatures may beslightly below average along the east coast ofthe South Island, due in part to a cold southerlyoutbreak at the end of this outlook period.11th–17th JUNE 2012An anticyclone brings settled weather to theSouth Island, while cold southerlies affect theeast of the North Island.15th JUNE 2012Unusually low temperatures at Omarama aftercold southerlies.17th JUNE 2012Unusually severe ground frosts expected inInvercargill.18th–21st JUNE 2012Strong northerlies precede a depression.21st JUNE 2012Unusually warm northwesterly conditions inNapier.22nd–24th JUNE 2012Southerly change.25th–30th JUNE 2012Change to northerlies.Allow 24-hr error to all forecasts. Skewing may occuraround 4th(full moon), 4th(perigee), 16th (apogee) and20th(new moon)


NEW ZEALANDEVENTS

MAY 2012 1 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 2 Dargarville Run/Walk, 12km & 6.8km,

Dargarville 2 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 5 Hanmer Springs Half Marathon & 10km,

Hanmer Springs 6 Nelson Shoe Clinic Half Marathon, Nelson 6 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km,

Remuera 6 New Balance 15km, 7.5km & 1.5km,

Christchurch 8 O’Hagans 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland 9 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland12 Saint Clair Vineyard Half Marathon,

Marlborough

13 Hobonville Runaway Challenge, 3km, 5km& 10km, Hobsonville, Auckland

13 Pencarrow Lighthouse Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Eastbourne, Wellington

13 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland

15 O’Hagans 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland15 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland16 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland20 Solid Energy Huntly Half Marathon, 10km

& 2km, Huntly20 Sri Chimmoy 10km, 5km & 2.5km,

Christchurch22 O’Hagans 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland22 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland23 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland26 The Big O Trail 35km & 19km, Lake Okataia,

Rotorua

27 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km,Remuera

29 O’Hagans 5km Series, Viaduct, Auckland

29 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland

30 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

JUNE 2012 1 Hidden Trails Half Marathon, 12km & 4km,

Kawerau 2 Mt Joggers & Walkers Half Marathom, 10km

& 5km, Mount Maunganui 3 Christchurch Airport Half Marathon, 10km

& 5km, Christchurch 3 Aurora Handicap Marathon, Silverstream 5 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 6 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland10 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,

Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland12 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland13 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland16 Rustic Walk/Run Marathon, Cromwell17 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km,

Remuera17 Sri Chimmoy 8km & 2.5km, Christchurch19 Balclutha Half Marathon, Balclutha19 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland20 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland24 Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Mara-

thon, Half Marathon, 10km & 1.5km, Wel-lington

26 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland27 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland30 Escape from Tanes Forest 25km & 14km,

Nelson

JULY 2012 1 Hidden Trails Half Marathon, 14km & 4km,

Kawerau 1 Winter WarmUp Trail, Half Marathon &

10km, Greta Valley 3 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 4 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 7/8 Auckland Tough Guy & Gal Challenge,

6km & 12km, Auckland 8 Run Auckland Series, 10km & 5km,

Remuera10 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland11 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland15 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,

Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland17 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland18 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland21 Waikato Draught Palmerston North Tough

Guy & Gal Challenge, 6km & 12km,Palmerston North

24 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland25 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland28 FurneauxLodge Captains Cook’s Landing,

26km, Picton31 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland

AUGUST 2012 1 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 2 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 4 Waikato Draught Rotorua Tough Guy & Gal

Challenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua 5 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,

Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 7 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 8 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 9 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt11 Waikato DraughtRotorua Tough Guy & Gal

Coming events

COMING EVENTSWe obtain information for this column from a large

number of sources up to two years in advance and some-times there are date changes etc that occur. If there areany changes in dates etc, we ask clubs to advise us direct.


Coming events

Feilding to

Palmerston North

Fun Run and Walk

21km from Feilding

13km from Bunnythorpe

Challenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua12 The Arthritis Marathon, Rotorua14 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland15 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland16 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt18 Waikato DraughtRotorua Tough Guy & Gal

Challenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua19 5 Bridges Marathon, 10km & 5km, Petone19 Petone Workingmens Club 5 Bridges Mara-

thon, Wellington21 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland22 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland23 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt25 Great Naseby Water Race, 80km, 60km &

50km, Naseby26 BMW North Shore Marathon, 5km & 2km,

Auckland28 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland29 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland30 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt

SEPTEMBER 2012 1 Whangamata Run/Walk Festival, Half Mara-

thon, 10km & 5km, Whangamata 4 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 5 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 6 Shoe Clinic/Brooks 5km Series, Lower Hutt 9 Sri Chinmoy Auckland Run/Walk Series,

Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland 9 Moro Marathon & Half Marathon, Dunedin

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11 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland12 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland15 Arthur Lydiard Legend Marathon, Half

Marathon, 10km & 5km, Auckland16 HVMC Pelorus Trust Half Marathon,10km

& 5km, Lower Hutt16 Carters Whangarei Run/Walk Festival Mara-

thon, Half Marathon & 9.4km, Whangarei18 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland19 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland22 Abel Tasman Coastal Classic 36km, Abel

Tasman National Park23 Tauranga City to Surf and Surf to Surf,

Tauranga25 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland26 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

OCTOBER 2012 2 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 3 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 6 Xterra Trail; Challenge Marathon, 19km,

13km & 7.3km, Waihi 7 Wairarapa Country Marathon, Masterton 7 Hamilton Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Ham-

ilton 9 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland10 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland13 Great Barrier Island Wharf to Wharf Mara-

thon, Great Barrier Island13 Subway Dun Run, 22km, Matai Dam, Nel-

son14 Wairarap Country Marathon, Half

Marathom & 10km, Masterton16 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland17 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland23 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland24 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland28 Adidas Auckland Marathon & Half Mara-

thon, Auckland28 Napier City Pak’nSave Half Marathon, 10km

& 5km, Napier30 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland31 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

NOVEMBER 2012 6 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 9 Queen Charlotte Ultramarathon, 71km, Ship

Cove, Marlborough Sounds10 Speight’s West Coaster Marathon, Auck-

land11 Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon, Half

Marathon 10km & 5km, Riverton13 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland20 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland24 Ellesmere Road Runners Half Marathon,

10km & 5km, Leeston27 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland28 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

DECEMBER 2012 1 New World Marlborough Marathon,

Blenheim 4 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland 5 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 8 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon & Half Mara-

thon, Wanganui11 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland12 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland18 Run Around the Hood, 5km, Auckland19 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

OVERSEASEVENTS

MAY 2012 5 Lisboa Marathon, Lisbon, Portugal 5 Geneve Marathon, Geneve, Switzerland 5-6 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km &

42km, Blankenberge, Belgium 5-6 Noosa Winter Festival, Half Marathon,

10km & 5km, Noosa, Qld, Australa 5-6 Wild Endurane Challenge 100kms 50km,

Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia 6 Westpac Hilly Half Marathon, Hamilton Is-

land, Qld, Australia 6 Quebec City Half Marathon, Quebec,

Canada 6 CSU Bathurst Half Marathon & 10km,

Bathurst, NSW, Australia 7 Belfast Marathon, Belfast, Ireland


Coming events

11-13 IML Two Day Walk, Yatsushire, China13 Mothers Day Classic Walk or Run, in most

major cities in Australia12-13 IWL Waendel Weekend, 15km, 25km &

42km, Wellingborough, England13 Three Waters Marathon, 50km, Marathon

& Half Marathon, Bunbury, WA, Australia13 Volkswago Prague Marathon, Prague,

Czech Republic13 ITU World Series Marathon, San Diego, CA,

USA13 Noosa Half Marathon, Noosa, Qld, Aus-

tralia13 Fredericton Marathon, Fredericton, Canada13 Leeds Half Marathon, Leeds, England13 Chester Half Marathon, Chester, England13 Prague Marathon Prague, Czech Republic17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Chantonnay, France19 The Great Wall Marathon, Beijing, China19 Mount Beauty Half Marathon, Mount

Beauty, Vic, Australia20 Great Ocean Road Half Marathon, Lorne

to Apollo Bay, Vic, Australia20 Bunbury Half Marathon, Bunbury, WA, Aus-

tralia19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switzer-

land21-22 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China24 Pichi Richi Marathon, Half Marathon &

10.5km, Flinders Ranges, SA, Australia26 Warwick Pentath Half Marathon, Warwick,

Qld, Australia27 Sri Chinmoy Williamstown Half Marathon,

Newport, Vic, Australia27 Run The Gap, 6km & 11km, Halls Gap, Vic,

Australia

JUNE 2012 2-3 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km & 40km,

Diekirch, Luxembourg 3 Rocky River Run, Half Marathon, 10km &

5km, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia 3 MS Walk + Run, 5km & 10km, Canberra,

ACT, Australia 3 MS Walk + Run, 5km & 10km, Melbourne,

Vic, Australia 3 MS Walk + Run, 5km, 9km & 16km, Syd-

ney, NSW, Australia 3 BMA Mackay Marina Run, Half Marathon,

8km & 5km, Mackay, Qld, Australia 3 Asics Elleker Half Marathon, Elleker, WA,

Australia 3 Traralgon Marathon, Half Marathon & Quar-

ter Marathon, Traralgon, Vic, Australia 3 Queensland Half Marathon, Mackay, Qld,

Australia 8-11 Serra Terror 111 Endurance Hile, 80km,

Southern Grampins, Vic, Austrlia 9-10 40th Townsville Road Runners Morning

Run Celebrations10 Rocky Hill Marathon, Rockhampton, Qld,

Australia10 Manly Soft Sand, Sydney, NSW, Australia10 Macleavy River Marathon, South-West

