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January 2022 News

January 1, 2022 by Julia Mackie Leave a Comment

Contents:
Wilding Pine Dates for 2022
Te Puia Lodge – Alert
Mt Ruapehu Change of Date
Mauri Oho – Request
Covid measures

Wilding Pine Dates for 2022
We have set some Volunteer Day dates for the start of 2022 as follows:-
Wednesday 9th February
Saturday 5th March
Wednesday 20th April.

If you are keen to help that would be great. There’s a bit of bush-bashing for some of the day seeking out the little blighters but we plan for each afternoon to be more leisurely in easy access areas around the lakes and hollows. There’s always fish jumping and I think there’s a prize in the offing for the first volunteer trout caught.

Anyway please let us know if you are keen to help – I’ll email again nearer each day – also refer www.afoot.co.nz/conservation

Best regards
Graham Leech

Te Puia Lodge – Alert
Just a heads up for members of your tramping club to let them know that gas will no longer be supplied to DOC’s Te Puia Hut in the Kaweka Forest Park. The current supply is expected to run out very soon and visitors will need to take their own cooker when staying at the hut in the future.
An Alert has been placed on the DOC website https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/hawkes-bay/places/kaweka-forest-park/things-to-do/huts/te-puia-hut-lodge/

Ngā mihi
Louise McNamara
Ranger, Community – Kaitiaki, Ao Hāpori
Department of Conservation – Te Papa Atawhai
DDI: 64 6 834 4867 Fax: 64 6 834 4867 VPN 6867
Cell: 027 5396972

Mt Ruapehu Change of Date
WE are unable to use the Havelock Ski Club hut on Mt Ruapehu on our normal week in March. Thus the dates for the annual Tongariro NP visit are Friday 11th to Thursday 17th March. Cost is $25.00 per night. More details nearer the time. The T/O is Doug Matheson.

Mauri Oho – Request for tramping gear (Published 4 November 2021)
Kia Ora Napier Tramping Club members,
We are undertaking a three-year Jobs for Nature project in the northern Ruahine range for wildlife recovery in both the backcountry and front country – along the forest park-farmland boundaries and streams that flow from Ruahine.

Our vision is to further protect the wildlife. Expanding the traplines as juveniles fledge into unprotected stream catchment areas of the Ruahine range. A major part of our vision is to reconnect Maori, both hapū and rangitane whānau members, back to the whenua.

Currently, we are in the process of recruiting eight kaimahi (field workers). We are targeting hapu and whānau who live in and around Omahū, Kererū, Waipukurau and Tamatea in Central Hawke’s Bay. Traditionally hapū and whānau have not been involved in tramping or even hunting in the remote backcountry; and hence, have little experience and knowledge of best gear for that wild tops weather.

We are in desperate need of a good supply of gear and wondered if club members have any old or unused tramping gear they would like to donate to our workers, including hapū and rangitane who want to get out there and experience the backcountry?

The Mauri Oho budget covers a basic budget to buy a pack, boots, coat, PLB, and one layer of fleece. We are seeking gear – such as old thermals for a second layer, gaiters, old coats and packs, or any back-up gear – in fact we’ll accept any gear donations from club members.

To find out more about Mauri Oho, go to our website here: https://maurioho.nz/

Our Mauri Oho HQ is at Onga Onga (the old DoC staff quarters), which we share with the Onga Historical Society.

ngā Lisa
Lisa Whittle
021 022 75042
Maurioho.ruahine@gmail.com

Note: Julia Mackie is collecting any items to pass onto Lisa. Please contact her is you wish to contribute items, Email: julialmackie@gmail.com

Covid measures
On trips, mask-wearing in the van must be compulsory for the time being.  Some members will struggle with this if they are prone to motion sickness sitting in the van on winding roads; wearing a mask may exacerbate the nauseous feeling.

They can of course make their own arrangements for transport in a private car to the start of the day’s tramp, where you are free to choose not to wear a mask.

Depending on numbers registered for the day’s tramp, it may become uneconomical to take the van.  Eight people or less is uneconomical. If this situation arises, we will need to use private vehicles for everyone.

So, if you need or want to take your own vehicle to avoid mask-wearing, please indicate that on the registration spreadsheet at the time you book. Also, if you usually are a van user but have a car you are happy to use if numbers don’t add up, please indicate that. This will give the tramp organiser the information he or she needs to manage transport for us all.

Meetings will require appropriate distancing and the wearing of masks. It is hoped all members will be double-vaccinated by 2022.

Attached is an information sheet on Covid and the pfizer vaccine that Colin Jones (Dr) supplied.pfizer vaccine b_

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We are a group of like-minded people who love the great outdoors. We tramp mostly in the Hawke’s Bay province, in remote areas such as the Kaweka and Ruahine Ranges; but we also travel longer distances to new places, for longer walks.

The Napier Tramping Club was established in 1974 and has about 70 members. We belong to the Federated Mountain Clubs of NZ Inc (FMC) and run Saturday, full-weekend and Wednesday tramps, every fortnight.

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