GROET#47 (Taita) Taita, North Island, New Zealand
By GLAD-NZ on 08-Sep-18. Waypoint GC7XDEM

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

Hi GLAD-NZ

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit and after my previous reviewer note, there has been no owner response. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Please note, that if a cache is archived due to lack of owner maintenance, the cache is unable to be unarchived.

Regards
TheCoddiwompler

Swear I searched every stump around, 1st fail

Quite sure we found the hint object but no luck finding the cache

Could not find today.

Found a Spider instead

Spent 10 minutes hunting and found a large spider!

Could not see where this one could be. GPS was wandering so left for another day.

Thanks for the hide!

Found on a walk around the old Taita Soil Bureau area with a couple of friends. The track which may have be an old road has had the gorse cut back and is a pleasant wander. TFTC

#8208. Decided a few days ago that the loop track up the ridge to Snake Gully and back down past the reservoir was a good option for this weekend. Contacted Infoferret to see if she was interested in coming along on the trip. After a change of plans with family activities, she decided to join me in the fun. I was mighty relieved when I started the track above the reservoir to find a commercial trimmer has been up this route and cut back the gorse and blackberry. This made it a lot easier than snipping through blackberry all the way to the top. So now would be a great time to do these caches.

Heading back downhill towards the car now. The forest is taller on these lower slopes compared to the scrubby vegetation on the ridgeline. Nice quick find in a spot very close to the track. Signed and replaced where found. Soon after finding this one we had to back track uphill to the side trail as we saw the no entry sign at the gate. Not too much of a diversion. Thanks GLAD-NZ for the cache.

TFTC. The last cache on a pleasant little loop to walk on a Sunday morning.

Also grabbed this one. Quick find. TFTC. Sherlock Hood.

me and my friend got some prickles but pretty easy to find

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Best hiding spot ever

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‘Just one more cache’ while waiting for my ride to arrive The last time I came down this track was pre-GROET. Love the colourful school here. Kia ora GLAD-NZ!

Found it thanks. Turns out it’s just possible to get a off-road baby stroller to this one.

Have to do more track another day. Bad weather closing in.

Quick find on a track we never new existed despite living close by. I recall in my school days visiting the "Soil Bureau" which has since become an arty place complete with funky paint job.

Checked while passing by. All good here, so enjoy.

Playing taxi-driver this morning, and had a bit of time before I needed again. Read a book, deal to some emails, or get some GROETs? What a silly question. I came straight up the track from the school, and found it immediately in the obvious place. Nice to see it in excellent condition. TFTC.

I like data. So, I spend a lot of time looking at the [project-gc.com](https://project-gc.com) website and some of the information it contains. Included in the [Profile Stats](https://project-gc.com/w/Profile_Stats) is the [BadgeGen](https://project-gc.com/w/BadgeGen) data, and included in that are these two[:](https://?P6XoK7J3I0Cp2PqQR1Zc4w==)[The Author](https://project-gc.com/w/The_Author): Awarded for writing longer logs.Write longer logs to receive a better badge. If the user's Found it logs contain an average of at least 100 words, the user will receive the Diamond. Project-GC has some basic filtering in its word count process, which may affect the count into something the user may not expect. Lab caches are not included in the calculation, since they lack logs[.](https://?P6XoK7J3I0Cp2PqQR1Zc4w==)[The Shutterbug](https://project-gc.com/w/The_Shutterbug): Awarded for uploading photos to logs.The user can gain this badge by uploading photos/images to their Geocache logs. The type of log does not matter, Found it, Note, Did not find it and so on, all counts. Even multiple photos on the same log counts[.](https://?P6XoK7J3I0Cp2PqQR1Zc4w==)I'm not sure I entirely agree with the promoting of quantity over quality, but they are there, so here I am[.](https://?P6XoK7J3I0Cp2PqQR1Zc4w==)[What's the difference?](https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2020/09/whats-the-difference-geocaching-souvenirs-badges-and-trackable-icons)

I scored some cheap flights to Wellington for the weekend! I had a great time exploring and finding caches!! Nice walk here for most part... TFTC!!

Nice little walk and interesting place. Found quickly and easily.

Finally got around to this one today- tftc

I did the loop this afternoon, Up the path behind Taita College and back down the track past the water tank. A pleasant diversion on a warm Friday afternoon. TFTC

Out this way today for a walk with the family to find a xmas tree. Gr33nslime and DangerSAM tagged along as we walked up this path into the pine plantation. Plenty of spindly looking baby pines in between the big ones which is perfect. I’m sure someone will appreciate the spot of weeding. DangerSAM managed to walk most of the way up the hill. Not a sole around. A very quiet place to visit and a nice place to hide a cache. Always surprised this place doesn’t attached more people. Thanks for the cache and another GROET cache. Slowly working through the set.

