Te Araroa ("the long pathway") - a national walkway running the length of New Zealand - opens this Saturday 3 December 2011.
Read the Herald article here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10769198
Or visit Te Araroa's website: www.teararoa.org.nz/index.cfm