Tour Aotearoa is a 3000km ride of the length of New Zealand from Cape Reinga at the top of the North Island, to Bluff at the bottom of the South Island. I will be doing this ride in Feb/March 2022, aiming to complete the tour in under 30 days. There are over 400 riders doing this years event, starting in waves of about up to 100 riders over several days.
Here is link to the Tour Aotearoa website
You can follow my progress live during the tour, using my GPS spot tracker on Maprogress
My Flickr Tour Aotearoa Photo Album
Daily Blog
Feb 25th Cape Reinga to Ahipara 100km
Feb 26th Ahipara to Kauri Coast 145km
Feb 27th Race to Poutu Point 100km, 45km boat
Feb 28th Parakai to Auckland 104km
Mar 1st Clevedon to Paeroa 119km
Mar 2nd Paeroa to Arapuni 100km
Mar 3rd Arapuni to Pureora 101km
Mar 4th Pureora to Taumaranui, via Timber Trail 103km
Mar 5th Taumaranui to Whakahoro 65km
Mar 6th Whakahoro to Matahiwi 62km, 32km jetboat
Mar 7th Matahiwi to Rangiwahia 155km
Mar 8th Rangiwahia to Palmerston North 98km
Mar 9th Palmerston North to Masterton 110km
Mar 10th Masterton to Wellington 149km
Mar 12th Wellington 13km- Picton ferry 91km- Canvastown 45km
Mar 13th Canvastown to Wakefield 81km
Mar 14 Wakefield to Murchison 130km
Mar 15 Murchison to Reefton 121km
Mar 16 Reefton to Blackball, via Big River track 87km
Mar 17 Blackball to Hokitika 123km
Mar 18 Hokitika to Whataroa 109km
Mar 19 Whataroa to Pine Grove motel 95km
Mar 20 Pine Grove motel to Haast 88km
Mar 21 Haast to Lake Hawea 129km
Mar 22 Lake Hawea to Queenstown 111km
Mar 23 Queenstown to Mossburn 10km ferry 104km ride
Mar 24 Mossburn to Bluff 137km