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Fairhall School pupils Sam Hayes, left, Archie Saggers, Hugo Grigg and Jake Clarke point at the Ned peak, which they are all looking forward to tramping on Sunday.
If you re a keen tramper, conservationist or birdwatcher, lace up your boots this Sunday and head for the hills for a unique opportunity to Tramp the Ned . It s a chance that comes along only once every second year, and patrons of the event have had to wait an extra year due to Covid causing the cancellation of last year s walk. The Ned is a 909m peak rising off the privately owned property of Tempello, near Blenheim, and is a conservation area teeming with native flora and fauna, including rifleman birds, kānuka forest and mountain tōtara.