Two unidentified trampers with packs on the West Peak slope, Mt Hector, Tararua Range c.1930.

1 B&W photo print

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I tried to get the sort of mood of the Tararuas when it closes in and the terrain is freaky.........If you've been tramping you'll know what i mean.I like the dark beauty of that place.

Two unidentified persons walking across the snow field below West Peak, Mt Hector, Tararua Range c.1930.

1 B&W photo print

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Tramping Party. Arch Billins 2nd from R front row”

Tramping Party poses at a wooden gate (on Gladstone Road, Levin) at the foothills of the Tararua Range, c.1930’s.

1 Sepia tone print

See also 1979.092.0001

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Tramping Party of five women and six men poses at a wooden gate (on Gladstone Road, Levin) at the foothills of the Tararua Range, c.1930’s.

1 B&W photo print

See also 2000.123.0001 and 1979.092.0001

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Written on the back of the photo in blue ink:

From left to right:

Unknown, Miss Stevens, unknown, Miss Adkin, L. Logan

Clive Hobson, C (corrected to FT) Swanwick, Mr Bert Poad, Gordon Joll, Les Adkin, Bill Logan.

[Presented by Frank Dewent, Levin Waiopehu Tramping Club March 1979.

Found in back of clubroom cupboard.]

Inscription on reverse reads: “J Logan, E Lancaster & L Adkin.”

J Logan, E Lancaster and L Adkin rest during a tramp in the tararua Ranges.

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Inscritpion on reverse reads: “On the waiopehu Track. Wm. Walker, Gwynne Walker.”

Three men amidst native bush on the Waiopehu Track, Tararua Range. Included in the photograph are William Walker and Gwynne Walker.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Bill Walker, Les Adkin, Jo Logan, Ernie Lancaster.”

Four men, dressed for tramping, and a dog stand on tramline tracks which appear to run across a river bed. The four men are identified as being Bill Walker, Les Adkin, Jo Logan and Ernie Lancaster.

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An example of native bush growing in the Tararua Ranges.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “W Walker, E Lancaster & J Logan.”

W Walker, E Lancaster and J Logan pause during a tramp in the Tararua Range.

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Two unidentified people standing on a snowfield, Mt Hector, Tararua Range c.1930.

1 B&W photo print

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Inscription on reverse reads: “J Logan, E Lancaster, W Walker.”

J Logan, E Lancaster and W Walker pause during a tramp in the Tararua Ranges.

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Members of the Levin Tramping Club at an unknown date. Those in the photograph are from left to right:-

Back row – Unknown, Miss Stephens, Unknown, Miss Adkin, L Logan

Front row – Clive Hobson, F T Swanwick, Bert Poad, Gordon Joll, Les Adkin and Bill Logan

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Another print is numbered 2000.123.0002 and contains the following details:

Tramping Party of five women and six men poses at a wooden gate (on Gladstone Road, Levin) at the foothills of the Tararua Range, c.1930’s.

1 B&W photo print

See also 2000.123.0001 and 1979.092.0001

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Written on the back of the photo in blue ink:

From left to right:

Unknown, Miss Stevens, unknown, Miss Adkin, L. Logan

Clive Hobson, C (corrected to FT) Swanwick, Mr Bert Poad, Gordon Joll, Les Adkin, Bill Logan.

On 26 February 2006 the Prime Minister, Helen Clark, opened Burtton’s Track. The track forms part of Te Araroa - the proposed continuous hiking route 2,924 kilometres from Cape Reinga to Bluff.