Te Araroa Videos

In this video I’ll share with you what I’m taking to walk Te Araroa, New Zealand’s Long Trail, 3000 km from Cape Reinga to Bluff. This walk will take 110 to 130 days and I’ll be carrying everything I need in my backpack aside from restocking food along the way.

Have you ever joined a new group and wondered if they were speaking a different language, some of it sounds sort of familiar but there seems to be acronyms and words used in context that are nothing like you’ve heard before?

How to keep electronics charged while hiking the Te Araroa end to end thru hike. In this video I’ll share with you what I’ve learnt about keeping my electronics and phone charged while hiking and as preparation to hike Te Araroa, New Zealand’s Long Trail.

I’m going on a walk soon, it’s a long walk, actually, it’s a very long walk, about three thousand kilometres and is known as a thru hike and this will be my very first thru hike.

In this video, I’lll share with you what I’ve learnt about how best to navigate New Zealand’s Long Trail, Te Araroa including which websites and Apps will be most useful along with where to go for more information before starting and while on the trail. This is all information I’ve gathered as part of my own preparation for walking the 3,000 kilometre trail this season.

In Spring 2023 I will embark on my most ambitious adventure yet, Te Araroa - New Zealand’s Trail. A continuous 3,000 kilometre (1,864 mile) walking track from Cape Reinga at the top of the North Island to Bluff at the bottom of the South Island in New Zealand.