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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.
Introduction
Being a long way from everywhere else in the Western World, getting to New Zealand can be a mission for anyone who isn’t Australian. The effort is worth it, however, as this nation is home to some of the world’s most dramatic natural scenery. The diversity of biomes found here is truly remarkable, especially when you consider this nation only covers 267,000 square kilometres of land area.
While it is home to one of the world’s youngest human societies (Polynesians only arrived here in the 13th century, followed by Europeans in the 17th century), the culture of the Maori people will only add to what will surely be an epic trip to the Land of Long White Cloud.
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