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Four days exploringYosemite National Park

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Mayor Island

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town37 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

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Dublin has now become the only city in the world where the localsliterally queue up to welcome visitors. A new project called Cityof a Thousand Welcomes harnesses the Irish capital’s reputationfor offering a warm welcome with a format that makes sharing apint or a cuppa with a Dubliner a certainty rather than a hope forthousands of visitors.“Over three million people visit Dublin each year,” says Trevor White,director of the project, “and the reason why many of them comehere is to meet friendly locals. City of a Thousand Welcomes bringsvisitors and Dubliners together in a fun, structured, safe way, at nocost to either party.”From June 1, people from all over the world can sign up atwww.cityofathousandwelcomes.com to meet with our DublinAmbassadors over a free drink or cup of tea in three great Dublininstitutions: the Merrion Hotel, Bewley’s Café and the Porterhouse.When the call for Ambassadors was issued in March, the organiserswanted to recruit 1,000 volunteers to sign up as Ambassadors.Over 2,500 people have since applied, proving that Dublin reallyis one of the friendliest cities in the world. Among the volunteersare well-known Dubliners such as Victoria Smurfit, David McWilliams,Bill Cullen, Graham Knuttel, former Miss World Rosanna Davisonand Presidential candidate Senator David Norris.The sponsors of the service include Fáilte Ireland, Dublin CityCouncil and Dublin Regional Authority.The service is completely free for visitors and Dubliners. The costof hosting each meeting is borne by our sponsors and hospitalitypartners.Visitors can sign up at cityofathousandwelcomes.com, bycompleting a short questionnaire.

Is it safe? How do visitors know that they won’t be welcomed bya lunatic?All Ambassadors are subject to police vetting in line withinsurance requirements so you won’t be welcomed by a lunatic.Trevor White explains: “We’re celebrating Dublin as a place wherevisitors receive a warm welcome, and where culture extends togood conversation. We are doing this for the benefit of visitors, ofcourse, but also to re-invigorate Irish hospitality and encouragecivic pride at a time when Irish identity has taken a bit of abashing.”

Dublin now a city of a thousand welcomes

Walking FlemingtonThe recently opened FlemingtonHeritage Centre and GuidedWalking Tours at FlemingtonRacecourse in Melbourne,Australia, allow visitors theopportunity to experience theheritage, the heroes and the eventsthat have made the Melbourne Cup the ‘race that stops anation’.Admission includes a guided walking tour around FlemingtonRacecourse and entry into the Racecourse of Dreamsexhibition where the Emirates Melbourne Cup trophy andartefacts from the Victoria Racing Club’s archives are on display.For more info email: [email protected].

Emirates to BaghdadEmirates will commence passenger flights to Baghdad fromNovember 13, 2011, marking the airline’s second destination inIraq. Operating from Dubai four times per week, Baghdad will beEmirates’ fifth new international destination in 2011 with Basraand Geneva already operational and Copenhagen and StPetersburg to follow on August 1 and November 1 respectively.All new flights, including Baghdad, offer connections at Dubaiwith Emirates’ four daily services from New Zealand.

High numbers visit UK countrysideNatural England, with support from the Forestry Commission andDefra, has published its second year of findings in the definitivesurvey of the way people in the UK visit and use the outdoors.The Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment(MENE) survey has been carried out in weekly “waves” over thelast two years and its unprecedented scope is reflected in thenumber of people interviewed – in 2010/2011 over 46,000people were sampled.The results show that in 2010/11 alone, nearly 2.5 billion visitswere made to England’s countryside and open spaces, duringthe course of which visitors generated over £17 billion inexpenditure. Over half those surveyed responded that they visitthe natural environment at least once a week.Environment Minister Richard Benyon said: “Nature is a perfectantidote to the stress of our busy lives and this survey shows theextent of people’s passion for the world beyond their front door.“Natural England’s Chair, Poul Christensen said “This is agroundbreaking study in England. It reaches a huge number ofpeople and that lets us build a really good picture of howpeople are using the outdoors.”

Charity walks in the United KingdomSt Richard’s Hospice's 2nd Waterways Walk takes place onSunday 14th August. The 21 mile walk is one of their mostpopular events and helped to raise over £35,000 for thehospice last year.The route starts at Droitwich Rugby Club and takes walkersthrough the beautiful scenery and open countryside ofWorcestershire in the UK, passing 41 locks.The walk meanders along the recently renovated Droitwichcanal to the River Severn and back along the Worcester-Birmingham Canal.Walk Ten 2011 runs to 9th September. A series of eveningwalks this summer are being organised to help raise moneyfor local Marie Curie Nurses.The 10km ‘Walk Ten’ events are being held at 20 venuesacross the country. The walks start at 6pm and at the end ofthe walk, there will be fun activities such as fireworks, livemusic, and picnics.


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DOC comcerned at theft andvandalism in Waioeka Gorge

Over the last year, the Department of Conservation (DOC) hasexperienced an increase in theft and vandalism to structuresin the Waioeka Gorge at campsites and on ‘The WaioekaJourney – Te Awa a Tamatea’.

“Deliberate vandalism and outright theft have included thestealing of table tops, seats and campsite fee boxes.” saysProgramme Manager Visitor Assets, John Ballantyne.

The Waioeka Journey; a multi-agency project led by the NZTransport Agency and DOC, was opened two years ago wherea representative of local iwi Ngati Ira o Waioweka and TeAitanga a Mahaki said the Journey was a great communityeffort and they hoped people would take care of the project.“The displays tell our stories and it belongs to all of us” saidKaumatua Charlie Pera.

DOC wants to ensure these aspirations for the Journey arerealised so it continues to be a valuable visitor opportunity.Travellers will be able to enjoy their long drive through the gorgetaking rest breaks which will, in turn help reduce fatal motorvehicle accidents.

The public are asked to report suspicious behaviour to the DOCoffice at Gisborne ph (06) 869 0460 or Opotiki ph (07) 315 1001;DOC Hotline (0800 362 468) or local Police.

A motor vehicle registration number and a description of theperson(s) involved would be helpful.

PrizewinnersThe winners of the this month’s Walking New Zealand promotion are: A588Pedometer -Sue Brookland, Milford, Auckland and a six month subscription ex-tension to Walking New Zealand magazine - Mr & Mrs Garner-Smith, Howick,Auckland.


Below: A well defined trail goes aroundthe island.

By Frances Harrison

Lying out in the blue waters of the East

ern Bay of Plenty. a visit to Mayor Is

land this somber looking island has long

been on my bucket list.

So when a space was offered to me with

the Tauranga Tramping Club to join them on

a trip to Mayor Island, I jumped at the chance.

With food and clothes for three days, sleep-

ing bag, anti wasp stuff and the all necessary

sea-sick stuff, it was an early start leaving the

Port of Tauranga. We crept past the enor-

mous cruise ship and rode the bouncing waves

to Tuhua.

Now managed jointly by the Tuhua Trust

Board and The Department of Conservation,

two caretakers rotate living on the island, ad-

vising visitors and working on general main-

tenance. After quarantine inspections, they

handed us the visitor information pamphlet

containing the all-important map and pointed

the way to our bunkrooms.

Tuhua has always been considered special

by Maori because of its black obsidian.

Tuhua Mayor Islan

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Above: Looking over the bush coveredisland.

Right:The charter boat that took the groupto and from the island.

This shiny volcanic glass was prized as a

cutting tool. It still lies everywhere, from enor-

mous shiny boulders to fine slithers threaten-

ing to slice fingers when picked up.

The island is now rodent free. Bird life

abounds filling the air with song; Tui, Bell-

bird, Kaka, Robin and Fantail. Pohutukawa

grow thick, tall and straight, foresting the is-

land. And the prized Nautilus shell often

washes up in the little bays and beaches.

A small network of well-defined tracks,

wander about the island. They are clearly

signposted, but some not for the faint-hearted.

Steel ladders and cables help with negotiating

the Devil’s Staircase and Ruru Pass.

It takes a full day to follow the Around the

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Above left: It’s washing day.Above right: On the rocky beach.

Tuhua (Mayor Island) Marine Reserve,

north of Tauranga, was established in Janu-

ary 1993 to protect marine organisms and

their habitats for present and future genera-

tions.

It covers about three square nautical miles

at the northern end of the Tuhua (Mayor

Island) and extends from mean high water

springs mark to one nautical mile offshore.

The reserve includes about five kilome-

tres of coastline from Tumutu Point east to

Turanganui Point.

Places to stay

Basic cabins and tent sites are found at

Opo/South East Bay. These must be booked

Island track.

Wasps are a real menace and DOC is work-

ing to manage this problem. Adequate drink-

ing water must always be carried as there is

none available outside Opo or South East Bay,

the main accommodation area.

Accommodation is basic but the bunkroom

mattresses are comfy. A log fired system pro-

vides hot showers and the toilets flush. The

view from my top bunk out to the sheltered

bay that night where at least twenty boats an-

chored was magical. Tuhua is indeed a very

special place in more ways than I expected.

The website www.destiationoutdoors.co.nz

will help you plan a trip to this stunning spot

in the Bay of Plenty, or contact DOC,

Tauranga.

Tuhua Mayor Islandin advance.

Landing on the island itself is by permis-

sion of the Tuhua Trust Board, and is per-

missible only when a caretaker is present over

the Summer months. All visitors must fol-

low the quarantine protocols.

Several charter companies run trips to the

island.

Bookings

Acommodation bookings are provided by

DOC's Tauranga Area Office.

Phone: 07 578 7677

Email: [email protected]

Web: Destination Outdoors: Tuhua

(Mayor Island)

Below: Descending a steep section.


New Zealand walks

Above: A cyclist enjoys the Deans Bank Track in Wanaka. Photo: S Williams

The Deans Bank Track in Wanaka is a

directional 11.5 km loop track designed

by Bike Wanaka and formed by local

volunteers.

Walkers are welcome on the track and will

enjoy the upper level views of the Clutha River,

and panoramic shots of the surrounding

peaks.

Allow from one and a half hours to three

hours to walk the track.

The track weaves its way through typical

Otago landscape featuring matagouri and tus-

sock. There is a small section of shade on the

track as it passes through the edge of a pine

plantation.

A selection of berms and tight corners

appeal to intermediate mountain bikers, with

easier riding options around rocks and other

technical obstacles.

Cycling a directional track lowers the risk

of collisions as everyone travels in the same

direction.

Getting there:

The track starts across the stile from the

northern end of the

Albert Town camp

grounds on SH6, 5km

from Wanaka. The

track is situated on pub-

lic conservation land

between Albert town

and Dublin Bay.

Cyclists please stick

to the formed one way

track and travel at safe speeds as you are shar-

ing this track with walkers. All users must show

care and consideration for others on this track.

Dogs are allowed off leash, no permit is

required. DOC may impose conditions, includ-

ing conditions on access during vulnerable

conservation periods such as bird nesting sea-

sons. Find out more about dog access on con-

servation land.

Deans Bank Track.

Above: At the opening ceremony in April.

Deans Bank Tracknow open

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Event

Living Legends is a community conser

vation project that is coordinating 17

native tree planting projects through-

out New Zealand during Rugby World Cup

2011.

Each planting is being run in conjunction

with provincial rugby unions and is dedicated

to a regional ‘Rugby Legend’ who has been

selected by the union. These Rugby Legends

are people who have made a significant con-

tribution to rugby in New Zealand.

Living Legends will plant 85,000 native

trees nationwide in 2011, and is making a five

year investment to plant a total of 170,000

trees by the end of the project in 2015. The

plantings all take place on public conservation

land, and will encourage New Zealanders and

overseas visitors to participate in the events –

these plantings are a unique opportunity to

make a positive difference to the New Zea-

land landscape.

Plantings will be held in Northland, North

Harbour, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty,

Taupo, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Manawatu,

Horowhenua-Kapiti, Wellington, Tasman,

Buller/West Coast, Mid Canterbury,

Christchurch, Otago and Southland.

The planting sites are diverse, ranging from

farmland, reserves, lakes, to coastal walkways

and wetlands. The Department of Conserva-

tion will be at each event, showing volunteers

how to plant the native trees, and explaining

why the site and plants were selected.

Each event will be a fun day, a variety of

work digging holes, planting and fertilizing the

trees, and on some sites mulching and setting

up tree shelters, you may even get to meet a

Rugby Legend. Go to our website and select

the planting you would like to volunteer for.

Register at www.livinglegends.co.nz

Living Legends is a joint venture of Project

Crimson, an environmental charity with 20

year’s experience in community-based native

restoration projects and The Tindall Founda-

tion. Major sponsors are the Department of

Conservation and Meridian Energy.

Living Legends is part of the REAL New

Zealand Festival - a nationwide celebration of

New Zealand arts, food and wine, heritage,

culture, entertainment, business and lifestyle

taking place during Rugby World Cup 2011.

At the time of going to press the follow-

ing dates, areas, rugby legends and venues

have been decided:3 September - Canterbury, Tane Norton,

Otukaikino Reserve, Canterbury

4 September - Mid and South Canterbury, Jock

Ross, Harris Reserve, Ashburton

4 September - Horowhenua/Kapiti, Christian

Cullen, Whareroa Farm, Paekakariki

10 September - Auckland, Bryan Williams,

Motuihe Island, Hauraki Gulf

11 September - North Harbour, Wayne (Buck)

Shelford, Long Bay, Auckland

11 September - Bay of Plenty, Hika Reid,

Where the field meets the forest

Kaituna Wetland - Planting SiteThe Tauranga planting will take place at the Kaituna Wetland near Te Puke and Maketu

on Sunday 2nd October. This wetland is a major legacy for future generations.

Only 3% of the Bay of Plenty's original wetlands remain, so protecting and restoring

what remains is priority work for the Department of Conservation, other environmental

agencies and community conservation groups.

This wetland was home to early Maori who built coastal pa- along the Kaituna River.

Food and other resources were richly available. Flax was milled here in the early 1900s, and

then vast areas of the wetland were drained and burnt-off for farmland. The Tauranga

Acclimatisation Society bought some land to retain wildlife habitat and this land purchase

resulted in the wetland we have today.

Hamurana Springs - Planting SiteThe Rotorua planting will take place at Hamurana Springs on the northern shores of

Lake Rotorua on Sunday 11th September. The springs area is famous for its beautiful crystal

clear fresh water springs, that emanate from the ground and flows downstream into Lake

Rotorua.

The springs at Hamurana are the largest fresh water spring in the North Island and the

surrounding wildlife sanctuary plays host to many species of birds including black teal,

scaup, herons and the endangered dabchick. The reserve is enjoyed by thousands per year.

Part of the Hamurana Recreation Reserve was once a Pa site and home to Ngati

Rangiwewehi who still live in the area and are a partner in management of the reserve. The

springs are a major source of water supply for the Hamurana and Ngongotaha areas.

