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Totara Flats via Waiohine Gorge Track: The Active Slip Warning
If you are planning a trip to Totara Flats Hut in the Tararua Range, you have likely seen the alert for the Waiohine Gorge Track. DOC notes that there is no longer access to pass above a large active slip about 1 km downstream from the flats. They claim that the only access past the…
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Totara Flats and Sarah’s cup of tea
Forget Totara Flats Hut—the ultimate luxury is a campfire brew in the solitude of the flats Sarah heads into the Tararua Forest Park to visit the iconic Totara Flats. Leaving the bustle of Totara Flats Hut, she walks onto the flats and finds a place to camp in the shelter of the bush.. Then boiling…
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Totara Flats | How the Wellington Fault Created a Tramper’s Delight
Totara Flats is widely considered one of the Tararua Forest Park’s most idyllic places—a camper’s delight of grassy terraces, blooming rata, and deep swimming holes. But beneath the tranquil surface of these river flats lies a violent geological history. From ancient forests buried three meters deep to the massive tectonic shifts of the Wellington Fault…
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The Wellington Fault: Why the Tararua Range is one of New Zealand’s Biggest Jigsaw Puzzles
Some faults in the Tararuas The Tararua Range is famous for its ‘faults’—usually the relentless rain or the 80-day-a-year sunshine quota. But look deeper at the topography, and you’ll find the real faults: the tectonic scars that have literally torn the landscape apart. The Wellington Fault, a geological giant, snakes its way from the South…
