Crampon-free winter routes
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Matthew Pike
Reluctant partners
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Secret spots of national park rangers
National Parks, Ranger Secrets
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
High places
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
How to deal with slow coaches
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
A best kept secret
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
A latte with your bunk, sir?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Off the beaten track in Abel Tasman
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
New Zealand vs The World
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Rangitoto, an island sanctuary
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Ethnic diversity in the hills - where is it?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Angry coast
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
A northern walk as diverse as the Heaphy
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Is this New Zealand's worst tramp?
Features, Off the Beaten Track, Free Articles
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
The walk that saved the Milford Track
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
The uninhabited island
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
To the high point
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Naming rights
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Cliff hanger
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Alpine gran
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Secret hot pools
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Big mountain skier
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Student humour in the backcountry
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Jory Akuhata’s Te Araroa challenge
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Climbing hard, climbing long
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Trampers, a pain in the grass?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Sandwiched between the volcanoes
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Lonely mountains
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Castle in the sky
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
The dire state of alpine huts
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
A sting in the 'tale'
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Tent WOF
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Best Tramping Towns: #2 Nelson
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Hut passes in the north – why bother?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
How did they first draw contour lines?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Lakeside serenity
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Leading Ladies
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Wild People
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
The greatest taste
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Can a tramper climb Aoraki/Mt Cook?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
I ate tutu… and lived to tell the story
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Te Araroa Trail in sandals
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Misnamed and misplaced
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Not a trip for bunnies
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Use your annual leave in style
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Trail angels
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Young and restless
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Wanaka's must-climb
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
A warm welcome
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
West Coast Discovery
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Who will train our trampers?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
A dislocated tale
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Walk as Maori once did
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Huts of the future
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
The landlocked island
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Disputed territory
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Shifting sands of time
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Extreme hut bagger
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Soft skills harden you up
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Going the extra mile
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Death of the backcountry singalong
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Highs, lows and disbelief
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
A wild corner
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Power to the people
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Haunting tales
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Should we be scared of cows?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Steep-ed in history
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Mountain Safety Council: Evolve or die
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
William Pike: Embracing the challenge
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Whanganui River: A journey through time
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Tracks, camera, action
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
December 2015 Editor's Letter
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
He who dares, wins
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Troubled waters
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Reflecting on the lives saved
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Undercover track cutters
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Ascent of the great descents
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
No ‘normal life’
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Science vs balderdash
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Arctic explorer
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
All you need is love
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
A recovery of Himalayan proportions
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
No. 19 - Walk the best bits of Te Araroa
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
No. 12 - See the first sunrise
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
No. 7 - Go for the most spectacular
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
No. 5 - Paddle a serene stretch of coastline
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Wet wedding in the Eglinton
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Letter from the Editor: Not yet missed out
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
How much tramping equals a steak ‘n’ cheese pie?
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
None shall pass
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
All part of the service
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Editorial, March 2016
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Great Walks at tipping point
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Fighting for our access
Retiring CEO Mark Neeson has led the Walking Access Commission from its birth to a group helping to open rivers, beaches and backcountry to thousands of Kiwis. Matthew Pike catches up with him
Letter from the Editor: April 2016
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Island hopping
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
When you run out of tracks
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Meeting your heroes
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
Seven reasons why NZ reigns supreme
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…
10 things we missed during lockdown
As the alert levels drop one-by-one and our access to the mountains is restored, we dream about the things we’re most looking forward to on our first trip back…