Rocks, NSW, Australia16 Porcupine Gorge Challenge, 8km,

Hughenden, NW Queensland, Australia

17 Perth Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia23 Big Five Marathon, African Savannah,

South Africa23-24 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 40km

& 45km, Viborg, Denmark24 Pichi Richi Marathon, Flinders Ranges, SA,

Australia28-1 July IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ire-

land

JULY 2012 1 Gold Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km

& 5km, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia 8 Ulverstone Marathon, Ulverstone, Tas, Aus-

tralia 8 Geraldton Harriers Marathon, Geraldton,

WA, Australia17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Nether-

lands21 Wilco Round Island Relay, Efate, Vanuata22 Hunter Valley Marathon, Pokolbin, NSW,

Australia22 Mt Haig Trail Marathon, Lake Tinaroo, Qld,

Australia28 Australian Outback Marathon, Half Mara-

thon, 11km & 6km, NT, Australia29 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon, Blacktown

NSW, Australia29 Bush Capital Bush Marathon, Canberra,

ACT, Australia29 Mornington Bay Run, 8km, 3.7km,

Mornington, Vic, Australia

AUGUST 2012 4 Tony Ireland Holden Townsville Marathon,

Townsville, Qld, Australia 5 Cane 2 Coral 8km & 15km, Bundaberg, Qld,

Australia 5 Mizuno Brisbane Marathon, Brisbane, Qld,

Australia10-12 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km &

42km, Vaasa, Finland19 The Athletes Foot Adelaide Marathon, Ad-

elaide, SA, Australia19 Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon, Wagga

Wagga, NSW, Australia19 Alice Springs Community Bank Marathon,

Alice Springs, NT, Australia19 Mudgee Running Festival, Mudgee, NSW,

Australia22 Winery Half Marathon & 10km, Hunter Val-

ley, NSW, Australia25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km,

Verdal, Norway26 Parkinson’s Unity Walk & Run, 4km & 8km,

Sydney, NSW, Australia26 Shepparton Marathon, Shepparton, Vic,

Australia26 City to Surf Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia

SEPTEMBER 2012 2 The Ross Marathon, Ross, Tas, Australia8 Le Marathon du Medoc 2012, Medoc, France 8-9 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km,

Arenzano, Italy14-16 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km &

42km, Seefeld, Austria

16 Blackmores Sydney Marathon & HalfMarathon, Sydney, NSW, Australia

20-28 Round Rarotonga Road Race,Rarotonga, Cook Islands

22-23 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km,& 50km, Brno, Czech Republic

23 Run The Whitsunday Great Walk, AirlieBeach, Qld, Australia

29 Lap the Lake - Penrith Lakes Marathon,Castlereagh, NSW, Australia

30 BMW Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany

OCTOBER 2012 6 Fitzroy Falls Fire Trail Marathon, Southern

Highlands, NSW, Australia 6-7 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda,

Germany 7 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chi-

cago, USA14 Melbourne Marathon, Vic, Australia20 Polar Circle Marathon, Greenland20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA21 Toowoomba Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld,

Australia27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju, Ko-

rea28 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, Rottnest Island,

WA, Australia29 Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2012 4 Port of Portland 3-Bays Marathon, Portland,

Vic, Australia 4 Carcaor Cup Marathon, Carcoar, NSW,

Australia 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km

Higashimatsu-yama, Japan10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Tai-

wan11 RACV Maryville Marathon, Maryville, Vic,

Australia11 Deep Space Mountain Marathon,

Namadgi Natiuonal Park, ACT, Australia14 The Solar Eclipse Marathon, Port Doug-

las, Qld, Australia25 Glenbrrok Marathon, Glenbrook, NSW,

Australia

DECEMBER 2012 2 Angkor Half Marathon, Angkor, Cambodia 9 Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, HawaiiMt Kosciusko Marathon, Snowy Mountains,

NSW, Australia




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Nordic walking

By June Stevenson

The Cathay Pacific 11km and Half marathon is a long standing running andwalking event that has been a feature

of the Auckland waterfront since the 1980’s.I remember running the half marathon

when it started from the (former) Hyatt Ho-tel and finished at the downtown end ofQueen Street.

Over the years is has changed sponsors,with Cathay Pacific Airlines, Barfoot andThompson Real Estate and Asics being majorsponsors. The event is organised and superblymanaged by the Calliope Athletics and HarrierClub, who have refined andchanged the route to allow bothdistances to be run simultane-ously without undue disruptionto each other.

Generally held on the lastSunday of February, the timingprovides a great New Year’s reso-lution kick start to your training.The unique features of this event are the stag-gered start, allowing competitors who walk orjog to commence earlier than faster entrants.

There is minimal disturbance and jostlingas the event gets underway, but ensures thatmost competitors finish within a reasonabletime frame of each other. It often takes amonumental effort for a less fit or slower in-dividual to complete an endurance event andthis collective finish is so much more reward-ing and inclusive.

There is nothing more demoralising to seethe water stations and finish shutes beingpulled down, as is the case for many events,when you are a slower competitor. Thereforethe Cathay Pacific is an ideal introductory or

nursery event for newcomers to distanceevents.

The feeling of being in a large team is alsoevident as every competitor tends to wear theevent singlet. The colour of this singletchanges every year. They are a popular train-ing shirt, and you often see the “colours” wornthroughout the year.

In 2005, the Cathay Pacific wasthe first to welcome Nordic Walk-ers. I remember when walkersstarted entering “running” eventsand how runners objected! Nowa-days, walkers can make up thegreater majority of participants atany event, so it has been under-

standable that concerns would be raised that“stick-walkers” would be prejudiced against.The format of the Cathay Pacific is ideal forNordic Walkers, as many of the entrants leaveearlier than their specified start time. It is a“clean” event, without undue congestion, andNordic Walkers employ safety strategies.

After eught races, without incident, Nor-dic Walking has developed a loyal bond to theCathay Pacific.

In 2010, when the event was cancelled dueto a tsunami alert, the Nordic Walking teamcompleted the walk the very next Sunday, allproudly wearing the bright orange Cathay Pa-cific singlets! As a result of the confidencegiven by the race organisers to include NordicWalking, I am now often contacted by raceorganisers of other events, inviting NordicWalkers to participate.

Every year, staring in mid January, a Nor-dic Walking Training Squad commences train-ing towards the goal of completing the CathayPacific. This training has formed the founda-tion for many Nordic Walkers to continue onto complete other endurance events, includ-ing marathons and long distant traverses (NZand worldwide).

Eventpopularwith Nordicwalkers


Tsunami Nordic Walkers 2010. Photo J Stevenson.

*June Stevenson is the NZ National Nordic Walking Coach on behalf of theInternational Nordic Walking Federation (INWA). She is a Registered ExerciseConsultant and Health and Fitness Trainer. She can be contacted on 0800 NOR-DIC (667 342) or www.nordicwalking.net.nz or [email protected]


Walking and Nordic Walking are “Poles” apartWe offer courses New Zealand wide - from Northland to Southland

For information: 0800-669-269, www.NordicWalkingNZ.co.nz

NORDIC KIWI NORDIC WALKINGwww.nordicwalking.NET.nz

NORDIC WALKING GROUPS (2012)Sat 8am: Central Auckland & EnvironsSat 9am: Takapuna/Auckland City - alternate weeksSat 9am: St. Vincent’s MetLife Care, RemueraSun 8am: Long BaySun 8am: Botanical Gardens/ Wattle DownsMon 10am: Nordic Gold (Senior Citizens)Tues 11am: Parkinson’s & Neurological Class beginWed 6pm: One Tree HillThu 6am: Auckland YMCAThu 9am: PakurangaTues & Thu 6pm: Pt. Chevalier Beach. (Alternate weeks)

Also at: Hamilton, Taupo, Whakatane, Hawke’s Bay,Wellington, Christchurch 0800 NORDIC (667 342)

NORDICWALKINGNZ.CO.NZNordic Walking events

Nordic WNordic WNordic WNordic WNordic Walking Events by datealking Events by datealking Events by datealking Events by datealking Events by date

14-Apr AKL-Royal Oak, Starter, Ewa Bancer 09-634419715-Apr AKL-Royal Oak, Course, Ewa Bancer 09-634419721-Apr Kaitaia, Taster, Iritana Rudolph 0800-669 26922-Apr Kerikeri Domain, Taster, Matthias 022-432038628-Apr CHC-Shirley Burwood Park, New Brighton, Tas, 021-2567 08228-Apr AKL-Royal Oak, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-634419728-Apr Dunedin, Taster, Barbara 021-299884028-Apr Dunedin, Starter, Barbara 021-29988401 Hamilton Lake Domain, Course, Margaret Thomson 027-24718851 Ruakaka, Surf Club, Taster, Barbara 09-43203861 Waipu Cove, Taster, Matthias 022-43203862 Tutukaka Coast Ngunguru Sports Comp, Taster, Robyn 09-43440602 Whangarei, Kensington Park, Taster, Barbara Faust 09-43203865 AKL-Royal Oak, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-63441976 Balclutha Naish Park, Taster, Marion Gardner 03-41806456 Nelson, Washbourne Gardens, Jacqui Sinclair 03-544 16458 Orewa/Silverdale, i-Site Centre, Taster, Matthias 022-43203868 Wellsford, Centennial Park, Taster, Matthias 022-43203869 Blenheim, Oliver park, Taster, Sally Rainbird 03-572737710 Invercargill Queens Park, Taster, Stephenson Murray 03-218658312 AKL-Riverhead rugby fields, Starter, Marilyn Palmer 021-75255612 AKL-Royal Oak, Starter, Ewa Bancer 09-634419713 AKL-Royal Oak, Course, Ewa Bancer 09-634419716 CHC-North New Brighton Broad Park, Taster, 021-2567 08218 WLG- Prince of Wales Park, Taster, Matthias 022-432038619 AKL-Royal Oak, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-634419719 WLG- Prince of Wales Park, Starter, Matthias 022-432038619 WLG- Prince of Wales Park, Taster, Matthias 022-4320386

