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== History == [[File:Soldiers on the rimutaka hill road.jpg|thumb|World War I soldiers resting at the top of the Rimutaka hill road. On completing training at [[Featherston Military Camp|Featherston]] they marched over the hill to Wellington to board ship for France's trenches.]] During World War I over 30,000 New Zealand soldiers marched between military camps at Trentham, Upper Hutt and Featherston via the Rimutaka Hill Road, in a three-day trek of 27 miles (43.5 km). There were 23 marches of 500 to 1800 men between September 1915 and April 1918, at the end of their training as reinforcements for the [[New Zealand Expeditionary Force]]. The march was re-enacted in 2015.<ref>{{cite book |last= Frances |first= Neil |title= A Long, Long Trail |year= 2015 |publisher= Fraser Books |location= Masterton, New Zealand |isbn= 978-0-9922475-3-9 |page= 44 }}</ref>
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