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The name Tongariro originally covered the three mountains of the park (Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu) and comes from tonga (south wind) and riro (carried away). The story goes that Ngatoro-i-rangi was stuck on the summit and had almost perished from the cold. He called to his sisters in Hawaiki for fire and his words were carried to them on the south wind.

Tongariro is one of the country's most spectacular parks with mighty (and still working) volcanoes.

Tongariro Travel Blogs

Scouting the mountains
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Aug 03, 1967 – Mar 23, 2009
Plenty of visitors walk the Tongariro track through Tongariro National Park in the middle of the North Island.  We went there a couple of times as scouts and spent the weekend sleeping in the Dept of Conservation hut at Mangatapopo.  It's a really great area and lots of fun in both summer…
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Tongariro Crossing
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Oct 01, 2008 – Jul 08, 2009
this small world:-or-how i met rolf:met rolf in rotorua at ulrik's hostel.thought that he was ulrik.opened the door to the car for the caving trip in waitomo a couple days later, there's rolf.next day, hopped in the car with rolf to go to taupo.taupo:bought overpriced outdoorsy equipment (buy your …
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#13 - hiking the tongariro alpine crossing!
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Nov 25, 2008 – Jun 03, 2009
*****DAY TWENTY (Monday, December 22nd) - CONQUERING THE CROSSING!*****Belinda, Maria and I conquered the Tongario Alpine Crossing!  It was SUCH a gorgeous day & we had such a great time!  The hike was 18k and we started at 8:30am & were on the bus at 3:30pm.  We definitely t…
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