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Houses perch above the city and harbor among native bush on steep hillsides.

I miss New Zealand’s native bush.

The 10-building old west-style “main street” is a curious sight in a rugged part of the North Island’s Central Plateau, better known for its snow-capped peaks, native bush and ski slopes.

And hihi flitting freely through the dense native bush.

Contractors preparing the tracks over the winter season say they’ve barely finished clearing the native bush of human faeces and toilet paper in time for the next deluge of hiking boots about to descend.