Wilderness Magazine

Kiwi Alyssa Olsen and her hiking partner, Mason Van Zeeland from the USA, spoke with ABC News about their close encounter with two grizzly bears as well as a moose on a hiking trip in Glacier National Park. Minutes earlier, passing hikers had warned them about the presence of grizzly bears and the pair waited […]

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DOC has been working with pest control developer Connovation to develop and register a ready-made bait containing the toxin PAPP (para-aminopropiophenone), to which stoats are especially susceptible. DOC Principal Science Advisor Elaine Murphy says the recent field trials were very successful. “Over the past three years, we’ve carried out two hand-laid trials and two aerial […]<...

I sometimes feel we get a little hung up about the wonder of the outdoors in New Zealand. We’ve got ‘great walks’, unrivalled anywhere, and this magazine does an exemplary job of celebrating them. But the truth of the matter is, there’s a whole world of incredible tramping opportunities out there – ‘great hikes’, as […]

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When I arrived at Barker Hut in Arthur’s Pass National Park for a recent overnight stay, something didn’t add up. There was a pool of water on the table. I wondered if the roof was leaking but I soon noticed the cause: an open window. Rain had been driven in by the wind. It wouldn’t […]

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Wilderness readers show us what they’ve been up to this month. Get your photo published here to receive a meal from Real Meals worth $18. Last Weekend submission criteria can be found here. Feature photo above: Emma Lim, Nimrit Khangura, Dion Vithanage and Nicolas Singh completed their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award by tramping the Billygoat Circuit. […]

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