Category: Tararua Forest Park
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LandSAR NH90 Training, Jan 2026
On a Thursday evening in January, along with 15 other Wairarapa LandSAR volunteers, I was lucky enough to work with the NZDF as they put a pilot through his final training assessment. Four teams of us each ran a scenario in the Tararua Forest Park, from medical emergencies to navigational problems, with an NH90 crew…
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East Holdsworth, Aug 2024
I started tramping in the Tararuas in my teens, the mid-1980s, 35-plus years ago now. Back then, good winter days on the tops with deep snow or hard ice were common. I recall many trips floundering through heavy snow, falling into leatherwood shrubs, or delicately learning to crampon across sastrugi ice, always with a deep…
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Failure on a Tararua Crossing, Jan 2022
Logistics is one of the difficulties of an end-to-end tramp, no more so than a crossing of the Tararua Range, so I was in luck with Nicola having to work while I had time off. In luck in terms of a driver, but I was to head into this trip without my usual tramping partner. …
North of the Saddle 