After spending 25 years under tramper Linden Eagles’ bed, Map of part of the Tararua Range has been acquired and restored by Alexander Turnbull Library – but its provenance remains largely unknown. The gift Linden Eagles worked at Wellington High School in the 1990s alongside geography teacher Don MacDonald, who had been at the school since the […]
About the author
Leigh Hopkinson
Wilderness deputy editor Leigh Hopkinson spends the weekends in the hills with her whānau and weekdays as a journalist and editor. She has a Graduate Diploma of Journalism from the University of Canterbury. A keen tramper, rock climber and newbie mountaineer, she has written for magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Tasman. She’s originally from the West Coast and now lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
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