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Tararua Range: History, Geology, Weather, Flora and Tramping
The Tararua Range is one of New Zealand’s best-known tramping areas, stretching from the Manawatū Gorge to the Remutaka Rangenorth of Wellington. Famous for its rugged ridges, historic huts and notoriously changeable weather, the Tararua also have a fascinating geological and ecological history. The Tararua is New Zealand’s spiritual home of tramping. Less than an…
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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…
