Visit more places named after this pioneering Canterbury family. Arthur Harper, often known as ‘A. P. H.’, played an important role in the development of outdoor recreation in New Zealand. Harper was born into a significant family of Canterbury settlers, and his father, Leonard Harper, became the first Pākehā to cross the Southern Alps from coast-to-coast […]
Ministry of Works Historic Hut, Kahurangi National Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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