Kaituna Wetland, Tauranga

11 September - Southland, Kevin Laidlaw, Bushy

Point, Invercargill

17 September - Waikato, Duane Monkey, Lake

Areare, Hamilton

17 September - Taranaki/Wanganui, Ian Eliason,

Coastal Walkway, New Plymouth

18 September - King Country, Sir Colin Meads,

Whakaipo Bay, Taupo

18 September - Northland, Richie Guy, Uretiti,

Whangarei

24 September -Tasman, Todd Blackadder,

Wakapuaka, Nelson

24 September - Hawke’s Bay, Ian MacRae,

Ahuriri, Napier

25 September - Wellington/Wairarapa, Sir Brian

Lochore, Wellington Town Belt

25 September - Otago/North Otago, Kees

Meeuws, Orokonui Reserve, Dunedin

1 October - Buller/West Coast, John Sturgeon,

Punakaiki, West Coast

1 October - Manawatu, Sam Strahan, Manawatu

Gorge


In view of the way the Auckland City has

gone out of their way to riddle the footpaths

with “footpath cancer” (Photo A) to help the

Visually Impaired Pedestrian(VIP), and eve-

rybody else to slip on them in the wet with

wet shoes.

I think the placement of signs (height) is

literally a slap in the face for VIP’s as at 6:35

pm last Tuesday night I was just moments away

from getting whacked in the face by the (other

side) of the sign in the photo (Photo B).

(I was looking at the footpath to make sure

I did not trip on anything) and if I had been a

VIP I am sure I would of got whacked in the

face.

I really think Auckland Super City can make

a bit of money from “Sign Erection Infringe-

ment Fines”. There are a lot of signs that

come down in strong winds, for which I must

add there are no New Zealand national stand-

ards for erecting signs maybe the problem is

last time I walked that route (in the dark) at

night the sign was not there.

Maybe this one could have of been

mounted higher (so you did not get whacked

in the head) or maybe had cones put around it

to direct pedestrians away from the sign, and

they would think “what are these cones for

A B C

Signs and the visually impaired pedestrian

and why do we have to walk over here” and

rubber neck to see there is a sign “Trucks

Crossing” NOTE: This photo was taken on

Park Road across the road from Glasgow Ter-

race, in the (Photo B) you can see a telephone

booth, with the Auckland Hospital glowing in

the dark almost hidden by the sign and the

pole.

In the (Photo C) is the back side of the

sign, notice how it is not so easy to see when

approaching from the back side.

I am sure if there were national standards

for erecting signs walkers would be the first to

benefit.

They would not get whacked in the face or

head and would not get hit by flying signs with

strong winds.

Eric Richards

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TE ARAROA TRUSTTe Araroa Trust is a charitable trustdedicated to developing, promotingand administering a nationalwalking trail from North Cape to theBluff. The Trust is looking toappoint new Board members,based in Auckland or nearby, whocan help bring to fruition the organisation’s primaryobjective – creating a walking trail from Cape Reinga tothe Bluff. The Trail is substantially complete, but thereare still challenges ahead with the last few segments tobe constructed. The completion of the Trail is only thefirst stage, however, as the principal focus will switchto how it is promoted and marketed.The Trust is avoluntary organisation and its Board works actively withthe Chief Executive, Geoff Chapple, to move forwardinitiatives to meet these challenges. You can check ourweb site at www.teararoa.org.nz. It is particularly important for the Board to have a broadskill-set, we are also keen to broaden the age, genderand ethnic balance of our Board.We could benefitparticularly from expertise in: Social Media Marketing,fundraising and promotion. The commitment required is attendance at monthlymeetings and participation on subcommittees to suitcandidate’s skill sets.It would suit an Auckland of near Auckland based person.Applications are now open and will remain open until asuitable candidate is appointed.If you think that you may have skills that the Trust mightbenefit from, please call Geoff Chapple or Roger Wilsonto discuss things further.

Geoff Chapple (CEO Te Araroa Trust)Phone: 09 445 0524

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Te Araroa Trust PO Box 5106 Wellesley StreetAuckland 1141.


Below: Driving on the westerrn coastalroad to the start of the walk.

In April this year Barbara Peddie took over

‘Coromandel Discovery’, a business based

in Coromandel town, and which is now

specialising in the Coromandel Coastal Walk-

way Tour – and doing charters around the

northern Coromandel.

The Walkway follows an 8km bridle path

on the tip of the Peninsula between Fletchers

Bay and Stony Bay.

The tour was started by Rod and Bridget

Carter, old friends of Barbara’s, who some 15

years ago realized a need for a

tour to drop walkers off at one

end and pick them up at the other.

Otherwise they had to walk the

track both ways. Also, rental car

companies forbid driving their

vehicles north of Colville.

The tour was then bought by

Nigel and Jocelyn Strongman of

Coromandel, who ran it alongside

other tours until this year when they retired.

With increased publicity the tour is becom-

ing very popular, and is introducing the rug-

gedly beautiful and remote northern

Coromandel Peninsula to New Zealanders and

tourists from overseas – many of whom

thought the Coromandel was just Cathedral

Cove and Hot Water Beach!

Barbara has lived in the area since 1987,

when she came to Coromandel town as the

public health and district nurse for the north-

ern peninsula, so she knows the area very well,

and is passionate about it. She also drove for

the Strongmans for nearly three years, prior

to buying the business.

Transport for the tour is in a Toyota Hiace

AWD 11-seater jumbo minibus, the best and

safest vehicle to handle the northern roads on

a regular basis!

The full day tour starts with pick-up from

accommodation in Coromandel town (or

nearby) from 8.30am. Walkers will need to

bring their lunch.

The tour then follows the wind-

ing western coastal road to the top

of the Peninsula, stopping in

Colville for a coffee if travellers

wish, or else a picnic on the beach

at Port Jackson.

Sometimes pods of dolphin or

orca follow us up the coast, just a

few metres from the road! We take

time out to view the majestic 1,000 year old

Pohutukawa fringing the road.

A full commentary is given, covering the

Maori and early European settler history of

the area, Maori legends, geology and ecology,

with an emphasis on our very successful con-

servation efforts which have seen our native

forests and Kiwi thriving. You may also hear

some local gossip!

The three to four hour self-guided walk

starts at Fletchers Bay, where walkers are each

given a route-map of the walk, and cold bot-

tled water and walking poles if they wish.

The 8km walk follows the coastline, start-

ing at sea-level through farmland, and finish-

ing in native bush.

The majority of the walk is about 150m

above sea-level, with an initial gradual hill

climb, then a steep descent to Poley Bay and a

further steep hill climb out of the bay in the

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“Older &Bolder”by JudithDoylePublished byNew HollandPublishers.Send cheque for$30 (this includesP&P) to:Judith Doyle, #3, 14 Oriental Terrace,Oriental Bay,Wellington.

Walking mostly at 150m abovesea level the views are brilliant.

New Zealand walk


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Above: Looking down on Fletchers Bay. Opposite page: Views of Stony Bay from thetrack.

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walk may just stay on the bus for the scenic

drive.

At Stony Bay the walkers are met with a

welcome afternoon tea (and a few surprises!),

and are transported back to Coromandel town

via Port Charles, arriving about 5pm.

We encourage walkers to donate a Kauri

tree, as part of Kauri 2000’s forest restora-

tion project.

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views’, amazing experience’, ‘stunning’, ‘a day

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Winter can be the best time to do this tour,

as on a sparkling winter day there is no heat

haze so views over the island-studded Hauraki

Gulf and Pacific Ocean are pristine. The hill-

climbs are easier when it is not so hot, and

you will avoid the crowds.

Barbara looks forward to introducing you

to this remote part of New Zealand, and shar-

ing her knowledge and passion for the area.

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By Keith and JudithHitchcock

It turned out that, quite without intent,

Keith and I have visited a number of fas

cinating waterfalls in recent walks.

From Hawkes Bay (Shine), East Cape (Te

Reinga Motu and Rere), Taranaki (Mt

Damper) to King Country (Omaru), the range

of falls is diverse; from the spectacular (Shine

and Omaru) to the different (Rere) we have

thoroughly enjoyed the diversity offered.

None of these walks took more than two

hours; some were right on the road side.

Shine FallsSituated in northern Hawkes Bay as part

of Boundary Stream, an

inland island conserva-

tion project, the Shine

Falls are the highest in

the Hawkes Bay, falling

58 metres to a wonder-

ful bathing pool.

This walk is reached

after a drive inland from

near Lake Tutira, 45km north of Napier. The

walk itself is pleasant, beginning under tower-

ing cliffs until the reserve area is reached. The

track follows the river until the sound of the

falls is heard after around 45 minutes. Even

though you are enticed by their sound, the falls

themselves appear suddenly and are a quite

spectacular sight.

A pleasant picnic spot makes this an ideal

family walk.

Te ReingaFalls

Not as spectacular as

their southern counter-

part, the Te Reinga Falls

are easily accessible

from a car park about

400 metres along Ruakituri Road, off SH36

(Tiniroto Road), about 35 km north of Wairoa.

Around 35 metres high, the Wairoa River flows

over a large flat area of calcerous limestone

before plunging over the wide falls.

There is an interesting signboard at the start

of the five minute walk explaining the Maori

story of these falls.

Motu FallsThe Motu Falls are found by following the

original Motu coach road, itself a fascinating

drive extending from Matawai (on SH2 mid-

way between Opotiki and Gisborne - the

Waioeka Gorge Road).

The falls are five km

along a side road about

14km from Matawai.

Only 9km high, the

falls do have a certain

savage power, like a

smaller version of the

Huka Falls, and are quite

impressive. That they are at the start (or fin-

ish) of the beautiful Whinray Bush walk (one

and a half hours one way) is an added attrac-

tion.

Rere Falls and RereWaterslide

The Rere Falls and Rere Waterslide are situ-

ated about 50km from

Gisborne, access is along

SH2 where you follow

the signs to the

Eastwoodhill Arbore-

tum. The falls are fifteen

km past the Arboretum

and have a lovely picnic

spot adjacent (and a pro-

ductive walnut tree if your timing is right.) Not

particularly high, they are wide with a good

flow of water.

It is possible to walk behind the cascade

and slide into the pool below.

However, the real attraction is a further two

km up the gravel road with the Rere waterslide.

The river flows along a downward sloping rock

face for about sixty metres.

The water level is low and some form of

“transport” is required, such as a tube, inflated

mattress or boogy board, but the smooth rock

makes for a wild ride.

Take care not to confuse the water slide

with the falls and take your movie camera!

Mt Damper FallsSome brochures will have the Mt Damper

Falls, at 74 metres, as the highest falls in the

North Island, yet they are less than half the

height of the Wairere Falls near Matamata,

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Above: The Rere rock slide.Below left: The Motu Falls in shade.Below right: The Te Reinga Falls.

which drop in two falls a

total of 153 metres.

The falls are at the

end of a twenty to thirty

minute walk, but the

drive in makes them

rather remote.

Access is from either

SH3 to the east or the

Forgotten Highway (SH43) to the west. From

SH3 about 59km north of New Plymouth or

21km south of Mokai but north of Mt Mes-

senger, the narrow winding road travels a fur-

ther 27km, the last 11 over unsealed Okau

Road to the car park.

The track starts over farm land for five min-

utes before crossing a small bridge and enter-

ing another delightful stretch of bush. A fur-

ther ten to fifteen minutes takes you to the

first lookout with a second, more impressive,

view obtained from the lower lookout. On the

way down, keep an eye out for a second fall in

the distance.

They certainly rate as one of the highest

falls in the North Island and are a majestic

site. In a strong wind they are blown sideways

for an interesting varia-

tion.

Omaru FallsPossibly among the

least viewed falls, the

Omaru Falls would rank

right up there as among

the most spectacular, es-

pecially after heavy rain. They are very poorly

sign posted from the main highway and so

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easily missed unless you are watching out for

them.

The Omaru Falls Road runs west off SH4,

about 30km south of Te Kuiti. Access to the

falls is from small car park 500 metres along

the road.

The track begins over farm land until it

enters a delightful area of mature podocarp

bush. Fifteen minutes later, the bush opens

up after crossing a swing bridge and contin-

ues to follow the Omaru Stream for a further

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Above: The Te Reinga Falls.Top right: The majestic Mt Dampier Falls.Below right: On the track to the MtDampier Falls.

ten minutes.

The top of the 35 metre high falls is seen,

and heard, but the track sidles around the curve

in the river without, frustratingly, allowing any

view of the falls. However, the walker is well

rewarded with a great view from a lookout.

An utterly delightful walk and picnic spot

although there is no access to the base of the

falls.



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Above: Jennifer Bethell, walking up scala (stairs) in Caltigironi in Sicily. The town is famousfor it's pottery and tiles and every step has a different design of tile on it. Apparently thiswas supposed to be a street but after they built it they found it was too steep so built stepsup it instead. Photo by Michael Quinn, Tauranga.

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Left:The trail here winds through a groveof tall trees.Below: The building overlooking a lakefor the second night’s accommodation.

New Zealand’s newest private walk

‘Akitio Glen Ora Walk’ is offering the

opportunity to venture into two of

the oldest stations in the Northern Wairarapa.

Glen Ora and Akitio are neighbouring

properties on the road between Weber and

Akitio, about an hours drive east of

Dannevirke.Arriving on a Thursday evening, we were

greeted by our hosts and their delightful dog.

After settling into our accommodation in a

lovely Lockwood, we joined the owners in the

station homestead for a delicious meal.

Breakfasts and dinners each day, are in-

cluded in this walk.

The next morning, we had a leisurely start

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Left: A view of the rolling famland in the northern Wairarapa.Above right: Walking along the rocky and sandy Akitio Beach.Below: It’s onwards and upwards past a storage shed.

to the day, because the walk was less than four

hours. After a cooked breakfast we set off

over farmland following white markers, which

led us past several dams, then steeply up the

fence line to a Trig.

Here we had gorgeous 360 deg views of

rolling hills, from the Ruahines to the East

Coast. We continued on downhill to the road.

Across here and through a farm gate, a marked

trail leads along a bush track beside the creek.

We continued along undulating farmland, past

stands of Kanuka and Manuka. There were

some lovely Totara and Rata trees, and stands

of Cabbage trees on the hillsides.

The track led uphill to an old hut, where

we stopped for a while to enjoy the solitude.

From here, we crossed a stream, and walked

across river flats, past huge old Macrocarpas,

to the remains of an old steam engine - a relic

of days gone bye.

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Above: Akitio Station - days three and fourof the walk.Below left: Sunrise from the cliff top beforegoing down to the reef.Second from left: An old steam engine - arelic from the past.

We then retraced our steps to the hut, and

it was another 15 minutes uphill to our desti-

nation for the night, which we named ‘The

Hideout’.

This delightful hut, “The Maimai”, with its

deck over the water, was built on the edge of

Franklin Lake. Two bunkrooms and a toilet

block were set further back. A gas heater pro-

vided instant hot water for showers, and lights,

heater, kettle and toaster were powered by

generator.

Although there were two loop walks

marked from here, this little spot was too pretty

to leave, so we sat for a couple of hours en-

joying the total tranquillity, before venturing

along the one hour loop, hoping to spot a deer.

We did see signs, but I think our excited chat-

ter would have alerted deer for miles.

After a barbeque at sunset, we watched the

sun’s rays painting the hilltops gold; the glow

reflected in the dam. The evening was spent

playing cards, and when the lights were turned

off, we were able to see a black velvet sky with

millions of stars something not often seen in

the city. In the morning we were up early to

catch the sunrise - this time the sky was bathed

in pink. By 8.00 am grey drizzle had moved

in, so again, it was a late start while we waited

for the day to clear.

Leaving our cozy home at Franklin Lake,

we wandered over the tops for a while, enjoy-

ing beautiful views of rolling farmland for-

ever.

The trail soon dropped down into a valley

and followed the river for about two hours.

