Formidable cliffs on the Brames Falls track heading to Lake Dive. Photo: Jean Garman

The missing mountain man

July 2020

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July 2020

Hazel Phillips walks Taranaki’s Around the Mountain Circuit and traces the last steps of the Reverend William Murray who disappeared in 1923

To mark Wilderness magazine’s 30th anniversary, current and past editors and contributors scoured the archives for the 30 best trips we’ve published over the decades. This story, original published in July 2020, was included. You can find all 30 of the greatest Wilderness trips in the October 2021 issue. If Taranaki were an animal, it […]
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