I went on my first hike about 2 hours south of Auckland in the Waitawheta Valley. I went with a bunch of people from Ingrid's company. We slept over Saturday night at a halfway hut. It wasn't quite halfway, because Sunday took us far longer to get back. It was fairly challenging but the scenery more than made up for it.

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The Moon
The moon was looking amazing this night inbetween the clouds, but I couldn't capture it the way I saw it. The moon must be the toughtest thing to photogragh! Anyway this is what I got.