Get Involved! Help Us Decide Which Peaks to Put on The List Next!
We've been thinking about the best way to decide on which peaks should be added to the lists next. As many of you have probably noticed, part of this site is built with Mediawiki, which allows public editing the same was as Wikipedia does. However, the Wiki is all locked down, so essentially on two people can edit it. We plan to open up parts of the wiki - in other words - we need some help!!
So this is what we're going to do:
- Suggestions & discussions for new peaks continue to be made in the suggestions forum.
- Every so often we will pluck a few of the best sounding suggestions, and put them up for discussion in the Committee Room forum, where we'll ask our forum's 'quorum' to decide whether it should go on the official list. (Our 'quorum' is anyone who is interested - but we'll usually wait for our regulars to chip in before making a decision).
- The peaks who pass muster will have blank pages created for them. These pages will contain a basic template, and will be publically editable.
- We will compile a list of 'jobs to do' on the wiki, and these new peak pages (amongst other things) will appear on this list.
- Then those interested can help write up the new official peak pages, and once they're done, they can go on the official list.
We're keen to create a group of interested people on this site to help grow and manage the list, and the first step is giving you some say on what should be on the list!
The first is up for discussion already... read more...
Seven New Peak Profile Pages Added
We've just added seven new peak profile pages the South Island list. See:
Youtube Videos Added
In process of writing up more of the South Island peaks, I've managed to distract myself by loading up a selection of relevant YouTube videos to the site. The following peak pages now feature informative, and often amusing, YouTube videos:
More will follow as we hunt them out!
Nine New Peak Profile Pages Added
We've just added nine new peak profile pages for a bunch of South Island peaks. See:
New Peaks Added to the North Island List
Two new peaks have been confirmed on to the North Island list. Check out Whakapoungakau and Otanewainuku, which are both near Rotorua.
Peak Bagging NZ appears at Dame Susan Devoy's new WonderWalkers.co.nz website
You may have seen Dame Susan Devoy in the media recently promoting her new WonderWalkers.co.nz website. Susan and her friend Paula Thompson have created a high quality walking website, which is specifically designed to motivate women to take up walking. There's loads of very useful content, including some written by us - see Mt Robert at Wonderwalkers.co.nz
And if you get yourself a pedometer you use their 'walk the length of New Zealand' feature. All good stuff.
New Peaks Added to the South Island List
Two new peaks have been confirmed on to the South Island list. Check out Black Hill and Mt Richardson, both near the town of Oxford, in Canterbury.
New Peak Added to the South Island List - Mt Thomas
Mt Thomas (1023m)
Canterbury, 6 hours (return), Medium
From the Wooded Gully picnic area in Mount Thomas Forest, it is a three hour hike to the summit of Mt Thomas. At the top are panoramic views of the Canterbury Plains, Banks Peninsula and Southern Alps. .... read more
New Links Added
We've just added a couple of excellent sites to our Links page:
There are many other useful links on our Links page. At this stage we are building links and search engine rankings, so it is helpful to the site's success to give exposure to our link partners. And if you have a site of your own, do consider putting a link to us our your site, as ultimately, it will help more people find out about Peak Bagging New Zealand.
North Island list updated!
The North Island list has had two peaks added to it, and one removed, bringing the total to 59. The two peaks added are Kohukohunui and Mt Ngongotaha. Kohukohunui is the highest summit in the Auckland region, and Mt Ngongotaha can be bagged via a new track which has recently opened in Rotorua. Putauaki (Mt Edgecumbe) has been removed. This will hopefully be temporary, until we can confirm more details when we visit later in the year.
New Peak Added to the South Island List - Mt Oxford
 Mt Oxford, from Oxford township Canterbury, 7-8 hours (return), Medium
The Mt Oxford Forest area contains a number of different walking and mountain biking trails. It is possible to walk to the top of Mt Oxford as a return journey, or by doing a circuit around the trails. .... read more
New Peak Added to the South Island List - Mt Somers
Mt Somers (1319m)
Canterbury, 8-10 hours (return), Hard
The trip up to the top of Mount Somers is a steep climb, but at the top walkers are rewarded with fantastic views of the Southern Alps and Canterbury Plains. It is a long day trip which requires a reasonable level of fitness but is definitely achievable - it is regularly done by local 10 year olds in their last year of primary school .... read more
Keep track of which Peaks you've bagged!
We've recently added 'Version 1' of a feature which allows you to keep track of which peaks you've bagged.
At this stage, it only includes those peaks which are marked 'official' on our lists (that is, anything on the North Island lists, and those with profile pages already created on the South Island list). We'll be adding new peaks all the time however.
To use this feature to need to register for an account . During the registration process, you'll see that you can check which peaks you've already bagged.
If you want to return later and update your list, you need to go into your Forum Profile page, and then click the 'Forum Profile Information' link.
To view what peaks another user has bagged, you can click on their username next to their posts, and view their profile.
Longer term we hope to expand this feature, and use it to display who has bagged the most peaks, who has recently bagged a peak, or who has completed one of the 'mini-lists' we plan to create. Stay tuned...
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