Learning to snowboard-WHAKAPAPA

Hi. I’ve wanted to learn how to snowboard for as long as I can remember. When I was a young teenager we would go on skiing trips as a family up Mt Ruapehu. Snowboarding was always off limits as my dad is a purist and loyal to the ski life. He would refer to the […]

Tonga, PACIFIC ISLANDS

  6 reasons you NEED to put Tonga on your Bucket List   The year long international travel ban is officially over!!!! and its back to spending all the $$ and all the leave on plane tickets and ticking countries/places off the bucket list. First up, Tonga!! (Not that Tonga was on my list before-but […]

Herepai Hut-TARARUA FOREST

Location: Tararua Forest Park Time: Overnight, 2.5 hours each way Difficulty: Medium (Clear track with route markers, steep in parts, Hiking Boots) Herepai Hut is accessed from the end of Putara Road, a 25 minute drive from Eketahuna (which is a cute little rural town in the Manawatu Region. It’s claim to fame is the giant […]

Rangiwahia Hut, RUAHINE FOREST

Location: Ruahine Forest Park, Manawatu Region Time: Overnight. 2 hours up, 1 hour return Difficulty: Easy (Clear track. Running Shoes)

The Routeburn. A day walk?

So kids, here’s a little story. Mike once said he really wanted to walk the Routeburn. “Great” I thought “we can do that.” I’d done the Routeburn before, camping along the way because me and my student buddies didn’t want to pay the $50/night to sleep in the huts. Then he added: “In a day” […]

Zeke’s Hut Track, HIHITAHI FOREST