With more bends in it than an anaconda, the Ikawhenua Range snakes through the western side of Te Urewera. The range is almost entirely forest covered, with most peaks rising no more than 900m. Dividing the Rangitaiki and Whakatane Valleys, it stretches for some 85km to end at the north-eastern edge of Whirinaki Forest Park. […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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