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Divide and conquer

April 2025

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On Te Araroa, that familiar adage ‘hike your own hike’ applies as much to the section-walker as to anyone.

My Te Araroa adventure quickly showed me that no two hikers were tackling the trail in the same way. NOBO (north bound), SOBO (south bound), flip-flopping, one island, both, singling out sections. This, as is often discussed among the community, is the beauty of Te Araroa. It is also, perhaps, part of its curse – […]
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