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Sign at the carpark at the start of the Mt Hikurangi Trip

Mt Hikurangi
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1 – 2 days. Medium. Return via same track.
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Distance: less than 100m away
A classic trip up this sacred mountain, reputed to be the first place to see the sun on each new ...
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Mt Hikurangi
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Distance: less than 100m away
Could be done as a day trip but probably better to spend the night in the hut. It is quite ...
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Raukumara East-West Traverse
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5 – 12 days. Hard. One way.
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Distance: 3.9km away
An east-west traverse of either the Raukumara range, or the entire East Cape. A minimum of 5-8 days in it's ...
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A Raukumara Crossing
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Distance: 3.9km away
The first leg of a trip from East Cape to West Cape via the main divide.
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Tapuaeroa River
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Distance: 4.6km away
The Tapuaeroa River is the main access to the Oronui and Oronui Hut, and forms the most common eastern end-point ...
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Huitatariki River
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Distance: 5.8km away
The Huitatariki open up as soon as it leaves the park, with broad grassy flats and pines of the valleysides. ...
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Huitatariki River
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Distance: 5.8km away
The Huitatariki open up as soon as it leaves the park, with broad grassy flats and pines of the valleysides. ...
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Mt. Hikurangi Hut
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Standard Hut (PVT). Capacity: 8.Bookings required.
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Distance: 6.1km away
A very rustic hut situated on the slopes of Mt. Hikurangi which sleeps 6-10 people. Pretty chilly in cold weather ...
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Hikurangi Hut and View
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Distance: 6.1km away
We got some fleeting glimpses of the valley when the cloud cleared
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Oronui Gorge
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Distance: 7.1km away
The Oronui Gorge is a 6km stretch of winding, deep river valley below Oronui Hut. On the map it looks ...
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Mt Hikurangi
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Distance: 7.4km away
The First place on the Mainland to see the Sun. Sacred Mountain for east coast Iwi Ngati Porou.
5 to 7 ...
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Hikurangi Hut
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Distance: 7.4km away
6 berth hut, fire, water, wc
At 1200 metres on Mount Hikurangi in the Raukumara range, Access over the Pakihiroa station ...
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Half way up
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Distance: 7.4km away
Looking south Half way up the scree gully on Mt Hikurangi
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Mt Hikurangi Trig
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Distance: 7.4km away
Ice on the summit trig of Mt. Hikurangi, Labour weekend 2008
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Mt. Hikurangi Summit Ridge
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Distance: 7.4km away
Fresh snow dusts the summit ridge of Mt. Hikurangi, Labour weekend 2008
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Mt Hikurangi
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Distance: 7.4km away
Hanging on for dear life in wind and rain. Got a good view of the inside of the cloud though
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Huitatariki campsite
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Distance: 7.8km away
"We're stopping at the first spot of flat ground we find" - exhausted we drop down from Te Ranganuiatoi into ...
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Oronui Hut
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Distance: 8.7km away
A welcome 6-bunk hut in the Eastern Raukumara ranges. The hut is in the Oronui river valley, where the valley ...
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Oronui Hut
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Standard Hut (DOC). Capacity: 6.
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Distance: 8.7km away
Oronui Hut. A standard 6-bunk hut in the eastern Raukumara Forest Park. 6 bunks, woodburner, tank water.
The hut is up ...
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Raukumara East-West Crossing
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Distance: 8.7km away
East-West crossing of the Raukumara Ranges. Starting either at East Cape, Te Kumi Station or Mt Hikurangi roadend, and ending ...
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Huitatariki Headwaters
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Distance: 8.8km away
More scrubby, windfallen, bouldery travel in the upper Huitatariki. 'Boss, can we stop now?'.
The Huitatariki Stream has LINZ riverbed and ...
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Mangamauka Stream
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Distance: 9.6km away
The Mangamauka branches off the Oronui at Oronui hut, and forms the next leg of the Raukumara crossing track west ...
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