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    HUMP RIDGE PREPARES FOR ‘GREAT’ STATUS

    Aug 23, 2021 3 minutes

    GEORGE DRIVER FINDS OUT WHAT’S IN STORE FOR WALKERS

    Upgrades to the country’s next Great Walk will get underway soon, but plans for a new hut on the Hump Ridge Track have been put on hold. The Southland track won the contest to become a new Great Walk in 2019 and DOC put $5m towards upgrading it, with work expected to be completed later next year.

    The three-day walk skirts the southern coastline, before climbing through native

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