{"id":1910,"date":"2011-05-02T10:48:56","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T10:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:59:50","slug":"matukituki-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2011\/matukituki-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Matukituki valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some views of the Matukituki valley taken during a tramping trip with Chris Laing on New Years eve 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-river-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-valley1-680x510.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-valley1-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-valley1-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-valley1-900x675.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-valley1-250x188.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-valley1-1000x750.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-river-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-river-2-680x510.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-river-2-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-river-2-768x576.avif 768w, 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https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/chris-on-track4-1000x750.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1927\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-river-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1927\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/shovel-flat1-680x510.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/shovel-flat1-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/shovel-flat1-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/shovel-flat1-900x675.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/shovel-flat1-250x188.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/shovel-flat1-1000x750.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shovel flat in West Matukituki valley. Mount Aspiring is hidden in clouds above and Pearl flat is behind the small mound of trees.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-river-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/west-matuktuki-valley2-680x510.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/west-matuktuki-valley2-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/west-matuktuki-valley2-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/west-matuktuki-valley2-900x675.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/west-matuktuki-valley2-250x188.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/west-matuktuki-valley2-1000x750.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/matukituki-river-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/panorama-matukituki-river1-compressed1-680x161.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"161\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/panorama-matukituki-river1-compressed1-680x161.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/panorama-matukituki-river1-compressed1-768x182.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/panorama-matukituki-river1-compressed1-900x213.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/panorama-matukituki-river1-compressed1-250x59.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2011\/01\/panorama-matukituki-river1-compressed1-1000x237.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2011\/01\/panorama-matukituki-river1-scaled.jpg\">Original version of panorama here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some views of the Matukituki valley taken during a tramping trip with Chris Laing on New Years eve 2010. 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