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Tongariro National Park
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National Park. 790.00km2.
Updated
21 November 201221 November 2012.
New Zealand's first national park andand one of the first to be created anywhere in the world. The volcanic heart of the North Island was given to the Crown by Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino IV in 1887 and gazetted as ...
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Kaimanawa Forest Park
Place.
Conservation Park. 763.48km2.
Updated
23 March 201023 March 2010.
Mountain wilderness east of Tongariro National Park. Highest point: 1727m (Makorako).
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Hiking the Tongariro Northern Circuit
The Tongariro Northern Circuit circles around Ngauruhoe's cone with chances to climb either Ngauruhoe or Tongariro. The entire circuit takes 3-4 days, however the first day follows the famous Tongariro Crossing - the "best one day hike in New Zealand" ...
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Kaimanawa Forest Park - East Taupo Lands Trust Boundary
I like to have this track loaded into my GPS whenever I am in the Kaimanawas because the boundary is not easily defined on the ground. The boundary is made up of lines drawn between the peaks on the map.
The ...
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Routes from Oturere Bridge to Oturere Hut
Some years ago the prospect of a fast shortcut from Oturere Bridge to Oturere Hut has facinated me. I have done the trip 3 times now and I can't really recommend it as being any quicker than the track via ...
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