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Kahurangi’s Mt Patriarch viewed from the Wangapeka Track, Kahurangi. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
There are three craggy mountains named Patriarch in New Zealand. Three mountains in New Zealand bear the name Patriarch, which means the man at the head of a family. In these enlightened times when we aspire to equality, the term can have a negative connotation, but it was different back in the 19th century when […]
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