Thread: Best realistic walk ins for Auckland hunters?

Hi Land2sea, welcome to the forum and thanks for your good introduction.

Of course people won't be tumbling over each other to post their best spots on the internet !
Some standard, well known, places like Clements Road and Waihaha in the Pureoras will come out but they won't be the best places.

I'd suggest getting in touch with Rushy and taking up his offer of a cup of tea. Then he can suss you out and point you to a suitable area (ie not advise a qick overnight weekend trip to Tarn Ridge in the Tararuas or some place up the top of the Whakatane river).

Flying in typically cost $1000 to $2000 depending how far it is and the size of the helicopter. A good place to start would be to look into joining the sika foundation which is a voluntary group dedicated to maintaining a healthy sika population and forests with some pest control. They run fly in sessions from time to time and those are probably the best value for fly ins at present. My rule of thumb is to only fly in to somewhere I have walked to before.