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Otupakawa Hut via Koaunui Hut, Te Urewera

March 23, 2017

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Alistair is the editor and publisher of Wilderness. His favourite tramping ground is Tongariro National Park.

By Alistair Hall

Nurturing the mauri In 2013, the Te Urewera Act gave the former Te Urewera National Park ‘all the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of a legal person’. A joint board was established to serve as ‘guardians’ of Te Urewera and to protect its interests. Physically, the land is characterised by ridge after ridge of bush-clad […]

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