Two bunk Dominie Bivouac catches the early morning sun. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

High tops, history and huts

January 2019

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A three-day circuit exploring one of the North Island’s highest ranges.

One of the highest roads in the North Island snakes its way from the foothills of Hawke’s Bay onto the barren mountains of the Kaweka Range. En route, it passes through some fine stands of beech forest, and the incongruously tropical-looking mountain cabbage trees, which look even more out of place during winter snowfalls. The […]
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