The campfire

• man who was missing in hunuas several days recentl

  Started by waynowski • 16 replies — latest 1 August 20121 August 2012 by bigpaul
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  Its a pity that papers are sold by sensationalism as the moment public attention shifts (and that lasts about 12 hours these days)journalists move on without finnishing the story. Lets ...

• Advertising

  Started by madpom • 8 replies — latest 30 July 201230 July 2012 by matthew
  Hi, let me come rather late to the conversation. There is a limited amount of advertising here to help offset costs related to the site. There may be more in future, ...

• Watch Straps

  Started by jreyn1944 • 12 replies — latest 28 July 201228 July 2012 by geeves
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  I will apologise for what I have said. This was an old thread and I forgot what the original intent was.

• Former hunting association head admits shooting

  Started by waynowski 27 July 201227 July 2012 • No replies
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10822604 A former Wellington branch president of the New Zealand Deerstalkers' Association has pleaded guilty to shooting dead a hunter in the Wairarapa.

• Hikes in Egmont National Park?

  Started by Liam Todd 26 July 201226 July 2012 • No replies
  Im thinking about taking a hike from the stratford plateau to somewhere. Any one know any cool walks? One that is sort of hard but not like a overnight tramp.

• Changes in the Eastern Tararuas

  Started by stunted • 15 replies — latest 25 July 201225 July 2012 by OldGoat
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  Woudnt have believed it unless i had seen it with my own "mince pies".......a sign at the Holdsworth road end advising park users not to follow the pink markers! The Mt ...

• Help for tents/packs

  Started by johnsilo • 9 replies — latest 5 July 20125 July 2012 by Gaiters
  I have a macpac macrolight . I would recommend it . It is light, 2.2kg with all the bells and whistles . It has stood up to strong wind, and ...

• Good tracks in Northland

  Started by RRTramper • 4 replies — latest 4 July 20124 July 2012 by RRTramper
  Hi folks Thanks for the comments on this. DOC is looking to see where there may be opportunity to provide new options - particularly for enhancing tracks and sites that may ...

• Olivine Falls on Pyke-Big Bay is top NZ waterfall?

  Started by belle2011 • 3 replies — latest 2 July 20122 July 2012 by madpom
  I was just recalling my own visit to Olivine hut pmcke, and coming up with the same excuse for not having visited the falls ...

• Trampling Impact on Alpine Vegetation

  Started by izogi 25 June 201225 June 2012 • No replies
  Maybe others have seen this. It looks to be 5 years old but someone at the University of Canterbury has completed a Masters' thesis considering the impact of trampling on ...

• My New Zealand tramping photos and panoramas

  Started by azntwboy • 1 reply 20 June 201220 June 2012 by nzbazza
  Fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing.

• Songs about tramping in the Tararuas

  Started by John Saunders 19 June 201219 June 2012 • No replies
  Obviously there's a million CD's worth of bushwacker's yarns, however my contribution can be found at... http://soundcloud.com/john-saunders/southern-crossing

• How many huts were in the kaimais?

  Started by BOP Tramper • 3 replies — latest 19 June 201219 June 2012 by chocs
  The second link is to Waitengaue Hut. The Waikato Tramping Club has the following link. Several of our members have some great stories from days spent at this hut. http://wtc.org.nz/content.asp?id=about

• 2 U.S. tourists stranded for 9 days...Which Track?

  Started by Flossie • 8 replies — latest 13 June 201213 June 2012 by Flossie
  Thanks alot for the input, folks! I'm from the U.S. and did some amateur tramping on the South Island last November. I tried to make it to Welcome Flat in ...

• Need-for-awareness-of-new-outdoors-alerts

  Started by waynowski • 44 replies — latest 12 June 201212 June 2012 by Honora
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  Frank and I once came across a couple of young fellas who'd wisely refrained from crossing the Otehake, camped overnight and called up a helicopter. We noticed them standing on ...

• Teacher shot at DOC campsite

  Started by matthew • 59 replies — latest 10 June 201210 June 2012 by Neironsrbq
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• Government wants to cash in on conservation

  Started by geeves • 18 replies — latest 6 June 20126 June 2012 by waynowski
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  http://doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/great-walks/check-flight-availability/ you see there is a low key link now on DOC's great wlks site to direct people to book flights to the walks through air new zealsnd

• Big DoC restructure

  Started by izogi • 12 replies — latest 5 June 20125 June 2012 by Honora
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  Yup, the Tararuas is something else. Just encountered DoC dudes doing hut maintenance in Hamilton Hut and building a bridge. Very impressed at the work ethic, still at it at ...

• Cattle Ridge Hut

  Started by Gaiters • 38 replies — latest 3 June 20123 June 2012 by izogi
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  Indeed.

• Police charging for rescue

  Started by izogi • 17 replies — latest 30 May 201230 May 2012 by izogi
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  The linked Herald article that started this thread has been annoying me for ages, with Sergeant Lindsay Turner's claim that Police have "the power to bill people" for cost recovery ...

• Climbers mourn loss of the best

  Started by waynowski • 10 replies — latest 27 May 201227 May 2012 by Honora
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  His mum was/is in our tramping club. Very proud of the connection.

• Air-NZ-deal-with-Department-of-Conservation

  Started by waynowski • 21 replies — latest 24 May 201224 May 2012 by waynowski
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  i posted the above on the wrong thread before, sorry about that, hope it makes more sense now..

• Routeburn track questions

  Started by gunner28 • 10 replies — latest 23 May 201223 May 2012 by Honora
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  All the best, gunner28. Hope you can confirm the location of the Rock Biv with a GPS and I'll fine tune the location on my jpg.

• Tongarairo tramp

  Started by Jono51 • 3 replies — latest 23 May 201223 May 2012 by pmcke
  BTW, The advantage of this is that you don't need to climb any higher than the altitude of Ketetahi Hut to get there so hopefully snow won't get in the ...

• Tongariro gossip

  Started by izogi • 23 replies — latest 19 May 201219 May 2012 by waynowski
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  as one of the shuttle operators said on tv, people turn up hell bent on doing the track unprepared and nothing the operators can say will disuade them from going. marketers ...