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More links and websites

  • Great Walks: tracks and walks in New Zealand

    This page on the Department of Conservation site has information about the nine ‘Great Walks’.

  • New Zealand Tramper

    This site has a searchable database of walks in New Zealand, with information about their distance and grade of difficulty.

  • 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

    • Brailsford, Barry. Greenstone trails: the Maori and pounamu. 2nd ed. Hamilton: Stoneprint, 1996.

    • DuFresne, Jim. Tramping in New Zealand. 6th ed. Melbourne: Lonely Planet, 2006.

    • Hewson, Pearl. New Zealand’s Great Walks. Auckland: Hodder Moa Beckett, 1996.

    • Maclean, Chris. Tararua: the story of a mountain range. Wellington: Whitcombe Press, 1994.

    • Pickering, Mark. A tramper’s journey: stories from the back country of New Zealand. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2004.

    • Watson, James. Links: a history of transport and New Zealand society. Wellington: GP Publications, 1996.



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