We passed through grassy flats full of Pep-

permint, Catnip, bushes loaded with orange

berries, yellow and white daisies, and lichen

drooping from the trees like an Old Man’s

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Above: An old historic woolshed.coast to the neighbouring Akitio Station, to

another adventure.

Our accommodation at Akitio was in a gra-

cious farmhouse - ‘Akitio Retreat’. After un-

loading gear, we drove five minutes to Akitio

Beach - wild blustery and beautiful! It was

full of all sorts of treasures - coloured stones,

shells, driftwood, bits of Kina and crayfish,

and lots of gulls standing in line as if waiting

for something.

Back at the Retreat another delicious two

course meal had been left for us.

On our third day, we set off for the Bush

walk at 8.30 am. After walking 10 minutes up

the road, we reached a lovely old wool shed,

built in the late 1800’s. When Ora and Akitio

were one station, all the shearing was done in

this shed. It now has Historic Places registra-

tion.

From there markers lead up the station road

beside a stand of native bush. As we reached

open farmland with lovely ocean views, the

track became steeper, then levelled out to fol-

low the boundary fence. Red markers indicate

where to climb over the boundary into ‘Dou-

ble Bridges.

An easy track leads downhill through na-

tive trees, following and crisscrossing the

stream all the way. There are lots of pretty

places to sit under Totara, Rimu or Beech trees

to listen to the birds. At one spot we surprised

a deer.

After about an hour and a half, we reached

a cottage in the middle of a clearing. From

here the trail leads through a gate, and follows

the stream to a stand of pines, stockyards and

a red shed.

Here is the front boundary of Double

Bridges, and a gate to the main road. It was

useful having different walks colour coded,

and clearly marked on a map. From the Red

Shed Akitio Retreat is five kms away, and you

can either amble back beside the river, or ar-

range to leave a car here before you start. We

were lucky to be offered a ride back, and spent

the afternoon on Akitio beach - a beautiful

walk in itself!

Our last day was a choice of a coastal jaunt

or a longer walk to the Trig - the highest place

on the station. Because we had a long drive

Beard. We walked through stands of tall na-

tives, crossing the stream a couple of times,

to end in river paddocks, full of wild flowers

and lovely big Miro trees laden with berries.

The last loop was around ‘The Swamp’

where several mai mais have been constructed.

In one of these, we were spoilt with hot cof-

fee and muffins.

From here a five minute walk took us back

to the Lockwood and our cars.

We then drove 10 minutes towards the

Below left and right: Brilliant groups offlowers on the station.

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Above: Looking out over the coast fromthe farm track.Left: The reef with its ‘Dinosaur’ spine.Below: A Kina.

home we opted for the shorter option.

After passing the wool shed, we meandered

up the stock lane along the ridge to enjoy awe-

some views from Cape Turnagain in the north

to Castlepoint in the south; and the sun rising

out of the sea - golden and glowing.

A half hour track led down to the beach

with it’s enormous reef. This was fascinating -

layers of rock with long outcrops like a Dino-

saur’s spine.

We meandered along the coast, gathering

bright Paua shells, Kina, patterned stones, and

seaweed of all shapes and sizes.

We saw cray pots, old anchors, and best of

all - no rubbish at all! After two and a half

hours walking over reef, boulders and bits of

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Above left: Cattle on the farm.Above right: The group at the trig station.Below left: Jan cooking breakfast.

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sandy beach, we reached the Akitio River mouth. A

short walk along the river, and past the bridge, took

us back to the Retreat, the end of four very different

days.

This new walk promises to be quite a varied ad-

venture, offering walks for all levels of fitness and

arrangements that can be very flexible. Because you

can drive to the accommodation, it lends itself to

groups of both walkers and non walkers enjoying the

facility together. The Retreat is a great place to linger

and just read a book, and there’s good fishing for

Kahawai at the river mouth.

All the accommodation was first class, a treat in

itself, and it was quite a privilege to have an inside

look at these two big stations and their interesting

and closely associated history.

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The track allows reasonably skilled riders

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Running across dramatically-changing land-

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Wallaby Track (Mt Buninyong to

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Right : Just one of the many magnificentscenes in Yosemite National Park.Below: Dorine at Hetch Hetchy.

By Dorine Meertens

Jan and I have just finished four days in

Yosemite National Park. This was the na

tional park that was top of Jan’s “To Do

List” and it has been one of the best - but

again, how can you compare these places?

We had a wonderful day in the King Can-

yon National Park which joins up with the

Sequoia National Park.

We came in on a different route and had

another day of wonder. The mountains were

majestic and the rivers and waterfalls are full

to bursting. There has been a lot of snow up

in these mountains (Sierra Nevadas) until only

a few weeks ago and the water rushing all

around makes me grab for my camera every

five seconds. The scenes are out of this world.

On Saturday we set off from Visalia for

Yosemite National Park. This is a huge park. I

think I read 3,000,000 square acres. It is at

least 50 miles from east to west and probably

more than 70 miles north to south - so huge.

We arrived at the park entrance late morn-

ing and first we drove to Wawona, where we

parked the car and took the shuttle into

the Grant Grove - where we were greeted by

Four days exploring Yos

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Above: The Olmsted Point boulders.

Below: Dorine and Margaret saturated atthe Wawona Falls - Hetch Hetchy.

more super sized sequoias.

We had a good walk around and by 4pm

we were back at the car. Then we drove a good

50 miles up to Glacier Point, where the pano-

rama was almost unreal. It was so perfect. It

was like a huge photograph from the National

Geographic, with immaculate blue skies, huge

granite mountains, with Half Dome in the

centre.

Our friend Margaret who had joined us for

three days, told us how she and a group of

friends climbed this Half Dome, a 10 - 12 hour

hike there and back, and the last 900 feet up

steel cables!! We saw the pictures and we were

impressed!

Late, probably close to 8 pm we arrived in

the hotel, had a nice dinner and another early

night (Jan and I are exhausted every night -

we are in bed by 10pm and fall asleep until

7pm in the morning.)

We had decided to start the Sunday early

as it was Father’s Day here and obviously a lot

of families would be visiting the park.

We drove in again aiming for the Tunnel

View where we enjoyed another superb over-

look of Half Dome, El Capitan and the

Yosemite and Bridal Veil waterfalls.

We were also lucky enough to see the Horse

Tail Falls as they can only be seen in this time

of the year. We got saturated at the Bridal Veil

Falls and the list of photos taken of some-

thing “ water” lengthened again.

We took another shuttle and ended up in

the Yosemite Valley - the floor of the canyon.

We walked most of the day, various shorter

hikes to Mirror Lake and the upper and lower

Yosemite Falls.

The weather was as gorgeous as it has been

all along. Later in the day we went back to the

overlook for sundown photos of the Half

Dome and El Capitan.

We stayed the night in Mariposa and yes-

terday morning we left for yet another entrance

into the park.

This time we were heading for Hetch

Hetchy a much “forgotten” and very much

quieter part of Yosemite National Park. Hetch

Hetchy Reservoir has an interesting history.

In the beginning of the previous century

when people started to really see the beauty

of certain areas some of the national parks

were created for the good of all. Apparently

Hetch Hetchy was as impressive as the

Yosemite Valley. There was a very lengthy de-

bate on the need of more water for far away

places such as San Francisco or the need to

preserve the natural beauty of this area. In the

end the need for water won out and the can-

yon was flooded.

Jan was of course on the look out for bears

and believe it or not - he did spot a cub, play-

ing in the bush. He managed to get a photo

from about 50 metres away. Margaret and I

stayed close to the car as we were expecting

Mother Bear any minute - ready for a quick

get away.

When we arrived at the dam we had a ter-

rific surprise waiting for us. The dam at Hetch

Hetchy was spilling - and that had not hap-

pened in years - as there was so much melt

water coming down the power plant could

not cope with so much water. The views were

stunning.

We walked across the dam, through a tun-

nel and did a lovely tramp to the Wapama Falls,

where another water ballet took place. We were

saturated once again, but it was worth it. It

was mid afternoon so within half an hour we

had dried up again. (Hoorah for the Icebreaker

merinos!!)

On the way back Jan (again - if it moves he

spots it!) saw a rattle snake - so we managed a

few pics of his tail end disappearing into a

rock cave.

It was another great day.

This morning we decided to go for our fi-

nal trip into Yosemite National Park for the

last route we had not been on - the west to

east Tioga Pass Road. Open only in the sum-

mer and only just!!

A few weeks ago the park was still closed

because of late snow fall. But we were in luck

as the weather was superb again. We went as

Four days e



Above: The El Capitan the world famousgranite rock climbing paradise, with theHalf Dome in the far distance and the bridalVeil Falls.

Below left: Dorine, Jan and Margaret at thedam at Hetch Hetchy.Below right: Making their way along arocky track.

high up as 10,000 ft and there was a lot of

snow still on the ground. The granite cliffs

were sparkling in the morning sun. We saw

the glacial eratic boulders at Olmsted Point,

huge rocks randomly fallen when the glaciers

melted long time ago. The mountains were

stunning and we enjoyed a coffee stop at the

last lake on the east, Tioga Lake, which still

had quite a lot of ice on it.

When we came out we decided to carry on

to Carson City in Nevada and work our way

up north to Lassen Volcanic National Park

from here. We shall have to get away from the

smallest roads otherwise we’ll never get there

- however we do regret that as there still is so

much yet to see.

exploring Yosemite National Park



Above: Looking over Big Bay where thisyear is the Big Bay Oyster Surprize walk.

Left: Two walkers on the Te Araroa Trailsection.Below: Time for luch at the Sawmill Cafe.

The Warkworth Walks are back again in

2011 with four new walks, some old

favourites and a brand new website

(www.warkworth walks.co.nz). The walks are

over the weekend of October 29 and 30.

They had more walkers than ever in 2010

and this year they are looking to build on the

special character that has developed around

Warkworth Walks – special trails on normally

inaccessible land, combined with local hospi-

tality.

All the walks are guided and all

but one of last year’s walks sold out

so it is vital to book early for your

favourites.

Trampers who like a good

workout will be pleased to see the

return of the Te Araroa Trail (seven

hours) this year venturing across the

southern section of the Warkworth

area (Dunn’s Bush and the Old North

Road).

Mount Tamahunga is also on the menu

again this year, and these trails will be unfor-

gettable experiences for the stronger walkers.

New walks this year include Pukapuka Re-

vealed, Big Bay Oyster Surprise and Secret

Kawau, all of which feature trails across pri-

vate land that are normally closed to the pub-

lic. All three are approximately 10-

12km in distance and offer glori-

ous views and tranquillity, and in

the case of the Big Bay walk, an

oyster lunch as a reward!

The other new ‘trail’ is Artists

in Residence. It’s actually a bus trip

that will offer unprecedented ac-

cess to the studios of six re-

nowned artists, including Terry

Stringer, Robin and Valerie

Pendred, Mark Wooller, Mike Petre and Vicki

Fanning. Peaple can meet the artists, and view

the beautiful environments that inspire them.

If you like to mix business with pleasure,

three of last year’s sold-out attractions return

– the Vineyard Trail, Cape Rodney to Leigh,

and Mahurangi Heads and Vineyard. The vine-

Warkworth walk- more walks worth doing

■



Above:A group on one of last year’s bushwalks.Below: Time to sample the local cuisine.

Above: A happy group after one of lastyear’s walk.

yard walk features plenty of private property

to meander through and pleasurable wine tast-

ing stops along the way at three of Matakana’s

boutique vineyards.

Mahurangi Heads and Vineyard, and the

Cape Rodney to Leigh Sawmill Café walk, of-

fer beautiful vistas over the gulf and Kawau

Bay, native forest trails, and a bit of exotic

sustenance at the end – the best of both

worlds.

For the family-minded, the TOSSI-spon-

sored Tawharanui Walk features spectacular

views, diverse coastlines, wetlands and forest

inhabitants.

This wonderful day out includes lunch and

a guided trail through the bush to observe rare

native flora and fauna – you may even get time

for a swim.

Families might also enjoy the Sandspit to

Brick Bay walk. They go via the beautiful coast-

line to Brick Bay Vineyard and the popular

Sculpture Trail before returning via private

farmland, Brick Bay and a bush walk with fan-

tastic views. This is also a unique opportunity

to see the Koru earth sculpture by Virginia

King.

So, make a weekend of it and take in a cou-

ple of the great walks on offer, and perhaps

include their soirée at the Bridge House from

4pm on Saturday afternoon where you can

mingle with fellow walking enthusiasts.

Check the website for all the information

you need and book early to avoid disappoint-

ment. They are looking forward to seeing you

for Warkworth Walks 2011 (www.warkworth

walks.co.nz).


Above: Peter Signal can now walk aroundthe streets of Feilding.

Feilding’s Green Prescription class over the last few years has had the

strong presence of Peter Signal. Peter’s laughter sure lights up the

class and it has been wonderful to see the amazing progress that Pe-

ter has made.

Peter first came to the program after being referred by his GP Dr Darr.

On a routine check up at the doctor, Peter was told “to be honest with you,

the way you are going you have about 10 years to live”.

Being told this was the real wake up call that Peter needed to gain better

control of his life and especially his health.

Before entering onto the program Peter was very inactive. He found him-

self “sitting down in front of the TV all day” and basically doing nothing to

better himself. Peter admits that he also had plenty of negative people in his

life before meeting the Green Prescription team.

Peter is now surrounded by a new positive network. These new associa-

tions alone, has given back the confidence Peter has needed to get back into

the community and has got him more physically active!

Peter recalls his first few visits to the GRx class; “when I first came to

class I could barely walk there”.

But now carrying about 30kg less, you see Peter walking the streets of

Feilding regularly, choosing to leave his mobility scooter at home. He also

enjoys going to the gym and aqua aerobics and he even brought himself a

stationary bike that he uses at home.

When asked what he has learnt through being on the program he replied

“how to keep fit and learning about all the support links out there in the

community”.

Peter is truly a different man to who he was before entering in the Green

Prescription Program. He’s smiling and laughing a lot more and his general

health has improved and stabilized. Peter has done extremely well and he

must be applauded for his personal effort. Keep smiling Peter and keep up

the great work!

From mobility scooter towalking around town

High achiever

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By RachelDeegan

Haglunds deformity is a

boney enlargement

which occurs at the back

of the heel (calcaneal) bone.

It occurs secondary to exces-

sive pull upon the achilles tendon

which attaches at this point.

It is often coupled with swell-

ing and occasionally bursitis,

which is where the bursa (fluid

filled sac under the skin) which

naturally forms in the area, be-

comes inflamed, enlarged and

painful.

The symptoms of a haglunds

deformity are a hard, boney nod-

ule at the back of the heel bone,

which may be red and swollen.

The excessive pull upon the

achilles tendon which causes the

swelling and boney enlargement

can be secondary to a highly

arched foot type, excessively tight

calf muscles and a tendency to

walk on the outside of the heel.

It can often go unnoticed until

shoes with a rigid heel counter are

worn, and irritates and inflames

the area.

An x-ray is often indicated to

determine the extent of the boney

abnormality and ultrasound will

show the size of any associated

bursitis.

TreatmentIt is best if Haglunds deform-

ity can be treated without surgery.

Nonsurgical treatment is de-

signed to reduce the inflammation

and pain associated with the boney

enlargement.

