New Zealand's largest city Auckland got off to a slow start in terms of inner city offroad trails, but always has had a few great forest options on the city fringes since MTB came on the scene (Riverhead, Woodhill, Hunua and now Whitford & Maraetai).
It is now catching up with inner city MTB trail networks in Manukau's Totara Park and North Shore's Sanders Reserve with the cyclewaynewzealand.co.nz crew working on getting more trails sooner rather than later! Not to mention non-MTB off-road options which we will keep you up to date on (use the RSS feed of the Auckland Trails menu below to the right).
In the news for August of 2012 was the eruption of Mt Tongariro in the Central North Island.
In an area where we have enjoyed moutnain biking since it began, many cyclists will be following the news with interest as it is hard to determine whether the activity will increase over the coming months.
If you are interested in following this, check out the Tongariro Crossing website at tongarirocrossing.org.nz
