TA Day 31, Hakarimata to Hamilton – 28 km
The Hakarimatas is a muddy bushwalk to beautiful stairs, the Te Awa Cycleway and Hamilton.
TA Day 30, Rangiriri to below Hakamarita summit – 29 km
It’s easy tramping to Huntly and a beautiful sculpture garden, then up steeply into the Hakarimata Range.
TA Day 29, Mercer to Rangariri – 27 km
The trail is through soggy bottomland and over electric fenced farmland to Rangariri.
TA Day 28, ‘slackpack’ Mangere Bridge to Totara Park – 36 km
The trail winds south through Ambury Park, reclaimed coastal wetlands and past the airport.
TA Day 27, ‘slackpack’ Auckland – 18 km
It’s a rainy day for slackpacking up Maungakiecke and through Jellicoe Park to Manukau Bay.
TA Day 26, ‘slackpack’ Auckland – 9 km
“Slackpacking” is section-backpacking while sleeping in the same place each night.
TA Day 25, zero day, Auckland
Absolutely exhausted from a month of walking, Blissful takes a well-deserved rest day, or “zero.”
TA Day 24, Stillwater to Auckland, 33 km + 4 km
After water up to the navel in Okura Estuary, it’s a beautiful walk down the North Shore to Auckland.
TA Day 23, Wenderholm to Stillwater, 30 km
The tides must be timed to walk the beautiful rocky beach near Orewa, then it’s road to Stillwater.
TA audio narrative: the trail will provide
There is a lot of magic on a thru-hike when we have faith and juts let it happen.
