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    Dec 21, 2020 2 minutes
    - Heather Whelan

    THE GOLDEN STAIRS Track is named for the mass of yellow flowers that gild the kowhai trees on the sheltered hillsides of Whangape Harbour.

    Pawarenga Road, narrow and unsealed, skirts Rotokakahi River, passing the scattered buildings of the tiny settlement before ending

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