Aorere Peak, Kahurangi National Park - 17-19 Feb 2018

This trip was carried over from the previous weekend due to bad weather. We were hopeful of fitting in three days of fine weather before the arrival of Hurricane Gita. The journey over Takaka Hill and up the Cobb Valley on Saturday was uneventful. The...

John Reid Hut Working Bee, Kahurangi NP - 27-29 Jan 2018

Having mostly completed the Mount Fell Hut relocation & renovation (with just a woodshed left to build), the keen builder-types of the Nelson Tramping Club couldn’t wait to get their hands on another project. John Reid Hut in Kahurangi National Park...

Thousand Acre Plateau, Kahurangi National Park. 26-29 Jan 2018

Leader: Kath Ballantine Five intrepid trampers set off in the heat from the car park in the Matiri Valley at 3pm, heading for Lake Matiri Hut, our firsts night’s destination. (The temperature was 33 degrees celsius according to our vehicle’s reading.)...

Wangapeka Track West Bound, Kahurangi N.P, 3-6 June 2016

Leader: Pat Holland The re-elected mayor of Buller, Garry Howard, is lamenting the loss of some 600 jobs on the West Coast, due to a slump in the coal industry. Understandably, this is a dilemma that needs addressing. But his silver bullet is to build...

Wangapeka Track, East-bound, Kahurangi N.P, 3-6 June 2016

Leader: Mike Drake Early in the year, Pat floated the idea of putting some foot traffic along the Wangapeka Track. I said “yes, it sounds like a good idea”. So, when Queen’s Birthday approached, the thought of valley-walking for four days became less...