Originally Posted by
Bagheera
I believe the Waikato Branch NZDA is doing a trip to Mangamuka hut this weekend.
Get in touch and ask if you can go with them.
I don't think there is public access up through the quarry but if you know a freindly farmer anywhere along there it could be very good. You either have to go up the Te Tuhi track, or up Wairere falls or in from the Kaimai summit. Both are quite a distance to walk to Mangamuka but there's similar country around those. High plateaux nice bush, swamps and occasional clearings (interspersed with a certain amount of supplejack).