The Timaru River Track is narrow and steep in places. Photo: Matt Burton

Te Araroa’s most treacherous track

June 2025

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After a recent fatality on Te Araroa, Wilderness investigates why many consider the Timaru River Track the most dangerous part of the 3000km tramp.

Mark Woods is still trying to piece together what happened on the day his Te Araroa Trail journey ended. He was in the final weeks of the six-month tramp of his life when a fall very nearly made it his last. Woods had been joined by a friend, a novice tramper. The pair were a […]
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