Rocky Lookout is reached on the Gentle Annie Track – before the climb to Powell hut. Photo: Matthew Cattin

The Kepler of the north

July 2024

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Like Wellington city, the Holdsworth–Jumbo Circuit is hard to beat on a good day.

“Eighty days!” The words started as a warning and mellowed into a mantra of gratitude. Much has been written of Tararua’s weather, but a DOC sign at Mt Holdsworth Road end spells it out starkly. The tops experience just 80 clear days a year. I am forever grateful that I experienced three of them on […]
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