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WAIKAREMOANA, A UNIQUE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

A friend and I walked the Waikaremoana Track in Te Urewera recently. I have seen comments, both online and in letters to , about the state of the walk and can only talk about what I saw. The lake and the track still have damage due to Cyclone Gabrielle, and large amounts of silt and weed at the lake edge make swimming tricky. The huts with no wardens are tidy and functional, and the two huts with wardens are immaculate. There are

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