Te Araroa with a daypack

May 2020

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Ieva Laucina walked the South Island section of the Te Araroa trail with what most would consider a daypack. Photo: Raphael Martin
Among the hundreds of people attempting the Te Araroa Trail this year, Ieva Laucina stood out like a sore thumb. That’s because she packed everything she needed into a 35-litre daypack. First, it was the incredulous stares, then came the same question, repeated over and again by almost everyone Ieva Laucina met on the Te […]
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