Here’s the first section of video from our walk across New Zealand, I’ll be uploading the rest as I get them finished. From Cape Reinga at the top of the North Island we walked down 90 Mile Beach, across to the east coast via the Herekino and Raetea forests, along the Bay of Islands and then through the Russell Forest.01. Far North
Here’s the first section of video from our walk across New Zealand, I’ll be uploading the rest as I get them finished. From Cape Reinga at the top of the North Island we walked down 90 Mile Beach, across to the east coast via the Herekino and Raetea forests, along the Bay of Islands and then through the Russell Forest.02. Whangarei
Continuing down the east coast, lots of spectacular beaches with some challenging bodies of water to cross. The longest foot bridge in the south hemisphere and our first taste of sea Kayaking.03. Auckland
More glorious white sandy beaches, kayaking down the Puhoi River, then into more suburban areas before arriving back where we started in Auckland.04 Coromandel
This was a detour from the Te Araroa, taking in the Coromandel Walkway, Cathedral Cove and the Pinnacles, rather than the official route south of Auckland. We had planned to walk all the way to Rotorua, but didn’t quite make it due to bad weather.05. Volcanic Plateau
We met up with my Mum & Dad over Christmas and explored Rotorua and the Tongariro National Park. Lots of spectacular volcanic terrain and our first sight of snow up on top of Mt Ruapehu.06. Whanganui River
We had planned to paddle all the way down the Whanganui, but after a slightly disastrous first attempt, we set our sights on just getting to Pipiriki and hired a river guide to help get us there in one piece!07. Manawatu
A bit of a means to an end section, Turakina’s driftwood strewn black sand beach was the highlight. Mainly road walking though.08. Wellington
An aborted attempt on the Tararuas due to bad weather, then down the Kapiti coast to Wellington, the halfway point and the end of the North Island.Across New Zealand in 3 and a half minutes!
I‘ve just finished this short highlights video of the Te Araroa. It’s roughly in chronological order from the Top of the North Island to the bottom of the south, unfortunately I don’t have any footage of us getting to the end due to a memory card malfunction… Hopefully I might be able to recover some of it though. The rest of the video should be finished in the New Year.
Flickr photo set – I’ve edited our mountain of photos down to reasonably easy to flick through 200 photo set of the highlights. And then a slightly longer 1000 odd photo set that covers the trail in a bit more depth.
One Foot Island Video
Highlights of our 3 week stay on One Foot Island..