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...

Lockett Range Traverse, Kahurangi N.P, 23-25 Apr 2016

Leader: Steve McGlone ANZAC weekend saw me leading a club trip for three days over the Lockett Range in the Northwest Nelson area. The forecast for Saturday was for rain in the afternoon becoming heavy by evening, so to make the use of a clear morning...

Nina Valley, Lake Sumner Forest Park, 25-27 Mar 2016

Leader: Ray Salisbury PLAN B : THE LONG & SHORT OF IT Some wise soul once said: “Long weekends were created cos you can’t fit that much bad weather into two days.” Thankfully, the bad weather was restricted to the West Coast region, and we had a backup...

Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park, 29 Feb-5 Mar 2016

Leader: Marianne Hermsen The trip members were picked up in Nelson and Mapua. We stopped at Langford’s store to leave a car key for Derry Kingston to collect; he was to drive the car round to Kohaihai for us. We left the historic store about 10:30 and...