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Mike Yardley: Great Coast Road adventures in Westland

No matter how many times I drive the South Island’s Great Coast Road (SH6), between Westport and Greymouth, it never fails to intoxicate me. It’s like a me

Mike Yardley: Outdoorsy delights around Westport

Roused by the raw soundtrack of roiling ocean breakers, I was up with the seals to strike out along the coastal trail at Cape Foulwind. Cape Foulwind light

Ōpārara Basin: DoC caves on national park walkway 'extravagance'

Plans for a cantilevered walkway at a fragile national park site have finally been scrapped. To some, it had seemed like madness.

Cave Creek tragedy remembered in DOC staff induction video

8 South Island walks to take the kids on

Hooker Valley Track, Aoraki/Mt Cook, Mackenzie District Perhaps the most iconic walk in the Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, this walk has it all. Three incredible swing bridges, and river and mountain views, culminating in the fabulous Hooker Lake with views of Aoraki/Mt Cook itself. It is a decent length walk though, at 10 kilometres return. However, it is a flat track, so there are no steep climbs here. It will take adults about  three hours return, but if you have kids who will have a fun break at the lake to throw stones and have lunch, allow  four to five hours in total.