Pat Barrett endures a long, cold and arduous trek in South Westland “Six hours travel and six hours tramping. That’s day one,” I conclude to my companions, as, in the failing light of dusk, we stride the last easy section of the upper Makarora Valley in Mt Aspiring National Park, bent on reaching dog-box-sized Makarora […]
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