by Julia Mackie
Saturday February 11 2012
Sunrise, Top Maropea - Map BK36
The La Nina weather pattern this summer affected our tramp this Saturday. The scheduled trip along the tops from Sunrise to Sparrowhawk Bivvy is not going ...
by Julia Mackie
Saturday-Monday 4-6 February 2012
Five of us planned to complete a three-day circuit in the Urewera National Park. Geoff and I had not done the Mt Manuoha Track, while the three others had done it ...
by Julia Mackie
Saturday, 28th January 2012. Barlows Hut, via Parks Peak Track
This is the case of the disappearing track. The scheduled loop tramp is a favourite of the club, and so 21 keen trampers arrived at ...
by Ken Ross
Waipawa River Gorge, Wednesday January 18 2012
This tramp began at the end of North Block Road in the Ruahines. We had checked the water level in the Waipawa River on the way in and ...
by Alison Greer
Manawatu Gorge Track, Wednesday December 7 2011
The last tramp for the year was a more social event - a short tramp along the Manawatu Gorge track, followed by lunch at the café. Driving down ...
by Geoff Donkin
Te Kooti's Lookout, Saturday, December 3 2011
History: Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki
Māori resistance leader Te Kooti sheltered in the upper Mōhaka area between 1871 and 1872. He spent time on the Tataraakina peak at ...
by Ken Ross
Sparrowhawk Range, Wednesday, November 23, 2011
If we had believed the weather forecast, we would have chosen an alternative trip for the day - but we didn’t. When we got out of the van at ...
by Julia Mackie
Sat/Sun 19/20 November 2011. Kaimanawa FP.
Ten of us started from the Umukarikari car park on Kaimanawa Rd, heading for Waipakahi Hut, which has 12 bunks. We were all carrying sleeping mats and prepared for ...
by Marc Marchal
Makino and TePuia
Saturday November 19 2011
Six left Napier in average weather, heading for Kaweka J. As we came closer to the Kawekas, the rain set in and the clouds looked quite threatening. We all ...
by Keith Moretta
Poronui Station, Oamaru Hut, Te Iringa Track to Clements Mill Road – Tahurua Rd, Wednesday, November 9 2011
Instead of the forecasted rain, clear skies greeted us at the Poronui Station gates on Tahurua Road.
John ...