Medication: nonsteroidal

anti-inf lammatory drugs (eg

ibruprofen) can help to reduce the

swelling, and pain killers can help

also

Ice: once a day, on and off for

30 minutes can help to numb the

pain and reduce the swelling.

Stretches: Calf stretching cou-

pled with massage can help to re-

duce the pull of the achilles ten-

don on the area.

Heel lifts: can reduce the pull

of the achilles on the area

Heel pads: placed around

where the enlargement is can re-

duce friction on the area. Mole-

skin or fleecy web second skin

coverings can also help.

Ultrasound: therapeutic ultra-

sound treatment, which can be

given by a physiotherapist, can

help to reduced pain and swell-

ing.

Orthotics: Can help to correct

abnormal gait patterns and reduce

the amount and abnormal pull

upon the area.

Immobilisation: in severe

cases immobilising the foot in a

cast or moon-boot can help.

Shoe modification: avoiding

footwear which rubs excessively

and reducing the amount of time

in high heel shoes can help.

Surgery: should only be done

if it is particulaly debilitating and

Haglundsdeformity

painful, or if it severely limiting

footwear options, or if it has not

responded to the above treatment

options.

Haglunds deformity can recur

if the cause is not eliminated,

hence surgical reduction of the

growth of bone may be combined

with an achilles lengthening pro-

cedure if needed, and orthoses are

often indicated afterwards.

Prevention1) Avoid shoes with a rigid heel

back, especially if you are prone

to blistering in the area, or if you

can feel any prominence upon the

bone in that area.

2) stretch tight calf muscles

3) avoid running uphill or on

very hard surfaces, this will in-

crease the stress upon the inser-

tion of the achilles

Podiatry


Walking the world

Long walk

Baton Rouge Louisiana toPensacola Florida

283 miles, 23,797 total world walk miles

This walk is almost over and the weather

is getting hotter, muggier, and the in-

sects are out attacking me.

Woke one morning to a horde of ants walk-

ing around my tent searching for food. So I

got up , took down my tent and turned it in-

side out to shake them all out.

You have to watch out for fire ants, as they

really sting when they bite you. I stepped in

one fire ant hill in sandals and got quite a few

bites before I could take off my sandals and

kill them all.

One night as I was setting up my tent near

the beach I was attacked by a horde of sand

flies or no-seeums. Luckily I was able to grab

my mesh insect jacket with hood and run away

as I put it on. After I set up my tent they fol-

lowed me inside and kept annoying me. Hard

to kill them all, so I left my mesh jacket on,

got inside my sleep sack and sleeping bag and

tried to get to sleep without dinner.

Killed some more in the morning and

cooked my breakfast without too much trou-

ble. Glad to get out of there and back on the

road with a nice headwind that blew them all

away. The headwind picked up to 20 to 30 mph

with blowing sand from the beach. So that got

pretty annoying too. You just have to take lots

of breaks and pace yourself so as not to tire

yourself out too much. Eventually the wind

died down and I was able to make better time.

A bicycle tourist I met stopped to chat and

told me about a nice route to avoid going

through Mobile Alabama. Lots of big oak trees

that crack and uplift the sidewalks and make

it terrible to walk through with my stroller. So

I headed southeast to Dauphin Island to take

the ferry over to Fort Morgan. Neat old Civil

War Fort with info on some important bat-

tles. Passed through Bayou La Batre where they

filmed some of the shrimp fishing scenes for

the movie "Forrest Gump".

Madi Gras starts in New Orleans next

week, so lots of floats have been passing me

by headed for parades in some of the outly-

ing towns. A couple even threw plastic beads

and candy at me. Lots of broken beads and

candy on the roadside. I never have been into

large drunken crowds partying and celebrat-

ing. I heard on the radio that they have Family

Gras planned also for kids and family's to en-

joy without any drinking.

Pulled over by the cops to check me out.

Officer said they got a call about somebody

urinating on the sidewalk. I was actually doing

it on the beach below the sidewalk kind of

hidden behind a wooden stairway

down to the beach. Officer ran my

ID for any wants and warrants. All

clean, so the officer just told me to

go down by the ocean and get far-

ther away from the road.

Thought I might have to spend

30 days on a Alabama chain gang

singing the blues, picking up trash,

and eating lots of hard boiled eggs

(50 eggs by Cool Hand Luke is the

record). I should have told the cop

I had uramysatosis (disease Jerry and George

told the mall cop they had when he arrested

them for urinating in the mall garage on the

sit-com "Seinfeld".

I was looking for a local library when I was

surrounded by a campus cop in a car and one

in a golf cart on a local community college

campus. They said only students were allowed

on campus and pointed out the local library

one block away. Somebody probably thought

I looked strange and called in a crazy person

report to the campus cops. Security is tighter

since they had all these school shootings.

As I was passing through Orange Beach,

Alabama a man came out and invited me into

his cafe for a free breakfast. Joey Ward of the

North Shore Grill (www.facebook.com/

northshoregrill) treated me to a huge tropical

fruit plate with yogurt and two huge glasses

of orange juice.

Nice break from a cold windy day with

blowing sand from the beach. One motorcy-

clist stopped to chat while I was taking a break

at a picnic area. He wanted to check to make

sure I was okay and see if I needed anything.

He offered me a beer, I said no thanks, I do

not drink. Then he asked if I needed any food

or money, I said no, I have plenty of food and

I work hard every summer to save up plenty

of money.

He seemed a little pissed that I did not need

any help, but I think he was just kidding. I

have always thought that honesty is the best

policy, and do not tell people I need anything

unless it is really true. People still want to help

me anyway, so I usually accept anything they

want to give me just because I know it makes

them feel good to help me.

Its amazing how little you need to survive.

Food (I get by on about $5 a day), water (

mostly free), shelter (tent and sleep-

ing bag $200 bucks for a good set, or

a lot less at a thrift store if you keep

looking and are persistent), warm

clothes (I get all my clothes at thrift

stores for about $2 or $3 bucks each).

You can usually find a cheap

backpack, stroller or bicycle at the

thrift store if you can't buy one new.

Amazing how simple and cheap it is

to walk or bicycle around the world.

Into Pensacola, Florida, after walk-

ing 2108 miles in 106 days from Page Arizona.

About 20 miles per day. Not a single blister

thanks to "Udderly Smooth Udder Cream"

that I slather on my feet every morning.

Of course thanks to Roger Berg of

www.bergdesign.net for the free "Runabout

Stroller" he gave me last year. Strongest and

best built baby stroller on the market. Rain

off and on most of the last day, only the sec-

ond day of rain I have had in the last four

months. Glad to pull into the Greyhound bus

station and pick up my bus ticket. Took me

about two hours to take apart my stroller and

pack everything up to take on the bus. Taking

the bus up to Virginia to visit my brother.

Buying a car there and driving up to

Newfane, NY, to visit family and friends, then

out west to work at Lake Powell Resort, Page

Arizona for the summer. Already have one talk

on my world walk set up at a school in the

Denver Colorado area.

I hope I have inspired lots of people to get

out and walk, bicycle, have an adventure, read

more books, just do it. Life is amazing, lots of

nice people out there. The human body is

amazing, use it or lose it. Not sure of my

next walk, will do some research over the sum-

mer. Thinking about North Africa, if democ-

racy rules and all the fighting settles down it

might be possible to walk across Morocco,

Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and Israel. Or maybe

go back to South America and continue walk-

ing through Ecuador and Peru.

This is the last USA leg this year for Gary Hause of the USA, who has walks over 23,000 miles walking in USA, Europe,UK, Central America, South America, Australia and New Zealand. His aim is to break the Guinness Book WorldRecord of 38,00 miles walking around the World, already set by Arthur Blessit.


The years of managing pests is undoubt

edly paying off, being noted not only

by Ark in the Park volunteers, but also

by visitors in the Ark portion of the Waitakere

Ranges.

Many new seedlings and saplings of

Kohekohe and Mangeao are springing up now

that their seed-eating rat predators have de-

clined in numbers.

Exotic Kahili Ginger in the previously

heavily infested northern part of the Ark has

been decimated by the efforts of volunteers

using mechanical and chemical control meas-

ures, and new seedlings of a wide range of

native species are replacing them.

Although rat numbers continue to remain

at low, low levels, mice numbers are much

lower than might be anticipated. With rats

being the prime predator of mice, restoration

projects often show an inverse correlation –

that is, as rat numbers go down, mouse num-

bers go up.

So far, this is not happening at the Ark in

the Park. Mice also are significant eaters of

seeds, so reducing both of these introduced

pests, which include seeds in their diets, al-

lows a flourishing understorey including

broadleaf and conifer species.

Vegetation plots have been established,

which Ark members anticipate will show the

effects of increased seed and seedling survival,

but with surveys done at intervals of five or

From KayLindley

Better biodiversity10 years, they will have to wait awhile to prove

this. Bird numbers, however, might be ex-

pected to show changes in a quicker time

frame.

Ark member John Staniland has been moni-

toring bird counts for some years in the Ark

area and also along the nearby Fairy Falls

Track, which does not have preda-

tor management. Recent surveys

have tended to show better num-

bers at the Ark and certainly more

species, though not always.

This could be due to more

successful breeding at the Ark,

with subsequent dispersal of the

young. Dispersal will always be

an issue, but with many people

some distance away attributing

the increased bird numbers they

enjoy seeing around their proper-

ties to the Ark efforts, that is not nec-

essarily a bad thing.

One bird species fulfilling an anticipated

“public relations” role in this betterment of

the native biodiversity is toutouwai, the Robin.

This year with several pairs setting up along

the Auckland City Walk, which incidentally is

the most walked track in the Waitakere Ranges,

many visitors have been able to see and hear

these confiding birds.

Ten chicks were fledged in these territo-

ries, with seven being banded. Another hot

spot of Robin breeding this season was the

Robinson Ridge Track area. Being one to two

hours walk away though, rather than the 15 –

30 minutes of the Auckland City Walk, no

chicks were banded as it was difficult to ar-

range for an experienced bander to accom-

pany one of the Ark Robin-watching volun-

teers at the right time after the chicks fledged.

With several pairs of Robins and probably

some of our Hihi predated by feral cats last

year, the steady addition of

Belisle traps has seen a sur-

prising number of feral cats

(as well as three possums)

caught in the past nine

months.

Once again the usual erup-

tion of stoats in early sum-

mer was met with a deter-

mined effort to contain this

threat and over 50 were

trapped in December and

January.

Tomtits are just everywhere,

tui sing all day every day,

Whiteheads are noted sporadically

and kaka are still mystifying us by their pres-

ence. Why haven’t they all flown to Great

Barrier or Little Barrier islands for breeding

as they are supposed to at this time of year?

Incidentally, in a previous column in this

magazine on the sighting of dabchick on the

Waitakere Reservoir some months after a

fernbird was also sighted there, I asked what

rare bird might next appear at the Ark.

Perhaps the probable sighting by two Ark

volunteers of a Flacon in late December an-

swers that question so again, what next?

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High doses of

I am starting to see an interesting trend in

people seeking my assistance: Diffuse

muscle and joint pain and excessive fa-

tigue that appears to be connected with phar-

maceutical doses of Vitamin D, exclusively

delivered in the form of Ergocalciferol. So,

what’s going on here?

First, a little backgroundAbout 70% of fair skinned people and 90%

of dark skinned people in the Developed

World are Vitamin D deficient. This is the

consequence of entire populations being ter-

rorised of the sun which is our main source

of this essential nutrient. The backup used to

be via our diets but this vitamin is barely

present any more. Remove the natural fats (and

replace them with processed ones) and with

these healthy fats goes the fat soluble vitamins

(A,D,E & K).

Low vitamin D is a leading factor in winter

flu and infections, depression, fatigue, obes-

ity, heart disease, several neurological diseases,

autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis and hor-

monal imbalances. Vitamin D may prevent

anywhere from 50% to nearly 80% of all can-

cers - at least 30 different kinds of cancer to

date and the list is growing.

Natural vitamin D is dirt cheap and can

not be patented. It costs about $14 per month

to supply an adult with a healthy intake of

natural vitamin D. It works out to be even

cheaper for children.

Until very recently, there has been no in-

terest at all by medical practitioners and drugs

companies in encouraging Vitamin D deficient

people to prevent or remedy this deficiency.

Why?

Because there is no money at all to be made

via encouraging sunbathing, or taking a cheap-

as Vitamin D supplement.

However: things are quickly changing. The

prescription-only Vitamin D medications are

now coming onto the market. Doctors are

now prescribing massive doses of Vitamin D

left, right and centre. In New Zealand, it is

Ergocalciferol. So, what’s brought this about?

Medicine is big businessMoney: There’s a lot of money to be made

from now on by prescribing pharmaceutical

doses of Vitamin D by way of tablets or in-

jection. These are doses that are so high no

other health professional would ever be able

to get away with.

Capturing the market by prescribing at po-

tencies no other health professional can get

away with

Normal doses of Vitamin D are from 1-

4,000 iu per day. What doctors are taking upon

themselves to prescribe ranges from 50,000

to 3000,000 iu, either monthly or once or twice

a year. These are truly astonishing doses of a

single vitamin.

One group of Australian researchers have

even experimented with giving elderly women

500,000 iu in a single dose! Astonishing! (In-

cidentally, these unfortunate women ended up

suffering 27% more fractures - not less). I

wonder how many died.

Would you ever consider taking your en-

tire month’s worth of Vitamin C in a single

dose, let alone a year’s worth?

Think about it for a moment: Isn’t there a

kind of madness about giving a person a tsu-

nami’s worth of a single nutrient? Is this

healthy? I think not. But things are going to

get a lot, lot worse.

The Gold Rush is on within the pharma-

ceutical industries to develop patented ana-

logues of natural Vitamin D.

Patented Vitamin D - The next Great

Pharmaceutical Gold Rush

As the patented drugs industry versions of

Vitamin D come rolling off the production

lines, over the few years, we will see the mar-

keting machines winding up big time, similar

to what we see for seasonal flu vaccines and

cholesterol medicines.

Patented Vitamin D is about to become a

huge gold mine for drugs companies and doc-

tors - After all, what other drug is there that

70-90% of the population desperately need?

So long as we are kept in the dark and the

vitamin is kept out of our food

As an aside: If Vitamin D is so critical for health

(Of that I am in agreement), then why does it appear

that it is only adults who are getting the prescribing

attentions of doctors? Is it because a patented form

of Vitamin D suitable for children has yet to be de-

veloped?

Human NutritionThe human body likes a steady dribble of

ALL nutrients, in natural balance and from a

wide variety of natural sources. Vitamin D is

no exception and needs many co-factors such

as protein, cholesterol and magnesium to be

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Health


f Ergocalciferol a concernproperly absorbed and put to good use. The

healthiest way to supply any nutrient is with

small doses, often and with plenty of every-

thing else. This gives each cell the ability to

pick and choose the nutrients it needs, at that

moment, as they circulate.

Healthy Nutrition: Small Amounts -

often!

Cellular nutrient needs change constantly

from one moment to the next. If a megadose

of a nutrient, such as 50,000iu or more of

Vitamin D is forced into the circulation this

will cause massive nutrient imbalances and

enormous stress on the body’s physiology as

it struggles to deal with this unwanted influx.

What we are describing is getting very close

to over dosage of Vitamin D. Here is an offi-

cial description of what too much Vitamin D

can do....

