Editing Heaphy Track (section)

==Road access==
[[File:Derry Kingston in 2024 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Derry Kingston in 2024]]
From the south, the road from Karamea to the [[Kōhaihai River]] is unsealed for the last {{convert|4|km}}, {{As of|2018|01|lc=y}}.

From the north, the road from Collingwood to Brown Hut is sealed as far as [[Bainham]], then unsealed for the final {{convert|15|km}}.{{refn|{{Cite web |title=Collingwood to Brown River Hut |url=https://heaphytrack.com/collingwood-brown-river-hut/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321155913/https://heaphytrack.com/collingwood-brown-river-hut/ |archive-date=21 March 2019 |access-date=1 May 2022 |website=Heaphy Track |language=en-NZ}}}} The road access was originally via three [[Ford (crossing)|fords]], but after ongoing concern about drivers taking risks in crossing the fords to get to the track, and some becoming stranded in swollen streams, DOC took the unusual step of providing funding to [[Tasman District Council]] for three bridges to be built; these were finished in 2014.{{refn|{{Cite press release |title=New bridges opened to improve access to Heaphy Track |date=1 May 2014 |location=[[Wellington, New Zealand]] |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-bridges-opened-improve-access-heaphy-track |language=en-NZ |last1=Smith |first1=Nick |access-date=14 February 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214024808/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-bridges-opened-improve-access-heaphy-track |archive-date=14 February 2022 |author-link1=Nick Smith (New Zealand politician) |website=[[Beehive (New Zealand)|Beehive]]}}}}

The road ends of the Heaphy Track are {{convert|463|km}}, hence travel logistics are challenging. Various companies provide travel options, one of which is car transfer from one end to the other.<ref>{{cite web |title=Great Walks Heaphy Track brochure |url= https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/nelson-marlborough/heaphy-track-brochure.pdf |publisher=[[Department of Conservation (New Zealand)|Department of Conservation]] |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> Derry Kingston provided car transfer services until his retirement in 2018, driving a vehicle from one end to the other and then walking back. He probably holds the record of having walked the track the most times, with over 400 crossings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hindmarsh |first1=Nina |title=Heaphy Track tramping legend hangs up his work boots |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/103563236/heaphy-track-tramping-legend-hangs-up-his-work-boots |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |date=5 May 2018}}</ref>