I’m doing it to be a good role model

August 2022

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Natalie Ridler, left, with Nina and Erin in Rotorua’s Redwoods
The Walk1200km challenge has shown this family they don’t need their car every day. Natalie Ridler’s three-year-old daughter doesn’t even blink about walking  to kindy in torrential rain. “Nina doesn’t know I’m doing a challenge, she just knows we walk,” Natalie says. While the 1km from their Rotorua home to kindy goes on Natalie’s Walk1200km […]
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