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Rakiura Track

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7-day forecast

Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PT

Thu 12

Drizzle

14°C / 9°C

100% · 2.7 mm

Wind 39 km/h

Poor

Fri 13

Drizzle

13°C / 9°C

94% · 2.1 mm

Wind 34 km/h

Poor

Sat 14

Drizzle

16°C / 11°C

86% · 4.1 mm

Wind 31 km/h

Poor

Sun 15

Light drizzle

17°C / 12°C

82% · 1.5 mm

Wind 45 km/h

Poor

Mon 16

Rain showers

12°C / 7°C

98% · 9.3 mm

Wind 30 km/h

Poor

Tue 17

Drizzle

13°C / 8°C

90% · 8.0 mm

Wind 37 km/h

Poor

Wed 18

Drizzle

10°C / 8°C

78% · 4.6 mm

Wind 37 km/h

Poor

Route

2 kmN ↑

Route line © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), simplified. Dot: trail point.

About this trail

The Rakiura Track is a 32-kilometre (20 mi) circular tramping track in Rakiura National Park on Stewart Island in New Zealand. It is one of the New Zealand Great Walks. Hikers often take three days to walk it, but it can be done in one or two days.

From the Wikipedia article “Rakiura Track”, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trail facts

Countries
New Zealand
Continent
Oceania
Trail point
-46.86289, 168.12344 (Wikidata coordinate)
OSM network
National walking network
Operator (OSM)
Department of Conservation
Wikidata
Q2129081
OpenStreetMap
relation 1385146
Official info
doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/so

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Photo: “Rakiura Track Stewart Island NZ 01.jpg” by Ingolfson at English Wikipedia (Original text: Uploader.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

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