The Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track has featured in a variety of media articles. Click on the links below to read the full articles.

February 2025 – “No hump too big” by Tsewang Nuru Sherpa

Wilderness Mag

January 2025 – “25 trails to explore in 2025” by AllTrails

AllTrails

November 2024 – “Let’s Take a Walk: The forgotten anthem of the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track” by DOC

Conservation Blog

November 2024 –  “Birds of the Hump Ridge Trackby Colin Miskelly

Te Papa Tongarewa

October 2024 – “Eleventh great walk added to New Zealand's list” by 1News

1News

October 2024 –  “Aotearoa's brand-new Great Walk” RNZ Afternoons Interview

Radio NZ

October 2024 – “New Zealand’s Hump Ridge Track Is a Tramper’s Delight” by Aaron Gulley.

Virtuoso

September 2024 – “Great Walk status for Hump Ridge Track ‘good for the town’” by Evan Harding 

Stuff NZ

June 2024 – “Why New Zealand’s newest Great Walk is so important” by Jessica Wynne Lockhart

BBC

September 2023 – “Hump Ridge Track upgrade extended to October 2024” by DOC

Department of Conservation

September 2023 – “Plant hunter finds previously unknown orchid on the Hump Ridge Track” by Sandra Simpson

The Post NZ

June 2023 – “Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track, the country's next Great Walk, running to budget by RNZ

Radio NZ

March 2023 – “Tuatapere Humpridge Track NEW ZEALAND by Pam

Diamonds in the Rough Adventures

May 2022 – “New Great Walk over the hump by Vaneesa Bellew

Newsroom.

April 2022 – “Hump Ridge Track Great Walk upgrade begins by DOC

Department of Conservation

November 2021 – “Hump Ridge Track inches closer to becoming Great Walk by RNZ

Radio NZ

February 2021 – “I loved returning to the Tuatapere Humpridge Track by Helen Clark

Helen Clark's Facebook Post

July 2019 – “Southland's Hump Ridge Track named next Great Walk” by Jono Edwards

Otago Daily Times

July 2019 – “Take a walk on the southern side: 'Great' Hump Ridge Track by RNZ

Radio NZ

July 2019 – “Hump Ridge on track to be NZ’s next Great Walk by DOC

Department of Conservation

August 2018 – “Hunt for new Great Walk down to the final three by Chloe Ranford

Stuff NZ

August 2018 – “Great Walks network set to grow by DOC

Department of Conservation

February 2018 – “An adventure on the Hump Ridge Track” by Liz Carlson

Stuff NZ

February 2018 – “Fiordland's Humpridge Track scores high as potential new Great Walk by Amber-Leigh Woolf

Stuff NZ

January 2017 – “Tuatapere Humpridge Track” by Fergus Young

Young Kiwi Blog

November 2016 – “The Humpridge Track” by Viki Moore

Astrolable Sailing

February 2015 – “Hump Ridge Track, New Zealand” by Feral Walker

Goin’ Feral One Day At A Time Blog

December 2014 – “The Trail That Saved A Town” by Happytramper Blog

Happytramper Blog

November 2014 – “Mammoth Tramp Report: Hump Ridge Track” by Melanie Magowan

One Foot Loose

October 2014 – “Hump Ridge Track” by Phylis at the NOTMC

North Otago Tramping & Mountaineering Club

April 2013 – “Hump Ridge Track” by John Potter

John Potter’s Blog

February 2012 – “Stumping the Hump” by Philip Somerville

Otago Daily Times

May 2010 – “Walk in the Park” by Ruud Kleinpaste

NZ Gardener

May 2010  “Natural Beauty and Historical Relics in Remote Southland” by Lindsay Benbrook

 Heritage Matters

April 2010 – “Hump Photo Tour” by Clive Copeman

Clive Copeman Photography – Learning To See

October 2009 – “Over the Hump” by Sally Duggan 

NZ Life & Leisure Magazine

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