Reproduced – an article by Brenda Ann Burke Te Araroa is a walking path that will provide access to Aotearoa’s history and natural heritage from the top of the North to the bottom of the South Island. The ambition to establish, by 2010, a hiking trail from the northern to the southern tip of New [...]

I have followed the debate over recent times regarding private land owners in the Queen Charlotte Sounds looking to charge hikers who have to  tramping over tracks that cross their land. A recent article appears to indicate that the parties involved are taking a passive stance on this? At least one Tramping group, on the [...]

I thought I had. In fact I was sure I had been there. I checked the AA map and sure enough there it was – nestled on the East Cape – I had stopped in for a coke many years ago as I toured in that area on my bike. But Te Araroa – The [...]