Story: Walking tracks
Page 5 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Great Walks: tracks and walks in New Zealand
This page on the Department of Conservation site has information about the nine ‘Great Walks’.
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New Zealand Tramper
This site has a searchable database of walks in New Zealand, with information about their distance and grade of difficulty.
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Tracks and walks
This section of the Department of Conservation site is a guide to tracks in New Zealand, by region. There are also guides to the ‘Great Walks’ and major tracks.
More suggestions and sources
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Brailsford, Barry. Greenstone trails: the Maori and pounamu. 2nd ed. Hamilton: Stoneprint, 1996.
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DuFresne, Jim. Tramping in New Zealand. 6th ed. Melbourne: Lonely Planet, 2006.
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Hewson, Pearl. New Zealand’s Great Walks. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 1996.
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Maclean, Chris. Tararua: the story of a mountain range. Wellington: Whitcombe Press, 1994.
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Pickering, Mark. A tramper’s journey: stories from the back country of New Zealand. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2004.
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Watson, James. Links: a history of transport and New Zealand society. Wellington: GP Publications, 1996.
