Poor Pete’s Hut

1000 Acre Plateau

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Date: 24-26 April 2021.
Trip type: Medium tramp.
Location: 1000 Acre Plateau, Kahurangi National Park.
Author: Emily.
Trampers: Tracey, Jamie, James, Maj-Britt, Nikita, Scott, Amanda, Simon.

Ferry booking mix-ups and more than an hour’s delay to board meant it was well after 10pm when we arrived at the Matiri Valley West Bank road end. The hydro scheme construction works mean the walk in to Lake Matiri hut is now only 50min mostly on construction road, which during working hours you need … Read more

Searching for a Needle in a Haystack – Matiri Range to 1,000 acre plateau

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Date: 29 Jan 2021 - 2 Feb 2021.
Trip type: Tramp.
Location: Kahurangi National Park.
Author: Sarah .
Trampers: Sarah F, Tony G.

Camping by a tarn on the 1000 Acre Plateau

The Matiri Range and 1000 Acre Plateau Searching for a Needle in a Haystack A 5 day tramp from the Wangapeka River, along the Matiri Range to the 1,000 Acre Plateau and the Matiri River. Tony assured me that I would be able to find The Needle in The Haystack easily. Well, he wasn’t wrong but … Read more

1000 Acre Plateau

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Date: 19-22 October 2018.
Trip type: Medium Tramping.
Location: 1000 Acre Plateau, Kahurangi National Park.
Author: Bart.
Trampers: Mike (leader), Caryl, Rosanne, Byron, Matt, Juan, Tom x2, Ken, Kevin, Bart.

On Friday night our party of 11 stayed at Owen River Tavern campsite. The next morning, we drove 30 minutes over an unsealed road to the trailhead at 442828 and started our tramp at 8:40 after the obligatory group picture. There hadn’t been any rain for days, so the river crossing in the first bit was quite … Read more