Thursday, 22 April 2021, 2:53 pm
A single report of a bed-bug attack has seen three huts
on the Whanganui Journey Great Walk being treated as if they
have an infestation.
Department of Conservation
Director of Heritage and Visitors Steve Taylor said a
highly-precautionary approach is being taken to the issue
and the huts will be closed and fumigated
immediately.
While bedbugs have not previously been
reported in huts along the Whanganui River, this week’s
report was from a credible source, Steve Taylor
said.
“Consequently, we are treating this as an
urgent matter and have responded immediately.”
Both
the Whakahoro and Tīeke Huts will be temporarily closed for
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Tour Aotearoa and Mountains to Sea cycle trail riders converge on Whanganui
4 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Tour Aotearoa participants (from left) Anna Quinn, Janet Spillman and Brynn Gilbertson reach the Upokongaro cycle bridge.
Tour Aotearoa participants (from left) Anna Quinn, Janet Spillman and Brynn Gilbertson reach the Upokongaro cycle bridge.
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
The hotel and cafe at Upokongaro are busy, bicycles are often parked outside and loaded bicycles can be seen passing through Whanganui. A combination of the new bridge at Upokongaro and peak numbers of Tour Aotearoa cyclists passing through have put Whanganui on the map, Mountains to Sea and Timber Trail cycleway champion Lynley Twyman said.
The Whanganui, on New Zealand’s North Island, is the country’s third-longest river. It rises in the snowfields of Tongariro National Park, its streams gushing down the sides of the great volcanoes of Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngauruhoe. It cuts through deep gorges in Whanganui National Park, before flowing across the plains and farmland and through bush-covered hills to meet the sea at the town of Whanganui.
Brook Sabin
Whanganui is a mix between Amsterdam and Napier, yet it s surprisingly off the radar for many holidaymakers. The Whanganui has been crucial as a path across the landscape since it was first explored by Tamatea, the captain of the Tākitimu canoe, which brought some of the first Polynesian migrants to the island around 1350. The Whanganui iwi (the Māori people of the river) have lived by, travelled on and drawn sustenance from the river ever since. They caught eels in latticework weirs. They descended vine ladders from their villages high above to reach its wate