Quick find this one. Now for the hike back up the hill. Tftc

Saw that there were some GROET caches placed up on those hills between Taita and Stokes Valley, who would be the GROET CO that would do this to me as I have already nicknamed this area gorse alley. Well there are a few tracks that are in Wellington that have that name and they have them for a reason, and I know the gorse and blackberry are the prefer garden variety for these areas [:o)][xx(].

After making arrangements to meet up with agcnz, and -gonefishing- and after finding GC7XDEH GROET#46 (Taita), this was the last cache that was on the track for me as we were making our way down back towards the cars. Having being on this part of the track and knowing that it was downhill made it a lot more easier as we made our way towards GZ

The walk to GZ was very enjoyable and most of the prickly stuff was behind us now, we finally managed to start making our way down from the ridgeline and to GZ and I managed to track down the hiding spot for the cache and managed to retrieve it.

Managed to retrieve the cache, signed and then replaced the cache back as found. Thanks GLAD-NZ for placing this part of the GROET cache series here and for bringing us to this spot that I havent being to before, TFTC TNLNSL (13841).

Now where to next, oh yes, down to the car, finally , thank goodness that we are getting closer to the car with every step.

Disclaimer: The above log may be based on true or actual events

I heard agcnz and yeetrees were going for a wander this afternoon, so I invited myself along. I hadn't done any pre-reading on the caches so didn't know about the gorse. As it turnes out the day was pretty hot and sunny, so I was happy in my shorts and just brushing through the gorse and dodging the blackberry. No dramas.
TFTC.

Quick find where all good at GZ. Thanks for another smilie to help with the daily addiction.

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When I was up here earlier in the week I stopped at GZ to make sure I knew exactly where this cache was.

Today was simply about getting to GZ and writing my details on the log sheet.

It was quite late when I left home and it was already getting dark when I parked the car nearby. Unfortunately I didn't bring my glasses or a torch so I signed the sheet "blind" so to speak. What it was intended to say was "11/10/18 CR". What it actually says I can't be sure. Maybe I'll come back sometime in the daylight and have a look.

The cache is in good condition. All nice and dry.

Thank you

Cherrys Rule

Nice to see artists to-be giving it a go, we all have to start somewhere. I left home to go for a walk not expecting to look for a cache but then I noticed this cache tucked up here on my phone. So a wander through the colourful place of learning and onto the climb. My phone objected to operating a GPS so I was in the dark a bit. Still I had a hint.
Walked up to the tank and on my descent my eye fell on a likely spot and bingo!
Thanks for bringing me to this track, I had been passed the tank while hunting caches in snakes gully and wondered where this went. TFTC, cheers

Cache # 4,521 - A quick find after a short stroll with Astro Hunter and Violet Buttefly today. Cache in first spot searched. All well here, and quiet at the GZ. TNLNSL. TFTC!

Consecutive caching day # 1,961

Did today with The Wandering Dragons and Astro Hunter. Nice walk, quick find, cool statues! Thank you for bringing us someplace new!

Cache # 1,441

Found today after a short amble with The Wandering Dragons and Violet Butterfly. Very nice spot. Thanks!

Cache # 907

I'm a regular user of Eastern Hutt Road but I have never stopped to explore up here before. So this cache and its buddies provided the perfect reason to explore a track I hadn't been on before. Totally enjoyed the suburban hill climb in the bush. Approaching GZ there was one object which seemed a likely place to hide a cache and sure enough this cache was an instant find at that location. The hint was not needed in accordance with the D rating. TFTC.

It's always great to go caching on a local track for the first time. I had just completed a 5K parkrun so I took my time getting to this spot. It seemed obvious where the cache was going to be and I soon discovered what I was here for.

Came for a walk this morning to hunt out the three new caches recently placed up this way. A pleasant and well-surfaced track that I had not been on before, and a quick find with good accurate coordinates. Signed log, TFTC

#10,364. {FTF} at 15:05 and first day find. Went for a walk in Taita, Lower Hutt on Wednesday afternoon. GZ was all quiet during the visit. Quick find. The cache was in excellent condition, all nice and dry inside. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log.

On the return journey, met another walker along the track. Looked like this was a popular route.

Thanks for the placement, and for bringing us to this site, and …

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