Tales from the trailblazers

January 2017

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January 2017

John Walsh spent 38 years working in the Waitakere Ranges. >em>Photo: George Driver
With more than 120 years combined experience, few people know the backcountry better than these three veteran rangers. They give a behind-the-scenes look at the development and evolution of the Kiwi outdoors experience. A spiritual place John Walsh, Waitakere Ranges Regional Park John Walsh has had four death threats, has been shot at three times, found Maori relics, […]
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