Climbing to Waipuna Saddle on the Te Ara Pātaka Walkway. Photo: Dave Mitchell

Bike the banks

March 2020

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Dave Mitchell rides two Banks Peninsula trails, including a long and short option along the Te Ara Pātaka Walkway

The long craggy fingers of Banks Peninsula were formed by two massive volcanic eruptions between six and 11 million years ago. The resulting overlapping volcanic cones rose to over twice the height of the present-day hills, but erosion has whittled down their summits and formed deep valleys with steep sea cliffs at the exposed headlands.  […]
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