Te Urewera may reopen ‘late January’

January 2022

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It is hoped the forests of Te Urewera and Lake Waikaremoana will be open to trampers again in late January. Photo: Rachel Grosz Jones
Te Urewera may reopen in late January after the former-national park was closed by Ngāi Tūhoe iwi in August when the country entered level 4 Covid-19 restrictions. Te Urewera Board chair Tāmati Kruger said the board was “working towards reopening Te Urewera…. at the end of January to allow vulnerable local communities the opportunity to […]

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