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MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF Eugenie Sage, then minister of conservation, at the East Matakitaki Hut in Nelson Lakes National Park. (First published in September 2020) Across in the Rainbow Conservation Area, near the Upper Wairau River, both Lees Creek and Begley huts have also been refurbished. The work has been made possible by a $2 million expansion of the Backcountry Trust programme to repair and maintain remote huts as part of the Government’s $1.3 billion Jobs for Nature fund. Department of Conservation Nelson Lakes operations manager John Wotherspoon​​ said he was “really chuf...

ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff No expense is spared on the famous Crust to Crust. I won't mince words, the prospect of the day ahead is daunting. My training has involved many months of serious pie eating, each day beginning with a breakfast of bacon and egg pies and ending with a dinner of steak and cheese pies, all washed down with a quality beer. I feel I have done the hard yards but obviously the proof will be in the pudding. At least it will be guilt free. The calories expended on the trek should balance the intake of butter-rich pastry, the heavy sauces and the delicious meats.

Two trampers have been airlifted to safety after getting into trouble in the Nelson region. The Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter responded to two callouts on Sunday, both involving trampers who had set off their emergency locator beacons. Pilot Barry McAuliffe said the first callout happened about 10am when a 17-year-old woman suffered an ankle injury near Speargrass Hut (altitude 1060m) at Nelson Lakes. McAuliffe said the woman had been tramping with a group of people, and was flown to the Mt Robert car park near Lake Rotoiti where she received treatment. READ MORE: Later on Sunday, ...