30 Oct 2019

New signs tell Tongariro Crossing trampers to turn back

From Morning Report, 7:21 am on 30 October 2019

"STOP: Hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing is NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY due to bad weather" - those are the words that will greet anyone trying to tramp one of the country's most popular walks in adverse conditions over summer.

The Department of Conservation will display the warning on signs at the beginning and the end of the track, on the roads leading to the Crossing and will have rangers telling trampers in person to turn back if the weather's too bad.

RNZ's tourism reporter Tess Brunton has the story.