Specimen Point Hut was rocking and rolling during the Kaikōura Earthquake. Photo: Shaun Barnett

A tramp to remember

December 2023

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Most tramps in New Zealand are memorable for the spectacular scenery and marvellous flora and fauna. But sometimes trampers remember trips for other reasons.

Shaken and stirred A hut isn’t the best place to get a good night’s sleep, but Sally Turnbull had a particularly restless night on the Old Ghost Road when the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake hit.   “We were in Specimen Point Hut. It was full and we’d gone to bed as normal,” she says. “At about midnight, […]
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