Over dosagehttp://www.drugs.com/pro/vitamin-d-

ergocalciferol.html

The effects of administered vitamin D can

persist for two or more months after cessa-

tion of treatment.

Hypervitaminosis D is characterized

by:

1. Hypercalcemia with anorexia, nausea,

weakness, weight loss, vague aches and stiff-

ness, constipation, mental retardation, anemia,

and mild acidosis.

2. Impairment of kidney function with

polyuria, nocturia, polydipsia, hypercalciuria,

reversible azotemia, hypertension, nephrocal-

cinosis, generalized vascular calcification, or

irreversible renal insufficiency which may re-

sult in death.

3. Widespread calcification of the soft tis-

sues, including the heart, blood vessels, renal

tubules, and lungs. Bone demineralization (os-

teoporosis) in adults occurs concomitantly.

4. Decline in the average rate of linear

growth and increased mineralization of bones

in infants and children (dwarfism).

This is not good, if you ask me, especially

when over 80% of the people I do a Hair Tis-

sue Mineral Analysis on already have evidence

of excessive circulating calcium. Repeated,

huge doses of Vitamin D risks pushing these

people who are already in a rather fragile state

over the brink and into poor health.

These horrific ailments, including death,

that are associated with excessive Vitamin D,

are at the end of a long continuum from be-

ing healthy to being dead. What we have, long

before being dead, is heightened fatigue, aches

and pains - excess calcium depositing in the

soft tissues, including the arteries, kidneys,

muscles and joints.

This seems very much like the complaints

that people are coming in to see me following

their visit to the doctor and the subsequent

mega-shots of vitamin D.

My Advice:· If your doctor advises you to take sup-

plementary Vitamin D, insist on a prescrip-

tion of natural Vitamin D that has you ingest-

ing 2-4,000 iu per day during winter and no

more than 2,000 iu per day during summer -

and none on the days that get sun on your

bare body.

· Do not take mega doses of any nutrient,

including Vitamin D, unless there is a strong

case with urgency and this is monitored by

regular testing.

· If your doctor is unable to give you a suit-

able prescription of low dose natural Vitamin

D, then get some natural Vitamin D from me

- its cheap and there’s even some that is suit-

able for infants!


Health


CONTENTS for previous 14 issuesAUGUST 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 events50 Nordic Walking Calendars51 Overseas walks and tours52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand56 Country Breaks59 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 Zealand56 Country Breaks59 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 events46 Overseas coming events50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking

burns more kilojoules51 Overseas walks and tours52 Directory: Walking groups

throughout New Zealand56 Country Breaks59 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 walk

25 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 roll55 Nordic Walking Calendars59 Pak-A-Roo Walking Jackets60 Wellington Marathon

MARCH 2011 158 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: New vineyard

to yineyard track on island 8 New Zealand walks: South Island

trip full of challenges12 Rotorua events14 Overseas walks: Top nature

parks on the Gold Coast15 New land gateway to Hakatere

Conservation Park16 New Zealand walk: Okere Falls:

An oasis off the highway20 Motivation: Shift to a better life21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: The

Pakuranga Rotary Walkway24 The Chathams Islands - a place

like no other26 New Zealand walks: Kawau

Island Historic Reserve30 Overseas walks: Guatemala -

land of the Mayans38 New Zealand walk: Taieri Gorge

Rail Trail40 Book: Over 400 walks in new

book40 Quake-damaged track reopens41 Health: Why I can exerecise like

I do now43 Weather forecast for February44 New Zealand coming events48 Overseas coming events50 Overseas walks and tours51 Overseas walks and tours52 Walking for adventure, fun and

exercise52 Long walk: Walking the World54 Window on Waitakere: Breeding

Kaka54 Walking to raise awareness of

Scouts49 Overseas walks and tours55 Nordic Walking Calendars59 Pak-A-Roo Walking Jackets60 The Great New Zealand Trek

FEBRUARY 2011 157 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Gibbston

River Trail now open11 Rotorua events12 New Zealand walks: Crosshills -

a walkers little paradise15 Event: Leading IT executives take

on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing16 Motivation: Resolutions revisited16 Te Araroa Trail: Te Araroa Trail

featured in Warkworth walks18 Event: Walking into the light20 Event: Cathay Pacific Half

Marathon & 11km Fun Run Walk21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Foulwind

maybe, but a splendid walk25 Books: New Zealand - Eye on the

Landscape25 Window on Waitakere:

Waitakere Wednesday Walks2011

26 New Zealand walks: Great viewsfrom new Crosbies Hut

29 High achiever: A clever way toget active!

30 Overseas walks: Walking inChampagne

36 Overseas walks: Mt GambierBlue Lake walk

38 Overseas walks: Mt Gambierlake walks

40 Health: How to walk and eat youway to a great body

42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for February44 New Zealand coming events49 Overseas walks and tours

50 New Zealand walks: SkippersCanyon steeped in history

50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking -intensify your aerobic training

52 Ten-day Walking Festival inRotorua

54 Nordic Walking: Walking andNordic Walking - train the rightway

56 Great Country Breaks59 Xterra Rotorua Festival60 The Great New Zealand Trek

JANUARY 2011 1564 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Papaitonga

Scenic Reserve 8 New Zealand walks: Experience

Ahuriri11 Motivation: Embrace the new12 New Zealand walks: Ambling to

The Anchorage16 Books: Dreamers of the Day -

history of Auckland’s RegionalParks

16 Books:The New ZealandAdventure Guide

15 Motivation: The festive seasonbulge

17 Te Araroa Trail:18 New Zealand walks: Unveiling

the mystery21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Summerhill

Farm - a BOP secret26 New Zealand walks: North Shore

Coastal Walk30 Overseas walks: Glaciers, fjords,

waterfalls and railways35 Event: Rotary Sunset Coast Walk

at Waiuku36 Overseas walks: Working and

trekking in Nepal - Trekking theGhandruk - Ghorepani Circuit

38 High achiever: From family “fat”kid to working on her six pack

38 Readers views: Now free ofdiseases side effects

39 Health: Easing sore shoulderswhile walking

40 Event: Kaweka Challenge - aniconic event

41 Window on Waitakere: The yearof the robin

43 Weather forecast for January44 New Zealand coming events47 Overseas coming events48 Overseas walks and tours50 Nordic Walking: Events50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking -

intensify your aerobic training52 There’s a walking group near you56 Great Country Breaks59 The Great New Zealand Trek60 Xterra Rotorua Festival

DECEMBER 2010 155 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walks: Lake

Wanaka’s new tracks ready forsummer

8 New Zealand walks: LakeWanaka’s walking tracks

11 Hi achievers: Raewyn andGeraldine love five yearchallenges

12 New Zealand walks: Sea, Sky &Bush walk

14 High achiever: Susan’s a halfmarathon stunner

15 Motivation: The festive seasonbulge

16 New Zealand walk: WaihekeIsland summer works of art

18 New Zealand walk: A weekendof hiking in Opotiki

21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walk: Wairere Falls

Track26 Overseas walks: Five days on

the Pacific Crest Trail32 Overseas walks: Walking in an

ancient land - Ethiopia38 Books: Wild New Zealand from

the Road38 Health: Is walking a pain in the

butt?40 Event: Moro Marathon events41 Window on Waitakere: Class

action43 Weather forecast for December44 New Zealand coming events49 Overseas walks and tours50 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking -

some good reasons to walk thetalk

52 There’s a walking group near you56 Great Country Breaks59 The Great New Zealand Trek60 Green Prescription: Need help to

get active?NOVEMBER 2010 154

4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Akatrack -

Luxury in the wilderness 8 My favourite walk: Weymounth

Walkway10 News: Earthquake damages DOC

walking tracks

12 New Zealand walk: Walking looptrack great for walkers and birdwatchers

13 Motivation: Simplify your life14 New Zealand walk: The Kaikoura

Coast Track19 High achiever: Walked to top of

world’s steepest street20 Te Araroa Trail: Signage

completes 12km northernsection

21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 New Zealand walks: Discover

the Lindis region24 Overseas walks: Stepping out in

Central Australia30 Overseas walk: Doing the Cinque

Terra independently36 Books: Inspiring Gippsland Walks36 Books: Best Short Nature Walks37 Health: Role of Vitamin C in

fighting cancer38 New Zealand walks: Walk the

Redwoods WhakarewarewaForest

42 Index over previous 14 issues43 Weather forecast for November44 New Zealand coming events46 Overseas coming events49 Nordic Walking: Events50 Window on Waitakere: Kokako

release50 New product: Don’t put your

back out - pull the handle out!51 Overseas walks and tours52 There’s a walking group near you56 Great Country Breaks59 Walking New Zealkand Shop60 Need help to get active?

OCTOBER 2010 153 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: The Abel

Tasman Coast Walk 9 New Zealand event: Te Awamutu

group celebrates 20 years 9 Readers views:10 New Zealand walks: Warkworth

Walks 2010 - walks worth doing12 High achiever: I bought great

new shoes13 Motivation: The danger zone14 Event: A winter wonderland16 New Zealand walk: From Huntly

to Mercer18 New Zealand walk: K2K - from

country to coast25 Event: Historic tunnel takes

trekkers back in time21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 Overseas walk: Railway

Reserves Heritage Trail26 Event: Pegasus group celebrates

30 years27 Event: Mid distance event

welcome in Onehunga HalfMarathon

28 Te Araroa Trail: Funds helpSouthland trail extension

30 Overseas walks: Italy’s ApauneAlps

36 Health: From sweet toothedlump to sword fighter

38 Event: Manawatu Striders events40 Window on Waitakere: AUTC hut

popular with groups36 Podiatry: Forefoot pain - what’s

that?43 Weather forecast for October44 New Zealand coming events50 Event: Coastal challenge51 Overseas walks and tours52 There’s a walking group near you56 Great Country Breaks59 100th marathon for Hutt Valley

woman60 Need help to get active?

SEPTEMBER 2010 152 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Iconic Te Rewa Rewa

Bridge opens 8 NZ event: The other side of

Matakana 9 Kiwi programme benefits10 Guidelines for outdoor access

published12 High achiever: Healthy feels

good!13 Motivation: Life changing habits14 NZ Walk: Bridal Veil Falls16 NZ Walk: Howath Memorial

Wetlands18 Overseas walks: Gold Coast

Federation walk21 Digital Photo Contest winners22 NZ walk: Enchantment on the

Kaituna Walkway27 NZ walk: Chelsea Park Heritage

walk28 Overseas walk: Tipperary - here

we come!32 Books: Field Guide to Wild New

Zealand, Sydney Free & DirtCheap

33 Health: Big toe pain a sign34 Event: Record field and fast

racing in Christchurch35 Event: Harbour Capital Marathon

celebtrates 25 years36 Window on Waitakere: A day in

the life of B9405536 Podiatry: Tarsal Tunnel syndrome38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for September40 NZ coming events42 Overseas coming events44 Nordic Walking: What Nordic

Walking and walking does foryour body

44 Nordic Walking: Events46 NZ Walking Shop47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 DOC cleans up the Navy in the

Bay56 Off Road Half Marathon - Taupo

AUGUST 2010 151 4 Walk talk 6 NZ walk: Onepoto Domain 8 New Zealand walk: Tupare

Garden walks 9 Kiwi programme benefits10 NZ walk: Pauanui Hill - a walk

for all seasons11 Digital Photo Contest winners12 Event: Fifteen times for Taupo

Half Marathon icon13 Motivation: Success supporters14 Event: An Autumn Muster -

walking with the shepherd18 Event: Seniors three day walking

adventure22 NZ walk: Hiking in the Tararuas28 Overseas walks: Walking in

northern Crete31 High achievers: How Green

Prescription helped these twowomen

32 Readers views: Walking theCamino de Santiago trial

32 Health: Achilles tendon pain - oris it?

34 NZ walk: Manawatu Estuary:-walks in an unique area

36 Window on Waitakere: Worththeir weight in gold

36 Podiatry: Wobbling down thehills or stairs

38 Index over previous 14 issues39 Weather forecast for August40 New Zealand coming events42 Overseas coming events44 Nordic Walking: Nordic Walking

as a tool after hip replacement46 Event: Record numbers in Curves

to Curves47 Overseas walks and tours48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 K-Swiss Rotorua Ekiden56 Mizuno Half Marathon - Taupo

JULY 2010 150 4 Walk talk 6 New Zealand walk: Mount

Maunganui Base Walk11 Digital Photo Contest winners12 New Zealand walk: Why was

Mission Station in such aremote spot?

13 Motivation: Winning decisions14 Event: Challenge yourself in New

Zealand’s fastest growingmarathon

14 Working for you while you walk16 NZ walk: A glimpse of paradise?20 New Zealand walk: Improved

track opens on Paritutu Rock20 Overseas walks: Sunken garden

a top short walk22 Walking group celebrates 10

years23 Event: Great NZ Trek stage 5

ends in a surprize26 Overseas walks: Walking the

new Danube Pathway31 High achiever: Wake-up call for

once active 36 year old32 Walking groups encouraged to

enter event32 Health: Is hair dye making you

sick?34 Altitude training for the lads at

DOC Taranaki35 Long walk: Walking the World36 Window on Waitakere: What is

P. T. A.?36 Event: New timing system for

Moro 25th event37 Podiatry: Cramp hurts - why?39 Weather forecast for July40 New Zealand coming events42 Overseas coming events44 Event: Record entries at new

venue46 Nordic Walking: What is Nordic

Walking?48 There’s a walking group near you52 Great Country Breaks55 K-Swiss Rotorua Ekiden56 Mizuno Half Marathon - Taupo



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2nd September 2011Snow and bad weather may close snowfields inthe North Island.3rd September 2011Cool southwesterly conditions deposits moreheavy snow on Desert Road.7th-11th September 2011 Cold southerlies. A shallow depression developswithin a southerly trough as it passes over theNorth Island about 8th, with easterlies there thenext day. Snow may come to the Hawkes Bayranges and again close the Desert Road.Anticyclonic conditions prevail from 10th.12th September 2011 Over the next four weeks colder and wetter thannormal conditions may be expected, particularlywet in the east.More frequent anticyclones in the southwestTasman Sea and depressions to the east of theNorth Island and Chatham Islands. These bringmore frequent winds from the south andsoutheast.Two depressions near the North Island, one from16th to 18th and the other in the first week ofOctober, bring some significant rainfall to easternareas.The more frequent southerlies and southeasterliescontribute to temperatures well below average incentral areas of the North Island, near Aucklandand Gisborne and Hawkes Bay.Most of the South Island too may havetemperatures less than normal, except inFiordland. The same conditions bring rainfall 2to 3 times average in eastern Canterbury and BanksPeninsula, and about 50% more than averagethroughout the eastern part of the South Island,near Wellington and the Mahia Peninsula.In contrast rainfall may be less than 50% of averagein parts of Fiordland, South Westland and Bay ofPlenty/Rotorua.Sunshine hours may be above average in northernareas of Northland, as well as the Mount Cook-Mackenzie Basin area in the South Island.However they may be below average inHorowhenua, Manawatu and Wanganui, alsoFiordland, Southland and Otago.The national average temperature may be belowaverage, however it may be higher than for thesame time last year.12th-23rd September 2011 Anticyclonic at first.13th: September 2011Northwesterlies ahead of a trough of low pressure.15th September 2011A depression develops with the trough’s passageacross central NZ, followed by cold southerlies.Wind and rain in Wellington.17th September 2011Unstable weather closes Whakapapa snowfields.Rough weather in Cook Strait.19th September 2011 Settled anticyclonic conditions.22nd September 2011A trough and change to northerlies.24-30 September 2011Changeable with southwesterlies.

