Starting Te Araroa at Cape Reinga seems idyllic, but it’s a hard introduction to thru-hiking. Photo: Dylan Moron

So, you want to walk Ninety Mile Beach?

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Katrina Megget

Katrina is a freelance journalist, life coach and adventurer who has walked Te Araroa and sailed around Great Britain.

By Katrina Megget

Walking 101km of flat, wet, sandy beach is anything but easy. It will break you down and teach you things about yourself and your gear.

The sand dunes were like golden camel humps. They lined the edge of Ninety Mile Beach, all snuggled together sprouting hair-like tussock. But on the third day of the plod from Cape Reinga to Ahipara, the dunes were all beginning to look the same, bouncing into the sea haze to the south. Golden sand, magically […]

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Katrina Megget

Katrina Megget is a freelance journalist, life coach and adventurer and has written extensively for Wilderness about Te Araora. Her work has appeared in the British Medical Journal, Scientific American and The Telegraph, and she is the former editor of British B2B publication PharmaTimes Magazine. Katrina has walked Te Araroa and sailed around the coast of Great Britain with her husband. She is currently writing a book on her TA experience.