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Day 25: Oharui Valley Road to Island Bay (and on to Makara Beach by bike)
Start: Oharui Valley Road (1,595km) Finish: Island Beach (1,623km) Distance for the day: 28km Cumulative distance: 1,623 The plan for today was ambitious, and unfortunately I didn’t quite pull it off,...
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Day 27: Camp Bay to Pelorus
Start: Camp Bay (1,724km) Finish: Pelorus (1,801km) Distance for the day: 77km Cumulative distance: 1,801km South Island distance note: the total mapped distance for the North Island is 1,623km,...
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Te Araroa Expedition – Video Dispatch 1
Enjoy the first Video Dispatch from the Te Araroa expedition, a new trail that meanders the full length of New Zealand. The North Face Athlete Jez Bragg is running a distance of 3,054 kilometres from...
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Days 46-47: Hawea River to Queenstown
Start: Hawea River (2,567km) Finish: Queenstown (xx km) It’s been a great couple of days traversing across to the buzzing south island hotspot town of Queenstown. We’re now just north, in the lakeside...
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Days 50-51: Mavora Lakes Road to Merrivale Road (Longwood Forest)
Start: Mavora Lakes Road (2,797km) Finish: Merrivale Road (Longwood Forest) (2,924km) Distance for the 2 days: 127km Cumulative distance: 2,924km Distance to Bluff: 130km This trail is making me work...
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Te Araroa Expedition – Video Dispach 2: It was bold but Jez Bragg pulled it off
Enjoy this second video Dispach of Te Araroa expedition in New Zealand. At 1601hrs on Saturday February 2nd 2013 after, 53 days 9 hours and 1 minute setting from Cape Reigna, The North Face athlete...
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Day 1: Cape Reigna to Ahipara (Ninety Mile Beach)
Start: Cape Reigna (0km) Finish: Ahipara (101km) Distance for the day (101km) Cumulative distance (101km) Today was the start of the expedition and my first steps on the Te Aroara trail. The starting...
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Te Araroa – Day 2: Ahipara to Mangamuka
Start: Ahipara (101km) Finish: Mangamuka (154km) Distance for the day (53km) Cumulative distance (154km) Today was always going to be tough; the start of the back-to-back/running when tired routine...
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Te Araroa: Day 3: Mangamuka to Kerikeri
Start: Mangamuka (154km) Finish: Kerikeri (219km) Distance for the day: (65km) Cumulative distance: (221km) Cumulative moving time: 32hrs 05mins I’m quickly learning that Te Araora has plenty of...
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Te Araroa – Day 4: Kerikeri to Whangaruru South
Start: Kerikeri (219km) Finish: Whangaruru South (281km) Distance for the day: (62km) Cumulative distance: (281km) Today’s outing was a perfect illustration of why this is such an appealing route to be...
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Te Araroa – Day 5: Whangaruru South to Kiripaka
Start: Whangaruru South (281km) Finish: Kiripaka (338km) Distance for the day: (57km) Cumulative distance: (338km) Cumulative moving time: 50hrs 57mins The total distance for today’s run was actually...
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Te Araroa – Day 6: Kiripaka to Waipu Cove
Start: Kiripaka (338km) Finish: Waipu Cove (408km) Distance for the day: (70km) Cumulative distance: (408km) Cumulative moving time: 61hrs 15mins Today I ran/ paddled 82km, but because of the inland...
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Te Araroa – Day 7
Start: Waipu Cove 408km Finish: Matakana 472km Distance for the day: 64km Cumulative distance: 472km My first week on the trail is now complete – the first significant milestone – and a very...
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Te Araroa – Day 8
Start: Matakana (472km) Finish: Stillwater (543km) Distance for the day: 71km Cumulative distance: 543km A blog post from Mark tonight, as I had a late one on the trail – JB. It’s been a long day for...
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Te Araroa – Day 9
Start: Stillwater (543km) Finish: Ihumatao – nr Auckland Airport (607km) Distance for the day: 64km Cumulative distance: 607km Today was an exciting day, filled with unusual emotions and unexpected...
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Te Araroa – Day 10
Start: Ihumatao – nr Auckland Airport (607km) Finish: nr Upper Mangatawhiri Dam (670.5km) Distance for the day: 63.5 Cumulative distance: 670.5km This really is a surreal experience in so many...
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Te Araroa – Day 11
Start: nr Upper Mangatawhiri Dam (670.5km) Finish: nr Huntly (738km) Distance for the day: 67.5km Cumulative distance: 738km Today was hard (I might as well leave that opening sentence in every day)....
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Te Araroa – Day average: and a long way to go
(written by crew member Jamie Ashwell) 05.45: I’m deeply asleep (as we didn’t finish jobs and get to bed until midnight) but am becoming conscious of the stirring in the van beneath me. As I slowly...
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Te Araroa – Day 13
Start: nr Huntly (738km) Finish: Old Mountain Road (804km) Distance for the day: 66km Cumulative distance: 804km I was pretty honest about my day yesterday, it wasn’t great, but I’m happy to tell it...
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Start: Old Mountain Road (804km) Finish: Waitomo (870km) Distance for the day: 64km Cumulative distance: 870km I set off today with no target distance in mind for the day. I knew as soon as I looked at...
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