A magnificent horn of a mountain, carved from the competing attentions of several glaciers, Mt Hooker is an arresting peak that forms the centrepiece of the expansive Hooker-Landsborough Wilderness Area. It was (re-)named in 1863 by explorer Julius Haast after the esteemed British botanist, Joseph Dalton Hooker. Early last century, the mountain was a coveted […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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