The Richmond Range was a real highlight. Photo: Norman Sharpe

Te Araroa, slowly

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It has taken 21 years, but this couple eventually made it from north to south. By Norman Sharpe

We were inspired by Geoff Chapple’s book Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail, and began our walk in 2002.  My wife Susan and I, now into our late seventies, began at Cape Rēinga and planned to complete the trail over a few years, a definition that stretched somewhat as it was March this year before […]
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