Yearly Archives: 2025

Tutuwai Hut Repaint

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Repaint completed Tutuwai hut in the popular Tauwharenikau valley got a much needed facelift by GWBN volunteers recently. Tutuwai is the main Tararua hut accessible from Wellington and the Hutt Valley and is also located on the tramping route from … Continue reading

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Newsletter March 2025 #3

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Kia ora koutou Welcome to our March 2025 newsletter of the Greater Wellington Backcountry Network Inc. Our members have been busy this summer. After three years, our track work program has been aimed at clearing nearly all of the remote … Continue reading

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Renata Track

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The team at Elder hut One of the last remote tracks to be cleared by GWBN volunteers in Tararua was the Renata track. This track clearing to improve walking access in the forest park has been made possible by a … Continue reading

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Field Track

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Photo above – Walking to the start of cutting on the track to Dennan After finishing clearing the Southern Main Range track from Anderson hut, the team flew to Field hut to begin clearing the track over Table Top ON … Continue reading

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Winchcombe-Southern Main Range

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Ohoto above – Volunteer Liz Nicholson clearing the track on Neill. Tararua peaks behind. On 22 November, two GWBN teams took to the hills last week, to deal with one of the roughest sections of tramping track in Tararua. One … Continue reading

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