The main route to Ōtaki Forks remains too unstable to reopen. Ōtaki Gorge Road at Blue Bluff, 13km inland from SH1, closed in September 2020 due to slips. DOC built an emergency walking track over private land, which bypasses the slips but takes up to three hours to traverse. Kāpiti Coast District Council built a […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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