For further information and updateswww.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz or call 0800-669 269Nordic Walking Groups and Fitness Walks by day

Mon AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562Tue Ruakaka, Surf Club, Anja 09-4328616Tue Orewa, i-site, Matthias Heffner 09-4320386Tue AKL-Kohimarama, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562Tue Blenheim, Harling Park, Sally Rainbird 03-5727377Tue Napier Ahuriri Cityfitenss, Marya Hopman 06-357058Tue Havelock North River Rd Walkway, River Rd, 06-8782475Wed Tutukaka Coast, Robyn Skerten 09-4344060Wed Whangarei, Kensington Park, Barbara Faust 09-4320386Wed Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475Thu Napier Ahuriri Cityfitenss, Marya Hopman 06-357058Fri Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475Sat AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562

For further information and updateswww.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz or call 0800-669 269

Sally 027 203 2816

International Nordic Walking Assn (INWA)June StevensonPhone 09-416-3917 0274-383-923Email [email protected] www.nordicwalking.net.nz

Contact details for two groups in NewZealand promoting Nordic Walking:

Nordic contacts

Nordic Walking New Zealand (NoWaNZ)Waipu Northland, Phone 0800-669-269Email [email protected] www.nordicwalkingNZ.co.nz

Nordic walking

The top 12 walking and cycling tracksin Porirua City are becoming smartphone friendly

with the introduction ofQR codes to helpwalkers and cyclists findtheir way.

Karyn Stillwell,Porirua City CouncilManager, Leisure Assets& Services, says QRcodes are an easy way ofgetting informationreally fast.

“You don’t have to be really technically

Porirua walking tracksget high-tech treatment

savvy to download the QR ‘app’ onto yourphone – it’s just really simple and smart

technology thatconnects track usersto online maps fromthe convenience oftheir smart phone.”

The QR codes,which are a high-techversion of a bar code,will be installed onthe main recreationalpathways signs

starting this week. This QR code providesthe map for the Colonial Knob walkways.

“A QR code saves you the hassle of typingin a web address or hunting for the right pageon a website. QR codes can be read by smartphones and connect you to the map you needstraight away. If your phone doesn't alreadyhave a QR reader there are plenty of freedownloads available.”

The QR codes complement the online mapservice that Porirua City Council alreadyprovides from its website for the top 12 tracks.Ms Stillwell says the online maps have provenreally popular with 1400 downloads in the pastnine months.

“The introduction of the QR codes is anextension to this service. The advantage is thatnow if you lose your map or forget to takeone, those with a smart phone, can get abackup map while out on the walk.”

Ms Stillwell says the Council recommendsthat walkers print off a map before startingout, as phones can go flat andtelecommunications services can beunavailable.

On the right isan example ofwhat a QRcode lookslike.This exampleof a QR codeis forBothamleyPark.

News

Above:This year marks 125 years since Tongariro National Park was gifted to the nation.

50 Walking New Zealand, issue no 173 - 2012 www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz50 Walking New Zealand, issue no 171 - 2012


Aries

Your Aries may plan the walk, have every-one rounded up and organized but as the dayapproaches think of a dozen reasons to put itoff. They may need the backup team to givethe final push. But once out there they willlove it, thrive on the exercise and be leadingthe pack.

Taurus Our Taurus friend would perhaps prefer

to be at home doing wood work or fixingsomething; a bit more practical than workingfrom A to B. But if you can motivate them toget out in the country they will love immers-ing themselves in nature; the smell of the bushor walking in the sunshine. Remember a groupmay be handy as our Taurian’s enjoys havingfriends and family around

Gemini

Your average Gemini may have troubledeciding which would be the better walk, or ifjust walking round the Mall will do. Once outon the trail you will have a wonderful com-panion who keeps things lively with great con-versation. Just be careful, ‘if you are out ‘birdwatching’ you may have to take a bag of sweetsto obtain the silence needed not to scare offthe wildlife.

Cancer

These water signs love a walk on the beach,by a river or around a lake. They can feel thecold so don’t go out unprepared for weatherconditions. They will enjoy the walk for thechange in surroundings and the healing na-ture can give to the emotions. They may wantto take a book along so they can sit in the warmsun and just enjoy the outdoors.

Leo

This Lion will want to prowl outdoors inthe most fashionable walking gear. Wheneverwalking they will want to look good, so theymay need a cabin with a shower (on the longerwalks) as roughing it is not really their style. Ifyou want someone to bring along the baking,this may be the walker. Generous to a fault;they love the space and freedom of the greatoutdoors. You may have trouble keeping upwith them as you see them disappear into thedistance with their hair flowing behind. Butbe sure they could be wearing red or gold andwill be seen on the track ahead.

Virgo They will have the maps out on the table,

the GPS all programmed and the first aid kitall ready. If you want a buddy walker whochecks out the finest details then this is theone. They may think the organization justdoesn’t quite come up to scratch but will lovegetting out there and tuning out from theirdemanding thought patterns.

Libra Once our Libran decides to go on the walk

you can rely on the fact they will turn up. Theywould not like the idea of letting you down orhaving to make another choice of plans. Ifthere is any descent in the walking group thenyour Libran is the person to evaluate all op-tions and help the group to come to a deci-sion. The ‘photo shoot’ opportunity will ap-peal too many of this sign.

Scorpio If Scorpion’s get the walking bug there will

be no holding them back, they will want towalk every trail in N.Z. and abroad. Historicalwalks, walks to caves, or walks looking at ar-eas that have unsolved mysteries will appeal.Once a decision is made to take a particularpath they will see it through to their destina-tion.


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NORTH ISLANDNORTHLANDKAITAIAFAR NORTH TRAVEL CLUB: Maurice Lowell, 09-408-0732 after 3pm.BAY OF ISLANDSBAY OF ISLANDS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Saturday (AM), BertVanasche 09-404-0147, or Gea Hadderingh 09- 405-7773DARGARVILLEDARGARVILLE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (PM), Joan Burnett, 09-437-8708WHANGAREIKIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Lee Taylor 09-430-3470CARDIAC CARE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM or PM), Jo orHugh Knight 09-438-7976KIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), KensingtonReception, 09-437-4404GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUPS: 0800-228-483HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Wednesday (PM),Thursday (AM), Val Babe 09-437-1657HIKURANGI WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM)KAMO 60’s UP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Yvonne 09-435-1101KENSINGTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Thursday (PM), SportNorthland 09-437-4404TIKIPUNGA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Barbara Derrick 09-435-0746WAIPU WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM)WHANGAREI ATHLETICS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM)(BIA), Tuesday Thursday (AM), Beth McLeod 09-437-7763, Saturday(PM) Morris or Shirley Gray 09-436-1524WHANGAREI TRAMPING CLUB: Sue Guyatt 09-436-1441

AUCKLANDOUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB: midweek, weekends (BIA), walks,tramps, Val Todd 09-579-8250, www.oacnz.orgAUCKLAND NATURAL HISTORY CLUB: Every second Sunday, (AM),(IA),Praemi Pera 09-836-9161ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Tramps, walks, cycling, Sunday, Saturday,Marianne Rienhard 09-575-2429ALPINE SPORTS CLUB: Sunday, Saturday & weekdays, tramps, walks, Beryl Borthwick 09-444-9667 or Sue Fitzpatrick 09-576-1069AUCKLAND CENTRALAUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday(AM), Helen Meyer 09-815-1444AUCKLAND CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: Jenny Andrew 09-570-5455AUCKLAND WALKERS & JOGGERS CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday (PM),Sunday (AM), (BIA), Bev Horton 09-625-5329AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Ray Vickers09-576-6906AUCKLAND BAPTIST TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday Monthly (PM), (BIA),John McCarthy 09-630-4073AUCKLAND PRESBYTERIAN HARRIER CLUB: John Yolland 09-576-9807AUCKLAND RACE WALKERS ASSN: Sunday (AM),www.racewalkingauckland.orgAUCKLAND TRAMPING CLUB: Doug Astley 09-620-4923AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Michelle Lee 09-358-1296BLOCKHOUSE BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE: Len Govind 09-627-9911ELLERSLIE Y’S WALKING CLUB: Doug MacKay 09-274-7083EAST AND BAYS RUNNERS & WALKERS: Glendowie, Saturday,Denise 09-570-9683EPSOM Y’s COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Tuesday/Thursday(AM), Jan Dwyer 09-636-6294, Sunday (AM), M Armstrong 09-639-1378LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-9993MT ALBERT Y’s WALKING GROUP: Tuesday Friday, (AM), 09-846-0788MT ROSKILL COMMUNITY HOUSE: Theresa McDonald, 09-624-3281OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES CLUB AUCKLAND: Marshall Piecy 09-445-3808, www.oacnz.orgWALKING CLUB: Graeme Easte, 09-376-5901LES MILLS GYM: Seven days, (AM) (PM), (BIA), Powerwalking, DaveBuchan, 09-379-9590STEP OUT WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), 09-379-2095 x 9704WEST AUCKLANDBLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), TerryWilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071, www.bluetopwalkers.org.nzFIA OLA WOMEN’S DEVELOPMEMT WALK GROUP: Monday toSaturday, Anne, 09-813-0021FIT4LIFE: Glenfield, Monday (PM), Friday (AM), Sarah 021 534 649FOOTSTEPS: Saturday (AM), John 09-410-2995GLEN EDEN WALKERS: Oratia Bowling Club, Tuesday (AM), EthelDenscombe 09-818-3561GLEN EDEN ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS: Glen Eden, Wednesday (PM)and Saturday (AM), Neil Turner 09-817-6230

GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM),Thursday (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM),Alene Couchman 09-818-2580KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Martin09-838-6553KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Martin09-818-6084KUMEU WALK GROUP: Kumeu, Friday (AM), Beryl Pook 09-412-8914LYNNMALL CITY MALL WALKING: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA),09-826-2333LYNFIELD Y’S WALKING CLUB: Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Marlene09-827-2737, Danny 09-627-993LYNNDALE AMATEUR ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Wednesday andSunday (AM), Mic Baker 09-626-3232MASSEY ATHLETIC CLUB: Sunday (AM), Shena McGregor 09-412-8076MASSEY JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Kerry Watt 09-838-6665 or 021-517-049NEW LYNN ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: New Lynn, Wednesday,Lorraine, 09-827-8663RANUI MORNING WALK GROUP: Monday to Friday (AM), Judith 09-832-5692RANUI TWILIGHT WALK GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Glenys 09-832-4069RIVERHEAD WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Dane Brown 09-412-9952SUMMERLAND WALKERS: Henderson, Thursday (AM), Max Eyes09-837-4787, lyn Mountier 09-838-1599TE ATAU PENINSULA WALKERS: Monday, Friday (AM), Wednesday(PM), Mary Jones 09-834-6989TE ATATU JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Te Atatu Peninsula, Sunday(AM), Malcolm 09-834-4101 or Diane or Graham 09-834-4423TE ATATU SOUTH ACTIVE 35+ WALKING GROUP: Te Atatu South,Wednesday, Edna, 09-834-1401THE HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), BrianAshmore 09-817-4562 or 027-471-3038TITIRANGI TWILIGHT STROLLERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), Miranda09-817-9677TITIRANGI WALKERS & JOGGERS: Sundays (AM), John Harris 09-817-7212WEST HARBOUR ACTIVE 35+WALKING GROUP: West Harbour,Friday (AM), Lorna Lyon, 09-416-7871Y’s WALKING HENDERSON: Tuesdays, Thursday, Sarah, 09-836-8031Y’s Walkers, Mt Roskill, Sunday (AM), Dan Gofin 09-627-9993WAIATARUA WALKERS:Oratia, Saturday (AM), 09-814-9945WANDERWOMEN ADVENTURES: 09-360-7330WALKING WAITAKERE WEDNESDAY WALKS: Wednesday, (AM),May to October, Kay Lindley 09-837-8820WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday,Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284, Sandra Townsend 09-478-7194WEST AUCKLAND DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM),www.trampwest.co.nzNORTH SHORE10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-461060’s UP TORBAY/BROWNS BAY: Wed (AM), Heather Jean Adams09-478-2462ABERDEEN ROAD WALKERS: Campbells Bay, Saturday (PM), PatsyHulse 09-410-9353BUSH WALK & TALK: Margi Keys, 09-443-6919 or 0274-481-581NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Lynda Langridge 09-482-1320,www.nstc.org.nzBIRKENHEAD PROBUS CLUB: Albany, Tuesday (AM), Tracy Watson09-414-5351BROWNS BAY/TORBAY 60’s UP MOVEMENT: Wednesday (AM), RoyUrlic 09-473-8777CALLIOPE ATHLETICS WALKERS & HARRIERS: Northcote,Wednesday (PM), Gail Mouldey 09-418-3457DEVONPORT WALKERS: Bayswater, Tuesday Thursday Sunday (AM),Pat & Jim McKay 09-445-2743DEVONPORT FRIDAY WALKING GROUP: Devonport, Friday (AM),Naomi Gardyne 09-445-4303EAST COAST BAYS WALKERS: Torbay, Tuesday, Friday (AM), ShelleySharp 09-473-9021GREENHITHE WALKING GROUP: Greenhithe, Tuesday (AM), MarjorieAndrew 09-413-9065HIGHBURY COMMUNITY HOUSE: Highbury, Thursday, Friday (AM),Judy Mayn 09-480-5279MAIRANGI WALKING NETWORK: Mairangi Bay, Everyday (AM),Paula Cole 09-444-6435MEADOWOOD WALKING & TALKERS: Albany, Tuesday (AM), CarolBuckner 09-479-7804MILFORD MALL WALKERS: Greenhithe, Tuesday, Thursday, (AM),Carol Mosedale 09-443-2054MILFORD MENS PROBUS: Ian Hall 09-479-4259NORTH SHORE DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Every second Sunday(AM), Jan 09-483-5645NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: www.nstc.org.nzNORTHCOTE WALKING GROUP: Northcote, every second Tuesday(AM), Peter Cox 09-480-5622TORBAY WALKERS: Torbay, Wednesday (AM), Jill Devonshire 09-473-1931WALKERS & TALKERS: Campbells Bay, Wednesday (AM), BrendaGray 09-410-4019, Dorothy Ensor 09-478-6702

WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday,Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284Y’s WALKING SUNDAY GROUP: Northcote, Sunday (AM), MalcolmCurtis 09-444-3823RODNEY10,000 STEPS HARBOUR CLUB: Harbour Sport 09-415-4610ARIKI WALKERS: Snells Beach, Mondays (AM), Edna Prbert 09-425-5928HEALTH IN ACTION: (BIA), Susie George 09-426-1269HELENSVILLE WALKERS: Helensville, Tuesday (AM), Malcolm Keane09-420-8739HIBISCUS COAST Y’S WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Wednesday(AM,PM), Kevin Tiller, 09-426-6461LEISURE WALKERS: Whangaparaoa, Thursday (AM), Ann Mahon/Margaret Gilbert 09-424-0765MONDAY NIGHTA, Orewa, Monday (PM), Laraine Chase 09-427-9321SCOTTS LANDING WALKING GROUP: RD2, Warkworth, Sunday(AM), Angela McIntyre 09-425-5854SNELLS BEACH WALKING GROUP: Warkworth, Wednesay (AM),Jenny Burton 09-425-5583WELLSFORD ROAD RUNNERS & JOGGERS: Second Sunday (AM),Thursday (AM), Robert Scott 09-425-8089 or Heather Rankin 09-431-4692WOMENS OUTDOOR PURSUITS INC: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday,Harriet Ambler 09-486-6284WAIHEKE ISLANDWAIHEKE ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), ShaonaMaddle, 09-372-6645COUNTIES/MANUKAUPUKEKOHE JOGGERS & WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday, Sunday(AM), 09-238-9820WAIUKU WALKING GROUP: Information Centre, Monday,Wednesday, Friday (AM),ONEWHERO KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Merlene, Walker, 09-232-8844PAPATOETOE Y’S WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday(AM), Derek McKeen, 09-266-2304PAKURANGA ATHLETIC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday 9am (BIA), LindaMitchell, 09-273-9531PAKURANGA KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday,Wednesday (AM), 09-576-9739MANUKAU TRAMPING CLUB: Judith Walker, 09-296-6977MANUREWA Y’S WALKERS: Recreation Centre, MONDAY,WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY (AM), 09-267-4646MANUREWA Y’S WALKING GROUP: Clendon Recreation Centre,Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-266-1100MANUREWA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB WALKERS: Sunday (AM)HOWICK UXBRIDGE WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 09-535-6467HOWICK Y’S WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), 09-534-5153PUKEKOHE TRAMPING CLUB: David Lawrie 09-238-8407TOI TOI TREKKERS TRAMPING CLUB: Colin Johnstone 09-535-6231

WAIKATOHAMILTONFRANKTON ATHLETIC & HARRIER CLUB: Wednesday, Saturday, (PM),(BIA), Heather Purdie-Raill, 07-847-5639NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Rene Smyth, 07846-3245CENTRAL LAKE WALKING GROUP: Monday, WEdnesday Friday (AM),Nella Barron 07-846-3103CHARTWELL WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Carrie Haak 07-855-4281DINSDALE WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Val Russell 07-847-6539ENDERLEY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Leonie Smith 07-855-2224HAMILTON EAST WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Irene Millar07-855-6848HILLCREST WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM), NellBradburn 07-856-3787MEMORIAL PARK WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Maureen Doms07-855-2497NAWTON WALKING GROUP: Monday Tuesday (AM), Roslynn Billman07-847-4873SILVERDALE WALKING GROUP: Sister Anne Marie Jones 07-856-8980CLAUDELAND WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), Irene Millar 07-855-6848FLAGSTAFF WALKING GROUP: Monday Wednesday Friday (AM),Gillian Bartram 07-854-0069WESTFIELD MALL WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM) Westfield MallChartwellHAMILTON MARATHON CLINIC:Tuesday (PM), Sunday (AM), Sharon07-854-9214TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM)MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Diana Ammann07-823-6147WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07-827-3097CAMBRIDGECAMBRIDGE WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), SharonWoodings, 07-827-6033


