I love west Auckland's bush and coast, but staring at epic landscape imagery all day at work has convinced me I really am missing out on other parts of the country.
Active is not a word you'd use to describe me - but there's so much natural beauty here, and the best way to experience it is just to get out amongst it. And the best thing is our national parks are free to visit. Here are a few New Zealand hikes I'm pretty sure will be worth the walking.
Aka the greatest one-day walk in New Zealand. Just look at the colour of those lakes. Middle-earth in real life. Just a few years ago I would've been all 'Go walking for a full day? Are you nuts?!' but here I am.
Glaciers! Valleys! Tussock! Boulders! This region really has it all.
I just reeeeeally want to see Lake Pukaki with my own two eyes. Oh yeah, and the tallest mountain in NZ.
