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Around 60 riders and their horses took to the hills around Ahuroa for a two-day horse trek through farmland last month.
The event, which crossed several properties and took in views of the Kaipara Harbour, raised more than $8000, which will be split equally between Ahuroa School and Ahuroa Community Hall.
This was the second such trek and by far the most successful, according to Ahuroa Hall Advisory Committee chair Jo Bullock, with riders of all ages coming from as far away as Kerikeri.
“We were all super-stoked with how the trek turned out this year,” she said. “We really pulled it together, community-wide. It was so gratifying to see the locals come together and make this weekend a fun and successful event. It was wonderful working together with such a great group of people.”
She said many people contributed to the success of the trek, from farmers allowing access to their land to families providing food, hospitality and support to the riders, especially Nicky and Dan Berger, and Karyn Maddren and Sue Meszaros, for hosting, and trek leader Rachel Jenks.
“There were so many mums and dads and aunts and uncles who gave up all or part of their weekend for this event,” Jo said. “We are so grateful to all these individuals and families. They were fantastic at getting stuff done and we had lots of fun to boot.”
There are already plans to run a third trek in 2021.