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LEAMINGTON WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), SharonWoodings, 07-827-6033KAIHERE/PATETONGAKAIHERE/PATETONGA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (PM), JulieStephenson 07-867-7011MATAMATAMATAMATA WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088AFTERWORK WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (PM), Janis Jeffers,07-889-7032MATAMATA TRAMPING & WALKING GROUP: Shirley Hickson 07-888-6054MORRINSVILLEMORRINSVILLE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088OTOROHANGAOTOROHANGA WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM)PAEROAPAEROA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), Elaine Lally07-862-8409PAEROA LUNCH WALKERS: Monday Wednesday Friday, JulieStephenson 07-867-7011PUTARURUPUTARURU WALKING GROUP:(BIA) Hazel Murphy, 07-883-7927PIOPIOSILVERADOS EXERCISE GROUP: Wednesday (PM), JuneO’Donoghue, 07-877-8492PIOPIO CROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Mon (AM), (BIA), MauriceKearns, 07-877-8836TAIRUATAIRUA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Mike Lord, 07-868-6025THAMESTHAMES WALKING GROUP: Monday, Friday (AM), Mike Lord, 07-868-6025TAUPOTAUPO HARRIER CLUB WALKING SECTION: Saturday (PM),Wednesday (AM), Bernie Rolls 07-378-9229TAUPO TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), Thursday (AM),Weekends (AM or PM), Isabel Hutcheon 07-376-9319MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (BIA), Betty Stockman 07-378-4992WAIORA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM), KayeBeatson 07-378-6957WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (PM), (I), 06-378-9229TE AROHATE AROHA WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Ruth Stanley 07-880-9088TE AROHA TRAMPING CLUB: Every second Sunday, Judy Forsman07-884-8841TE AROHA TREKKERS: Wednesday (AM), Frances Harrison 07-862-8184TE AWAMUTUTE AWAMUTU TUESDAY TRAMPERS: Tuesday, Lesley 07-870-1973or Kathy 07-870-2006TE AWAMUTU WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday(AM), Jan Jefferies 07-889-7032TE AWAMUTU MARATHON CLINIC: Wednesday (PM), Sunday(AM), (BIA), Pip Annan 07-871-2980TE KUITIWAITOMO WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (BIA), Ruth Early,07-878-6870TWILIGHT WALKING GROUP: Monday, (PM), (BIA), Dede Downs,07-878-7867TOKOROATOKOROA ALPINE CLUB:Midweek, Christine 07-886-7294

BAY OF PLENTYCOROMANDELCOROMANDEL TOWN WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM) 07-866-7101or 07-866-8560KATIKATIKATIKATI TRAMPING CLUB: fortnightly weekends (AM), BarryDenton 07-863-4597KAWERAUKAWERAU WALKERS: Kawerau, Thursday (AM), (B), Sport Bay ofPlenty, 07-308-8304HARRIERS WALKERS: Kawerau Thursday (PM), (A), Sport Bay ofPlenty, 07-308-8304OPOTIKIBUSH WALKERS GROUP: First Monday of month, (AM), JohnLooney 07-315-5507ROTORUACROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07347-8945

LAKE CITY ATHLETIC CLUB WALKERS GROUP: Tueday, Thursday(PM), Sunday (AM), Ted Sheppard 07-348-1205 or Sarah Wiwarena07-348-7874GREEN PRESCRIPTION WALKING GROUP: TMonday and Thursday(AM), (B), Melissa Gordon 07-348-4125HEART SUPPORT WALK GROUP: Tueday (AM), Wally Walford 07-347-6173MOKOIA COMMUNITY CENTRE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B),Melissa Gordon 07 348 4125SPRINGFIELD STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), GlenysSearancke 07-348-4243ROTORUA TRAMPING & SKI CLUB: Sundays (AM), Trevor Cochrane07-345-6362ROTORUA SOCIAL NORDIC WALKING GROUP: Fridays (AM), Audrey07-348-1471ST BARNABAS WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (BIA), Joy Gordon07-357-5744THE THURSDAY STROLLERS: Thursday (AM), (B), Myrtle Raxworthy07-346-3772WALKING WITH JOY: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Joy Gordon 07-357-5744TAURANGA/MT MAUNGANUIAGE CONCERN: Tauranga, Wednesday (AM), 07-578-2631CITY ON ITS FEET: Days and areas, (BIA), Penny 07-578-9610STEPPING OUT JOGGING CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, (AM), (IA),07-544-0316FOREST & BIRD SOCIETY: Secretary, Tauranga. [email protected], TaurangaHEALTHY HEART CLUB: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (B),YMCA, 07-578-5891Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), YMCA, 07-578-5891MOUNT JOGGERS & WALKERS: Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, (AM), GayeWestwood 07-574-1075ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: MONDAY (AM) 07-576-2469NORDIC WALKING AT THE MOUNT: Monday, Wednesday, Saturday,Steffi 07-574-7527NORDIC WALKING IN TAURANGA: Monday, Wednesday, Mary 07-577-0711MT MAUNGANUI RSA WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Sundays(AM), (BIA), Kieran Jensen 07-572-062650 FORWARD WALKING GROUPS: Sport Bay of Plenty 07-578-0016TAURANGA MID-WEEK TRAMPING GROUP: Lynda 07-552-5359TAURANGA ROAD RUNNERS: Sunday (AM), Nick 07-578-5802TAURANGA RAMBLERS: Malcolm 07-544-2369 or Rod Taylor 07-576-4207TAURANGA TRAMPERS NETWORK: Natalie Bird 07-576-0016TAURANGA TRAMPING CLUB: Christine Rawnsley 07-578-9984PAK N BOOTS: Moya Hewson 07-575-7064TE PUKETE PUKE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-573-8306WAIHI STRIDERS: Wednesday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011WAIHI STROLLERS: Friday (AM), Julie Stephenson 07-867-7011WAIHI MONDAY TRAMPING: Monday (AM), Marie 07-863-4633 orBarry 07-863-4567WHAKATANESUNSHINE WALKING GROUP: Whakatane, Tuesday (AM), (I),Graham Thomas, 07-307-9800HARRIERS WALKERS WHAKATANE: Saturday, (PM), (I), NoelJones, 07-308-7101WHITIANGAWHITIANGA WALKING GROUP: Monday, Thursday (AM), Mike lord,07-868-6025WHANGAMATAWHANGAMATA WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Mike Lord, 07-868-6025WHANGAMATA ROAD RUNNERS & WALKERS: 07-865-6580WHANGAMATA RAMBLERS: Ron Le Noel, 07-865-9475WALK WHANGAMATA: Everyday (AM), from SurfclubWHANGA SENIOR WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), 07-865-7022

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HAWKES BAYHASTINGSBRIDGET ROBERTSHAWES STUDIO OF FITNESS: Saturday (AM),(BIA), Bridget, 06-877-5285FLAXMERE WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), Maisy06-879-7077HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Eddy 06-876-3371HASTINGS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (PM), (BI), Templey 06-873-0971HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Jane 06-877-0017HAVELOCK NORTH WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette 06-877-2114HAVELOCK NORTH WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lyn 06-877-7886KIWI SENIORS: Eana Young 06-845-9333 x 708RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Doug Clark 06-878-2785, www.runwalkhb.org.nzNAPIERAHURIRI WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (I), Beverly Gillies 06-843-

6805NAPIER WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), (I), Lyn 06-835-7704NAPIER SOUTH WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (B), Maria Rogers06-843-1225RUN WALK HAWKES BAY: Wed (PM), Sunday (AM), Mike Sheely06-843-7804, www.runwalkhb.org.nzYs WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, Napier, Barry 06-844-3929 or Nola06-843-7912TARADALE/GREEN MEADOWSTARADALE/GREEN MEADOWS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM),(IA), Beverly Gillies 06-843-6805TARADALE/SPORT HAWKES BAY WALKING GROUP: Tuesday(AM), (BI), Nga Gifford-Kara 06-845-9333

TARANAKIINDEPENDENT WALKERS TARANAKI: Saturday (PM). North: Ray/Mary 06-756-7798. Central: Wallace/Nancye 06-762-2861. South:Alan/Jean 06-278-6846NEW PLYMOUTHCARRINGTON WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday,Catherine McKee 06-753-3254TIME FOR ME WALKS FOR WOMEN: Friday (AM), (I), Glenice 06-758-3974FRONT RUNNER GROUP: Monday (PM), (BIA), Kelvin & MichelleGiddyFITZROY WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM), (IA),Marlene 06-758-8749 or Marilyn 06-757-2022WESTOWN WALKING GROUP FOR WOMEN: Monday, Wednesday,Friday (AM), (IA), Karen 06-751-1361WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Karen 06-751-1361WALKERS IN THE PARK: Monday, (AM), (B), Dawn 06-758-6429or Dorothy Humphries 06-751-0431SPOTSWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday, Friday(AM), (BI), Allie Fitzgibbon 06-751-2304NEW PLYMOUTH JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday, (AM), JanDempsey, 06-758-8373TARANAKI RACE WALKING CLUB: Trevor Suthon, 06-758-0776EGMONT ATHLETICS: Karen Green, 06-758-1569INGLEWOODINGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (I), Maureen 06-756-7255STRATFORDSTRATFORD RUNNERS & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA),Jill Gorrie 06-764-5088STRATFORD WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), IvanCoates 06-765-7212 or Wes Robinson 06-765-5242INGLEWOODINGLEWOOD WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Maureen 06- 756-7255HAWERAHAWERA WALKING GROUPO: Friday (AM), Nancy Riddick 06-278-5784PUSH PLAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Tuesday (PM), (BIA), MoiraKoch, 0800-223-228ELTHAMKIWI SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), (BIA), Maria Erkes06-764-8984

