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Located in the mid eastern Ruahine Forest Park, Sunrise Hut is situated on the tops of the Ruahine Range. This track is one of the most popular in the park. Sited in a tussock basin beside the bush edge at 1280m, the hut offers excellent views across the Hawke's Bay.

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The Manawatu Gorge Scenic Reserve has a distinctive landscape with steep greywacke ranges covered in native vegetation.

The Manawatu Gorge Loop Track is located at the Woodville end of the Manawatu Gorge Track approximately 15 km east of Palmerston North.

Turn off State Highway 3 onto Ballance Gorge Road and cross the Ballance Bridge to the carpark at the track entrance.

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DOC Community Ranger Rebecca Gibson talks with TVNZ Good Morning host Jeanette Thomas about a few of the Great Walks on offer in New Zealand.

View video footage of DOC rangers banding South Island robins translocated from the Routeburn Track to the Matukituki Valley in Mt Aspiring National Park. A short helicopter flight in 2008 for 22 South Island robin/kakaruai began an exciting project to re-establish the species in Mount Aspiring National Park's West Matukituki Valley after an absence of 30 years. Three years on monitoring has shown that the robins are thriving. In September 2011 DOC staff re-sighted 17 of the original birds along with their third or fourth generation offspring, of which 8 were caught and banded. Go to www.doc.govt.nz/robin for more information on NZ robin.

DOC Community Ranger Rebecca Gibson talks with TVNZ Good Morning host Rod Cheeseman about DOC Campsites in the North Island.