Death of the backcountry singalong

August 2015

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Keeping the spirit of the campfire singalong going. Photo: Matthew Pike
First the moa, then the huia, now the backcountry singalong. Matthew Pike asks why such a popular tramping pastime joined many of our native birds on the road to extinction It’s easy to glorify tramping in the 1950s, 60s and 70s; days when large groups of friends would gather in giant trucks or buses and […]
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