Try this Brave Search Goggle I made, which searches a bunch of NZ companies and retailers (not all of it is NZ gear, and some of it is made by an NZ company overseas, like Macpac, Kathmandu ect).

Some of the companies I came across when putting it together:

• southernlitepacks.co.nz (backpacks)
• https://twinneedle.co.nz/ (hunting focused, but they repair clothing & packs too)
• glowingsky.co.nz (southland based merino stuff - I got some socks from them which are great)
• earthseasky.co.nz is great
• https://www.kaiwakaclothing.co.nz/
• swazi.co.nz (not 100% sure its made in NZ)
• cactusoutdoor.co.nz (I don't think their clothing is made in NZ anymore, sadly)
• https://norsewear.co.nz/ (socks, gloves, beanies)
• https://fiordlandpacks.com/ (ultralight packs)

(the full list of NZ sites in the goggle is here)

Sorry, most of it is more outdoor focused than everyday

Technically was pretty easy but there was quite a bit of snow on the ridge (pretty consistently waist to chest deep) so it was super slow going. Next time I think we'd try go up one of the faces so we could skin up but the avvy danger was a bit higher than we would've liked, so we stuck to the ridge, which was super ploddy :D

Ohau is a bit of a hidden gem in NZ - sneaks in between the way more touristy Mt Cook and Queenstown. Well worth a visit if you find yourself over here!

Yeah definitely a different standard, but as the article points out, they try and hold their own MPs to that standard.

Pretty much exactly this. Bit of a hassle really

Actually, yes. Looked like they ate quite a bit. There were half eaten chocolates all over the car.

Yeah, they left quite a mess - it was pretty clean before. Don't know what they were eating but they left it everywhere. Admittedly the mud is from me :D

Also, if you tap with two fingers you jump

To see how far down you can get.

https://github.com/fallaciousreasoning/bombs-away whoops sorry!

Source code is here: https://github.com/fallaciousreasoning/bombs-away

Yeah, it's a tent :D Just a corner of it

Did you see the interview from afterwards? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WwUoq6Gdk-g

He's always been a pretty controversial figure, but I feel like he used to be a bit wittier and more coherent. Definitely seems like he's gone off the rails the last few years.

Already there! Good suggestions though

Also added Small Planet, which I'd somehow forgotten about :D

Sweet, added! I hadn't seen Aarn packs before, seems like they make some cool stuff!

I wanted results which would prioritise things like fiordlandpacks.nz, cactusoutdoor.co.nz and southernlitepacks.co.nz. As you can see, it was only partially successful but I feel like it's still useful.

The source for the filter is https://gist.github.com/fallaciousreasoning/c7d10b8db5449fb62b601ddf111003a3 - let me know if you think there are some NZ based sites I should include.

To be honest, not heaps of gear on the pitch - it's pretty cruisy climbing though (maybe 15, in Ewbanks)

Just not consistently full - definitely people in them, just not all the time. Only time everything is full is the school holidays...

Oh yeah, the only empty houses are all the AirBnBs (at my weekly rent every night) or lock'n'leaves. Probably 2/3rds of my street is empty most of the time. Rentals can't be had for love or money, we got lucky with ours at the end of covid.

Hope it's all good - did mine (pretty mildly) this time last year and it was easily 4 or 5 months before it felt back to normal.

Take it easy!

How'd you pull that off?

Presumably this is funded by the $15 they charge me every time I drive up the road :D

In this case, it isn't the government spending the money though - it's a lobbying group for the agricultural industry.

Yeah exactly - he made it much easier to take the Greens seriously, and he managed to get a fair bit done. One of my favourite politicians, by far.

Hard to feel too sorry for him :D

We bivy'd out - I got woken up in the night by a Kea pecking my toes. They're definitely cheekier than Kea in other bits of the country 🤣

Reposted - not sure how to cross post on Lemmy 🤣

(oh, found the button, too late 🤷 )

Its actually not too bad, especially in Summer when the weather is good. I think a lot of the accidents are from Winter, with bad avalanche conditions, or when it's wet/icey - I know there have been a few skiiers caught out (even when there's only a little snow). Definitely not anything near a mountaineering route.

Lovely walk though (and great views down the Matukituki)!

Have you tried https://search.brave.com?

Disclaimer: I work at Brave, but I think it's pretty good

Tassie is more about the adventure climbing. If you want bouldering in Australia the Grampians are meant to be pretty sick, and there's some good stuff in Sydney & the Blue Mountains.

You could also come boulder in Castle Hill, across the ditch in NZ

Also known as Auckland 2.0 🤣

Nelson?

Queenstown

There's heaps in Tasmania, pretty accessible grades too!

+1 for Cradle, I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I was going to

It downloads the visible area up to a higher zoom level, which should let you zoom/pan around a bit more when you're offline

Some features it supports:

• measuring distance and drawing tracks
• generating elevation profiles (using the LINZ elevation API)
• automatically caches areas you've viewed for offline use
• viewing mountains and routes from https://climbnz.org.nz/mountains
• viewing doc huts
• live weather (scraped from Metservice)

The source code is available here: https://github.com/fallaciousreasoning/topo

Ah yeah, I actually used to used that one too! Mapy.cz is pretty good too, but their topo maps aren't quite as good as the LINZ ones.

Make sure you look at the area you're going to be in (in https://topos.nz) before trying to use it offline, or everything will be really low res.