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The rise and rise of the Tararuas

August 2019

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August 2019

No longer in the shadow of the great South Island parks, the Tararuas is practically bursting at the seams with trampers.

There are certain sounds you expect to hear when approaching Waitewaewae Hut in Tararua Forest Park. The steady rush of the Otaki River, for example. And certain sounds you don’t, such as a shrill, Australian-accent, welcoming your dog to the hut. But this is exactly what my uncle Andrew got last year when he and […]
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