Crampon-free winter routes
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Matthew Pike
Reluctant partners
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Secret spots of national park rangers
National Parks, Ranger Secrets
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
High places
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
How to deal with slow coaches
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
A best kept secret
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
A latte with your bunk, sir?
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Off the beaten track in Abel Tasman
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
New Zealand vs The World
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Rangitoto, an island sanctuary
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Ethnic diversity in the hills - where is it?
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Angry coast
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
A northern walk as diverse as the Heaphy
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Is this New Zealand's worst tramp?
30th anniversary, Features, Off the Beaten Track, Free Articles
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
The walk that saved the Milford Track
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The uninhabited island
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To the high point
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Naming rights
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Cliff hanger
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Alpine gran
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Secret hot pools
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Big mountain skier
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Student humour in the backcountry
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Jory Akuhata’s Te Araroa challenge
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Climbing hard, climbing long
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Trampers, a pain in the grass?
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Sandwiched between the volcanoes
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Lonely mountains
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Castle in the sky
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
The dire state of alpine huts
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A sting in the 'tale'
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Tent WOF
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Best Tramping Towns: #2 Nelson
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Hut passes in the north – why bother?
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How did they first draw contour lines?
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Lakeside serenity
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Leading Ladies
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Wild People
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
The greatest taste
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Can a tramper climb Aoraki/Mt Cook?
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
I ate tutu… and lived to tell the story
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Te Araroa Trail in sandals
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Misnamed and misplaced
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Not a trip for bunnies
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Use your annual leave in style
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Trail angels
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Young and restless
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Wanaka's must-climb
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A warm welcome
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
West Coast Discovery
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Who will train our trampers?
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
A dislocated tale
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Walk as Maori once did
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Huts of the future
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The landlocked island
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Disputed territory
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Shifting sands of time
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Extreme hut bagger
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Soft skills harden you up
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Going the extra mile
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Death of the backcountry singalong
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Highs, lows and disbelief
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A wild corner
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Power to the people
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Haunting tales
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Should we be scared of cows?
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Steep-ed in history
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Mountain Safety Council: Evolve or die
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William Pike: Embracing the challenge
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Whanganui River: A journey through time
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Tracks, camera, action
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December 2015 Editor's Letter
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He who dares, wins
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Troubled waters
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Reflecting on the lives saved
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Undercover track cutters
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Ascent of the great descents
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No ‘normal life’
A wrap of the biggest stories and best writing about the outdoors from New Zealand and around the world. Three men, including the one pictured, have been jailed and…
Science vs balderdash
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Arctic explorer
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All you need is love
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A recovery of Himalayan proportions
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No. 19 - Walk the best bits of Te Araroa
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No. 12 - See the first sunrise
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No. 7 - Go for the most spectacular
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No. 5 - Paddle a serene stretch of coastline
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Wet wedding in the Eglinton
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Letter from the Editor: Not yet missed out
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How much tramping equals a steak ‘n’ cheese pie?
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None shall pass
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All part of the service
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Editorial, March 2016
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Great Walks at tipping point
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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
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Island hopping
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When you run out of tracks
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Meeting your heroes
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Seven reasons why NZ reigns supreme
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10 things we missed during lockdown
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If you fail to summit Everest, don't try and sue your guide
The world outdoors, Web exclusive
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Video shows jogger fending off mountain lion
The world outdoors, Web exclusive
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Teens aim to become the first to traverse NZ… in a straight line
The world outdoors, Web exclusive
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Great Walk to reopen after six-month closure
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Feeling unwell? Here's a national park prescription
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This photo didn't even win!
The world outdoors, Web exclusive
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The Christchurch woman still surfing at 92
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Heaphy Bridge is a write-off
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Huge journey for breast cancer survivor
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Tramper rescued twice... in two days... on the same mountain!
The world outdoors, Web exclusive
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Stay at least 2km from Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake
The world outdoors, Web exclusive
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Many of our glaciers will be gone in 10 years
The world outdoors, Web exclusive
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"They were urinating on the bunks"
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Did the Chinese find Irvine's body and camera?
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No end in sight for logistical nightmare track repair
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Waitākere tracks reopen after four-year closure
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Tramper rescued after falling into long-drop toilet
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DOC in crisis and forced to slash spending
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DOC plans trial to limit Tongariro numbers this year
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Prison time for this man
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