Constable Gary Hayes is walking the length of New Zealand to mark the 35th anniversary of the police-run youth charity Blue Light. Here he climbs the track just above Ocean Beach at Whangārei Heads.
Eleven days of a 3000km trek have already provided keen hiker Constable Gary Hayes with plenty of lows and highs.
Hayes is walking the length of New Zealand to mark the 35th anniversary of the police-run youth charity Blue Light, a charity that works with police to deliver programmes and
activities such as waka ama, fishing and life skills for youth.
Joining Hayes on the 440km section through Northland is Bay of Islands College student and under-18 Northland rugby representative Tipene Parata from Moerewa.
Alistair Todd, a former Kawakawa and Whangārei detective now living in Auckland will join the tramp in a few weeks after recovering from an injury that out him out for the first few weeks.
If all goes to plan, Hayes and Todd will finish in about four-and-a-half months at Bluff.
