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The Great Walks network was established by the Department of Conservation in 1992. [1] The network was established both as a way to advertise hiking in New Zealand, but also as a means of managing and conserving the most popular tracks which were increasingly being damaged by unrestricted tourism.
The Heaphy Track is a popular tramping and mountain biking track in the north west of the South Island of New Zealand. It is located within the Kahurangi National Park and classified as one of New Zealand's ten Great Walks by the Department of Conservation.
North Shore City, New Zealand 20 km walk (road) 1:21:12 [d] Quentin Rew: 19 February 2017 Oceania Race Walking Championships: Adelaide, Australia [26] Two hours walk (track) 27820 m+ Craig Barrett: 19 July 1998 North Shore City, New Zealand 30,000 m walk (track) 2:09:20.4 Craig Barrett: 19 July 1998 North Shore City, New Zealand 50,000 m walk ...
Alpine climbing has been a recreational activity from the early days of European settlement, and possibly earlier. From the 1950s tracks, huts and bridges were built in the forested areas of New Zealand to support hunters culling introduced deer species which had become a threat to the biodiversity of New Zealand.
The track is one of the New Zealand Great Walks and is administered by the Department of Conservation (DOC). Compared with other tracks in New Zealand, this walking track is constructed to a very high standard. Most streams are bridged, boardwalks cover boggy areas and the very steep sections have steps.
Mountain hut at Lake Kaniere, New Zealand. Te Araroa, 3,000 km (1,900 mi) Stretching from Cape Reinga in the north of New Zealand to Bluff in the South. New Zealand Great Walks, ten popular backcountry hikes
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The Routeburn Track is a 32 km tramping (hiking) track found in the South Island of New Zealand. [2] The track can be done in either direction, starting on the Queenstown side of the Southern Alps, at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu or on the Te Anau side, at the Divide, several kilometres from the Homer Tunnel to Milford Sound.