Renowned outdoorsman Shaun Barnett’s last collaboration with publisher and friend Robbie Burton is a photographic tribute to Shaun’s career. Burton shares the story behind A Wild Life: Photographs from the backcountry of Aotearoa. You’ve mentioned an ‘eery synchronicity’ in how the book came about. The day I heard Shaun’s diagnosis was likely terminal, I was […]
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.
The 2026 Wilderness Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition
Tongariro Northern Circuit huts no longer first-in, first-served during winter
25 huts to visit in 2025
A lofty location for Brass Monkey
Iron Lake, Kahurangi National Park
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