TA Day 59, Kahuterawa to Makahika Outdoor Pursuits, 40 km
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It’s a muddy slog through bush with many crossings of swollen rivers and streams.
TA Day 58, ‘slackpack’ Palmerston North to Kahuterawa Park, 21 km
![Setting off for a short slackpack on Christmas day already soaking wet.](https://blissfulhiker.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/img_5114.jpg)
Blissful slackpacks in rain to the road’s end then returns for more Christmas with her Kiwi family.