The Banks Track takes in spectacular scenery as well as native bush sections

Walking the rural-urban divide

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Private tracks are often touted as a luxury walking experience. But for most, it’s seeing farm and high country station life first hand that is the real attraction.

The road from Christchurch up the east coast to Blenheim and Picton is one of the country’s busiest. Winding through the Hunderlee Hills most drivers wouldn’t notice an innocuous rural road, just over the Conway River, which leads to the coast. Nelson woman Liz Griffiths has been taking this road for years, knowing it leads […]
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