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Vikki traverses the moon-like landscape of the Red Hills, Richmond Range. Photo: Sebastian Madler.
As the 2020-21 Te Araroa Trail season gets underway, Vikki Baker reflects on her experience of the trail and how walking the length of New Zealand changed her life. It was blustery and drizzling when I stood beneath the signpost at Stirling Point in Bluff. It was supposed to signify the end of the 3000km […]

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