Almost anyone who is interested in hiking in general and in tramping in New Zealand in particular, knows that there are many great walking tracks there. They range from easy twenty minute walks to long and demanding multi-day hikes in absolute wilderness. But what much less people know is that there is a trust exist with a very important purpose - to design and build trail which will continuously follow the whole length of New Zealand. Please meet Te Araroa trust. Some of the acheivements of Te Araroa trust are building a 22km trail between Waitangi and Kerikeri, 18km route from Meremere to Rangiriri along the Waikato River, 8 km track across Mt Tamahunga, and much more. In fact they work on new sections all the time, and you can follow their progres on the news page of Te Araroa’s site here. One of interesting facts about Te Araroa trail is that it passes through Shania Twain’s property. Shania (for those who doesn’t know is popular Canadian country singer) gladly cooperated with the trust and even donated funds for building two huts and track construction.
If you would like to help Te Araroa by donations, volunteering or any other way, please visit their website at www.teararoa.org.nz