Learn how to supplement your meals with wild foods. Peter Langlands is one of New Zealand’s only licensed professional foragers. His book Foraging New Zealand describes the 250 edible plants and fungi you’re most likely to find in the wild, handpicked from his database of more than 7000 species. Why foraging? I’ve always liked to […]
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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