Photographer, writer and FMC Backcountry editor Peter Laurenson has published a new book, Aotearoa Light. The 30-year body of work encapsulates the beauty of the New Zealand wilderness – with a potent message. What’s the book about? Aotearoa Light takes readers on a journey through the New Zealand wilderness via photographs that catch the light, and experiences and […]
About the author
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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