Hakatere Conservation Park, Canterbury Running alongside and south of the upper Rakaia River in central Canterbury, the Palmer Range forms part of Hakatere Conservation Park and a barrier range between the Rakaia watershed and the Lake Heron Basin. Its moderately high, bare ranges are seldom-visited but offer excellent high climbs for trampers and hunters at […]
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