Easter Sunday
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Only got canned on the release of the coroners report into the 2018 crash.
Waikato and Horizons Regional Councils refuse to cooperate on an East-West connection between Waimarino and Turangi...as Ruapehu District Council ignores the need for connections along SH4...
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Pre-snow clean-up of summer rubbish and rubbish exposed during the thaw...
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #Whakapapa #Tongariro
Still a month or so away but mark in your calendars for your next #SH4 roadie...
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An orange panel against a native Aotearoa forest background, listing trap counts for February 2026 for Owhango Live's community trapping programme in the Ohinetonga Scenic Reserve. The count details: 151 rats, 13 possums, 21 hedgehogs, 12 feral cats, 5 mustelids (weasels, stoats, etc) and 51 other eg mice, rabbits etc.
A white panel that lists Ōwhango Live Contact info: Website: Owhangolive.com Phone: 020 458 3973 Email: owhangolive@yahoo.com Messenger: Owhango Live
Keeping the Ohinetonga Scenic Reserve pest-free and growing.
A great little 90min walk
Only $50 to sponsor a trap for a year.
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On SH4, just north of Tohunga Junction.
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It's amazing that no pedestrians have been skittled let alone killed along Mangatepopo Rd -the entrance to the Tongariro Alpine Crossing - on dry dusty days where visibility is down to metres, and with high vehicle traffic numbers...
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #TongariroAlpineCrossing
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Whakapapa Skifield Locals Day 29 November.
Fund-raising for Whakapapa and Waimarino Volunteer Fire Brigades.
#Ruapehu #Whakapapa #Waimarino #Tongariro #CruisingSh4
Post-fire images along the "ditch track" between Whakapapa Village and the main Tongariro Alpine Crossing trail at Mangatepopo.
The challenge is to prevent upwind weeds dispensing seeds (dandelion, gorse, broom, blackberry) into the burn area...
#CruisingSh4 #RuapehuNZ #Tongariro
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New food truck at Youngs Honesty Box between Tohunga Junction and Horopito...
From tomorrow...
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So proud of our little brigade, regardless of season, weather or terrain, they are always in the thick of it for our communities...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tongariro...
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #Tongariro
Pithing down in Ruapehu...
Never been so happy for rain on summer days off...
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #Tongariro
Heli vid from last night of the fire at Mangatepopo in Tongariro National Park.
Devastating in our premier national park.
Please stay away so firefighters can do their jobs...
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #Tongariro
The scene is the unoriginally-named Old Swimming Pool in Owhango.
You can see the dam where they close off the stream to build up water in the pool.
Dates back to pre-WW2 when it was one of the few pools between Taumarunui and Taihape.
Still gets dammed every summer...
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Guilty.
If I am working but it's slow I will go get one just for something to do.
I will often/usually get one if I am driving through Waimarino if The Station Cafe is open...
#CruisingSH4 #TheStation #FatKiwi
23 November = hit the rails...!
#RuapehuNZ #HitTheRails #CruisingSH4
Blue Hill breakfast...
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Hey! Team Ruapehu!!!
I just noticed on The Station FB page, they only have one review and that's from me last week....
They've been open in Waimarino Village for months now and all the feedback I've heard has been awesome...
#Waimarino #RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4
Well-written article on a little know piece of Ruapehu history.
Before the government invents any new Great Walks, it needs to properly resource and maintain the ones it's already got.
#RuapehuNZ #CruisingSH4 #TongariroNationalPark #NorthernCircuit
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Great night out with locals and candidates...
Slalom Lodge Restaurant open Friday and Saturday from 5.30 pm for meals and beverages.
#Raurimu #CruisingSH4 #RuapehuNZ #LocalElections25
Take a spur of the moment weekend away...
#CruisingSH4 #RuapehuNZ #Whakapapa #Winter2025
Make a day of it...
#CruisingSH4 #Owhango #RuapehuNZ