Allow 24-hour error to all forecasts. Skewing may occuraround 12th(full moon), 15th (apogee) 27th(new moon),and 28th(perigee).

SEPTEMBER 1 toSEPTEMBER 30 2011


Coming events

NEW ZEALANDEVENTS

AUGUST 2011 3 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 6 Waikato Draught Tough Guy & Gal Chal-

lenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua 7 Mizuno Taupo Half Marathon, Taupo 7 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk Series, 20km, 10km,

5km & 1.5km, Auckland 8 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth10 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland13 Waikato Draught Tough Guy & Gal Chal-

lenge, 6km & 12km, Rotorua14 Manawatu Striders Half Marathon & 10km,

Palmerston North14 Inov-8 Hawkes Bay Trail Series, 10km.

15km & 25km, Hamoana

14 Woodbourne Half Marathon & 10km,Blenheim

14 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km &14km, Whitford, Auckland

15 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-mouth

17 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland21 Petone Workingmen’s Club 5 Bridges, 10km

& 5km, Petone21 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon,15km,

10km & 5km, Narrow Neck Beach, Auckland22 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth27 Great Nasby Water Race, 100km, 80km,

60km & 50km, Nasby28 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth28 Jerry Clayton North Shore Half

Marathon,Takapuna28 Southland Regional Walk - Borland Lodge,

Invercargill28 Brooks Rotovegas Half Marathon, Rotorua28 North Shore Marathon, Half Marathon &

5km, Auckland31 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

SEPTEMBER 2011 3 Shoe Clinic Hawkes Bay Marathon, Half

Marathon & 10km, Havelock North 3 Mizuno Off Road Half Marathon & Quarter

Marathon, Taupo 4 Arthritis Marathon, Hamilton

4 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km &14km Hunua


7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland10 Wainuiomata Mountain Run & Walk, 12km

& 5km, Wainuiomata11 Moro Marathon & Half Marathon, Dunedin12 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland17 Abel Tasman Coastal Classic, 36km, Nel-

son Bays17 Kaikoura Surburban Half Marathon, 10km

& 2km, Kaikoura17 The Lydiard Legend Marathon & Arthur’s

Half Marathon, New Lynn18 Carters Hatuma Half Marathon, Waipukurau18 Oxford Country Classic, Oxford, Canter-

bury19 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland25 Tauranga City to Surf, 12km Fun Run/Walk,

Tauranga

25 Onehunga Half Marathon, Onehunga


28 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

OCTOBER 2011 1 Sri Chinmoy 12 hour 4-Person Teams Re-

lay, Auckland 1 Sri Chinmoy 12 hour 6-12-24 Hour Track

Races, Auckland 2 SBS Bank Hamilton Half Marathon, 10km

& 5km, Hamilton 2 Juken NZ Ltd Kaitaia Run/Walk, 5km &

13km, Kaitaia 2 Radience Devonport Classic, 5km & 10km,

Devonport, Auckland 2 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon,32km,

18km & 8km, Manukau, Auckland 3 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth 5 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 8 Xterra Auckland Trail Run Series 8km &

14km Waihi 9 Wairarapa Country Half Marathon & 10km,

Masterton 8 Hitec Rotorua Ekiden 42km Relay, Rotorua10 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth12 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland15 Subway Dun Run, 22km, Nelson15 Great Barrier Island Wharf to Wharf,

42.2km, Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island17 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth19 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland22 Lodge to Lodge Half Marathon & 10km

Walk/Run, Mt Lyford, Waiau29-6 November Waiheke Island Walking Fes-

tival, Waiheke Island

Organised by New Plymouth Joggers & Walkers Club

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2011Start and finish at Pukekura Raceway, New Plymouth

Entry forms available from:New Plymouth Joggers & Walkers Club, P O Box 4221, New Plymouth or phone

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FUN RUN /WALK5k, 10k, 1/2 Marathon

Sunday 6th November 2011

HEATHCOTES


Shoe Clinic

Hawke’s BayMarathonIncorporating 21k &10k Fun Run/Walk

Saturday, 3 September2011

Starts at Havelock North DomainFor further informationPhone: Wendy Foulds06 844 3165 or email

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Entries close: 19 August 2011

30 Adidas Auckland Marathon, Half Marathon, 120.5km & 5km, Auck-land

31 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth

NOVEMBER 2011 2 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland 5 57th Feilding Marathon, Feilding 6 10th Morrinsville College PTA Half Marathon, Morrinsville 6 Shoe Clinic Half & Quarter Marathon, Tai Tapu, Canterbury 7 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 9 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland11 eVolo Kura 2 Mount (K2K), Tauranga11 Steelformers Around the Mountain Relay, 150km, New Plymouth11 Queen Charlotte Ultramarathon, 71km, Blenheim12 Speights West Coaster 10km & 18km, Bethells Beach13 Napier Pak ’n Save Half Marathon & 10km, Napier13 Save the Children Fun Run, 21.1km, 10km & 5km, Thames13 Ascot Park Hotel Southland Marathon, Invercargill14 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth16 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland19 Fullers Great Sights Kerikeri Half Marathon, Kerikeri20 Winter Brookfield Bog Challenge, 4km, 8km & 12km, Wainuiomata21 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth23 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland25 Walking Waitakere Wednesday Walks - Mokoroa Falls, Waitakere,

Auckland26 Mahana Half Marathon, Woollaston Estate Winery, Nelson27 ADRA Charity Half Marathon, Auckland30 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

DECEMBER 2011 4 Run & Walk Events, Half Marathon, 32km, 18km & 8km, Grenlane,

Auckland 5 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth 7 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland10 Wanganui 3 Bridges Marathon, Half Marathon, Wanganui11 Sri Chinmoy Run/Walk, 100km, 50km, 25km & 10km, Christchurch12 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Plymouth

Coming events


Coming events14 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland19 Frontrunner Fun/Run Walk, 5km, New Ply-

mouth21 The Rat Race, 5km, Milford, Auckland

JANUARY 2012 7 Madame-Rouge Charity Cross Country 9km,

Onetangi, Waiheke Island15 NBS Striders Half Marathon, Nelson21 Ian Priest Memorial River Trail Half Mara-

thon, Hutt Valley

FEBRUARY 2012 4-12 NZ Masters Games, Dunedin

11 Buller Gorge Half Marathon, Westport

5 Pukekohe Half Marathon, Pukekohe

25 The Bedrock 50, Oxford

MARCH 201217 Kaiteriteri Gold Half Marathon, Kaiteriteri

Beach, Nelson

Chilltech Beach 2 Basin Whangarei Run/Walk,9km, 5.7km, Whangarei

APRIL 201214 Great Forest Marathon, Half Marathon,

10km & 5km, Waitakere Beach

15 Moonshine Half Marathon, Trentham

15 Heart 4 Heart Half Marathon, Tauranga

14 Paymark XTERRA Rotorua Festival HalfMarathon, Rotorua

28 Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust HalfMarathon, Rotorua

MAY 2012 2 Dargarville Run/Walk, 12km,& 6.8km,

Dargarville

6 Nelson Shoe Clinic Half Marathon, Nelson

12 Saint Clair Yineyard Half Marathon,Marlborough

20 Huntly Half Marathon, Huntly

JUNE 2012 3 The Edgewater Resort & Spa Handicap 2 x

Half Marathon, Upper Hutt

3 SBS Half Marathon, Christchurch

19 Balclutha Half Marathon, Balclutha

OVERSEASEVENTS

AUGUST 2011 5-7 Brisbane Marathon Festival, Half Mara-

thon, 10km, 2km, South Bank Parklands,Qld, Australia

6 Siberian International Marathon, Siberia,Russia

7 Cane to Coral, 15km & 8km, Bundaberg,Qld, Australia

7 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4.7km,Adelaide, SA, Australia

7 Queensland Country Health Half Marathon,Townsville, Qld, Australia

7 Fitzy’s 5 5km, Adelaide, SA, Australia 7 Townsville Running Festival, Marathon, Half

Marathon, 10km & 5km, Townsville, Qld,Australia

9 Drumley Walk (Indigenous) Gold Coast, Qld,Australia

12-14 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km &

42km, Vaasa, Finland14 The Lakes College Fun Run, 2km, 6km &

10km, North Lakes, Brisbane, Qld, Australia14 Adelaide Marathon Festival, Adelaide, SA,

Australia14 VRR Princes Park Half Marathon, Princes

Park, Vic, Australia14 Prom Country Challenge, 30km & 6km,

Toora, Vic, Australia14 Devil Bend 12km, 10km & 5km, Moorooduc

South, Vic, Australia20 Helsinki City Marathon, Helsinki, Finland20 Sutherland Half Marathon, Liverpool City,

NSW, Australia21 Alice Springs Marathon & Half Marathon,

Alice Springs, NT, Australia21 Coburg Harriers Half Marathon, Coburg

Track, Vic, Australia21 Mudgee Marathon Festival Weekend,

Mudgee, Australia21 villa & hut Sandy Point Half Marathon, 10km

& 5km, Bayside, Melbourne, Vic, Australia27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km,

Verdal, Norway27-29 Achill Summer Walks Festival, Achill,

co Mayo, Ireland28 Mudgee Running Festival, Mudgee, NSW,

Australia28 PCCCT Ulverstone Half

Marathon,Ulverstone, Tas, Australia28 Victoria Falls Marathon, Zimbabwe28 Koroit to Warrnambool Half Marathon, Lake

Pertobe, Vic, Australia28 Lake Macquarie Running Festival, Half

Marathon, 10.5km & 4km, Lake Macquarie,NSW, Australia

28 Salomon Trail Running Series, 6km & 10km,Melbourne

28 Shepparton Runner’s Club Half Marathom,Shepparton, Vic, Australia

28 Galway City Marathon Galway, Ireland28 Chevron City to Surf for Activ Half Mara-

thon, Esplanade Beach, Vic, Australia28 Quebec City Marathon, Quebec, Canada28 Maraton Int’l de la Cuidda de Mexico,

Mexico28 The Athlete’s Foot Marathon Festival, Ad-

elaide, SA, Australia28 Shepparton Marathon Events, Shepparton,

Vic, Australia28 31st de Castella Run, 5km, 10km & 15km,

Kew Boulevard, Vic, Australia28 Cairns Road Runners Trail Run, 74km,

21.1km, 10km & 5km, Kuranda to Part Doug-las, Qld, Australia

Sperrins Walking Festival, Co Tyrone, Ireland

SEPTEMBER 2011 3 Dingle Marathon, Dingle, co Kerry, Ireland 3 Fjord Norway Half Marathon, Norway 3 Ruska Marathon, Finland 4 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4.7km,

Adelaide, SA, Australia 4 Bankstown Hidden Half Marathon, Lake

Gillawarna, NSW, Australia 4 The Ross Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km,

Wrest Point, Tas, Australia 4 Great Scottish Run Half Marathon, Scotland 9 Petra Marathon & Half Marathon, Petra10-11 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km,

Arenzano, Italy11 Bristol Half Marathon, Bristol, England11 Sri Chinmoy Half Marathon,Burnley, Vic,

Australia11 Moscow Int’l Peace Marathon, Moscow,

Russia

12th – 19th - 8 day Highlights of theBibbulmun Track, Western Australia

15-29 Simpson Desert Multi Marathon,Simpson Deset, Australia

16-18 IWL Three Day Walk, 10km, 20km &42km, Seefeld, Austria

17 Stockholm Half Marathon, Stockholm,Sweden

18 Geelong Cross Country Club Handicap HalfMarathon,Geelong, Vic, Australia

18 Blackmores Sydney Marathon, & Half Mara-thon Sydney, NSW, Australia

18 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km &8km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

18 Ridge to Ridge Half Marathon, MiddleRidge Park, Qld, Australia

18 Hans Christian Andersen Marathon, Den-mark

23-25 Burren Peaks Walking Festival,Ballyvaughan, co Clare, Ireland

24 Round Rarotonga Road Race, Rarotonga,Cook Islands

24-25 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km,& 50km, Brno, Czech Republic

25 Cape Town Marathon, Cape Town, SouthAfrica

25 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km &8km, Canberra, ACT, Australia

25 Lake Tahoe Marathon, CA, USA25 Berlin Marathon, Berlin, Germany25 Fremantle Half Marathon, South Freman-

tle, WA, Australia25 Turin Half Marathon, Turin, Italy

OCTOBER 2011 1-2 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda,

Germany 2 Esperance Half Marathon, Esperance, SA,

Australia 2 Budapest Marathon, Budapest 2 Cologne Marathon & Half Marathon,

Coologne, Germany 2 Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of

Running, Loch Ness, Scotland 2 Brussels Marathon & Half Marathon, Brus-

sels, Belgium 7-9 Carlow Autumn Walking Festival, Carlow,

Ireland 7-9 Nire Valley Walking Festival, Nire Valley,

co Waterford, Ireland 8 Fitzroy Falls Fire Trail Marathon, Southern

Highlands, NSW, Australia 9 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Chi-

cago, USA 9 Flight Centre Half Marathon, Melbourne,

Vic, Australia 9 McLaren Vale Half Marathon, McLaren Vale,

SA, Australia 9 Bank of Melbourne Marathon Festival,

Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 5.7km &3km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

9 Portland Marathon, Portland, OR, USA 9 Eindhoven Marathon, Eindhoven, Nether-

lands 9 St George Melbourne Marathon, Mel-

bourne, Vic, Australia 9 Bucharest International Marathon & Half

Marathon, Bucharest, Romania16 Toowooma Road Runners Marathon,

Toowoomba, Qld, Australia15-16 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain16 31st Xcell Roofing Toowoomba Half Mara-

thon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia16 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon

& Half Marathon, Toronto, Canada


Coming events16 Amsterdam Marathon, Amsterdam, Neth-

erlands22-23 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA22 The Polar Circle Marathon, Arctic22 Hepburn Trail Challenge, 11km & 8km,

Hepburn Springs Australia23 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, Rottnest Island,

WA, Australia23 Venice Marathon, Venice, Italy23 Maroubra Rotary Fun Run/Walk, 4km &

8km, South Maroubra, NSW, Australia23 Niagara Falls International Marathon,

Niagara Falls, Canada23 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km &

8km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia28-31 Footfalls Wicklow Walking Festival,

Glendalough, co Wicklow, Ireland29-30 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju, Ko-

rea30 Port of Portlands 3-Bay Marathon, Portland,

Vic, Australia30 Lausanne Marathon, Lausanne, Switzer-

land30 BMW Frankfurt Marathon, Frankfurt, Ger-

many30 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km &

8km, Canberra, ACT, Australia31 Adidas Dublin Marathon, Dublin, Ireland

NOVEMBER 2011 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km

Higashimatsu-yama, Japan 6 ING New York City Marathon, New York,

USA 6 Maryville Half Marathon, Maryville, Vic,

Australia11-13 Upperchurch Walking Festival Weekend,

Thurles, co Tipperary, Ireland12 The Steve Moneghetti Invitation Half Mara-

thon, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia12 Cairns Road Runners Trail Run, 74km,

21.1km, 10km & 5km, Cairns to Port Doug-las, Qld, Australia

12 Marathon Cool Down, Phoenix, co Offaly,Ireland

12 Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival, PortDouglas, Qld, Australia

