NZMRI 2017 Draft Timetable

Day	Date	Schedule
Sunday	8 January	6:30pm Welcome reception for the Summer School at the Crown Hotel. Pizza and salads will be served.
Monday	9 January	9:00am Introductory Talks (Day and Greenberg) 11:00am Morning Tea 11:30am Introductory Talks (Day and Greenberg) 12:30 Lunch 4:00pm Malliaris 5:00pm Woodin 6:30pm Dinner at Sri Thai
Tuesday	10 January	9:00am Lutz 10:00am Montalban 11:00am Morning Tea 11:30am Hirschfeldt 12:30pm Lunch 1:15pm-3:00pm Tutorial and Discussion (Day and Greenberg) 5:00pm Malliaris
Wednesday	11 January	9:00am Woodin 10:00am Lutz 11:00am Morning Tea 11:30am Montalban 12:30pm Lunch 1:15pm-3:00pm Tutorial and Discussion (Day and Greenberg) 5:00pm Hirschfeldt 6:30pm Dinner at the Thirsty Whale
Thursday	12 January	Free day. Weather permitting, there will be a tramp* led by David Gauld (details below).
Friday	13 January	9:00am Malliaris 10:00am Woodin 11:00am Morning Tea 11:30am Lutz 12:30pm Lunch 1:15 pm-3:00pm Tutorial and Discussion (Day and Greenberg) 4:30pm Montalban 6:30pm Dinner at Crown Hotel
Saturday	14 January	9:00am Malliaris 10:00am Hirschfeldt 11:00am Morning Tea 11:30am Woodin 12:30pm Lunch

Tramp, Thursday 12 January

Weather permitting, it is planned to tramp to the top of the highest point of the Kaweka range, north-west of Napier. Hopefully there will be enough people with cars so that all who want to come on the tramp can get rides! It takes about an hour and a half to drive from Napier to the road end and a few kilometres from the end the road climbs quite steeply and is unsealed.
The tramp itself is up an exposed ridge, starting at about 980 metres above sea level while the high point is 1724 metres above sea level. You can find out a little more about the track at

http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/hawkes-bay/places/kaweka-forest-park/things-to-do/tracks/kaweka-road-tramping-tracks/
(look for Makahu Saddle to Kaweka J).
Here is a detailed topographic map you can download free.

http://topo.linz.govt.nz/Topo50_raster_images/TIFFTopo50/BJ37_TIFFv1-01.tif

If you do then you can see the details, with the track starting at about (942,457) and heading up to the west. On the version I have just downloaded they have dropped the J.
Though exposed, there being almost no forest, and in places somewhat steep with drops on either side, the track is reasonably easy going. You would be best off having boots to cope with the many loose stones but strong shoes should also be okay. Expect to be tramping for 5 hours or more, so bring lots of water and lunch. Also warm clothing in case the weather turns bad suddenly: we did have one tramp up Kaweka J when the rain started and it was miserable but we all were properly clad so didn't take the weather personally. Another time we camped on top but the wind was pretty enthusiastic in trying to blow us back down to Napier. Great views on a clear day.

* International visitors should be aware that 'tramp' is a New Zealand colloquialism for 'hike'.

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