The Kaikōura Coast Track, one of the country’s longest-running private walks, is celebrating its 30th year. The track has survived a major quake and the tourism slump of the pandemic. Sally Handyside describes running the operation with husband David and neighbouring friends Heather and Bruce Macfarlane. It’s been, she says, ‘a wonderful lifestyle’, with the […]
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