Camping on Biggs Tops, with Mt Kendall beyond and the Karamea Valley in cloud. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Step, stab, sting, repeat

June 2020

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On a weeklong tramp through Kahurangi National Park, Shaun Barnett gets more than he bargained for.

Mt Petra. That had been the name that allured me, even though it doesn’t appear on any maps. An island-like peak on the Herbert Range in the heart of New Zealand’s second-largest national park and protected by layers of limestone cliffs, Mt Petra is accessible only by a cunning route through a crack in its […]
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