Denniston Plateau, West Coast, 17 Jan 2026

As well as exploring a fascinating area that we don’t visit very often, this trip was planned as an awareness raising exercise about the proposed open cast coal mine in the Deep Stream region of the Denniston Plateau. This is being put through the Fast...

Cedar Flats Hut, West Coast, 3-5 June 2017

Leader: Ray Salisbury Two cars with nine souls made the long journey from Nelson to Hokitika, revelling in the chance to explore new terrain further afield during Queens Birthday weekend. From the road-end, grassy farmland provided a decent hour’s...

Mount Brown Hut, Hokitika, 10 Oct 2015

Leader: Ray Salisbury West Coast or East Coast, that is the question. The nagging umming and ah-ing that plagues us prior to any tramp locked into the calendar, months ahead. A humungous High loomed large over the Tasman, and brought hope to our...

Buckland Peaks - 16-17 April 2005

Buckland Peaks - Organiser: Mark Stevens "Buckland Peaks, shrouded in mystery and cloud..with stupendous views of the coast and surrounding areas and with the view of Mt Cook Massif in the south." This is what the guide books promise, but it was not to...