Media Release For Immediate Use     3rd June 2010 Commercial Operators Accept New Track Access Fee   Recent announcements regarding a $12 fee to walk the Queen Charlotte Track only apply to multi-day and single day users that cross private land on the track.   Twenty one percent of the track crosses private property [...]

Walkers and mountainbikers on the Queen Charlotte Track will be charged $12 from July 1. Landowners along the 71km track announced in March they would start charging people on the track for using their land. They talked about fees between $10 and $15, depending on the number of days people were planning to be on [...]

Stopped in the DOC office and had a cup of tea with the workers there. Good that I did as it turned out both the map and description were wrong for the toi toi track. Managed to do doc’s signposted 12 hours in only 6, including the climb up from base.  My first night in a [...]

Here is a list of 3 outstanding single day trips for hikers. Thanks to http://elektronikutbildning.net/highpoint-track.php Cape Brett track This 16.3km route is within the Scenic Reserve Cape Brett in Bay of Islands on the east coast of North Island. Takes about 8 hours to complete the trail takes you on Maori land and through beautiful [...]

This morning I was put onto an inner city trail by a friend of mine. I have lived and worked on the North Shore of Auckland for many years and have often travelled within metres of this Reserve without knowing it even existed. Kauri Glen Reserve flanks Onewa Road – a bush walk I reckon [...]

Can anyone tell me what the protocol is for time on walks? When does 1hr 20min mean just that? Was on a walk just out of Matakana today – and the time stamped on the sign did not match the 50min it took to complete the walk. I appreciate we all walk at different speeds [...]