If ever a track deserved its name, it’s Auckland’s Hillary Trail. Hillary’s is a name that conjures up adjectives like challenge, toughness, grit and an unrelenting never-say-die attitude. Those same words could easily apply to walking the 70km Hillary Trail on Auckland’s west coast. As Josh Gale found out (p30), parts of this walk are […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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