Latest from New Zealand Walks

Kaipara Coast: Get back to nature

A new enterprise at Kaipara gives city folk the chance to reconnect with the countryside during a three-day walk, writes Catherine Smith.

Tongariro National Park: A mountainous escape

Diana Clement and a friend took two long weekends away from men and children to discover the tracks of Tongariro National Park.

Milford: Off the beaten track

Milford serves up toil and pleasure in equal measure, writes Pamela Wade.

Tongariro: Over the volcano

The Tongariro Crossing seems to agree with energetic children a lot more than weary adults, finds Helen van Berkel.

Journey to the heart of Mt Doom

Herald reporter Beck Vass explores Tongariro National Park, a World Heritage site.

Waikato: A dam fine walk by the river

Kepler Track: The tortoise and the hares

Paul Rush finds Fiordland's alpine Kepler Track a challenge, while others dash over it in record time.

Tasman: Right time for the Heaphy Track

Waiting for summer means missing out on so much, writes Victoria Bartle.

Central Otago's Twain Twack

The 30km latest addition to Te Araroa - the nation's 3000km north-south hiking trail - over country music star Shania Twain's Central Otago high country property - is no walk in the park.