In our last week we visited drove up the East coast once again turning inland at Te Kaha for 16km along unmade up road. This was taking us into the wopwops (as kiwis call the outback, or the back of beyond as Brits might say). The road wound around the hillside and the driver required careful navigation of potholes as well as fording two rivers. We werent quite sure what to expect, but turning a corner revealed an oasis-like plateau of land in the midst of the impressive Raukumara Ranges of hills. We stayed the night in a cabin which felt like something out of a novel, with toilet outside, and a generator whirring in a nearby building. (The satellite dish was rather out of place!) The water wasn't running when we arrived because the horses,
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