I’m doing it to instil a love of the outdoors in my children

August 2022

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August 2022

The Chin family are taking a one-year sabbatical to walk all over New Zealand
Thomas Chin wants his children to grow up loving the outdoors and walking. To Thomas Chin, exercise is medicine and this year his family is getting a bumper dose. The sport and exercise physician, his wife Sophie, also a doctor, and their two preschool children are spending 2022 touring the country in a campervan. Thomas […]
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