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NZ’s youngest Te Araroa Trail walkers reach Bluff - 13 March 2019
Congratutions to the Rapsey family on completing the TA!! Read ON!
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Gay Man Walking - An amazing Video Blog of the Te Araroa Trail - By Ross Jackson - 22 December 2018
About a year and a half ago I finished Te Araroa and I’m still thinking about the blackberries and the mud and the gorse and all of the amazing people I met on the way. It’s constantly playing in my mind. Was definitely the most alive I’ve ever felt in my entire life. I filmed the entire thing mainly to give myself a creative project to work on while I making money between long-distance hikes and it is chock full of information through my experiences along Te Araroa!
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Young Family Walk the Te Araroa Trail - 20 December 2018
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Taumarunui to remain a key stop on Te Araroa - 20 October 2017
Taumarunui will continue to benefit from New Zealanders and international visitors walking the 3,000km Te Araroa trail following agreement of a revised route that takes in Pureora Forest’s Timber Trail, scenic King Country backroads, and Taumarunui’s main street.
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More New Zealanders walking Te Araroa - 21 July 2017
The number of Kiwis walking Te Araroa is on the rise, with approximately one in five walkers hailing from cities, towns and rural communities across New Zealand.
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Te Araroa contributing millions to regional New Zealand - 29 June 2017
Business is booming for cafés, dairies, campsites and other enterprises along the length of New Zealand’s national Te Araroa Trail. More than 550 people have completed the 3,000km trail over the past year, stopping to re-supply in urban centres and rural communities as they walk from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
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Record numbers take to Te Araroa, New Zealand’s Trail - 15 May 2017
2016-17 has seen upwards of 550 people walking Te Araroa, New Zealand's Trail.
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American Backpacking Ambassadors Launch US Speaking Tour About Te Araroa - 14 March 2017
Two American backpacking ambassadors, Patrice and Justin La Vigne, have launched a US-based speaking tour, “Exploring New Zealand: Thru Hiking Te Araroa and Beyond.”
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Te Araroa -
New Zealand's Trail
Te Araroa is New Zealand's Trail - taking in spectacular New Zealand landscapes from beaches to volcanoes to forests to cities.
The 3000km route stretching from Cape Reinga in the North of New Zealand to Bluff in the South was officially opened December 3rd, 2011 by the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Jerry Mateparae.
Te Araroa is the greatest New Zealand adventure there is - and should be on every Kiwi's bucket list.
Walk it all, walk it in your lifetime, walk New Zealand - walk Te Araroa!