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Royal-themed walks and tramps to explore this weekend
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Eugenie Sage, then minister of conservation, at the East Matakitaki Hut in Nelson Lakes National Park. (First published in September 2020) Across in the Rainbow Conservation Area, near the Upper Wairau River, both Lees Creek and Begley huts have also been refurbished. The work has been made possible by a $2 million expansion of the Backcountry Trust programme to repair and maintain remote huts as part of the Government’s $1.3 billion Jobs for Nature fund. Department of Conservation Nelson Lakes operations manager John Wotherspoon said he was “really chuffed” with the amount of work the crew had been able to get done.
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No expense is spared on the famous Crust to Crust. I won t mince words, the prospect of the day ahead is daunting. My training has involved many months of serious pie eating, each day beginning with a breakfast of bacon and egg pies and ending with a dinner of steak and cheese pies, all washed down with a quality beer. I feel I have done the hard yards but obviously the proof will be in the pudding. At least it will be guilt free. The calories expended on the trek should balance the intake of butter-rich pastry, the heavy sauces and the delicious meats.