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A joint “do” at the new Great Walks Paparoa Track hut about halfway between Punakaiki and Blackball will be the appropriate way to celebrate closer community ties between the two villages, Punakaiki ...

In spite of its recent addition, the Paparoa Track is already the fourth most popular Great Walk on the network. The 55km stretch was selected as a rival to the Milford and Kepler, and trampers have ...

Before there was the technology to build the coastal road from Fox River to Punakaiki an inland route was followed right through what is now Paparoa National Park. This is part of the Inland Pack Trac ...

Blackball is preparing for an influx of visitors when New Zealand's newest Great Walk opens next year. GEORGE HEARD / STUFF JOANNE CARROLL reports. A small West Coast village is preparing for an ...

The Englishman set off from Punakaiki at 8am on Saturday morning and did not return. Photo / David Wall The parents of an English tramper missing in Paparoa National Park will arrive in New Zealand ...

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