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[QUOTE="AlwynWellington, post: 1105891, member: 13479"] Kia ora (greetings, hope you are well) [USER=91995]@klimmo[/USER] My youthful experiences were tramping (a local term) in the southern Tararua Range. This stretches north from the outer edge of urban Wellington for about 100 km to the east of Palmerston North. Some Te Araroans (?) I encounter on my training walks, name that as the most challenging section so far. As others have said above, the 1,600 km of Te Wai Pou'na'mu (The greenstone waters - South Island) is mountainous with upwards of 10 peaks around 1,500 metres above sea level, a larger number at around 1,000 m asl and a lot above 500 m asl. No bikes there. And food resupply needs to be thought through. For Te Ika a Maui (The fish of Maui - North Island) there are significant sections in "civilisation". Those sections that are bush (sub-tropical rain-forest) bound, you may need to pre-arrange Trail Angels to help with resupply (I hear of them but have no experience). [URL='https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#?map=6.0/-41.1629/168.5006'][B][I]This link may help with planning[/I][/B].[/URL] Scroll as you please. If you select "routes" you will see a selection relative to the zoom level you are at. For Te Araroa there is the national level (blue), regional (orange) and local (purple) levels (stages) with some information for each. Scrolling in to the top of Te Ika, you will see a 400 km regional section named Northland. Selecting "sections" you will see 10 such. Select any one to see its length, location on the map and some head up info. And so on for the other regions. Complementary information is available at this [URL='https://www.teararoa.org.nz/'][B][I]official website[/I][/B][/URL]. Some locations are well known for encounters with locals. One section close to me is from Waikanae to Paekakariki. [URL='https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=9444117&type=relation'][B][I]See this link[/I][/B][/URL] (select "routes" to see details) One day just before Christmas I encountered six different parties (singles and couples) on this 23 km section: some Kiwi and others from Belgium, France and Germany. (I was doing a one day training walk up the beach at low tide.) Something that you might consider mastering is [I]pronunciation of place names[/I] in Te Reo (the language) Maori. Te Reo Maori is the officially recognised written language in New Zealand (English is recognised by customary use). These web sites may be useful [URL='https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/maori-hub/ako/te-reo-at-university/te-reo-maori-pronunciation-guide'][B][I]Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka[/I][/B][/URL], [URL='https://www.waikato.ac.nz/odw/modules/pronunciation'][B][I]University of Waikato - Te Whare Wananga o Waikato[/I][/B][/URL] and [URL='https://tereomaori.tki.org.nz/Reo-Maori-resources/Ka-Mau-te-Wehi/Introduction-to-teaching-Te-Reo-Maori/Pronunciation-guide'][B][I]Ministry of Education - Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga[/I][/B][/URL]. My customary sign off in Te Reo: kia kaha, kia māia, kia mana'wa'nui (take care, be strong, confident and patient) [/QUOTE]
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