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To my wife Beryl for her support, for those weekends in the hills meant many home tasks undone or postponed.
To all those good companions over the years who have lightened and brightened the days on the hills.
And thanks to the friends who have encouraged and assisted me with this endeavour.
To Teenagers – our most valuable people.

Merv Rodgers has generously donated the text of Tararua Footprints to the Tararua Tramping Club under a Creative Commons Licence.
This was supplied as the original Word document with some amendments.

Currently this is a work in progress. The following tasks are envisaged to make the work available. After this the work is completed then open the guide for editing and improvement with the intention of it being maintained by club members and the wider tramping community as the definitive Tararua Ranges route guide.

• create table of contents with basic structure of the guide (from original chapters) ✓
• create look and feel based on original guide using CSS (see above) ✓
  • revisit headings style (colour, size, font, style)
• make pages printable ✓
• load content using copy and paste to website with simple formatting ✓
  • introduction ✓
  • tararua overview ✓
  • appendices ✓
  • quotations ✓
  • glossary ✓
  • guide sections ✓
• review all [notes to ed] and update
• improve sidebar layout (include high level contents)
• improve page layout/template (top menu bar)
• add map illustrations from Topo50 maps
• add anchors/bookmarks for all section headings ✓
  • note anchor (bookmark) conventions: #from-destination and #sec9.99, always lower case
• replace cross-references to sections(e.g. see 13.4) and sections with hyper links to bookmarks (e.g. See Kapakapanui from Maymorn Junction) ✓
• then remove section numbering (note sure we want to do this after all, at least not in the short term?)
• add links to DoC huts and other referenced points of interest ✓
• add Talk pages ✓
• add index
• new graphics for trip difficulty
• check pages print OK