Five Foot Ronna

If you hold up two fingers, that’s the number of times I didn't finish a multi-day hike in my eight yea…

I like taking photos of mushrooms if I come across them on a hike, but I wouldn't call myself a mushroo…

I stayed the night at Te Tii Chalets in Ruatahuna. The chalet is lovely and I had a great sleep, but in hin…

How to get to the start of the track: The track starts and ends at the Taranaki Falls car park on Ngauruhoe Terrace i…

How to get to the start of the track: Parking for  Lake Rotopounamu is on Te Pononga Saddle Road (SH 47), about a 10-m…

How to get to the start of the track: We did the Daly’s Clearing Track loop over two days. It’s an easy 7.5km loop, and…

Aaron reckoned it had been over 40 years since his first walk up to The Pinnacles Hut during a school trip with Thames …

First published February 2021 It was a drizzly Sunday when I drove along the gravel road towards Lake Waikaremoana. The…

I drove to Waikoko Campsite in the Kaimanawa Forest late Sunday afternoon - it was already half full when…