Ruahine revels

April 2011

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April 2011

The small lake north of Ina Rock. Photo: Lisa Mead
Parks Peak Hut and Kylie Bivouac, Eastern Ruahine Forest Park It’s a warm evening as we leave the car in an anonymous grassy paddock an hour inland from Napier and shoulder our packs to begin the relentlessly steep ascent to Parks Peak Hut. Quickly passing Sentry Box Hut, built in 1960 and originally a day’s […]

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