With Mother’s Day around the corner, we asked two readers what they love about tramping with their mothers. Lila (23) and Hiromi Adams (56) Lila and Hiromi Adams tramp together every summer when Lila comes home from Australia. They choose trips close to the family farm in Marlborough. “Tramping is a neat way to spend […]
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Leigh Hopkinson
Wilderness deputy editor Leigh Hopkinson spends the weekends in the hills with her whānau and weekdays as a journalist and editor. She has a Graduate Diploma of Journalism from the University of Canterbury. A keen tramper, rock climber and newbie mountaineer, she has written for magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Tasman. She’s originally from the West Coast and now lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
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