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MAGICAL DESCENTS ON THE NORTH ISLAND’S BEST

THE MOERANGI TRACK STARTED LIFE AS A TRAMPING TRACK THAT LOOPED AROUND A GROUP OF THREE HUTS DEEP IN THE HUIARAU RANGES. BUT IN 2009, THE TRAIL WAS UPGRADED BY DOC INTO AN AMAZING MOUNTAIN BIKE TRACK.

The trail passes through the towering ancient podocarp forest of Whirinaki Te Pua-a-Tane Conservation Park. Environmentalists saved Whirinaki from clear felling

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