Latest from New Zealand Great Walks
'Accidents happen': Trampers warned as winter weather sets in
Four of the Great Walks should only be attempted by experienced trampers, MSC advises.
More than 1000 flood to DoC camp website to book as new system launches
Spots at Tōtaranui, Momorangi and Anaura Bay open tomorrow at 9.30am.
The best NZ walks for families with small kids
All under 3 hours and suitable for the littlest of legs.
Kea Kids: School's new walking track is a taonga for the whole community
Reporter Max and his schoolmates are helping a local farmer build the brand new Charteris Track by planting trees and trapping stoats and possums.
How to hike in New Zealand, without giving up your champagne lifestyle
It's not a Great Walk, but it can be greatly luxurious.
DoC has 'lost patience' with IT vendor as Great Walks site crashes again
Website stumbles after 40 per cent of Milford bookings come from overseas tourists.
Will the Great Walks booking system fall over again?
DoC provides assurances that last year's issues will not be repeated.
Great Walks open for booking: There must be a better way
OPINION: NZ’s most popular outdoor conservation project may soon be unsustainable.
Editorial: Three reasons not to increase the pricing of NZ Great Walks
OPINION: Increasing the price means reducing accessibility to the outdoors.
Price hike: Great Walks tracks to become more expensive from July
Rising maintenance costs and reduced revenue are behind the rise in charges.
Here's how you can still get on a Great Walk this summer
The huts are all but booked out but there are still options available.
Ease into spring: Tauranga’s best spring spots for families
A Tauranga family guide to beaches, boardwalks, wetlands, and more.
Great Walk bookings return with a spring in their step
Planning for the summer walking season is back on track.
Booked-out bunks, bots and other Great Walk booking myths, busted
Many disgruntled walkers want to get to the bottom of what's happening.
Take a hike: Where the walkers go to walk
If anyone knows NZ's best walks, it's Natalie Tambolash from Great Walks of New Zealand.
Watch: Top tips for tackling Te Araroa trail's Pirongia Traverse
Part two of a new video series from social enterprise Got to Get Out
Lonely Planet picks New Zealand's best walks... with some surprises
Like many of us over the past two years, The Lonely Planet has got into tramping.
Kiwi hike leapfrogs Milford in world's most popular tramps
A survey into the world's most popular tracks has named the Kiwi hike as one of the best.
Milford Great Walk books out as Australian tourists return
It's the quick and the dead on booking day for Fiordland's premiere tramping route.
Booked-out bunks, bots and other Great Walk booking myths, busted
Many disgruntled walkers want to get to the bottom of what's happening.
Rock and a hard place: Project sparks mental health, conservation debate
Painted stones - Kim's Rocks - have been appearing around the hills of the South Island.
Hump Ridge: Long delayed Great Walk upgrade on track at last
There is a lot of work to do, although the track has been welcoming walkers for decades.
Heaphy Track closed by flood damage until May
The Golden Bay through hike is likely to be impassable until May.
'Precious' discovery in Tongariro sparks national search for its owner
Hikers' chance discovery has begun a search to find the rings' owner.
Five tricks to avoid sandfly bites this summer
Sandflies are a less welcome part of the Kiwi summer.
How do you tackle 15,000km of coast? One walkway at a time
Redefine yourself one step at a time on the country's coastal walkways.
DoC asks campers to assess own risks this summer
DoC are expecting a bumper summer with almost 60,000 campers across the network.