Upper Makaroro Hut, Eastern Ruahine Forest Park The Makaroro is a classic eastern Ruahine river. Flowing with an easy grade and heavily gravelled, it issues forth in the northern Ruahines and is hemmed in between the main range and the subsidiary Parks Peak Ridge. It then winds its way out of the park, thin ribbons […]
About the author
Ray Salisbury
Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer living in Nelson with his wife and cat. He studied design and photography and has been contributing to Wilderness since 1997. His books include Tableland: The history behind Mt Arthur and EPIC: Adventures across Aotearoa. Ray began tramping with a camera more than 50 years ago and has visited over 500 backcountry huts.
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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