Description
May 2019
Features
22 What goes in, always comes out
Behind the scenes on the job nobody wants – maintaining backcountry toilets
30 The world from above
Drones have made aerial wilderness photography accessible
46 Pride on the Paparoa Track
The people building the Paparoa Track – the country’s newest Great Walk
52 Plight of the pekapeka
How the citizen science movement is helping solve the mysteries of New Zealand’s native bats
Trips
24 An arresting panorama
Shallow Bay, Fiordland National Park
26 The crumbling monument
Te Heuheu, Tongariro National Park
28 See more…
Lighthouses
36 A tramper’s peak near the cloud piercer
Sebastopol, Aoraki/Cook National Park
38 The Ruahine’s southernmost hill
Wharite Peak, Ruahine Forest Park
39 Historical heights in Wellington
Puke Ariki, Belmont Regional Park
40 The other Routeburn
Route Burn North Branch, Mt Aspiring National Park
42 Mountain biking
Riding the Dun Mountain cycle trail in Nelson
Skills
58 Wild cuisine: Savoury chickpea pancakes
59 Photographing a stylish silhouette
60 How to combine map and compass
61 Bird spotting: Banded rail
62 Driving lightly in the backcountry
Gear
65 What’s in my pack?
Outward Bound’s Meg Ryan
66 Wild review
Three-season sleeping bags
Gear guides
68 2019’s best gaiters
69 2019’s best wet weather jackets
Regulars
4 Editorial
6 Pigeon post
Letters to the editor
8 Last weekend
What did you get up to last weekend?
10 Walkshorts
News from the wild
12 Wilderness word
Enter our crossword competition to win great prizes
12 Trail life
Cartoons from the track
14 Near misses
Escaping the fury of Farewell Spit
16 Wild people
The faces of Te Araroa Trail walkers
18 Wild people
Kayaking the Inside Passage in North America
20 Wild conservation
How to get involved in backyard pest trapping
74 Track chat
Author Robert Vennell on the history of New Zealand’s native flora
