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Kōrero: Horses

Horse trekking

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Horse trekking

Horseback riding or trekking is now a popular activity for both New Zealanders and overseas tourists. This trek, from Middlemarch to Lawrence, in Central Otago, is called the Moonlighters Trail, and travels across undeveloped tussock grassland, with overnight accommodation in woolsheds.

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Otago Daily Times

by Stephen Jaquiery

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Emma Meyer, Horses – Recreation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19290/horse-trekking (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Emma Meyer, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.