Much road walking for this section,
it took us a day and half to get out of Auckland, picked up a couple of walkways and forest tracks and lots more road walking until we got to Mercer where we had to pick up SH7 until getting to Meremere - where we picked up the Rangiriri walkway along the Waikato River and followed the stopbanks and various dairy farms all the way. At Rangiri we stayed at 
the hotel there and then off we go along the stopbanks alongside the river again until Huntly through to the Hakarimatas then
Ngarawhaia and back onto the Waikato and finally Hamilton where Ang and Cesar have kindly put us up for a few nights - awesome guys thanks!!
it took us a day and half to get out of Auckland, picked up a couple of walkways and forest tracks and lots more road walking until we got to Mercer where we had to pick up SH7 until getting to Meremere - where we picked up the Rangiriri walkway along the Waikato River and followed the stopbanks and various dairy farms all the way. At Rangiri we stayed at 
the hotel there and then off we go along the stopbanks alongside the river again until Huntly through to the Hakarimatas then
Ngarawhaia and back onto the Waikato and finally Hamilton where Ang and Cesar have kindly put us up for a few nights - awesome guys thanks!!
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