October 2017

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Wayne Martin, center, with staff at Bivouac’s Tower Junction store in Christchurch. Bivouac won the Chain Retailer of the Year Award. Photo: Dennis Radermacher
Chain Retailer of the Year A PHD in radioactive isotopes isn’t the standard route to a career in the outdoors, but for Bivouac Outdoor chief executive Wayne Martin, it provided the impetus to adventure into the wilderness. Martin says he first became hooked by the backcountry while studying at Canterbury University, where he became a […]
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