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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
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Canterbury Walking track
Hawdon Hut Track
Distance
18 km return via same track
Walking time
6-8 hr
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 18 km return via same track
Walking time: 6-8 hr
Track grade: Advanced
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
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Otago Walking track
Hāwea River Track
Distance
14 km one way
Walking time
3–4 hr one way
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 14 km one way
Walking time: 3–4 hr one way
Track grade: Easy
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Location reference not verified. Nearby distance unavailable.
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Boardwalk on Hawkes Lookout Track. Published in DOC's Hawkes Lookout Walk guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Photo: itravelNZ / CC BY 2.0 / Details
Tasman Walking track
Hawkes Lookout Walk
Distance
800 m return via same track
Walking time
10 min return
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 800 m return via same track
Walking time: 10 min return
Track grade: Easiest
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New Zealand musk (Mimulus repens). Published in DOC's Hawksbury lagoon and beach walk guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Photo: John Barkla / CC BY 4.0 / Details
Otago Walking track
Hawksbury lagoon and beach walk
Distance
4 km loop
Walking time
1 hr 30 min
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 4 km loop
Walking time: 1 hr 30 min
Track grade: Easy
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Canterbury Walking track
Hay Scenic Reserve walk
Distance
900 m loop
Walking time
30 min
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 900 m loop
Walking time: 30 min
Track grade: Easiest
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Tasman Walking track
Headlands Track
Distance
1.6 km loop
Walking time
1 hr loop
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 1.6 km loop
Walking time: 1 hr loop
Track grade: Easy
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Day 1: Brown Hut to Perry Saddle Hut. Published in DOC's Heaphy Track guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Photo: Department of Conservation (NZ) / CC BY 4.0 / Details
Tasman / West Coast Walking track
Heaphy Track
Distance
78.4 km one way
Walking time
4-6 days
Grade group
Intermediate
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 78.4 km one way
Walking time: 4-6 days
Track grade: Intermediate tramping track
Article checked 2026-09-26. Confirm current access with the track manager.
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
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Otago Walking track
Heather Jock Loop Track
Distance
3.3 km loop
Walking time
1 hr 30 min from Bonnie Jean Hut
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 3.3 km loop
Walking time: 1 hr 30 min from Bonnie Jean Hut
Track grade: Advanced
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Fiordland Walking track
Helena Falls Track
Distance
1.9 km return via same track
Walking time
2 hr return
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 1.9 km return via same track
Walking time: 2 hr return
Track grade: Advanced
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Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Canterbury Walking track
Helicopter Hill Track
Distance
500 m one way
Walking time
15 - 30 min one way
Grade group
Intermediate
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 500 m one way
Walking time: 15 - 30 min one way
Track grade: Intermediate
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Bay of Plenty Walking track
Henderson Tramline Loop Track
Distance
9 km loop
Walking time
3 hrs 30 min
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 9 km loop
Walking time: 3 hrs 30 min
Track grade: Advanced
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Chatham Islands Walking track
Henga Scenic Reserve Walk
Distance
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Walking time
1 hr 30 min | 2 hr 30 min
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: Not confirmed on the checked DOC page; see individual route sections
Walking time: 1 hr 30 min | 2 hr 30 min
Track grade: Easy
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Area context
Te Pare Pā Historic Walk:. Published in DOC's Hereheretaura Pā Short Walk guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Photo: DOC Whitianga / CC BY 4.0 / Details
Waikato Walking track
Hereheretaura Pā Short Walk
Distance
550 m one way
Walking time
20 min one way
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 550 m one way
Walking time: 20 min one way
Track grade: Easiest
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Northland Walking track
Herekino Forest Track
Distance
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Walking time
9 hr
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: Not confirmed on the checked DOC page; see individual route sections
Walking time: 9 hr
Track grade: Advanced
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Location reference not verified. Nearby distance unavailable.
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View from start of Heyward Point Track. Published in DOC's Heyward Point Track guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Photo: Laura Honey / CC BY 4.0 / Details
Otago Walking track
Heyward Point Track
Distance
5 km return via same track
Walking time
2 hr
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 5 km return via same track
Walking time: 2 hr
Track grade: Advanced
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Canterbury Walking track
Hideaway Hut Route
Distance
6 km return via same track
Walking time
2 hr one way
Grade group
Expert
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 6 km return via same track
Walking time: 2 hr one way
Track grade: Expert
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Bay of Plenty Walking track
High-Level Pack Track
Distance
4.3 km one way
Walking time
2 hr 30 min
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 4.3 km one way
Walking time: 2 hr 30 min
Track grade: Advanced
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Otago Walking track
Highcliff Track
Distance
4 km return loop
Walking time
1 hr 20 min return
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 4 km return loop
Walking time: 1 hr 20 min return
Track grade: Advanced
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Waikato Walking track
Hihikiwi Track
Distance
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Walking time
3 - 4 hr one way to the lookout | 4 - 6 hr one way to the summit
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 4.8 km to the lookout | 6.4 km one way to the summit return via same track
Walking time: 3 - 4 hr one way to the lookout | 4 - 6 hr one way to the summit
Track grade: Advanced
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Otago Walking track
Hikuwai Link Track
Distance
600 m one way
Walking time
20 min one way
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 600 m one way
Walking time: 20 min one way
Track grade: Easiest
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Marlborough Walking track
Hinau Track
Distance
808 m loop
Walking time
45 min
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 808 m loop
Walking time: 45 min
Track grade: Easy
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
Bay of Plenty Walking track
Hinehopu/Hongi's Track
Distance
2.2 km one way
Walking time
1 hr 30 min
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 2.2 km one way
Walking time: 1 hr 30 min
Track grade: Easy
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General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Photo: Cody Black / Unsplash License / Details
West Coast Walking track
Historic Haast to Paringa Cattle Track
Distance
See route notes
Walking time
3 days
Grade group
Advanced
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: Not confirmed on the checked DOC page; see individual route sections
Walking time: 3 days
Track grade: Advanced
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Area context
Carpark leading to Historic Railway Tunnel Walk. Published in DOC's Historic Railway Tunnel Walk guide. Photograph date not supplied; this is route-area context, not a verified trailhead or current-condition photograph.
Photo: Charles Barnett / CC BY 4.0 / Details
Otago Walking track
Historic Railway Tunnel Walk
Distance
360 m return via same track
Walking time
15 mins return via same track
Grade group
Easy
Route notes
Department of Conservation
Distance: 360 m return via same track
Walking time: 15 mins return via same track
Track grade: Easiest
Article checked 2026-10-08. Confirm current access with the track manager.
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