WANGANUIWANGANUICASTLECLIFF WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Dorothea Dobbie 06-344-4219RONA & GLAD’S WALK GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Rona Wright 06-344-5434WANGANUI HARRIER CLUB: Wednesdays, Saturday (PM),Secretary, P O Box 702, Wanganui, Perry Newburn 06-343-6484SPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), KarenBuckholt 06-349-2315WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), DarolPointon 06-345-3137WAVERLEYSPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: (AM), (BIA), Betty Morrison 06-346-5613OHAKUNESPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young 06-385-4055MARTONSPORT WANGANUI CLUB GOLD Wednesday (AM), Deane James06-327-7607

MANAWATUPALMERSTON NORTHHOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), Jack Cook06-357-7458 or Dorne Jarvis 06-357-2444KELVIN GROVE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), (I), Marjory Edmonds, 06-354-3342MANAWATU STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM); Sunday (AM),Hockey Manawatu Pavillion, Manawaroa Street, (BIA), Alister Martin06-353-7175PALMERSTON 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


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HEARTY STRIDERS: Thursday (PM), (BI), Esplanade, AdrienneKennedy 06-350-8617MASSEY WALKERS: Monday, Thursday, noon, Massey RecreationCentre, (BIA) Chin Diew Lai 06-350-5799 ext 2471MANAWATU WALKWAYS PROMOTION SOCIETY’S MONTHLYWALKERS: Sunday (AM), (IA) Gillian Absolom 06-329-6898METHODIST AGAPE FELLOWSHIP WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (B),Lorna Goodwin, 06-358-2860U3A Exploring Walkways: Thursday (PM), (B), Lynley Watson 06-356-4384WALKY TALKIE TROOPERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM), (I), Liz MacNeill06-357-8216FEILDINGSENIOR WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BI), GailByrnes 06-323-5470FOXTONFOXPEDS: Monday (PM), Foxton, Foxton Beach, (BIA), DaveBlackett, 06-363-5743, Michelle Duffy, 06-363-7987LEVINLEVIN HARRIER & WALKING CLUB: Saturday (PM), (BIA), IvanMorgan 06-368-3622WEDNESDAY LEISURE WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BIA), LilaMcCall, 06-367-9070LEVIN JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday,(BIA), Colleen Francis 06-368-8624

WAIRARAPAMASTERTONWALKING GROUP RECREATIONAL: Edna Patrick, 06-377-4338ORIENTEERING GROUP: 06-377-7961 or 379-5124CARTERTON 40+ STRIDERS: Ada Lyster, 06-379-8746RUAMAHANGA RAMBLERS: Winter Saturday, Summer Tuesday(PM), (BIA), Ray Wallis 06-377-0703MARTINBOROUGHMARTINBOROUGH WALKING GROUP: Barbara Behrent 06-306-9226

WELLINGTONWELLINGTONBROOKLYN WALKERS: Edith, 04-384-6799BUGGY WALKING GROUP: First Thursday of month (AM),www.buggywalk.co.nzFOREST & BIRD: 04-567-7271ORIENTAL BAY WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Christine Blakely 04-383-6276MT VICTORIA WALKING GROUP: Euan Harris 04-384-4770WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179ISLAND BAY WALKING GROUP: Community Resource Centre, IslandBay, 04-383-7464WALKING FOR LIFE: Lynne Waring, MiramarKARORI WALKING GROUP: Mavis Shaw, KelburnKARORI ARTS & CRAFT WALKING GROUP: 04-934-8630KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-479-5420MIRAMAR WALKING GROUP: 04-388-1944NEWLANDS COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKING: Tuesday (AM), 04-478-8799TARARUA TRAMPING CLUB: www.ttc.org.nzWEA MIDWEEK WALKERS: Hanna HarwoodWELLINGTON WEDNESDAY WALKERS: 04-388-1988WELLINGTON CATHOLIC TRAMPING CLUB: 04-934-4729WELLINGTON HARRIER ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM) mid Marchto mid October, (BIA), Veronica GouldWELLINGTON MARATHON CLINIC: Sunday (AM), (BIA), Toni 04-478-9201WELLINGTON MID-WEEK WALKERS: Tues, Thursday (PM), BartJones 04-477-3746 or David Lonsdale 04-977-8990WELLINGTON NORDIC WALKERS: Rod McColl 04-526-6833LOWER HUTTWALK FOR HEALTH: Wednesday (PM), Saturday (AM), Sunday (AM),(BIA), Jean 04-589-7887 or Dave 04-970-5133POSITIVELY SLIM “Health for Life Walkers: Sunday (AM) Wednesday(PM) (BIA), Jim or Barbara Mobbs 04-566-2603HUTT VALLEY WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Pam McArthur 04-586-4088WALKING FOR PLEASURE: 60’s Plus, Melling, Molly Shephers, 04-567-5727WOMENS WALKING GROUP: Wainuiomata, every secondWednesday (PM), 04-564-6019HUTT VALLEY TRAMPING CLUB: Weekend (AM), Dennis Page 04-970-6901TAKE HEART WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Keith Millar, 04-526-7440LEISURE WALKERS: seniors, Tuesday (AM), Jean, 04-565-1918HUTT VALLEY MARATHON CLINIC: Jenny Raymond, 04-569-6232WALK WAINUI: Monday (AM), (BIA), Shirley 04-564-6179EASTBOURNE WALK GROUP: Lesley O’Neil, EastbourneALICETOWN WALKING GROUP: 04-589-2646KIWI MASTERS WALKERS: Richard Davies 04-566-1335OLDER ADULTS – LEISURE WALKING GROUP: Judy 04-528-4445

PORIRUAFRIDAY WALKERS: Margaret Hughes, 04-237-8660TAWA LINDEN HIKERS: 04-232-8705WEA RAMBLERS: Muriel Thompson, TawaTAWA/LINDEN WALKERS: Maurice 04-232-4407 or Claire 04-232-8764UPPER HUTTTUESDAY TRIPPERS: Bill Thompson, 04-971-5123FANTAIL HIKERS: Marg Eagles, Upper HuttTRENTHAM UNITED HARRIER CLUB: Teresa Tito 04-565-0333UPPER VALLEY WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: Allison 04-563-6661KAPITIKAPITI CARDIAC CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Graham Priest 04-293-7872KAPITI WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Robin Leger04-905-4680 or Muriel Hill 04-293-5121KAPITI SUNDAY WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Frank Morris 04-293-2567 or Ethel Symes 04-904-1485KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday, [email protected],www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitithursdaywalkersKAPITI JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-902-1754KAPITI WANDERERS: Tuesday (alt), email:[email protected], www.sportsground.co.nz/kapitiwanderersMONDAY WALKERS: Monday, Reg Goodsell 04-904-7558, or SteveGolledge 04-904-5904SPORT KAPITI THURSDAY WALKERS: Thursday (AM), 04-296-9022

SOUTH ISLANDMARLBOROUGHBLENHEIM50 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Colin 03-572-9423 orJoan 03-578-1922PICTON WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Claire 03-573-7991

NELSONMOTUEKAMOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Nora Morris03-528-6290NELSONNELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West,03-548-3655NELSON KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), 03-548-1126WAKEFIELD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lou Manson, 03-541-8414TAHUNA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), 03-548-1126NELSON 50+ WALKING GROUP: alternative Tuesday, Thursday(AM), Noel Brown 03-544-2286NELSON 50+ WALKING & TRAMPING GROUP: Noel Brown 03-544-2286WAIMEA HARRIER WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Sunday (AM) (BIA),Heather McNabb, 03-547-8490WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Visitor InformationCentreTAKAKAGOLDEN BAY ALPINE AND TRAMPING CLUB: Day walk andovernight trips, Paul Kilgour, 03-525-7383

CANTERBURYCHRISTCHURCHACTIVE CHRISTCHURCH SUNDAY WALK: Sunday (AM) (BI), 03-941-8999AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canterbury03-373-5060AVONSIDE KIWI SENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jan 03-389-2755AVONHEAD KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Bess 03-342-7647AFTER WORK WALKING CLUBS: around Christchurch, (BI), for allages and fitness levels, recreation clerk, CCC 03-371-1778.ARAI-WALKERS: Wednesday, Wainoni/Aranui, Natalie Hoani, 03-388-2593ARTHRITIC AMBLERS: Wednesday, (B) suitable for people withphysical disabilities, Trevor Randall 03-385-7446BEXLEY KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Kath 03388-6161BARRINGTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Nita 03-337-1493BECKENHAM WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (PM), Di 03-385-3452BISHOPDALE RAMBLERS: Wednesday (AM) (I), Bishopdale, Paul Muir03-359-7971BISHOPDALE TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM),(IA), Margaret 03-351-6681BURNSIDE JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM) Burnside,Anne Uys 03-342-6337BUSHWISE WOMEN: (BIA) Cynthia Roberts or Roz Heinz 03-332-4952BRIGHTON RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), NewBrighton (I), Marlene Crocker 03-388-1115CANTERBURY RACE WALKERS ASSOCIATION: Monday, Wednesday,(BIA), coordinates all Canterbury race walkers and friendly racewalking, Ann Henderson 03-387-0387CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (PM),Darryn Welham 03-960-3808

