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![Your next Great Walk: A Southland track with creature comforts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Your next Great Walk: A Southland track with creature comforts
A remote wilderness experience with hot showers and welcome creature comforts.
![Great Walks, good manners: Five steps of outdoor hiking etiquette](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Great Walks, good manners: Five steps of outdoor hiking etiquette
Look after your fellow hikers and the tracks you share.
![Milford opening-day glitches sign of 'great demand', more Great Walks open next week](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Milford opening-day glitches sign of 'great demand', more Great Walks open next week
The DoC booking system crashed just after opening at 9.30am, to the frustration of users.
![Great frustrations: Milford Track fills up after DoC website issues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Great frustrations: Milford Track fills up after DoC website issues
The first Great Walk has been booked out but there's hope yet.
![DoC Great Walk booking website crashes under Milford Track demand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
DoC Great Walk booking website crashes under Milford Track demand
Booking site overwhelmed by eager would-be trampers.
![Hut costs to double: Cyclone repairs force DoC price hike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hut costs to double: Cyclone repairs force DoC price hike
Standard hut fees will double from $5 to $10 a night, from July 1.
![New Zealand's 7 best walks for autumn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
New Zealand's 7 best walks for autumn
Autumn air means fewer crowds and comfortable conditions – just bring the wet weather gear
![How does a guided tour New Zealand to life? Like this](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How does a guided tour New Zealand to life? Like this
Follow the leader by bike, foot, kayak, or raft.
![Pilgrims trial 'robotic hiking suit' in Japan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pilgrims trial 'robotic hiking suit' in Japan
Japan's oldest pilgrimage route is an unlikely test site for cutting-edge technology.
![Piha's best walks: Five short adventures to shake off cabin fever this winter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Piha's best walks: Five short adventures to shake off cabin fever this winter
Rally the troops for some fresh air and exercise with these Piha winter walks.
![Kiwi hike leapfrogs Milford in world's most popular tramps](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi hike leapfrogs Milford in world's most popular tramps
A survey into the world's most popular tracks has named the Kiwi hike as one of the best.
![Grand Canyon hiker's guilty plea, trail party grows out of control](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Grand Canyon hiker's guilty plea, trail party grows out of control
The guide plead guilty to inviting 140 hikers through the Arizona national park.
![Best of summer: Where to find the country's top 10 beach walks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Best of summer: Where to find the country's top 10 beach walks
The top 10 have been named but which walk will you vote as the country's number one?
![You voted. We listened. Summer's top-rated experiences revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
You voted. We listened. Summer's top-rated experiences revealed
The votes are in. Kiwis have nominated their top summer to-dos and here are the finalists.
![Kiwi celebs share their picks for the Herald's Best of Summer competition](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi celebs share their picks for the Herald's Best of Summer competition
Matty McLean, Brynley Stent, Peter Gordon and more share their Best of Summer picks.
!['Precious' discovery in Tongariro sparks national search for its owner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Precious' discovery in Tongariro sparks national search for its owner
Hikers' chance discovery has begun a search to find the rings' owner.
![Five tricks to avoid sandfly bites this summer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Five tricks to avoid sandfly bites this summer
Sandflies are a less welcome part of the Kiwi summer.
![How do you tackle 15,000km of coast? One walkway at a time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How do you tackle 15,000km of coast? One walkway at a time
Redefine yourself one step at a time on the country's coastal walkways.
![Is this Auckland's best nature walk?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is this Auckland's best nature walk?
It may be the best nature walk in Auckland but most have never heard of it.
![Ōpārara Arches 'bridge too far' for DoC redevelopment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ōpārara Arches 'bridge too far' for DoC redevelopment
The one thing more fragile than the Park ecosystem was the brittle karst limestone.