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The TARHC track programme has reached the milestone of completing 100 kms of track maintenance over the last 6 months. Last track completed was the Mikimiki Walk, a 7 kms bush walk through the Mikimiki and Kiriwhakapapa streams. it took … Continue reading
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JT – track done This last week, three days were spent clearing the track from Smiths Creek Shelter to Tutuwai hut. The Hutt Valley NZ Deerstalkers have taken on maintaining the track. John Taylor (JT) of HVNZDA and myself took … Continue reading
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Gerald Leather came in and helped clear the cut vegetation off the tracks Three days was spent up the Waiohine valley in the Tararua Forest Park tidying up the tracks. The Lower waiohine was re-cut as far as Makaka Creek, … Continue reading
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exNZFS chaps John McCann, Ryan Mollier and Sandy Allan went in to Alpha hut over the weekend, to do a long overdue relocation of the toilet. A new deck was flown in by Jason Diedrichs (JD) of Amalgamated Helicopters. The … Continue reading
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Planned work on the tracks in the Waingawa valley including the Arete Sidle track and tracks downstream to Mitre Flats began. Volunteers Alistair Barr nd Derrick Field Five days spent at Mitre Flats hut, cutting the tracks around the hut. … Continue reading
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Waitewaewae Hut work 4 – 8/4/22. Six members of the Hutt Valley Tramping Club walked in from the blue slip on the Otaki Gorge Road Monday afternoon to Parawai Lodge, then with the rain starting Tuesday on to Waitewaewae Hut. … Continue reading
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The track work scheduled for the Washpool track from Te Kopi in Aorangi Forest Park was completed with help from Alistair Barr who spent about 8 hours tossing gorse and other cut vege of the track. A total of about … Continue reading
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An exNZFS team of ex Forest Service hunter and ranger Joe Hansen, also ex NZFS, Bill McKenzie and good keen tramper and volunteer Alistair Barr spent the last few days working on Andersons hut. Andersons is on the Main Range … Continue reading
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An application by the TARHC to fund tramping track clearing on the Arete Sidle track in the Tararuas has resulted in a grant from Trust House Foundation. This will provide helicopter transport of equipment and the volunteer track team to … Continue reading
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On 22 february to 25 February, keen trampers from the MT&SC carried out the annual Mangahao Flats hut work party plus additional track clearance between Mangahao Flats hut and Te Matawai hut. The work party was Jenny McCarthy, Adam Matich, … Continue reading