CARDIAC COMPANIONS: Sunday fortnight, (PM) Neville Wootton03-942-5453CARDIAC CARE GROUP, Marg Allison 03-366-2112CCC EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), (IA), or Bruce 03-388-7295CCC GARDEN CITY WALKERS: Saturday (AM) (IA), Helen 03-382-2302CCC GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday (PM) (IA), NormWells 03-981-5487CCC HALSWELL: Saturday (AM) (PM), (IA), Pauline 03-322-8057:Sunday, Terrence 03-322-8092CCC SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM (IA), Jim 03-389-1982 orHope 03-389-7997CCC SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM),(IA), 03-941-5409CCC SOCKBURN: Tuesday (AM) (IA), Estelle 03-342-7841:Friday(AM) (IA), Jo 03-349-7146CCC WEEKEND WANDERS: Sunday (PM) (IA), Marilyn 03-338-3826CHRISTCHURCH PERSONAL GUIDING SERVICE: Daily (AM) (BIA),Cathedral Square, C Tonge 03-981-6350CHRISTCHURCH MARATHON CLINIC: Saturday (AM), NeilMessenger 03-322-7709CHRISTCHURCH METHODIST HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BIA),Mrs Lindsay Evans 03-355-4356CITY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, 50+age group men &women, Margaret Borrens, 03-354-1534CRUSADERS WALKERS: Tuesday (BI), (50’s and above age group),Pauline 03-385-9947DARLINGTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), Bill 03-385-1925DIAMOND HARBOUR RAMBLERS: Tuesday, Hunters Road, (IA),Noeline Coleman 03-329-4566EASTENDERS: Monday (AM), Bruce 03-981-5329ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Trish Vessey 03-329-1865FAMILY SOCIAL GROUPS: (B), for parents with young children,recreational clerk, 03-371-1778FASTRACK WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM) (I), Linwood, DorothyJones 03-389-5339FENDALTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Thursday (AM), 03-941-8999FENDALTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, Yvette So 03-351-6407GARDEN CITY WALKERS: Saturday (AM), Helen 03-382-2302GENTLE EXERCISE: Monday, Friday, (NI), qualified physed instructorleads groups, Russell Graham, 03-388-3196GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday,Pauline 03-322-8057HAGLEY PARK NORDIC WALKERS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000HALSWELL WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999HAPPY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (IA), 50+age group,Vera 03-337-4094HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (BI), mainly 1-2 hour flat walks, John van Herpt, 03-980-5664HEI HEI WALKERS: Thursday, Lee Tuki 03-373-8150HERITAGE WALKS: Tuesday, (PM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553HERITAGE WALKS: Thursday, (AM), Graeme Stanley 03-980-1553HOON HAY KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Barbara 03-338-8306KAIAPOI WALKERS GROUP: Tuesday, Wednesday (AM), LyaneGraham 03-327-5679KAIAPOI NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,Trudy Blakey 03-327-4457KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, 23 surburbangroups plus rural locations, Sport Canterbury 0800-228-483LAMBDA DAY TRAMPERS: every second Sunday, (BI), social groupfor gays and lesbians of all ages, Helen Davies 03-332-8724LINWOOD AVENUE WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Thursday (AM)(B), 03-389-5303LINWOOD KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), Phyl 03-389-6130LYTTELTON WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Lyttlelton, (BI), Ada Goodwin03-328-7235MAIREHAU LADIES PROBUS, Tuesday, Leah 03-385-6310MARYVILLE KIWISENIORS:: Monday (AM), Valmai 03-377-8742MERIVALE KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), June 03-355-8703MT PLEASANT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Pauline 03-384-4794NEW BRIGHTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (bothwalkers and strollers), Joy 03-383-4494NEW BRIGHTON WORKING MENS CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday(I), Jenny Wilson 03-332-8818NEW BRIGHTON ATHLETIC CLUB: Saturday (PM), Phil Bastion 03-981-1798NEW BRIGHTON HILL WALKERS: Wedneday (AM), Royce henery03-388-7335NEW BRIGHTON WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999NEW BRIGHTON STROLLERS: Wednesday (AM), Tess Hall 03-388-3237NEW BRIGHTON WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Joy 03-383-4494NO HILL WALKERS: Thursday (AM) (B), Hazel Matthews 03-385-5338NEW BRIGHTON NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000NZ VIVENDI SOCIETY: Sunday, Janet 03-389-1609PAPANUI WALK ‘n’ TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-6840OXFORD WALKING GROUP: Monday Thursday (AM), Coral Gilbertson03-312-3155OPAWA KIWISENIORS: Monday, Tuesday (AM), (BI), Carol 03-332-


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5638PAPANUI KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Elaine 03-352-7519PAPANUI WALK ‘n’TALK: Wednesday (AM), 03-941-8999PARKLANDS KIWISENIORS: Thursday (AM), (BI), Bernard Marriott03-383-2665PARKLANDS WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), BIA), BernardMarriott 03-383-2665PENINSULA TRAMPING CLUB: (Family Strollers Group), Sunday,Gloucester Street, (BIA), Rick Bolch 03-338-5156PIONEER STROLLERS: Thursday, (BIA), Shirley Hitchcock, 03-322-7220PIONEER TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM) (IA), Alan Williams 03-343-2216PLEASURE WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday (AM) (I), Colleen Cook03-389-8607PORT HILLS NORDIC WALKERS: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, Chiaki Jagau 03-981-1433PORT HILLS ATHLETIC WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Friday (AM),Glen Watts 03-332-1964.Saturday (PM), Peter King 03-341-1154QE11 MINI HIKERS: alternate Wednesday, QE11 Park, (BI), BeverleyChurch 03-388-5736Q.E. PARK STROLLERS: Tuesday, John Plumridge 03-385-9710RETIREES CLUB KIWISENIORS: Wednesday, (AM), (BI), (both walkersand stroller groups), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060RETIREES SOCIAL CLUB: Thursday (PM) (BI), 50 + age group, IraWilliams 03-342-8172 or Carol Roscoe 03-337-5901RICCARTON KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Enid 03-348-9351ROWLEY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Lee Tuki 03-373-8150ROVER HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM) (BI), Steve Mitchell 03-348-8195SALLY STROLLERS: Saturday, fortnight, general Christchurch, (B),leisurely pace, Margaret Bennetts, 03-322-9187SHIRLEY RECREATIONAL WALKERS: Monday, Thursday (AM), 03-941-5409" A SLICE OF HERITAGE WALKS” with Walktologist Graeme Stanley,Tues (PM) Thurs (AM ), Graeme Stanley 03- 980-1553SOMERFIELD KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Marie 03-337-1436SOUTH CHRISTCHURCH/SYDENHAM WALKERS: Sunday (AM) (IA),Ray 03-332-0555ST PETERS WALKING GROUP: Monday (PM), Thursday (PM) (BIA),Audrey 03-348-9157SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM), 03-389-1982SPORTY SINGLES: Saturday, Sunday, (BI), Llolyd 03-323-6232TUESDAY TREKKERS CLUB: Tuesday, (AM), Necia Sullivan 03-338-9035TOWER TRAMPING & WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, (IA), Dave Bates03-332-6233, Sunday, Yvonne van Eerden 03-339-0751WAINONI/AVONSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES: Thursday (AM), 03-389-2285WALKIE TALKIES WALKING GROUP: Thursday, (B), members mainlyfrom Burwood United and St Kentigerns Parish, John 03-981-9994WOMEN WALK: Wednesday and weekends, throughout Canterburynot in city area, (BIA), Pauline Cara 03-384-1921XY’s WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Maureen Ryder 03-383-1226 orAlison Jarvis 03-338-2678“Y’s WALKERS” (YMCA): Tuesday, Thursday, (BIA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689, Bishopdale Community Centre, 03-359-8330“Y’s TREKKERS”: Monday, Port Hills, (IA), City YMCA, 03-366-0689YMCA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (AM), JillO’Connor 03-366-0689WAYFARERS WALKING GROUP:Thursday (AM) (BI), 50 + age group,Ted Hill 03-323-9311WEEKEND WANDERERS: Sunday (PM), Marilyn Dean 03-338-3826WOMEN WALK: Wednesday Weekends (AM), (BIA), Pauline Cara03-384-192130 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Greame Stanley30 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Tuesday (AM), (B), Risingholme,Christchurch City Council 03-941-899930 MINUTE WALKING GROUP:Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM),(BIA), Bishopdale, Christchurch City Council 03-941-899930 MINUTE WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (PM), (BIA), 03-9412-8999

