Volunteer track upgrades save DOC a pretty penny

July 2024

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Alex Richards, Josh Hulme-Moir and Jeremy Collyne await a helicopter pickup at Dundas Hut. Photo: Derrick Field
For more than 100 years, volunteers have maintained and developed the Tararua’s huts and tracks. Once upon a time 14 clubs managed all of the Tararua facilities. They eventually united to form the Tararua Aorangi Remutaka Huts Committee (TARHC). The committee used the income from hut fees to ensure the ongoing upkeep of the network. […]

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