Reading the Old Ghost Road special issue (December 2025), I allowed myself a spot of reminiscing. My then 16-year-old son Max and I decided to bike the newly opened track in November 2016 and struck an unseasonal snow dump. It made for great memories and lots of fun navigating off the ridge the next morning. […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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