Waiohina—Tauhere-Nikau.

The lights of Masterton, Carterton, Greytown, and Featherston twinkling in the inky blackness of the Wairarapa Plain, the dense beauty of New Zealand's native bush, and the howling and roaring of the wind as it ripped round your legs and through your clothes—these were some of the impressions of members of a Tramping Club party that spent the weekend of 29th-30th May in the Waiohina and Tauherenikau Valleys.

The route lay from the end of the Kaipaitangata Road, near Dalefield, over the ridge near Waiohina (2682ft.), then down to Bayer's Hut on the banks of the Waiohina on the Saturday, and on the Sunday, up on to High Ridge, along to Cone (3547ft.), down into the Tauherenikau Valley, and out to the main road near Kaitoke via the Tauherenikau Hut, and the Puffer.

From Cone, some fine views were had of Taraiua mist at some times, and when the mist cleared, of Bull Mound, the lower Waiohina Valley and Gorge, the Tauherenikau Valley, and the Wairarapa. The party finally arrived at the main road about seven o'clock, and a quick run back to town completed an enjoyable, though at times somewhat strenuous, weekend.