Martin’s interest in, and urge to explore the natural world has been a consistent theme through stud…
Kerry brings a vibrant mix of energy, experience, and love for the outdoors to our team. Growing up …
Michelle brings her energy, humour, and all-in attitude to our team. She designs women’s hiking trip…
Anne brings warmth, grit, and a deep love for wild places to everything she does at Hiking New Zeala…
Dan grew up in the rolling farmland of the Pohangina Valley, where muddy boots and wide-open spaces …
Mo brings a sharp wit, a love for wild places, and decades of experience to the Hiking New Zealand c…
Anna (Ngāi Tahu) brings a deep love of the outdoors, travel, and connection to her role as Sales and…
The Chamois buck (or Chammie as us Kiwis like to affectionately call them) eyed us from his high per…
Michelle & Anne rolled their eyes. Claire had called for another summit selfie as the mist had momen…
"Pivot?", "I thought you said parrot."
With the borders closed, ‘pivot’ has become the (overused) c…
Dreaming of a tropical breeze
My toes are going numb in my frozen boots and I try to crack the ice o…
Urgh!!! Maggots everywhere!! I look inside the trap and see a humungous, partly disintegrated rat dr…
Kath Watzig:
Kath originally hails from Oregon on the west coast of America. Soon after stepping o…
Hiking Guide's Lockdown Lowdown As New Zealand enters week 5 of lockdown, it is fair to say we have …
Jeffrey Fitting (Inky)
Inky is an explorer and sailor within the more remote parts of this worl…
Marios Gavalas:
What do you get up to when you are not guiding?
My greatest pleasure is han…
Jessi Meyer:
Jessi is enthusiastic and passionate about the outdoors and being surrounded by natur…
Mitch Hutchings:
Mitch lives for exploring the outdoors and immersing himself in different culture…
Jeremy Martin:
Growing up on the foothills of the Southern Alps of New Zealand with active hikers …
Dan Murphy
One of Hiking New Zealand's directors, Dan Murphy, sat down with Great Walks Magazine t…
Kathryn Richards:
Kathryn almost has a love of the outdoors imprinted in her DNA. Her upbringing o…
Sarah Akers:
With a professional background in environmental planning and consulting Sarah brings …
Chai Pyle:
Having grown up in the outdoors, Chai feels very much in his element guiding guests th…
Hiking Guides Celebrate Successful Season
That’s a wrap! The tents are rolled up and sleeping bags…
Get the low down on the Hiking New Zealand and Active Earth Adventures team. We asked Elena Jonsson …
If it is winter and you happen to tell people you are in the tourism industry the inevitable respons…
I’m relieved it’s an unusually warm night as I hide out in the manuka trees wearing nothing but my u…
Get the low down on the Hiking New Zealand and Active Earth Adventures team. We asked Anika Zwaan wh…
Get the low down on the Hiking New Zealand and Active Earth Adventures team. We asked Magan McKenna …
Home Town? I grew up in Oxford, just up the road from Rangiora, and like a true Cantabrian have work…
Consistently achieving outstanding traveller reviews means Hiking New Zealand has received the C…
The Best New Zealand Hiking Guides
Our end of season weekend gets guides and partners and crew tog…
Get the low down on the Hiking New Zealand and Active Earth Adventures team. We asked Anne van der L…
My son was pestering me that it was time I took him hiking again, and while it’s great to have kids …
Get the low down on the Hiking New Zealand and Active Earth Adventures team. Today we asked Eva Star…
Definition of ‘Young Man’s Country’ – a term that may have been overused by rural real estate agent…
We sometimes take our training seriously
We, team Hiking New Zealand (Anne, Michelle and myself- Cl…
Adventure awaits
We needed an adventure, something different - not a typical get together for a bunc…
The day finally dawned and we were on a roadie heading north out of Auckland; our destination - the …
Traversing the volcanic moonscape of contorted lava flows and ash fields as you climb to the emerald…
Hiking NZ director Malcolm witnessed a near accident at his local swimming hole recently so decided …
The Hiking New Zealand team consider Claire an honorary member. Not only did we first meet Claire wh…
Michelle walked the 8-day Gillespie and Rabbit Pass and rates it as a trip of a lifetime. It wasn’t …
Daniel, co-owner of Hiking New Zealand, ensures he gets into the backcountry (Young Man's Country…
Guide and Director, Dan Murphy, gives his account of the Dusky Track Expedition run by Hiking New Ze…
Break a long haul flight in Dubai (do buy)? Director Malcolm likes hiking, exploring, and talking to…
Glenys enjoys a journey through some of the North Island's forgotten wilderness - Lake Waikaremoana.…
Dan Murphy gets together with a group of old school mates each year and heads into the wilderness. T…
Five things I learned about Hiking New Zealand a week after my first day in the office - Angela Jane…
Who would of thought this was the middle of winter
Talk in the office..The talk in the office wa…
Glenys Erskine reflects on walking the Hump Ridge Track
It has been over a year since I walked the …
A "selfie" of Grum
HNZ DAY 9
We are early up, and away with the first stop at Roaring Billy Falls. T…
German-born Eva Starostka is a tourism student from The Netherlands, in New Zealand to write her the…
Musings on Australia's wilderness - why we love the place (but can't wait to come home)
Hiking NZ D…
Hanmer Events organiser, co-ordinator and brains trust and Hiking New Zealand guide Graham Frith has…
Mongolia was everything Daniel hoped it would be. For two weeks he did not see any other tourists, t…
As we mark our 20th celebrations for Hiking New Zealand I asked Mark to reflect back over the years …
The cool waters of the Queen Charlotte Sounds beckoned this summer and what better way to explore…
Hiking as a family is great! Walking, talking and discovering cool things with your kids is so…
Glenys, took some time out from work to immerse herself in the wilderness of Alaska. Here is her blo…