12 Air Pacific International HalfMarathon,10km & 5km, Denarau Island, Fiji

13 Athens Classic Marathon, Athens Greece13 Turin Marathon, Turin, Italy12-13 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Taipei, Tai-

wan20 Big Sur Marathon on Monterey Bay,

Montery, CA, USA20 Yokohama Women’s Marathon, Yokohama,

Japan20 Standard Charters Bankok Marathon,

Bankok, Thailand26 Kinnity Castle Half Marathon, Kinnity, co

Offaly, Ireland27 Brooks Spring into Shape Series, 4km &

8km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia27 Central Coast Half Marathon, Australia27 Lake Kawaguchi Marathon, Lake

Kawaguchi, Japan27 Great Ethiopian Airlines Run 10km, Ethio-

pia30 Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100km, Antarctic

DECEMBER 2011 3 Jingle Bells Run, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ire-

land4 Las Vegas Marathon, Las Vegas, Nevada,

USA10 Killarney Santa Run, Killarney, co Kerry, Ire-

land

10 Waterford Half Marathon, Waterford City,Ireland

10 Clonakilty Waterfront Marathon, Clonakilty,West Cork, Ireland

11 Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, Hawaii24 Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Charlotte Pass

Village, NSW, Australia26 Fields of Athenry 10km Run, Athenry, Gal-

way, Ireland26-27 Walk Killarney, Killarney, co Kerry, Ire-

land

JANUARY 2012 7 Xiamen International Marathon, Xiamen,

China 9 Cadbury Half Marathon, Claremont, Tas,

Australia14 Houston Marathon, Houston, USA15 Standard Charters Mumbai Marathon,

Mumbai, India29 Osaka Women’s Marathon, Osaka, Japan29 Miami Marathon, Miami, FL, USA

FEBRUARY 201219 Austin Marathon, Austin, TX, USA26 Tokyo Marathon, Tokyo, Japan27 Sahara Marathon, Sahara, Algeria

MARCH 2012 4 Sao Paulo International Half Marathon, Sao

Paula, Brazil 5 The Antarctica Marathon & Half Marathon,

Antarctica16 Jerusalem Marathon, Half Marathon &

10km, Jerusalem, Israel18 Twilight Half Marathon, St Lucia, Qld, Aus-

tralia18 Eaglehawk Half Marathon, Eaglehawk, Viv,

Australia23-24 IML Two Day Walk, Gilboa, Israel25 Lisbon Half Marathon, Lisbon, Spain31-1 April IML Two Day Walk, Canberra, ACT,

Australia

APRIL 2012 1 Hill to Harbour Half Marathon, Newcastle,

NSW, Australia15 Geelong Half Marathon, Geelong, Vic, Aus-

tralia15 Oxfam Southern Charity Challenge Half

Marathon, Goolwa, SA, Australia18-19 IML Vancouver Two Day Walk, Vancou-

ver, USA

MAY 2012 5-6 IWL Two Day Walk, 6km, 12km, 24km &

42km, Blankenberge, Belgium 6 Hilly Half Marathon, Hamilton Island, Qld,

Australia11-13 IML Two Day Walk, Yatsushire, China12-13 IWL Waendel Weekend, 15km, 25km

& 42km, Wellingborough, England13 Noosa Half Marathon, Noosa, Qld, Aus-

tralia17-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Chantonnay,

France19 Mount Beauty Half Marathon, Mount

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

River, Vic, Australia20 Bunbury Half Marathon, Bunbury, WA,

Australia19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switzer-

land21-22 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China26 Warwick Pentath Half Marathon, Warwick,

Qld, Australia27 Sri Chinmoy Williamstown Half Marathon,

Newport, Vic, Australia

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

Diekirch, Luxembourg 3 Asics Elleker Half Marathon, Elleker, WA,

Australia 3 Queensland Half Marathon, Mackay, Qld,

Australia10 Rocky Hill Marathon, Rockhampton, Qld,

Australia23-24 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 40km

& 45km, Viborg, Denmark


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Nordic Walking Events by date

18-Aug Gisborne Centennial Marine Dr, Taster, Matthias 022-432038619-Aug Gisborne Centennial Marine Dr, Taster, Matthias 022-432038620-Aug Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa 027-247208220-Aug Warkworth, Lucy Moore Park, NEW Course, Lisa 021-61123920-Aug Taupo Taupo Event Center, Taster, Judy 03-218658320-Aug Tauranga Memorial Park, Taster, Barbara Faust 021-299884020-Aug CHC-North New Brighton Broad Pk, Tast, Penny 021-2567 08221-Aug Tauranga Memorial Park, Taster, Barbara Faust 021-299884022-Aug Invercargill Queens Park, Feldwick Gates, Taster, 03-218658325-Aug Invercargill Queens Park, Taster, Judy 03-2186583AUGUST 20113 AKL-Riverhead Rugby club grounds, taster, Marilyn 09-41226543 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-63441973 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-24718856 Napier Cityfitness Gym, Ahuriri, Course, Cityfitness 06-835 12117 AKL-Riverhead Rugby club grounds, Taster, Marilyn 021-7525567 Tutukaka Coast Ngunguru Sports Cplex, Course, Robyn 09-434406010 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Starter, Ewa 027-247208210 Blenheim, Taster, Sally 03-572737710 CHC-Ilam Jelly Park, Starter Plus, Penny 021-2567 08210 Hamilton Lake Domain, New Course, Margaret 027-247188511 Greenlane Cornwall Park, New Course, Ewa 027-247208211 Blenheim, Starter, Sally 03-572737711 Blenheim, Taster, Sally 03-572737715 AKL-Ranui domain Robertson Rd, Taster, M Palmer 021-75255617 AKL-Greenlane Cornwall Park, Taster, Ewa Bancer 09-634419718 Hamilton Lake Domain, Taster, Margaret Thomson 027-247188521 Whangarei, i-Site Centre, New Course, Barbara 09-432038622 Invercargill Queens Park, Feldwick Gates, Taste, Judy 03-218658325 Hamilton Lake Domain, Starter, Margaret Thomson 027-247188525 Balclutha Naish Park, Taster, Marion Gardner 03-41806458-Oct Kerikeri, Outdoors at Domain, New Course, Barbara 09-43203868-Oct Whangarei, i-Site Centre, New Course, Barbara 09-432038611-Oct Orewa, i-Site Centre, New Course, Matthias 022-432038611-Oct Waipu, Museum Carpark, New Course, Barbara 09-432038612-Oct Whangarei, i-Site Centre, New Course, Barbara 09-4320386www.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz for further information and updatesNordic Walking Groups and Fitness Walks by dayMon AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562Mon Napier Park Island, Tamatea, Marya Hopman 06-357058Mon Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475Tue Ruakaka, Surf Club, Anja 09-4328616Tue AKL-Kohimarama, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562Tue Havelock North River Rd Walkway, River Rd, 06-8782475Wed Tutukaka Coast, Robyn Skerten Robyn 09-4344060Wed Whangarei, Kensington Park, Barbara Faust 09-4320386Thu Napier Park Island, Tamatea, Marya Hopman 06-357058Fri Hastings Pakowhai Reserve, Pakowhai Rd, 06-8782475Sat Kerikeri Domain, Matthias Heffner 022-4320386Sat Warkworth Lucy Moore Park, Lisa Outwin 021-611239Sat AKL-Takapuna, Mary-Anne 021-121 5562www.nordicwalkingnz.co.nz for further information and updates

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28-1 July IWL Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ire-land

JULY 201217-20 IWL Four Day Walk, Nijmegan, Nether-

lands

AUGUST 201210-12 IWL Three Day Walks, 10km 21km &

42km, Vaasa, Finland25-26 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, 25km & 35km,

Verdal, Norway

SEPTEMBER 2012 8-9 IWL Two Day Walk, 24km & 17km,

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

42km, Seefeld, Austria22-23 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km 30km, 42km,

& 50km, Brno, Czech Republic

OCTOBER 2012 6-7 IWL Two Day Walk, 25km & 42km, Fulda,

Germany20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain20-21 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA27-28 IWL Two Day Walk, 20km, Won-Ju, Ko-

rea

NOVEMBER 2012 4-6 IWL Three Day Walk, 20km, 30km, 50km

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

wan14 The Solar Eclipse Marathon,

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.


Event

Bird lovers and walkers will be in their

element during September and Octo

ber when the Eastern Bay’s popular

BirdsaPlenty Festival kicks off its action-

packed 10 year anniversary programme (24th

Sept – 16th Oct 2011).

BirdsaPlenty offers a unique opportunity

to experience the diverse range of bird-life in

the Eastern Bay region and visit the best bird

watching locations, often in areas that require

an interesting walk to get too!

Most of the activities take place in natural

habitats of the birds and are ideal for walking

enthusiasts include trips into Te Urewera Na-

tional Park, Waiotane Reserve, Manawahe

Wetlands and Motuhora (Whale) Island.

There’s a feast of events on offer within

the festival’s three-week long programme, the

highlight being a presentation by keynote

speaker Ruud Kleinplaste, TV ONE’s “The

Bug-Man”, about “Our bio-diversity in

Whakatane – privilege and responsibility” on

Friday 30th September.

Organiser Jacqui Hughes said that idea for

the Festival began, at the “Godwit Welcome”

at Ohiwa Spit (Sunday, 16th October), more

than 10 years ago. “A small number of peo-

ple would gather each year to welcome the

Godwit or Kuaka (Limosa lapponica), as they

return from the Northern Hemisphere for our

summer,” she said.

“Many of us where involved in other con-

servation projects, so we decided to create a

festival to get more members of the public

involved and share some of the activities we

had underway. It’s been a very rewarding

project for us all.”

Ornithologists believe that the adult bar-

tailed Godwit (Kuaka) migrate the 11,000 kilo-

metres to New Zealand from their breeding

grounds in Alaska, while others fly in from

Siberia. The journey is understood to be the

longest non-stop bird migration in the world.

Between 85,000 – 100,000 migrate to

New Zealand annually and disperse through-

out New Zealand.

Ohiwa Harbour is one of the destinations

for the godwits who stay around the harbour

and feed over summer. They arrive in Sep-

tember and stay until March/April.

Also a nesting place for the New Zealand

Dotterel or Tuturiwhatu (Charadruis obscurus),

the Bay of Plenty is as far south as the north-

ern sub-species of the New Zealand Dotterel

(Tuturiwhatu) is found, with the exception of

a few birds on the east coast in the Gisborne

area, according to the Department of Con-

servation.

The birds nest on the dunes at several es-

tuaries in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, including

Ohiwa Harbour. On Saturday 1st October, the

Department of Conservation is hosting a “talk

and walk” to see the Dotterels at the harbour.

Nukuhou Salt MarshAnother highlight for bird enthusiasts (Sun-

day, 2nd October) is the opening of a short

new walkway, the “Cheddar Valley Inanga

Loop Track” to the whitebait spawning pools

at the Nukuhou Salt Marsh.

Nestled in “Cheddar Valley” between

Wainui Road and Ohiwa Harbour, Nukuhou

Salt Marsh is home to a range of rare and en-

dangered salt marsh birds, including the Fern

Bird, Bittern and Spotless Crake.

The Nukuhou Stream Saltmarsh is the larg-

est area of saltmarsh remaining in Ohiwa Har-

bour. It is situated between Burke Rd and the

old Cheddar Valley Dairy Factory bordering

Wainui Road and covers about 60 hectares.

The Nukuhou Care group became a regis-

tered Care Group with Environment Bay of

Plenty, in April 2003, and developed a 5 year

plan which included; the monthly monitoring

of target bird species: Bittern, Banded Rail,

Marsh Crake, Spotless Crake, and Fern bird;

tracking of predators and the removal of iden-

tified weed species and revegetation with suit-

able natives.

Over the years, the group has made sig-

nificant progress with planting, predator con-

trol and the establishment of an Interpreta-

tion Point over-looking the marshland. Set-

ting-up this point has involved planting hun-

dreds of native trees, and the construction of

a paved area featuring tiles of the rare birds

prints, and large rocks on which appear life

sized tiles of the those same birds.

Waiotane Reserve, WainuiAnother event designed for experienced

walkers is a trip into Waiotane Reserve, which

generally has limited public access. The walk

covers about 8km (5 hours) through well-es-

tablished native bush into territory where the

Whakatane Kiwi Trust releases Kiwi. Help

check the traps and hear about the work of

the Trust on Saturday 6th October.

Manawahe Kokaho TrustThe Manawahe Kokaho Trust protect

kokaho on private land (over 250ha) in

Manawahe through intensive pest control and

monitoring. In 10 years the group has in-

creased the population from nine to over 50.

During BirdsaPlenty (Saturday 15th Octo-

ber) the Trust is hosting a guided walk, and

bird viewing followed by a BBQ breakfast.

Dawn Chorus at Northern TeUrewera

Ideal for experienced walkers, a trip into

Northern Te Urewera to Otamatuna (Main-

land Island) with the Department of Conser-

vation will surprise and delight.

A full range of forest birds including Bell

Birds, Kokaho, Robins, Tuis, Tom-tits will

entertain you in both a morning and evening

chorus.

This trip (Sat/Sun 15th – 16th October) in-

cludes an overnight in a Department of Con-

servation hut and short bush walks that ex-

plore the Northern Te Urewera. Limited to

10 people with reasonable fitness, all ages wel-

come.

For a full programme of more than 25

events and more information about the

BirdsaPlenty Festival, please contact Jacqui

Hughes [email protected], or 07 308

7064 or visit www.whakatane.com.

Birds a plenty at the Bay

Below: A photographer waits to catch themoment.


Dome Forest and Totara Peak Scenic

Reserve offers a choice of short

walks, or for more experienced

trampers, a more challenging longer walk, both

through regenerating native forest. The longer

track is part of Te Araroa —The Long Path-

way.

The walks start or finish beside the Dome

tearooms, 7 km north of Warkworth on SH1,

74 km north of Auckland.

Dome carpark to lookoutLength: 1 km to lookout, 40 minutes

Starting from the Dome tearooms carpark,

steps lead up along a narrow road reserve to

the Dome Forest conser-

vation area (401 ha).The

track passes through

mixed podocarp and

broadleaf forest and fol-

lows a ridge to a lookout

platform, with views

across the Mahurangi

Peninsula to the Hauraki

Gulf.

Note: The Dome Walkway crosses land

sacred to local iwi, please keep to the track.

Dome carpark to WaiwhuiKauri grove

Length: 3 km to Waiwtiiu Kaun grove, via

Dome summer. 1.5 hours

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Dome Forest and Totara PeakScenic Reserve walks

See description to the lookout above. From

the lookout the track changes to a tramping

track and it’s a steep scramble to the Dome

summit, where you can see Taranga Island (a

nature reserve and the ‘hen’ of the Hen and

Chickens Islands) in the distance. The track

then descends gently beyond the Dome trig

to the Waiwhiu kaun grove, where 20 mature

Kauri of up to 4 m girth, which have defied

past logging, hint at the forest’s original mag-

nificence.

