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December 2021

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Sisyphus Peak (left) and Fastness (centre) above Ruth Flat, East Mātukituki Valley. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
Archers, warriors, victory and defeat, heaven and hell abound in New Zealand’s backcountry. Over millennia, the Greeks developed a complex array of myths and stories that feature powerful and vain gods, strange hybrid creatures and dauntless heroes, the language of which has infiltrated many parts of the world – even the backcountry of Aotearoa. Listening […]
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