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Whaka Weekly
What's been going on it the Whaka Forest and what's coming up? Find out in this weeks Whaka Weekly!


WHAKA WEEKLY 🌲23 April 2026
The usual Whaka Weekly writer is on holiday, so we got the intern to give it a bash. Enjoy. no cap mother nature has been in its villain era give us harsh main character energy and we are NOT okay 😭🌧️ the storms said "let me cook" and absolutely cooked us. cooked the trails. cooked the crew. just straight up chaos behaviour from mother nature and she is NOT taking accountability for it. every time we slay the trail clean up she comes back and undoes it like girl PLEASE. w
Tony Knauf
7 days ago6 min read


WHAKA WEEKLY 🌲16 April 2026
Okay so the weather has been absolutely COOKED this week. Like, biblical. Wind, rain, more wind, a bit of sideways rain for variety, and then some more wind just to keep things interesting. The kind of week where you look outside and think "yeah nah" and go back to bed. BUT. Here's the thing. The trails? Somehow still going off. And that is NOT an accident. That is the result of an army of incredible humans – the RTT crew, trail adopters, and volunteers – who have been loggin
Tony Knauf
Apr 166 min read


Tony Knauf
Apr 130 min read


🍫🌲Whaka Weekky 9🍫🌲 April 2026
Kia ora whānau! Happy post-Easter! Hope you all had an amazing break, got out into the forest, ate too much chocolate, and made some beautiful memories with your people. We certainly hope the trails played their part 🍫🌲 Now – before we dive into all the mahi the crew got stuck into this week, we've got two exciting things and one important safety message to get through. Read to the end on this one, it matters. 🏊🚵🏃 XTERRA ROTORUA FESTIVAL – THIS SATURDAY 11TH APRIL! 🔥 I
Tony Knauf
Apr 95 min read
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