Dome carpark to GovanWilson Road, MatakanaLength: 14 km to Govan Wilson Road, 7

hours

See previous description to Waiwhiu Kauri

grove. The track continues along the ridgeline

through attractive forest with glimpses of the

surrounding countryside and coast then de-

scends through pines to a 4WD clay road. Turn

left down the road to meet Waiwhiu Valley

Road (a private forest road). Here you turn

right and take the road for 400 m to a track

leading down to the Waiwhiu Stream cross-

ing. Once over the stream, follow the bush

track along the river to the right for 1.4 km

before climbing steeply up into the Totara Peak

Scenic Reserve.

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NORTH ISLANDNORTHLANDKAITAIAFAR NORTH TRAVEL CLUB: Maurice Lowell, 09-408-0732 after3pm.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), Kensington Re-ception, 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, Jan Thompson 09-634-4624,Val Todd 09-579-8250AUCKLAND 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 09-576-1069PRAM WALKING GROUP: Second Wednesday of month, SportAuckland, Alissa Tosswill 09-623-7925AUCKLAND CENTRALAUCKLAND YMCA MARATHON CLUB, (Walkers Section), Sunday(AM), Dave Lampitt 09-410-5287AUCKLAND 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: RayVickers 09-576-6906AUCKLAND 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: Jan Thompson 09-634-4624WALKING CLUB: Graeme Easte, 09-376-5901LES MILLS GYM: Seven days, (AM) (PM), (BIA), Powerwalking,Dave Buchan, 09-379-9590STEP OUT WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), 09-379-2095 x 9704WEST AUCKLAND

BLUE TOP WALKERS: Henderson, Tuesday, Thursday (AM), TerryWilson 09-814-9523 or 021-266-1071FIA 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 09-817-6230GREEN BAY MUMS BUSH WALKERS: Every second Monday, Anne09-827-7810 or 09-817-5867GREEN BAY COMMUNITY HOUSE WALKERS: Tuesday (AM), Thurs-day (AM), Elaine 09-827-3300HENDERSON SENIORS WALKING GROUP: Henderson, Friday (AM),Alene Couchman 09-818-2580KELSTON MORNING WALKERS: Kelston C.C. Tues (AM), Joy Mar-tin 09-838-6553KELSTON TWILIGHT WALKERS: Kelston, Tuesday (PM), Joy Mar-tin 09-818-6084KUMEU 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: Wednesdayand Sunday (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, Wednes-day, Lorraine, 09-827-8663RANUI MORNING WALK GROUP: Monday to Friday (AM), Judith09-832-5692RANUI 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), Wednes-day (PM), Mary Jones 09-834-6989TE ATATU JOGGERS & WALKERS CLUB: Te Atatu Peninsula, Sun-day (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),Brian Ashmore 09-817-4562 or 027-471-3038TITIRANGI TWILIGHT STROLLERS: Tuesday, Thursday (PM),Miranda 09-817-9677TITIRANGI 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, 09-443-6819NORTH 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),Roy Urlic 09-473-8777CALLIOPE ATHLETICS WALKERS & HARRIERS: Northcote, Wednes-day (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),Shelley Sharp 09-473-9021GREENHITHE WALKING GROUP: Greenhithe, Tuesday (AM),Marjorie Andrew 09-413-9065HIGHBURY COMMUNITY HOUSE: Highbury, Thursday, Friday (AM),Judy Mayn 09-480-5279

MAIRANGI WALKING NETWORK: Mairangi Bay, Everyday (AM),Jack Rendle 09-478-9115MEADOWOOD 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 Sun-day (AM), Jan 09-483-5645NORTH SHORE TRAMPING CLUB: Barbara Lobel 09-473-6938NORTHCOTE 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 09-478-6702WOMENS 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), MalcolmKeane 09-420-8739HIBISCUS 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, Sun-day (AM), 09-238-9820WAIUKU WALKING GROUP: Information Centre, Monday, Wednes-day, 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, Wednes-day (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 07-856-8980

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CLAUDELAND 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),Sharon 07-854-9214TOD SQUAD: Friday (AM), Julie 07-829-4579Y’s WALKERS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (AM)MONDAY BUSHTRAMPERS: Monday, Marian 07-828-9029BREAKAWAYS BUSH WALKING & TRAMPING CLUB: DianaAmmann 07-823-6147WAIKATO TRAMPING CLUB: www.wtc.org.nz or Stu Kneebone 07-827-3097CAMBRIDGECAMBRIDGE WALKING GROUP: Monday, Wednesday (AM), SharonWoodings, 07-827-6033LEAMINGTON 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: F Smeed 07-883-1222MORRINSVILLEMORRINSVILLE 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

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COROMANDEL 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 CLUB: J Hedley, 07-315-7807ROTORUACROSS COUNTRY WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM), (A), 07347-8945LAKE 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),Audrey 07-348-1471ST BARNABAS WALKING GROUP: Friday (AM), (BIA), Joy Gordon07-357-5744THE THURSDAY STROLLERS: Thursday (AM), (B), MyrtleRaxworthy 07-346-3772WALKING 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),Gaye Westwood 07-574-1075ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION: MONDAY (AM) 07-576-2469NORDIC WALKING AT THE MOUNT: Monday, Wednesday, Satur-day, Steffi 07-574-7527NORDIC WALKING IN TAURANGA: Monday, Wednesday, Mary 07-577-0711MT MAUNGANUI RSA WALKING CLUB: Tuesday, Thursday, Sun-days (AM), (BIA), Kieran Jensen 07-572-062650 FORWARD WALKING GROUPS: Sport Bay of Plenty 07-578-0016TAURANGA MID-WEEK TRAMPING GROUP: Derek 07-572-2512TAURANGA 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 07-863-4633or Barry 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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GISBORNEGISBORNE RUNNERS & WALKERS: Margaret Badger 06-868-4785

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), Jane06-877-0017HAVELOCK NORTH WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), (BI), Jeanette06-877-2114HAVELOCK 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 Clark06-878-2785, 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 orNola 06-843-7912TARADALE/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 06-753-3254WESTOWN DIABETES WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), PeterBrookes 06-753-4646TIME 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, Wednes-day, 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, 06-758-1569WAITARAWAITARA WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (AM), (I), Cleo 06-754-7311INGLEWOODINGLEWOOD 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

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RONA & GLAD’S WALK GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Rona Wright 06-344-5434WANGANUI HARRIER CLUB: Wednesdays, Saturday (PM), Secre-tary, P O Box 702, Wanganui, Perry Newburn 06-343-6484SPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: Tuesday, Thursday, (AM),Robyn Rose 06-348-1440WANGANUI MILLENNIUM WALKERS CLUB: Sunday (AM), DarolPointon 06-345-3137WAVERLEYSPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: (AM), (BIA), Betty Morrison06-346-5613OHAKUNESPORT & RECREATION CLUB GOLD: Mondays (AM), Kerry Young06-385-4055MARTONSPORT & RECEATION CLUB GOLD: Wednesday (AM), Deane James06-327-7607

MANAWATUPALMERSTON NORTHHOKOWHITU KIWI WALKERS: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (I), JackCook 06-357-7458 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), AlisterMartin 06-353-7175PALMERSTON NORTH JOGGERS & WALKERS: Esplanade,Tuesday,Thursday, Saturday (AM), (BI), Robyn McKey 06-354-9952.CLUB PED: Monday, Wednesday, (PM), (IA), Ongley Park; Satur-day, (AM), Esplanade, (IA), David Young 06-356-7179HEARTY 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), LizMacNeill 06-357-8216FEILDINGSENIOR 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, Sun-day, (BIA), Colleen Francis 06-368-8624

WAIRARAPAMASTERTONWALKING GROUP RECREATIONAL: Edna Patrick, 06-377-4338ATHLETICS VETERAN WAIRARAPA: John Ihaka, 06-308-9656ORIENTEERING 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, Is-land Bay, 04-383-7464WALKING FOR LIFE: Lynne Waring, MiramarKARORI WALKING GROUP: Mavis Shaw, KelburnKARORI ARTS & CRAFT WALKING GROUP: 04-934-8630KANDALLAH CORNERSTONE WALKERS: Monday (AM) 04-479-5420

MIRAMAR 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) Wednes-day (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 second Wednes-day (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: Trevor Knowles, 04-565-0294WALK 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 04-528-4445PORIRUAFRIDAY 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 TRAMPING CLUB: Sandy Wilton/Colin Hamlin, 04-527-0107KAPITIKAPITI 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 JOGGERS & WALKERS: Sunday (AM), Pam Childs 04-902-1754MONDAY 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 03-573-7991SPORT MARLBOROUGH WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM), SportMarlborough 03-577-8855

NELSONMOTUEKAMOTUEKA WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, Thursday (AM), (BIA),Evelyn Gilbertson, 03-528-8894MOTUEKA FIFTY PLUS WALKERS: Thursday (AM), Freda Gerslov03-528-6510NELSONNELSON STRIDERS: Tuesday, Thursday, (PM), (BI), Averil West,03-548-3655NELSON KIWISENIORS: Tuesday (AM), Kay O’Dinot, 03-546-7910WAKEFIELD WALKING GROUP: Thursday (AM), Lou Manson, 03-541-8414TAHUNA KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), Kay O’Dinot, 03-546-7910NELSON 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, 03-547-8490

WEDNESDAY WALKERS: Wednesday (AM), Visitor InformationCentreTAKAKAGOLDEN BAY ALPINE AND TRAMPING CLUB: Day walk and over-night trips, Paul Kilgour, 03-525-7383

CANTERBURYCHRISTCHURCHACTIVE CHRISTCHURCH SUNDAY WALK: Sunday (AM) (BI), 03-941-8999AVON LOOP/CITY KIWISENIORS: Monday (AM), (B), Sport Canter-bury 03-373-5060AVONSIDE 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, PaulMuir 03-359-7971BISHOPDALE TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (AM),(IA), Margaret03-351-6681BURNSIDE 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, Wednes-day, (BIA), coordinates all Canterbury race walkers and friendlyrace walking, Ann Henderson 03-387-0387CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB: Wednesday (PM),Darryn Welham 03-960-3808CARDIAC 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),Norm Wells 03-981-5487CCC HALSWELL: Saturday (AM) (PM), (IA), Pauline 03-322-8057:Sunday, Terrence 03-322-8092CCC SUNSHINE WALKERS: Tuesday (PM (IA), Jim 03-389-1982or Hope 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), Neil Mes-senger 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,Dorothy Jones 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 instruc-tor leads groups, Russell Graham, 03-388-3196GLOW WORM EVENING WALKERS: Wednesday, Saturday, Sun-day, Pauline 03-322-8057HAGLEY PARK NORDIC WALKERS: Monday, Tuesday, Wednes-day, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Kerstin Fahrenschone 03-388-0000HALSWELL WALK ‘n’ TALK: Monday (AM), 03-941-8999HAPPY RAMBLERS WALKING GROUP: Tuesday, (IA), 50+agegroup, Vera 03-337-4094HAPPY WANDERERS WALKING GROUP: Wednesday, (BI), mainly1-2 hour flat walks, John van Herpt, 03-980-5664

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HEI 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, Fri-day, 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 Good-win 03-328-7235MAIREHAU 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: Tues-day (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, Thurs-day, 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), CoralGilbertson 03-312-3155OPAWA KIWISENIORS: Monday, Tuesday (AM), (BI), Carol 03-332-5638PAPANUI 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), (bothwalkers and 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 03-332-0555

ST 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 Canter-bury not 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 + agegroup, 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), Sport Canter-bury 03-373-5060SOUTHBRIDGE KIWISENIORS: Friday (AM), (BI), Sport Canterbury03-373-5060ASHBURTONASHBURTON HARRIER CLUB: Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Merv &Jackie Gilbert 03-308-5894KIWISENIORS WALKING GROUPS: for the over 50’s, Wednesday(AM), (BI), two groups, Janice Cochrane, Sport Mid-Canterbury,03-307-0475

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

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CLYDECLYDE 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 Davidson03-471-0114PINEHILL 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 WALKING GROUP: Monday (AM), Ngaire Turnball,03-448-8726QUEENSTOWNWAKATIPU WALKERS: Thursday, Patricia Cook 03-442-1525WANAKAWANAKA WALKING Group: Tuesday (Nov- Apl) (PM), Sunday(AM), (BI), Graham Barnett 03-443-1780

SOUTHLANDINVERCARGILL60’S UP WALK GROUP: Monday (AM), Len Johnston, 03-231-3372,Don Todd, 03-217-5931INVERCARGILL KIWI SENIORS’ WALK GROUP: Thursday (AM),Sport Southland, 03-211-2150YMCA WOMEN’S WALKING GROUP: Tuesday (AM), Joan Suther-land, 03-218-8738GOREEASTERN SOUTHLAND KIWI SENIORS’ WALKING GROUP: Everythird Tuesday of month (AM), (BIA), Richard Pasco, Sport Southland03-208-3846HOKONUI TRAMPING CLUB: Margaret Hughes 03-208-7053NORTHERN SOUTHLANDNORTHERN SOUTHLAND KIWI SENIORS’ WALK GROUP: Everysecond and fourth Thursday of the month, (AM), Sport Southland,03-211-2150TE ANAUTE ANAU KIWI SENIORS WALK GROUP: Wednesday (AM), SportSouthland, 03-211-2150

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NORTHLAND

GISBORNE

Step into North Island s Heart

Waikaremoana Whirinaki Tongariro

Guided Walking Holidays

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Perfectly situated to enjoygreat walks on the WaikatoRiver Trails, MaungatautariEcological Island and TeWaihou Walkway.

Lakeside Farm Cottage

Fully self-contained 3 bedroom farmstay cottage.

Contact Liz and Dick Johnson.Phone: 07-883-5890

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EASTLANDS

EASTLAND

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.

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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

WALKING IN THAMESKauaeranga Valley or Goldtrail walks

S.C. Accomodation or B&B; ex. rates [email protected] Ph. 07 868 7213

WAIHEKE ISLAND

HEKERUA LODGE, Waiheke Island, situated inquiet bush near Oneroa. Relax in spa bath andjump in the pool. Various types of accommoda-tion from 8 bed dorm to own chalet, with unsuite.Phone 09-3728990.

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

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WAIRARAPA

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”

TARANAKI

WELLINGTON

For bookings and enquiries:P: 021 126 7525 or 06 362 6606E: [email protected]: www.kapitiislandnaturetours.co.nz

* Nature & history guided walks* Bushwalking & swimming* Overnight stay at Kapiti Nature Lodge* Unsurpassed NZ native birdlife* Reliable wild Kiwi spotting* Genuine Maori hospitality

Experience the best of natural New Zealand

Walk through one of New Zealand’s most preciousnature reserves - Kapiti Island.

Mobile 027-603-0321 Phone: 06-307-7857 Email: [email protected]

Kawakawa StationCoastal Walk

Ph: 06 307 8989 E: [email protected]

“The Tararua Walk is a mini version of theGreat Walks of New Zealand.

It has wonderful bush,great views and two backcountry huts with anadded touch of style. Abush café en route and ahot spa at the end of daytwo adds greatly to theex

Shona InderPhone: 06-377-4802 - Fax: 06-370-9441

Email: shona @tararua walk.co.nzWebsite: www.tararuawalk.co.nz

Wally Hirsh, author of“Hidden Trails

WAIRARAPA

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

Phone: 06 374 3513 for bookings (evenings)

Website:www.akitio-glenorawalk.co.nz


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

Spectacular northern Wairarapa

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Unguided 2 or 4 day walks

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CANTERBURY

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

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John Croxford, Dodson Road, RD1,

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