Coming off Maroparea, heading for Maropea Forks Hut. Photo: Paul McCredie

Roaring through the Ruahine

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January/February 2025

Sarah White spends weekends exploring the ranges around Wellington and weekdays working as a librarian. Her favourite tramping snack is roasted salted cashews.

By Sarah White

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Sarah White

Sarah White spends weekends exploring the ranges around Wellington and weekdays working as a librarian. Her favourite tramping snack is roasted salted cashews.

By Sarah White

Even a wrong turn can’t dampen the thrill of a trip during the roar to the only lake in Ruahine Forest Park.

Rain, hail, snow, stiff south-easterly – all forecasts agreed that Easter in the central North Island would be cold. A slothful break was tempting, but Mark had cleared his surfing calendar and declared our proposed route “one for the memory banks”. Far be it for Paul and me to let him down. Our planned route […]

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Sarah White

Sarah White spends weekends exploring the ranges around Wellington with her partner, photographer Paul McCredie. Over summer they do longer transalpine trips on the South Island’s West Coast. She has been tramping for over 50 years, and spent many years bribing her children through multi-day trips. She works as a librarian. Her favourite tramping snack is roasted salted cashews.