What can I say, we Kiwis love our adventures and our nature and this hike to Mercer bay is a perfect mixture of both, as long as you’re ok with heights that is…. Tena koutou katoa, ko Waitakere toku maunga. (Today I am feeling nostalgic this is a small part of a mihi, a formal introduction in Maori. You identify your mountain, tribe, family etc as a way of identifying who you are and where you come from. Above is a small part only it reads “Greetings to you all, Waitakere is