A section of the new boardwalk in Te Papakura o Taranaki / Egmont National Park.
Photo: Supplied / DOC
Part of the $19 million Taranaki Crossing project, the work includes building 720m of 1.2m wide boardwalk from the Pouakai Hut down to the Pouakai Tarns, and 650m of 1.2m wide boardwalks across the Ahukawakawa wetland.
Department of Conservation strategic project manager Carl Whittleston said the boardwalks would replace existing track which deteriorated. Previously we ve had timber rafts in there and what s happened over time is that some of those have sunk into the wet areas and people then start to walk around them and onto the fragile vegetation and eco-system.