Photo: Ministry of Health
But with many New Zealanders hitting the trails and exploring the great outdoors, trampers are questioning why Covid-19 QR codes aren t available at popular DOC huts and toilets.
Nelson resident Jan is one of them.
She s visited the Heaphy Track, Elaine Bay campsite, and Tauranga Bay as she explores day walks both in her region and on the West Coast this summer.
But she s been baffled that the familiar bright yellow striped QR code signs are nowhere to be seen at popular DOC toilet stops or facilities. How do you do it if they re not there? I mean it s a very visual reminder as you pop into your potty spot, to go on my gosh, the QR, shivers, we ll scan in or my phone s back in the car, I ll just do a manual entry. But it is that visual reminder as well, Jan said.
The Croisilles: Marlborough s road least travelled
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Elen Turner heads down a spectacular side road to the notorious French Pass
A relatively recent transplant to the Top of the South, I d seen the boats towed from Nelson turning off State Highway 6 in the Rai Valley every time I drove to and from Havelock for a mussel lunch. But it s hard to tell around here which turn-offs lead to private farmland and dead ends, and which to otherworldly beautiful road trips that are among the most scenic in New Zealand.
The Croisilles Harbour–French Pass Road is definitely the latter (with plenty of the former sprinkled in along the way, too). But because this is a detour from the highway, not a highway in itself as are other Must Do road trips in the South Island Haast Pass or the road to Mount Cook, for example to take it, you have to know it s there.