RURAL CANTERBURYCHEVIOT KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060ELLESMERE TRAMPING GROUP: Thursday (AM) (IA), Trish Vessy03-329-1865LEESTON KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060LINCOLN KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury 03-373-5060RANGIORA KIWISENIORS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), SportCanterbury 03-373-5060SOUTHBRIDGE KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury03-373-5060ASHBURTONASHBURTON 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,03-307-0475ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB: 1st Sunday and 2nd Wednesdayof month, (AM), Diane Milne 03- 303-6250METHERN & DISTRICT TRAMPING CLUB: Helen 03-308-7011MT SOMERS TRACKS: Warren Jowett 03-303-0880,www.doc.govt.nzMT SOMERS WALKWAY: Marilyn & Bruce Gray 03-303-0809PACIFIC ISLAND WALKING GROUP: Ashburton Domain, TorikaPatterson 03-308-5868ST DAVIDS WALKING GROUP: Barbara Lischner 03-308-5174,www.st-davids.org.nzWALKING GROUP: Eileen Ward 03-307-0475WALKING GROUP: Ethel Powell 03-308-9662

STH CANTERBURYPLEASANT POINTPLEASANT POINT WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Esther,03-614-7524TIMARUTIMARU HARRIER CLUB: Saturday (PM), March to October, Alister03-686-1010GLENITI WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Edna 03-688-0779HIGHFIELD WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), (BI), Joy, 03-688-9888KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Verna Parker,Sport Canterbury, 03-686-0751MARCHWIEL WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Colleen, 03-688-6231SOUTHEND WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), (BI), Bev, 03-688-8381WANDERERS WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), (BI), Brian Illingworth03-684-9355

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

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

OTAGOCLYDECLYDE OFF-ROAD WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Judy Blanch,03-449-2580, Eleanor Edgar 03-448-6767OAMARUSENIOR CITIZENS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nancy Bell03-434-5061OAMARU FRIDAY WALKERS: Every 2nd Friday (AM), BarbaraMcGann 03-434-9178WEDNESDAY WALKERS TRAMPING GROUP: Jane Naish 03-434-6363NORTH OTAGO TRAMPING & MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: MargieCarrington 03-434-8484DUNEDINACTIVE WALKERS: Monday (PM), Bill Brockie 03-467-9114ARIKI WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, Saturday (PM), Karen Martin03-456-4223CIVIL SERVICE: Saturday, (PM), Peter Smith 03-471-7127CAVERSHAM HARRIERS WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), KeiranColumb 03-489-4027DUNEDIN CITY RAMBLERS: Wednesday,(AM) Alison St John 03-476-2344GREEN HUT TRACK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), George Sutherland03-467-5999HALFWAY BUSH WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), (I), Pat Garth,03-476-2579HILL CITY WALKING GROUP: Saturday (PM), Alex McEwan 03-455-4851KOPUTAI WALKING GROUP: 2nd Tuesday, (AM), Noeline Forgie, 03-472-8302LEITH WALKERS: Saturday (PM), Janette Anderson 03-476-2830MORNINGTON MONDAY WALKERS: Monday (AM), (B), KieranHurring 03-453-4423MULTI-PEAK FITNESS WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Marelda Gallaher03-477-6057 or 027-222-3863MOSGIEL 50's FORWARD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), RobertaTelfer 03-488-3175OTAGO TRAMPING/MOUNTAINEERING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Ian Sime03-453-6185OVER 30’s TRAMPING CLUB: Sunday (AM), Janice Hodges 03-489-4071PHOENIX CLUB WALKING GROUP: Wednesday (AM), Nina Davidson03-471-0114

PINEHILL WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Norman Vare 03-473-8683ST KILDA COMMUNITY CLUB WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (AM),Ngaire McIndoe 03-456-4478TAIERI RECREATIONAL TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM), IanFleming 03-489-8964TRIXIE TRAMPERS: Thursday (AM), Alison Jones 03-489-8372WEA OVER 50’s TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (A), JennyGonin 03-467-2711WAIHOLA WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Elizabeth Jones 03-489-8064XY TRAMPING CLUB: 1st & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Cliff Donaldson 03-467-9875Y’S WALKING GROUP: Sunday (AM), Betty Booth 03-456-200060 PLUS WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Judith Wright 03-456-208060’s PLUS RAMBLERS: 1st & 3rd Tuesday, Vern Gould 03-476-445760’s PLUS TRAMPING CLUB: 2nd & 4th Thursday, (A), >4 hours,Murray Bolt, 03-454-221160 PLUS HIKERS: 2nd & 4th Tuesday, (AM), Moreen Hayes 03-476-1545ALEXANDRAALEXANDRA HARRIER & WALKERS CLUB: Saturday (PM), Aprilto October, John Thampson 03-448-7244, www.alexharriers.co.nzALEXANDRA WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Ngaire Turnball,03-448-8726QUEENSTOWNWAKATIPU WALKERS: Thursday, Patricia Cook 03-442-1525WANAKAWANAKA WALKING Group: Monday (February - Mid-December(AM), (BI), Marion Barnett 03-443-1780

SOUTHLANDINVERCARGILL60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Len Johnston, 03-231-3372,Don Todd, 03-217-5931YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), JoanSutherland, 03-218-8738BNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Thursday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150,wwwsportsouthland.co.nzGOREBNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: 3rd Tuesday, Susie Burrows 03-208-3846,wwwsportsouthland.co.nzHOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053NORTHERN SOUTHLANDBNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: 2nd and 4th Thursday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150, wwwsportsouthland.co.nzTE ANAUBNZ ACTIVE WALKERS: Wednesday, Ann Robbie 03-211-2150,wwwsportsouthland.co.nz


NORTHLAND

CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND

GREATCOUNTRYBREAKS

Two or Three Day Unguided Coast WalkWhangarei Heads, Northland, N.Z.

Private and public tracks, ocean and harbour beaches Return to new, purpose-built accommodation each nightFabulous, fresh foodOnly three hours from Auckland CBDCheck out our specials on-line

Phone: 09 434 0571 www.coastwalks.co.nz

CAPE RUNAWAY

Sleeps 14 people, ideal for tramping,mountain biking groups etc to explore this

area. Also great fishing. Fully equipped.

Sally & Jim Kemp 07 3253609 [email protected]

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

Cape Runaway

GISBORNE

WAIKATO

GISBORNE


NORTHLAND

You will arrive and check in Saturday at around12 pm then set off for the first of your walksthrough the magical Puketi forest ending up atthe Waipapa River. That night you will betreated to a BBQ dinner and get together backat the Motel before spending the night in oneof our newly re furbished rooms.Sunday morning you will wake up to acontinental breakfast in your room then set offto the Haruru waterfalls to walk the lovelyscenic track to Waitangi.

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

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

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

PRICE: $140 per person,minimum 2 people.

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

Walk the Maungataurari CrossingKayak the Arapuni LakeOR just sample the homemade foodand soak up the ambience.

Where:Out in the Styx Cafeat Pukeatua,Waikato(40 mins fromHamilton)

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

Bookings essential: call us for a brochure

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

NORTHLAND



Kawakawa StationCoastal Walk

Ph: 06 307 8989 E: [email protected]

WAIRARAPA

TARANAKI

WAIRARAPA

Step iStep into the

Lake Waikaremoana, Whirinaki, Tongariro

NEW Coromandel 4 day Walk

Ph: 0800 WALK NZ

www.WalkingLegends.co.nz

Great Group Deals &

Piggy Back Special

Kids go FREE! Ask for details


EASTERN TARANAKI EXPERIENCE

• 2 or 3 night getaways of moderate tramping inthe very heart of the Eastern Taranakibackcountry. (2 to choose from)

• Inclusive package of transport (from Stratford) ac-commodation and meals.

• September to May best months.• Matemateaonga Track package of transport,

jetboat, hut passes also arranged.For further information contact:

Carol or Dave DigbyPhone 06-765-7482 (evenings)

email: [email protected]: www.eastern-taranaki.co.nz

“Bridge to Somewhere”

Whareama CoastalWalk

TWO DAYADVENTURE!

This is a stimulating and breath-taking 2-night 2-day fullycatered walk over private farmland and isolatedWairarapa coastline.Price from $270 pp. Please see website for details:

www.whareamawalk.co.nz114 Langdale Road, RD 12, MastertonPhone: 06-372-3722 - Email: [email protected]

WAIRARAPA

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

Phone: 06 374 3513 for bookings (evenings)Website:www.akitio-glenorawalk.co.nzEmail: [email protected]

Akitio-Glenora Walk - New Zealands newest private walk, our best kept secret

Spectacular northern Wairarapacountryside, coastal & Native bush.

Unguided 2 or 4 day walks


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Walk with us on these Top TracksSmall Groups, Great Guides,

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John Croxford, Dodson Road, RD1,Takaka Tel/Fax 03-525-7177

www.kahurangiwalks.co.nz

NELSON/WEST COAST

QUEEN Charlotte Track Service - contact Endeavour Ex-press phone 03-573-5456, email [email protected]

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Guided hikes along New Zealand’s wilderness coastline.

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Make this your first multi-day tramp

www.bankstrack.co.nz

BanksPeninsulaTrackSelfguidedtwo orfourdaywalks

* Delightful and well equipped accommodation* Great value tramping - the Kiwi favourite* There is now a full pack cartage option for groups

CANTERBURY

Freephone: 0800 377 378Email: [email protected]

Level 1, 1 Radcliffe RoadNorthwood Supa Centre, Christchurch

www.tuataratours.co.nz

The Kaikoura Trail is an exciting four-day guided walking and cycling experience that runs from the inland township of Waiau to the stunning coastal village of Kaikoura.

Your tour includes an experienced guide,quality accommodation, transport and

great local cuisine!

Call now for a FREE DVD and information pack

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