About This Cache:
While doing this series, you should have recorded each of the 3-digit codes provided in the North Island Regional Caches. You will use those codes in the puzzle below to determine the coordinates of this cache. Please note that the 4.5 difficulty rating of this cache does not represent this particular hide but instead the difficulty in collecting the necessary information to solve this puzzle. Please feel free to confirm the coordinates with the CO.
Make sure to collect the 5-digit code from this cache container to use for finding the CANZ Final cache!
To find this cache, you will have to collect the numerical codes from all the North Island Regional Caches (see above for links). Then compute the final coordinates for this cache by using the formula below.
S 36° AB.CDE
E 174° FG.HIJ
A = First digit from Waikato + Second digit from Hawke's Bay - First digit from Bay of Plenty
B = Third digit from Northland - Second digit from Taranaki + Third digit from Wellington
C = Second digit from Wellington - Third digit from Auckland + Second digit from Northland
D = Second digit from Waikato + Third digit from Gisborne - Third digit from Manawatu-Wanganui
E = First digit from Auckland + Second digit from Gisborne - First digit from Taranaki
F = First digit from Hawke's Bay + Second digit from Manawatu-Wanganui - Second digit from Bay of Plenty
G = First digit from Wellington + Third digit from Hawke's Bay - Second digit from Taranaki
H = First digit from Gisborne + First digit from Northland + Third digit from Taranaki
I = First digit from Manawatu-Wanganui + Third digit from Bay of Plenty - Third digit from Auckland
J = Second digit from Gisborne + Second digit from Hawke's Bay + Third digit from Waikato
The cache is a 1.25L container hidden somewhere in the greater Auckland area, in a very nice park with lots of convenient parking nearby. Please respect the plants and animals in area. As always, use stealth, and put everything back as you found it.
You are encouraged to include pictures of places you visited in the North Island with your log (just no spoilers of the general area around the cache site).