Midway Hut, Te Urewera National Park UPDATE: Midway Hut burnt down in March 2016 We spend Friday night in Rotorua unnecessarily fortifying ourselves with Indian food and good wine before heading into the Galatea Plains off the Ikawhenua Range. It’s just a three-hour walk up the Horomanga River to Midway Hut. It’s an easy walk […]
About the author
Hazel Phillips
Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts. A firm believer that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, she’s passionate about representation in the outdoors. She is a self-confessed Ruapehu addict, and she’s never met a topo map she didn’t get along with.
The 2026 Wilderness Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition
The trail of the tenacious
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