19.2 km - 5 hrs 20 minutes
From the Huntly power station, there is a road walk through the western side of the town, and then staying on that side of the river, on south to the start of the Hakarimata Walkway.
That starts off as a good class walking track - if you don't mind the hundreds of well made steps - up to lookout points back up north (picture - Waikato River and Huntly town). As promised, after that it becomes a standard tramping track that goes up and down the bush clad ridge that looks down on the Waikato River and SH1 on its way from Ngaruwahia to Taupiri - with even the sound of a train from time to time.
And then a steep downhill track, which near the bottom becomes a well made walking track past the Mangarata reservoir and waterfall, taking me all the way into Ngaruwahia.
A shorter time than expected, but at the moment with everything so dry, it is fast walking / tramping, with no mud or slippery tracks to slow me down.
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