The one thing that stood out about the stranger on the trail on that overcast summer’s day was that his mood was suspiciously chipper. “He was as cheery as anything,” Luke* says. “He was really happy about life.” The encounter was short-lived, but they met again at the hut that night and sparked up a […]
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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