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38km Day : 308km Total
The rain came last night soon after settling down last night.  It was a light but steady rain for several hours and reinforced my confidence in the tent. 
I didn’t get started this morning until almost 8:30.  And then almost immediately stopped at the stream to refill my water supply.  So it turned into a relatively late start. My original intent today was to hike up to Hansen’s Hill, a 28km hike. But at one of my morning rest breaks I reread the track notes and realized that camping was not allowed on this track.  The next available place for me to stay was at the North Whananaki Holiday Park, an extra 10km away.  So again the day turned out to be a race against the setting sun.  With a lot of hills in the final 15km to add to the difficulty. 
The majority of the day was spent hiking roads.  The difficulty was that the roads were around blind curves with very narrow road shoulders, and in some places none.  It required care to be sure you had a safe place to be when cars passed.  Fortunately there wasn’t a lot of traffic and you could hear the cars coming with about 10 seconds of warning.

I reached Morepark track at 4:30.  Not good because the estimate for this track is that it takes 3 to 4 hours to complete, ending near Whananaki.  I had little margin for error, because it starts getting dark around 8pm.  I managed to emerge from the forest at 8 o’clock (still light, barely),  then 1 more kilometer through bull pastures in the twilight.  The final kilometer was walking on the road in the dark to the Holiday Park, the entire way wondering what I would do if the reception office was closed.  I got a wonderful reception from the park owners, Matthew & Tracy, as well as Sharon & Joerg who arrived before me.  They were all a little worried about me because at that point I didn’t look (or smell) very good, and I was absolutely exhausted.
Matthew & Tracy put me up in a cabin and even offered to cook me a meal, which I humbly declined.  But the hot shower and the mattress to sleep on were greatly appreciated.  I highly recommend this park to anyone traveling or hiking through Whananaki, due to the owners’ amazing hospitality.