In part one of this two-part feature, Te Araroa trail manager Dan Radford described how walkers’ registration funds are being put to excellent, and regenerative, use. Today, we look at the good reasons why registering for Te Araroa costs money – and how that produces so much value.

Right now, Te Araroa walkers’ registration fees and donations are powering spades, rock-breakers, diggers, and helicopters, making sections of the trail drier, firmer, safer, easier to follow and more fun to walk.
But perhaps it’s a simpler, older form of track care that best sums up why trail registration payments are so vital, says Te Araroa Trail Manager Dan Radford.