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Do something special, Walk1200km

Walk with a purpose

Health benefits of regular walking “irrefutable”

Meet our partners

We’re doing it, will you join us?

Not bad for the frontcountry

How young is too young?

30th anniversary

The winding path

30th anniversary

Wilderness beginnings

Is tourism’s time up in our national parks?

The brilliance of Great Walks

The Milford Track then, now and into the future

The greatest of them all?

Hump Ridge prepares for ‘Great’ status

The freedom of camping the Great Walks

Your Great Walks meal planner

Great sights on the Great Walks

Advice from Great Walks wardens

The sky high rescue club

Menstruation in the mountains

Off the Beaten Track

Hut hopping along the Taramakau tops

Track to the future

Hard as ice

Miracle makeovers

Driven towards species protection

Off the Beaten Track

A Grave adventure

Getting started in packrafting

Everything you need to know about packrafting

5 Packrafting trips on well-known tracks

The fun business of hut bagging

Te Araroa Trail

Safe storage for long-distance walkers

Ahead of the pack

Off the Beaten Track

Through the gunsight

Wake up somewhere different

‘I think you should turn around’

Mind the gap

Learning the lost art of whittling

Learning the lyrics of birdsong

Off the Beaten Track

A night under a drunken sailor

Challenged and tested at Cape Brett

Go big or go home

Greater role for Māori in DOC’s future

Photo competition

2021 Wilderness Photo Competition Winning Images

Off the Beaten Track

Islands in the sky

A tramper’s best friend

Te Araroa Trail

Walk your own trail

Te Araroa Trail

Walking home

Te Araroa Trail

Alone on Te Araroa

Te Araroa Trail

Keeping it in the family

Te Araroa Trail

10 highlights of Te Araroa